Opening Night: Virtuoso Flautist Demarre McGill plays Debussy and Beach
Friday, August 26
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman
Maier Hall at
Peninsula College
Free livestream available at musiconthestrait.com
Claude Debussy — Syrinx for Solo Flute (1913)
Amy Beach — Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, Op 80 (1916)
César Franck — Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
To celebrate opening night, Music on the Strait celebrates the artistry of Demarre McGill, principal flute of the Seattle Symphony, and one of the greatest flautists of his generation. We are also pleased to welcome back Port Angeles favorites Elisa Barston and Jeremy Denk for César Franck’s fiery and tumultuous Piano Quintet.
Demarre McGill, flute
Elisa Barston, violin
James Garlick, violin
David Auerbach, viola
Efe Baltacıgil, cello
Jeremy Denk, piano
Efe Baltacıgil and Jeremy Denk play Beethoven
Saturday, August 27
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman
Maier Hall at
Peninsula College
Free livestream available at musiconthestrait.com
WA Mozart — Sonata for Piano and Violin in G major, K 379 (1781)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Sonata for Cello and Piano in D major, Op 102 No 2 (1815)
Robert Schumann — Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op 47 (1842)
Jeremy Denk leads us on a musical journey from Mozart’s inventive G major sonata for Piano and Violin (not Violin and Piano, interestingly) to Robert Schumann’s enchanting Piano Quartet in E-flat. The dynamic Turkish cellist Efe Baltacıgil joins Denk for Beethoven’s fifth and last cello sonata.
James Garlick, violin
David Auerbach, viola
Efe Baltacıgil, cello
Jeremy Denk, piano
Every Good Boy Does Fine: Jeremy Denk in recital & conversation
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Sunday, August 28
3pm
Maier Hall at
Peninsula College
Free livestream available at musiconthestrait.com
Franz Schubert — Sonata in A minor “Arpeggione” D 821 (1824)
Additional solo piano works TBA
Jeremy Denk shares music and words from his New York Times bestselling memoir, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, In Music Lessons. This will include a performance of Schubert’s lyrical “Arpeggione” Sonata with Co-Artistic Director Richard O’Neill along with other solo piano works TBA. This will be a musical afternoon like no other!
Jeremy Denk, piano
Richard O’Neill, viola
Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet
Friday, September 2
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman
Maier Hall at
Peninsula College
Free livestream available at musiconthestrait.com
Works for Solo Piano — TBA
Charles Martin Loeffler — Two Rhapsodies for Viola, Oboe, and Piano (1861)
Jessie Montgomery — Strum (2006)
Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110 (1960)
On the first half of this program, we celebrate the soloistic virtuosity of pianist George Li, silver medalist at the 2015 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, and oboist Nathan Hughes, Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. To close, we present a 20th century masterpiece, Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 8—a work that the composer claimed he could never listen to without breaking into tears.
Nathan Hughes, oboe
Kyu-Young Kim, violin
James Garlick, violin
Saeunn Thorsteindottir, cello
Richard O’Neill, viola
George Li, piano
Festival Finale: A World Premiere by Paul Chihara
Saturday, September 3
7pm
Maier Hall at
Peninsula College
Free livestream available at musiconthestrait.com
Paul Chihara — Duo for Violin and Viola WORLD PREMIERE (2022)
Felix Mendelssohn — Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 (1839)
Edward Elgar — Piano Quartet in A minor, Op 84 (1918)
The Seattle-born composer Paul Chihara spent his childhood in Minidoka, Idaho at an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Artistic Directors Richard O’Neill and James Garlick present the world premiere of a new duo that Chihara has written expressly for Music on the Strait. Felix Mendelssohn’s vivacious D minor Piano Trio and Edward Elgar’s romantic masterpiece, his Piano Quintet in A minor, conclude our 2022 season!
Kyu-Young Kim, violin
James Garlick, violin
Saeunn Thorsteindottir, cello
Richard O’Neill, viola
George Li, piano