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2010 SEASON
Saturday, July 10 at 8:00 PM
opening night
THE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Shostakovich: Festive Overture Op. 96
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E Minor Op. 64
Sponsored by: OUT OF THIS WORLD
Stephen Prutsman Sponsored by: BERNICE GREEN
Wine pouring: Esterlina & Edmeades — esterlinavineyards.com, edmeades.com
Due to unforeseen circumstances Pierre Bensusan had to cancel his North American 2010 summer tour and his performance at the Mendocino Music Festival. We are pleased to announce that Peppino D’Agostino will be his replacement.
Sunday, July 11 at 8:00 PM
PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO
Peppino D’Agostino is a Renaissance man. This is not just because he grew up in Turin, Italy. Everything about the musician and his art – virtuoso acoustic guitarist, composer, singer, teacher and entertainer – is rooted in his heritage. As a young boy he discovered acoustic guitar music in church. His interests ranged from classical to folk to pop, from Irish and Italian traditional music to Brazilian jazz.
He is considered a pioneer of acoustic guitar, breaking new ground with technique while remaining obsessively committed to musicality and melody. Alternate tunings, tapping, drumming on the guitar, detuning with amazing precision in the middle of a song and making the guitar sound like everything from a bass to an “orchestra in a box” are all part of a D’Agostino performance.
In 2002 he developed his Seagull signature guitar model with guitar maker Robert Godin. His most recent accolade came from Guitar Player magazine when he was voted “Best Acoustic Guitarist” by its readers in the Reader’s Choice Awards in May 2007.
Sponsored by: FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL
Wine pouring: Meyer Family Cellars — mfcellars.com
Monday, July 12 at 8:00 PM
STEEP CANYON RANGERS
Bluegrass, newgrass, however you like your grass, you’re going to love this group.
SCR draw musical elements from honky-tonk, country and blues, with high energy, brilliant instrumentation, perfect harmony and elegant melodies. This is the band that backs (comedian and banjo player) Steve Martin.
Sponsored by: THE HILL HOUSE INN
Wine pouring: Handley — handleycellars.com
Beer Pouring: Skunk Beer — skunktrain.com
Wednesday, July 14 at 8:00 PM
DOUBLE BILL – DOUBLE THRILL
Philip Aaberg and Paul McCandless
Aaberg composes music that connects a global audience to the sweeping landscape of the West. Two time Grammy Award winner McCandless, a gifted multi-instrumentalist and composer, plays the edge between classical music and jazz. Specializing in reed instruments, his sound for the last 40 years has been a signature for the Paul Winter Consort and the group Oregon. This is Paul and Phil’s first live performance together.
sweetgrassmusic.com | paulmccandless.com
Sponsored by: BILL & CARLA SCHNEIDERMAN
Wine pouring: Greenwood Ridge — greenwoodridge.com
Thursday, July 15 at 8:00 PM
“HALLELUJAH, AMERICA!”
Susan Waterfall explores what makes music sound American. A narrated multi-media presentation with works by Copland, Ives, Gershwin, Stephen Foster, Carter, Harrison,
Cage, John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction and Crumb’s Music of the Starry Night.
