With gratitude to the musicians, staff, board and audience members for two and a half decades of music, I am delighted to present to you details of Camerata Pacifica’s 25TH Season of Concerts.

This season is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and founding Board member, the indefatigable Bill Stewart whose incorrigible presence and irreverent wit will be sorely missed.

Our season offers the Camerata’s signature blend of old and new: reprise performances of favorite works by musicians who have become your friends, alongside world-premieres of compositions commissioned by you, and music you have yet to discover. We have new artists for you to meet too.

It’s what Camerata Pacifica has been doing for 25 years.

As always my advice is, to best appreciate our season and its breadth of programming and expression, enjoy a full subscription. However, whether we see you at every program or you drop in and out, you’ll receive the same warm Camerata welcome.

I look forward to seeing you in our Silver Anniversary Season.

Adrian SpenceArtistic Director

201 4 | 2015 Silver AnniversarySeason of Concerts

the William A. Stewart Season

Season Overview

Tickets and Information

September 2014Mozart, Harbison, Schubert*Thursday, September 11 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, September 12 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa BarbaraSunday, September 14 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, September 16 | 8pm Pasadena

October 2014Bach, Britten*, Agocs*, Wilson, Bach*, D’Rivera*, Bruce*, BarrosFriday, October 10 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa BarbaraSunday, October 12 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, October 14 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, October 16 | 8pm Los Angeles

November 2014 Schubert*, Grieg, Dvořák*Sunday, November 9 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, November 11 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, November 13 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, November 14 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa Barbara

January 2015 Carter, Ruo, Saint-Saëns*, Sheng, Puts*Sunday, January 11 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, January 13 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, January 15 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, January 16 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa Barbara

February 2015 Britten, Hindemith, Loeffler*, Schumann*Tuesday, February 3 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, February 5 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, February 6 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa BarbaraSunday, February 8 | 3pm Ventura

March 2015 Foote, Field, Beethoven*, Debussy, Schoenberg*Sunday, March 15 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, March 17 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, March 19 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, March 20 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa Barbara

April 2015 MacMillan, Brahms*, Wagner/Liszt*Sunday, April 12 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, April 14 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, April 16 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, April 17 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa Barbara

May 2015 BachSunday, May 10 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, May 12 | 8pm San MarinoThursday, May 14 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, May 15 | 7:30pm Santa BarbaraSaturday, May 16 | 2pm Santa Barbara & Gala Dinner

*Denotes repertoire for 1 PM Lunchtime Concert.Programs and artists are subject to change without notice.

Los Angeles | Zipper Hall

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Santa Barbara | Hahn Hall

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Santa Barbara | Lunchtime Concerts*

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Pasadena | Gold Room, The Pasadena Civic

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Ventura | Temple Beth Torah

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Camerata Pacifica’s 25th season opens with a reprise of two audience favorites: the most well known of Mozart’s flute quartets and Schubert’s sublime E-Flat Major piano trio featuring ourPrincipal Pianist Warren Jones. Also, the long-awaited premiere of John Harbison’s String Trio,commissioned for the ensemble’s Silver Anniversary by a consortium of audience members.

Thursday, September 11 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, September 12 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa BarbaraSunday, September 14 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, September 16 | 8pm Pasadena

Mozart Quartet for Flute & Strings in D Major, K. 285Harbison String Trio WORLD PREMIERE Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, D. 929*

Adrian Spence, Movses Pogossian, Richard O’Neill, Ani Aznavoorian, Raman Ramakrishnan,Warren Jones

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Warren Jones “witty, swaggering, sensitive,

and full of character in everything he did”—Boston Globe

photos: david bazemore

Harpist Bridget Kibbey dazzled our audiences two seasons ago and here returns as a Camerata Principal Artist. Her program will illuminate her reputation for redefining her instrument. Amongst a program of solo works, Bridget will collaborate with colleagues Richard O’Neill & Adrian Spence in Britten, Bach, Bruce, and a premiere of a trio that’s an anniversary gift from the Northern Irish composer Ian Wilson.

Friday, October 10 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa BarbaraSunday, October 12 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, October 14 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, October 16 | 8pm Los Angeles

Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 Britten Lachrymae, Op. 48* Agócs Northern Lights*Wilson Three Songs of Home WORLD PREMIERE A gift from the composer to celebrate the 25th seasonBach Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 525*D’Rivera Bandoneon*Bruce Caja de Musica The Eye of Night*Barros El pescador

Bridget Kibbey, Adrian Spence, Richard O’Neill

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Bridget Kibbey “makes it seem as though herinstrument had been waiting all its life to explodewith the gorgeous colors and energetic figuresshe was getting from it.”—New York Times

photo: david bazemore

photo: ronald james

November 201 4 Our Principal Cellist Ani Aznavoorian, welcomes two newer colleagues: violinist Paul Huang who debuted with the Camerata last season and, keeping with the Northern Irish connection, our first collaboration with pianist Michael McHale.

