The eminent Takács Quartet, three lauded young solo instrumentalists – pianist Yevgeny Sudbin, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and violinist Ray Chen – and three prominent early music ensembles will
perform in the 2013-14 season of the Tuesday Evening Concert Series in Charlottesville.The early music groups include Les Violons du Roy, a Quebec-based chamber orchestra; Ensemble Plus Ultra, a nine-member vocal group from Britain; and the Venice Baroque Orchestra, one of the leading Italian early instruments bands. Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, a frequent performer at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and other major companies, will join Les Violons du Roy in their concert.
All performances will begin at 8 p.m. in Old Cabell Hall of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
For information on ticket subscriptions for the series, whose concerts often sell out in advance, call (434) 244-9505 or visit the series’ website, www.tecs.org
Dates and programs for the coming season:
Oct. 1 – Ray Chen, violin; pianist TBA. Mozart: Sonata in A major, K. 305; Tartini-Kreisler: “Devil’s Sonata;” Saint-Saëns: “Introduction and Rondo capriccioso;” Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major; Sarasate: “Habañera,” Op. 21, No. 2; Sarasate: “Playera,” Op. 23, No. 5; Sarasate: “Zigeunerweisen.”
Oct. 22 – Les Violons du Roy with Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano. Telemann: Suite in C major; Haydn: Cantata “Arianna a Naxos;” Bach: Suite No. 4 in D major; Handel: “Empio, diro, tu sei, togliti,” “Priva son d’ogni conforto” and “Si spietata, il tuo svaglia rigore svaglia” from “Julius Caesar.”
Nov. 12 – Ensemble Plus Ultra. Morales: “Et factum est postquam,” “Coph. Vocavi amicos meus;” Guerrero: “Celsi confessoris,” “Conditor alme siderum,” “Beata Dei genetrix;” Ribera: “Rex autem David,” “Vox in Rama;” Victoria: Incipit oratio Jeremaiae;” other works TBA.
Feb. 18 – Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon directing. Veracini: Overture in G minor for two oboes, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in F major for two horns, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for two flutes, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for two cellos, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Sinfonia in C major for strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in F major for bassoon, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for sopranino recorder, strings and continuo; Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D minor (“La follia”) (after Corelli).
March 25 – Alisa Weilerstein, cello, and Inon Barnatan, piano. Beethoven: “Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’;” Poulenc: Sonata for cello and piano; Shostakovich: 10 preludes from Op. 34; Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor.
April 8 – Takács Quartet. Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127; Webern: “Six Bagatelles,” “Five Movements;” Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”).
April 29 – Yevgeny Sudbin, piano. Program TBA.