Susan Waterfall and Julian Pollack, pianos
Erin Neff, soprano
Burke Schuchmann, cello
Paul Murray, baritone
Mark Veregge, percussion
Arthur Austin, clarinet
Sponsored by: WILLIAM & JULIE MASTERSON AND GUENTER & SANDY RIEGLER
Wine pouring: Barra of Mendocino — barraofmendocino.com
Friday, July 16 & Sunday, July 18 at 8:00 PM
opera
Bizet: Carmen
Allan Pollack, conductor
Michael Mohammed, director
Seduction, lust, mutiny, betrayal, murder – Carmen, with the most famous femme fatale of them all, abounds with compelling, colorful music, gorgeous arias, rousing ensembles and mood swings from romantic to sensual, from wild to foreboding
Betany Coffland, Carmen
Jeffrey Kitto, Don Jose
Christopher Bengochea, Don Jose
Matthew Miksak, Escamillo
Shawnette Sulker, Micaela
Sascha Joggerst, Morales & El Dancario
Jillian Boye, Frasquita
Paul Thompson, Zuniga
Donna Olsen, Mercedes
Chester Pidduck, El Remedado
Sponsored by: THE HASTY ISSEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
Friday Wine pouring: Yorkville — yorkvillecellars.com
Sunday Wine Pouring: Jim Ball Vineyard —jimballvineyards.com
Saturday, July 17 at 8:00 PM
big band
Allan Pollack, band leader
Ava Logan, vocalist
The Big Band beat swings from generation to generation – it NEVER gets old. Whether the time is 9 or 12 to the bar, you can count on the MMF Big Band to deliver toe-tapping rhythms. With his oh-so-sweet sax in hand, bandleader Allan Pollack directs the musical event that is all-in-one a fun, finger-popping romp into the future and a moving-grooving homage to the past.
Sponsored by: OLD GOLD JEWLERY
Ava Logan sponsored by: MOIRA & BRUCE CONZELMAN, HARMONIQUE
Wine pouring: Brutocao & Husch — brutocaocellars.com | huschvineyards.com
Tuesday, July 20 at 8:00 PM
ROBERT MOSES’ KIN
Founded in 1995, Robert Moses’ Kin is considered one of the most prolific and exciting new contemporary dance companies to emerge nationally in the past decade. The company’s mission is to produce work which speaks to what is specific and unique in human nature. The group is known for its eclectic movement vocabulary, demanding choreography and ferocious dancing.
robertmoseskin.org
Sponsored by: THE MENDOCINO HOTEL
Wine Pouring: Frey Vineyards - freywine.com
Wednesday, July 21 at 8:00 PM
THE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Allan Pollack, conductor
Juliette White Memorial Concert (learn more)
Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102
Daniel Austrich, violin
Burke Schuchmann, cello
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Sponsored by: FRIENDS OF JULIETTE IDELER WHITE
Wine pouring: LeVin — levinwinery.com
Thursday, July 22 at 8:00 PM
FESTIVAL CHAMBER PLAYERS
Les Pfutzenreuter, conductor
Bach: Brandenburg No. 5
Britten: Simple Symphony
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola
Roy Malan, violin
Don Ehrlich, viola
Sponsored by: FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Friday, July 23 at 8:00 PM
SHEMEKIA COPELAND
Nominated for a 2010 Blues Music Award in the “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year” category, Shemekia is known for her powerhouse voice, sassy attitude and creating blues for the 21st century. She’s opened for the Rolling Stones, headlined at the Chicago Blues Festival and numerous festivals around the world, scored critics choice awards on both sides of the Atlantic (The New York Times and The Times of London) and shared the stage with such luminaries as Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Taj Mahal and John Mayer. She shares our stage with her all-star band:
Arthur Neilson, guitar
Jeremy Baum, keyboards
Kevin Jenkins, bass
Rod Gross, drums
Mendocino Coast mujsicians Gene Parsons and David Hayes will open this evening's concert. Multi-instrumentalist Parsons was a member of the Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Bassist Hayes has toured and performed with Van Morrison for over 30 years.