Sunday, November 9 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, November 11 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, November 13 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, November 14 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa Barbara

Schubert Four Impromptus, D. 899*Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45 Dvořák Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65*

Paul Huang, Ani Aznavoorian, Michael McHale

Ani Aznavoorian “Scorchingly

committed performances that wringevery last drop of emotion out ofthe music.” —The Strad

Paul Huang “finger-bending agility” —New York Times

Michael McHale “…a pianism that was tastefully gestured, delicately graded, and infallibly clear…” —Irish Times

photo: lisa-marie mazzucco

photo: leon gerald

photo: david bazemore

January 2015 The 2012 premiere of Huang Ruo’s “In Other Words” has audiences still talking, not least forRichard O’Neill’s absolutely stunning performance. Another Chinese composer, Bright Sheng, wascommissioned to write Hot Pepper for the Camerata heard again in this program. Bridget Kibbey willjoin Nicholas Daniel in Elliott Carter’s 1992 Trilogy, and Paul Huang for Saint-Saëns’ brilliant Fantasie.It will be a rousing close to a virtuosic program when the effervescent Ji Hye Jung and the irrepressible Jose Franch-Ballester join Paul for Kevin Puts’ And Legions Will Rise.

Sunday, January 11 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, January 13 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, January 15 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, January 16 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa Barbara

Carter Trilogy Huang Ruo In Other Words, for Vocalized Violist and Chamber Ensemble Commissioned by Frank & Ann Everts, Premiered September 20th, 2012 Saint-Saëns Fantasie for Violin & Harp, Op. 124* Sheng Hot Pepper* Commissioned by Bob Peirce & Sharon Harroun Peirce, Premiered September 10th, 2010 Puts And Legions Will Rise*

Adrian Spence, Nicholas Daniel, Jose Franch-Ballester, Paul Huang, Agnes Gottschewski, Richard O’Neill, Ani Aznavoorian, Tim Eckert, Bridget Kibbey, Ji Hye Jung

Jose Franch-Ballester

“poetic eloquence” —New York Sun

J i Hye Jung “is a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all placesat once along her long instrument. She was,here, spectacular.” —Los Angeles Times

Huang Ruo “Mr. Huang’s music blends Western classical idioms with Chinese traditions into adistinctive style that is characterized by a strong dramatic bent and a great sense of pacing. ”—New York Times

photos: david bazemore

February 2015 This is a program of favorites; music and musicians — our wonderful Principals, Nick, Richard,Ani & Warren welcome violinist Arnaud Sussmann for his first appearance with the Camerata.The music-making between Nick, Richard & Warren has become legendary and will be fullyexplored in this program, including a reprise performance of the Loeffler Rhapsodies whichwill be absolutely magical.

Tuesday, February 3 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, February 5 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, February 6 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa BarbaraSunday, February 8 | 3pm Ventura

Britten Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 Hindemith Viola Sonata in F Major, Op. 11, No. 4 Loeffler Two Rhapsodies for Viola, Oboe, and Piano* Schumann Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47*

Nicholas Daniel, Arnaud Sussmann, Richard O’Neill, Ani Aznavoorian, Warren Jones

Nicholas Daniel “Some of the best oboe playing you’ll hear anywhere”—BBC Record Review

Arnaud Sussman “…creating the buzz of a star on the ascent.”—Pioneer Press

Richard Yongjae O’Neill

“fierce virtuosity”—Dallas Morning News

photo: david bazemore

photo: david bazemore

photo: matt dine

March 2015 In March we introduce violinist Kristin Lee and pianist Gloria Chien with a program traversingthe boundaries of romanticism; from Beethoven’s proto-romantic “Moonlight” sonata, throughthe gentle tones of Foote & Field, the unique Debussy, to the dramatic, opulently chromaticintensity of Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night”.

