Beethoven Festival Director Leslie Harlow, “We created the Autumn Classics Festival, in part, because Park City is such an inspiring place to be this time of year. Fall is the perfect time to get out and see the spectacular scenery, enjoy walks in the woods, take photos and indulge in intimate concerts indoors. For these four concerts a group of our favorite artists are offering rich works to match the scenery. It is always pleasure to bring the finest artists to the town we love, performing for our chamber music friends the music we love.”
Weekend 1
For Friday, October 2 at 8PM
Virtuoso violinist and long-time festival favorite Paul Rosenthal and Steinway Artist John Novacek helped design a rich program of the Brahms Piano Trio No. 3, Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 6 and Schumann’s “Fairy Tales” for Clarinet, Viola and Piano. Up-and-coming star violinist Simon Gollo is adding the fiery work “Tsigane” (translated: “Gypsy”) by Ravel. This first concert will be held at the Park City Community Church, taking advantage of their fine Bechstein concert grand piano and wonderful acoustics. Concertgoers can purchase tickets online or easily buy them at the door. Purchase Tickets Online
Sunday, October 4 at 3PM, the afternoon concert will be presented at Temple Har Shalom in the beautiful atrium area with a beautiful view of the outdoors. Violinist Paul Rosenthal and pianist John Novacek will again offer up a favorite Brahms work: the 2nd Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major. Pianist John Novacek will team join Festival Artists-in-Residence Russell Harlow on clarinet and Leslie Harlow on viola for three beautiful romantic portraits by Bruch from his collection of “Eight Works”. In the same set they are adding the waltz movement from his “Double Concerto” for Clarinet and Viola. The second half of the concert will feature the romantic and impressive Quintet for Piano, Violins, Viola and Cello in C Major, Opus 1. Cellist Cheung Chau has been delighting audiences with his stunning playing after joining the Festival roster in recent years, and he will join violinists Rosenthal and Gollo, violist Harlow and pianist John Novacek for this masterpiece. Again, concertgoers can purchase their tickets for this concert at the door, or conveniently in advance online. Purchase Tickets Online
Weekend 2
Pianist Bryan Stanley spent many years in the Park City Community both as a teacher for younger students and advanced adult pianists, as well as directing the choir at the Park City Community Church. He recently married pianist Kristín Jónína Taylor and they both teach and perform at Waldorf College in Iowa. For a number of those years Dr. Stanley and the Harlows began performing together, not only presenting more formal concerts, but visiting nursing homes and performing for the residents and their families. The Harlows have invited Bryan back to perform with at the Festival for two concerts as part of the Autumn Classics.
On Saturday evening, October 10 at 6:30PM, the Festival is offering its popular Chamber Music and Dinner Concerts at the Park City Community Church in the Social Hall. The acoustics in the Social Hall are wonderful and the audience enjoys mingling during the dining. As with the Festival’s Salon Concerts in homes, the evening begins with the generous buffet and after the guests have had a chance to dine, the artists present their first portion of the program. The Festival is delighted to include mezzo-soprano Gretchen Windt, pianist Bryan Stanley, clarinetist Russell Harlow and violist Leslie Harlow as the performers for the evening. Following the music, dessert is added to the buffet and everyone is invited to enjoy more dining before the artists take the stage again for more beautiful “salon” works. Following the music, artists and guests enjoy mingling and dessert, reception-style. The minimum donation for this event is $35 per person. Reservations can be made by email, phone or online for this event. Tickets can be purchased at the door as well. Online Reservations and Ticket Purchase
Sunday afternoon, October 11 at 3PM, the Autumn Classics Concerts will conclude with selections from the program the Harlows and Dr. Stanley will perform in November on the Waldorf Community Concerts Series (Iowa): The Trio for Viola, Clarinet and Piano by Reinecke, a romantic work that features the piano in virtuoso style, the Brahms “Alto Songs” featuring Mezzo-soprano Gretchen Windt, Leslie Harlow and Bryan Stanley, the cool and lyrical “Sonata for Viola and Piano” by Otto Gerster and an aria by Monteverdi transcribed for Clarinet, Viola and Piano. The Brahms “Alto Songs” were made famous by singer Marion Anderson and violist William Primrose. Purchase Tickets Online
About the Festival Artists:
Virtuoso violinist Paul Rosenthal has been returning to perform at the Beethoven Festival for over 30 years. Rosenthal has played the violin since the age of three, going on to attend the Juilliard School in New York City and the University of Southern California under acclaimed master Jascha Heifetz. A resident of Alaska since 1969, Rosenthal founded the Sitka Summer Music Festival, a chamber music festival that helped inspire the founding of the Beethoven Festival here in Park City. A true virtuoso violinist, Paul Rosenthal performs worldwide and has recorded on a number of labels, including RCA, Vox, Fidelio, Arabesque, Vanguard and Biddulph.
Rosenthal will be joined by pianist and Steinway Artist John Novacek. John Novacek regularly tours the Americas, Europe and Asia as solo recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist; in the latter capacity he has presented over thirty concerti with dozens of orchestras. John Novacek is a much sought-after collaborative artist and has performed with Joshua Bell, Matt Haimovitz, Leila Josefowicz, Cho-Liang Lin and Yo-Yo Ma. For more information on John Novacek, visit http://parkerartists.com/John-Novacek.html
Award-winning Swiss-Venezuelan violinist, Simon Gollo, earned degrees from the Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve, Switzerland and the Conservatoire Superieur et Academie de Musique Tibor Varga in Sion, Switzerland. The Founder and Artistic Director of the Nuevo Mundo Festival and Academy in Aruba, has a recognized career having performed in prestigious scenarios such as the Chamber Society of Philadelphia, New York City’s 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall, Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Washington DC’s National Gallery of Art, London’s Bolivar Hall, the Caracas Teatro Teresa Carreño and Mexico City’s Auditorio Blas Galindo.
