Performances
Dear Friends,
Welcome to Cal Performances' 2013/14 Season. Please join us as we rediscover cherished masterworks, welcome new works in premiere presentations, embrace returning artists, and celebrate a brilliant new generation of creative talent. On each of our stages, you will find extraordinary performers. And throughout the UC Berkeley campus, you will find programs interwoven with the intellectual life of this great university and culturally rich community.
In this season, old friends return with new works in a series of exciting commissions. Mark Morris deepens his generous, long-standing partnership with Cal Performances in the world premiere of his production of Handel's Acis and Galatea. Emanuel Ax builds bridges from Brahms to the music of today with four new co-commissions—in two recitals with the extraordinary Anne Sofie von Otter and Yo-Yo Ma.
We are thrilled to present the brilliant, exquisite pianist Mitsuko Uchida in her Cal Performances debut. The Martha Graham Dance Company returns with towering works of genius, including Copland's Appalachian Spring. And the Takács Quartet performs a complete Bartók cycle.
Birthdays are best celebrated amongst friends and we are very proud to host a season-long salute to the Kronos Quartet, celebrating its 40th anniversary this season. Internationally acclaimed for its courage in new repertoire, Kronos performs two contrasting programs, the first celebrating the ensemble's fearless creative spirit with music by Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and others, and the second a world premiere of a major multimedia work entitled A Meditation on War previewing the centenary of World War I.
Cal Performances prestigious annual orchestra residency continues with the magnificent Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Three brilliant conductors, Daniele Gatti, Andris Nelsons and Franz Welser-Möst, perform the Vienna Philharmonic's greatest repertoire, including masterpieces by Brahms, Schubert, and Mahler. The residency includes symposia on the orchestra's history in the context of politics and culture, masterclasses, chamber music, and much more.
Introducing new talent from across the performing arts spectrum is central to Cal Performances' mission. This year we welcome the incandescent Danish String Quartet; the transporting voice of countertenor Iestyn Davies; the dream duo of vocalists Jessica Rivera and Kelley O'Connor; and the Berkeley debut of the Shanghai Ballet with a rapturous production of The Butterfly Lovers.
As you know, we not only present these incredible artists in performance, we also provide profound opportunities for our artists to be "in concert" with our communities. As I write this, I am reminded of the amazing Wynton Marsalis bringing joy to 2,000 Bay Area schoolchildren in a SchoolTime performance in March 2013. You—our audiences and donors—make possible not only our main stage programming, but also these transformative education programs. Bringing the arts to young hearts and minds remains central to our mission. We cannot do this work without your support on all levels, and we thank you.
'Discover' and 'engage' are the words we live by as we put together this artistic journey. I warmly invite you to join us and look forward to welcoming you to our 2013/14 Season.
Matías Tarnopolsky
Director, Cal Performances
Dear Friends,
Welcome to Cal Performances' 2013/14 Season. Please join us as we rediscover cherished masterworks, welcome new works in premiere presentations, embrace returning artists, and celebrate a brilliant new generation of creative talent. On each of our stages, you will find extraordinary performers. And throughout the UC Berkeley campus, you will find programs interwoven with the intellectual life of this great university and culturally rich community.
In this season, old friends return with new works in a series of exciting commissions. Mark Morris deepens his generous, long-standing partnership with Cal Performances in the world premiere of his production of Handel's Acis and Galatea. Emanuel Ax builds bridges from Brahms to the music of today with four new co-commissions—in two recitals with the extraordinary Anne Sofie von Otter and Yo-Yo Ma.
We are thrilled to present the brilliant, exquisite pianist Mitsuko Uchida in her Cal Performances debut. The Martha Graham Dance Company returns with towering works of genius, including Copland's Appalachian Spring. And the Takács Quartet performs a complete Bartók cycle.
Birthdays are best celebrated amongst friends and we are very proud to host a season-long salute to the Kronos Quartet, celebrating its 40th anniversary this season. Internationally acclaimed for its courage in new repertoire, Kronos performs two contrasting programs, the first celebrating the ensemble's fearless creative spirit with music by Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and others, and the second a world premiere of a major multimedia work entitled A Meditation on War previewing the centenary of World War I.
Cal Performances prestigious annual orchestra residency continues with the magnificent Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Three brilliant conductors, Daniele Gatti, Andris Nelsons and Franz Welser-Möst, perform the Vienna Philharmonic's greatest repertoire, including masterpieces by Brahms, Schubert, and Mahler. The residency includes symposia on the orchestra's history in the context of politics and culture, masterclasses, chamber music, and much more.
Introducing new talent from across the performing arts spectrum is central to Cal Performances' mission. This year we welcome the incandescent Danish String Quartet; the transporting voice of countertenor Iestyn Davies; the dream duo of vocalists Jessica Rivera and Kelley O'Connor; and the Berkeley debut of the Shanghai Ballet with a rapturous production of The Butterfly Lovers.
As you know, we not only present these incredible artists in performance, we also provide profound opportunities for our artists to be "in concert" with our communities. As I write this, I am reminded of the amazing Wynton Marsalis bringing joy to 2,000 Bay Area schoolchildren in a SchoolTime performance in March 2013. You—our audiences and donors—make possible not only our main stage programming, but also these transformative education programs. Bringing the arts to young hearts and minds remains central to our mission. We cannot do this work without your support on all levels, and we thank you.
'Discover' and 'engage' are the words we live by as we put together this artistic journey. I warmly invite you to join us and look forward to welcoming you to our 2013/14 Season.
Matías Tarnopolsky
Director, Cal Performances
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