Sunday, March 15 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, March 17 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, March 19 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, March 20 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa Barbara

Foote Nocturne & Scherzo Field Quintet for Piano & Strings in A-Flat Major Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, “Quasi una fantasia,” Op. 27, No. 2*Debussy Suite bergamasque Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4*

Adrian Spence, Kristin Lee, Erik Arvinder, Richard O’Neill, Ara Gregorian,Ani Aznavoorian, Gloria Chien

Gloria Chien “one of the Superior Pianists of the year”—Boston Globe

Kristin Lee “With flair and passion, she sang

us an intensely lyric poem of epic proportion”—Albuquerque Journal

photo: lisa-marie mazzucco

photo: arthur moeller

April 2015 Intensity opens April’s concert, with James MacMillan’s Kiss on Wood which his publisher describesas “a short, static and serene meditation for violin and piano”. Performing here with Warren Jones,violinist Priya Mitchell is featured in this program, following her last-moment-replacement debutwith the group last March. Warren’s performance of the Lizst/Wagner Liebestod was one of his most celebrated performances with us. With Warren & Priya, Martin Jones’ amazing french horn playingwill conclude our program with Brahms’ Horn Trio.

Sunday, April 12 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, April 14 | 8pm PasadenaThursday, April 16 | 8pm Los AngelesFriday, April 17 | 1pm and 7:30pm Santa Barbara

MacMillan Kiss on Wood Brahms Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 100 Wagner/Liszt Liebestod* Brahms Horn Trio*

Priya Mitchell, Martin Owen, Warren Jones

Priya Mitchell “…tender and at the same time outrageously wild, raw and passionate.”—Süddeutsche Zeitung

Martin Owen

“…brings a Dennis Brain-likepoetry to his playing”—Sunday Telegraph, London

photo: sonja müller

May 2015 At 7.30 p.m. on December 3rd, 1990, Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre filled with the exuberanttones of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti as The Bach Camerata launched its inaugural season. Bachused the “widest spectrum of orchestral instruments ... in daring combinations. Every one of the six concertos set a precedent in scoring, and every one was to remain without parallel,” –Christoff Wolf. And so we conclude our 25th season as we began our 1st — in celebration, this time of 25 years ofperformances of music without parallel.

Sunday, May 10 | 3pm VenturaTuesday, May 12 | 8pm San Marino Return to The Huntington! Thursday, May 14 | 8pm Los Angeles Friday, May 15 | 7.30 p.m Santa BarbaraSaturday, May 16 | 2pm Santa Barbara & Gala Dinner

The Complete Brandenburg Concerti of Johann Sebastian Bach

Adrian Spence, Melanie Lançon, Nicholas Daniel, John Steinmetz, Steve Becknell,Martin Owen, Catherine Leonard, Priya Mitchell, Agnes Gottschewski, Richard O’Neill, Jonathan Moerschel, Matthew Cohen, Ani Aznavoorian, Raman Ramakrishnan,Timothy Eckert, Paolo Bordignon

Celebrate 25 Years of Music Making

We Return toThe Huntington

25th AnniversaryGala Dinner,Santa Barbara

Buoyed on the jubilant final notes of our final performance of Brandenburg 4, on May 16th please join us at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club to celebrate our 25 years in the grand style. The banquet will be provided by Chef Michael Hutchings, the wines by Sanford Winery, there will be honorees and there will be surprises. (Gala guests may attend any performance.)

Celebrate 25 Years of Music Making

Celebrate our return to The Huntington with a champagne and dessert reception at intermission. After years in the wilderness, the Camerata returns to The Huntington’s warm embrace and toa brand new performance hall. Purpose built, with special attention paid to its acoustics, thisbeautiful new hall has 400 raked seats to maximize sightlines and listening. Make sure one ofthose seats will be yours.

Say farewell to the first 25 years and hello to the next 25!

Camerata Pacifica is pleased to continue its residency at

the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts

in the heart of downtown LA.

We’re very excited to announce a residency

for the 14/15 season with Santa Barbara’s

Incredible Children’s Art Network.

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CAMERATA PACIFICAIS THRILLED TO PRESENTIT’S FIRST RECORDING,RELEASED ON THEHARMONIA MUNDI LABEL

THIS DISC OF CHAMBER WORKSBY JOHN HARBISON FEATURESTHE WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGOF THE CAMERATA-COMMISSIONEDSTRING TRIO

PERFORMANCES BYAMY SCHWARTZ MORETTI,PAUL HUANG, RICHARD O’NEILL,ANI AZNAVOORIAN, ADRIAN SPENCE,JOSE FRANCH-BALLESTER& WARREN JONES

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This project is funded in part by the Organizational Development Grant Program using funds provided bythe CIty of Santa Barbara in Partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission.

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