Pianist Bryan Stanley is a frequent collaborative guest artist with the Park City Beethoven Festival. Dr. Stanley performs, coaches and lectures on the faculty of Iowa’s Waldorf College. A prolific composer as well, his second piano concerto garnered first prize in the Riverton Symphony concerto performance competition in 2009 and has repeat performances at St. Louis Community College with composer as soloist. In 1997 the Des Moines Metro Opera premiered his one-act chamber opera, Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, the result of winning a national chamber opera competition sponsored by the company.
Cellist Cheung Chau received the first double doctorate degree in the history of the New England Conservatory in wind ensemble conducting and cello, studying with Frank Battisti and Colin Carr. He studied orchestral and choral conducting at the Royal Swedish Conservatory with Jorma Panula. His other main teachers include cellists Aldo Parisot and Eleonore Schoenfeld. As cellist Chau performed as soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Macao Orchestra, among others, in chamber music and solo recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Merkin Hall and Jordan Hall, recorded for Acte Preable as member of Atma Trio, and recorded for Hong Kong Radio and Television corporation, China Central Television, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, and Irish Radio.
Mezzo-Soprano Gretchen Windt is originally from Chicago and has performed in operas and oratorios throughout the country. She has performed regularly with Cincinnati Opera; highlights include Golijov’s Ainadamar (Voice of the Fountain), the world premiere of Hailstork’s Rise For Freedom, and a touring production of The Magic Flute (Third Lady and Papagena). She has performed and covered roles including Hansel (Hansel und Gretel), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte), both Third Lady and Papagena (The Magic Flute), Mercedes (Carmen), Meg Page (Falstaff), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Jo (Adamo’s Little Women), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), and Cendrillon (Cendrillon). Solo oratorio credits include Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Bach’s Magnificat.
Clarinetist Russell Harlow’s artistry has led him to become one of the nation’s premiere solo and chamber clarinetist. In addition to performing more than 30 concerts a year with the Beethoven Festival, Russell Harlow has performed with the Amsterdam Chamber Players in Holland, for the Sitka Festival and with the Anchorage Fall Classics Festival in Alaska, with the Muir String Quartet, with the Raphael Trio at the Music from Ouray Festival and at Carnegie’s Weill Hall in New York City, regularly as guest artist on the Bargemusic Series in New York and a featured artist with the International Clarinet Association Clarfests around the world.
Violist and Beethoven Festival founder/director Leslie Harlow graduated from the Juilliard School in New York. Following graduation, Ms Harlow founded the Deer Valley Chamber Music Festival in 1984. Renamed the Park City Beethoven Festival, the festival continues as Utah’s oldest classical music festival. An avid chamber musician and soloist, Ms. Harlow also performs with other festivals and on chamber and recital series throughout the United States.
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CONCERT
Friday Evening
October 2 at 8PM
at the Park City Community Church
Regular Admission $20, Seniors 62+/Students $15/Music students free adm
Tickets Available at the Door or
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Program:
Brahms Trio No. 3 in C Minor, for Violin, Cello and Piano, Opus 10
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Opus 10 No. 2
Ravel “Tzigane” (Gypsy) for Violin and Piano
Schumann “Marchenerzahlungen” Fairy Tales,
Opus 132, for Piano, Viola and Clarinet
Performing Artists:
Paul Rosenthal and Simon Gollo, Violinists
Steinway Artist/ Pianist John Novacek
Cellist Cheung Chau
Festival Artists in Residence: Russell Harlow, Clarinetist and Leslie Harlow, Violist
CONCERT
Sunday Afternoon
October 4 at 3PM
at Temple Har Shalom
Regular Admission $20, Seniors 62+/Students $15/Music students free adm
Tickets Available at the Door or
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Program:
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Opus 100
Bruch 3 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Bruch Adagio from the Double Concerto for Clarinet, and Viola
Dohnanyi Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Opus 1 for Piano and Strings
Performing Artists:
Paul Rosenthal and Simon Gollo, Violinists
Steinway Artist/ Pianist John Novacek
Cellist Cheung Chau
Festival Artists in Residence: Russell Harlow, Clarinetist and Leslie Harlow, Violist
DINNER CONCERT
Saturday Evening
October 10 at 6:30PM
at the Park City Community Church Social Hall
Minimum Donation $35 per person.
Reservations may be made in advance online: Click Here
or by email: MLBHarlow@gmail.com or call 801-671-3549 and leave a message.
This concert includes the dinner and dessert buffet and performances of lush and flashy virtuoso works performed by the Festival Artists
Performing Artists:
Pianist Bryan Stanley
Mezzo-soprano Gretchen Windt
Festival Artists in Residence: Russell Harlow, Clarinetist and Leslie Harlow, Violist
CONCERT
Sunday Afternoon
October 11 at 3PM
at Temple Har Shalom
Regular Admission $20, Seniors 62+/Students $15/Music students free adm
Tickets Available at the Door or
Click Here to purchase tickets online
Program:
Reinecke Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Brahms Alto Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano
Monteverdi Aria for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Gerster Sonata for Viola and Piano
Performing Artists:
Pianist Bryan Stanley
Mezzo-soprano Gretchen Windt
Festival Artists in Residence: Russell Harlow, Clarinetist and Leslie Harlow, Violist