nme.com/artists/gene-parsons | davidhayesmusic.com
Sponsored by: THE COAST - KOZT
Wine pouring: Navarro — navarrowine.com
Beer & Ale: North Coast Brewing Company
Saturday, July 24 at 3 PM
JULIAN POLLACK & FRIENDS
“...a wonderful new player on the jazz scene...watch out for this kid!” – Marian McPartland, host of NPR’s Piano Jazz “I want to be the first to say it: Julian is a genius” – Albert Tootie Heath, Jazz Legend “[Pollack] has been turning heads for a while now, because his playing is loose, confident, rhythmically assured and emotionally committed – San Jose Mercury News
It says something about the quality of a CD when a rendition of "My Funny Valentine" is only "just" great. That would be opposed to the other nine tracks on Julian Waterfall Pollack's "Infinite Playground," which provide ample evidence that the 21-year-old Bay Area native is a ferociously assured and creatively dazzling pianist, composer and arranger... - San Francisco Chronicle 6/6/2010 (more)
Sponsored by: THE SAVINGS BANK OF MENDOCINO COUNTY
Saturday, July 24 at 8:00 PM
Allan Pollack, conductor
Walter Green Memorial Concert
THE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Orff: Carmina Burana
Shawnette Sulker, soprano
Martin Bell, bass
Michael Mohammed, tenor
Sponsored by: THE FAMILY & FRIENDS OF POLLY & WALTER GREEN
Wine pouring: Bock Wines and Spirits & Jeriko Estates
bock-ws.com |
jeriko.us
PIANO SERIES
LECTURES AND RECITALS AT PRESTON HALL - 3:00 pm
Sponsored by: KEN HOLLANDER & SHARON KISS AND PETER & GRETCHEN IMLAY
PAUL ROBERTS
Sunday, July 11
Music and the Mind's Eye — "Music protrays everything, even those objects that are purely visible. By means of almost inconceivable powers it seems to give the ear eyes. "Roberts illustrates this maxim from Rousseau in a performance of works by Liszt and Debussy.
JADE SIMMONS
Friday, July 16
Ms. Simmons will present an innovative program pairing the Music of Scriabin and the paintings of Kandinsky to explore the relationship between the visual and aural worlds of these two Russian masters. The multimedia presentation combines a performance of Scriabin’s 24 Preludes (Op. 11), a selection of Kandinsky’s paintings projected on screen, and a discussion of these great artists and the phenomenon of synaesthesia.
PAUL HERSH
Tuesday, July 20
Reflections and Variations — Perennial Festival favorite returns with viola in hand to perform Britten's Lachrymae for Viola and Piano and Schubert's Variation on an Original Theme in A-flat Major for piano four-hand with pianist Teresa Yu.
DARIA RABOTKINA
Friday July 23
Etheral Beauty — Ms. Rabotkina explores the essence of music — something so beautiful and fulfilling that is gone in an instant, often leaving a sense of loss and longing, using the music of Rachmaninoff, Schubert and Chopin.
QUINTESSENTIAL QUINTET
Tuesday, July 13 at 3 PM
A classic wind quintet performing works of contrasting styles from Haydn to Ibert.
- Upstairs at Odd Fellows Hall, Mendocino
MUSICAL GEMS
Wednesday, July 14 at 3 PM
Ensembles from the Festival Orchestra and
Emerging Artists Program perform chamber music
- Evergreen Methodist Church, Fort Bragg
ACAFELLAS
Saturday, July 17 at 3 PM
This men's a cappella singing group has a wide-ranging repertoire, including classical, folk, gospel, jazz, R&B and doo-wop. In March they competed at the San Francisco Regional Harmony Sweepstakes.
- Preston Hall, Mendocino
Sponsored by: JIM & KAREN HAVLENA
JAZZ WITH GREG D’AUGELLI & GRANT LEVIN
Monday, July 19 at 3 PM
D’Augelli, bass & sax
Levin, piano
- Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Fort Bragg
Sponsored by: NORTH COAST BREWING COMPANY
RIVER
Wednesday, July 21 at 3 PM
River, an a cappella trio (Cynthia Frank, Sharon Hansen, Sari Scanlon), sings eclectic music from around the world — from madrigals to Balkan folk music, classical to Gershwin, and Sons of the Pioneers to peace songs.
- Evergreen Methodist Church, Fort Bragg
FAMILY CONCERT
Sunday, July 11 at 2 PM
Maestro Pollack introduces orchestral music to children of all ages. After the concert enjoy the “Instrument Petting Zoo” — meet the musicians and play their instruments.
- Festival Tent
Sponsored by: THE THANKSGIVING COFFEE COMPANY
EMERGING ARTISTS CONCERT
Sunday, July 18 at 2 PM
Musicians from the Emerging Artists Program perform in chamber ensembles with skill, emotion and depth well beyond their years
- Festival Tent
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