Festival Mozaic's WinterMezzo 2011-2012
HEROES AND HEARTTHROBS
HEARTTHROBS February 10-12, 2012Click here to download our brochure
WELCOME TO FESTIVAL MOZAIC’S WINTERMEZZO SERIES, two weekends of engaging musical experiences centered on great works of chamber music, featuring our Festival’s nationally-renowned guest artists. Each WinterMezzo weekend focuses on several works and offers you three progressive programs in which to experience them:*On FRIDAY, enjoy a complimentary glass of wine from one of Mozaic’s favorite wineries as you listen to musicians’ perspectives on the featured works in a one-hour Notable Encounter Insight.
*On SATURDAY, enjoy an evening of food, wine, music and interactive discussion at a Notable Encounter Dinner, as the artists take you inside the featured works and perform
program highlights.
*On SUNDAY, hear it all come together at the WinterMezzo Concert where the full works are performed.Wintermezzo Weekend II: Heartthrobs
February 10-12, 2012Ludwig Van Beethoven - Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 (violin and piano arrangement)
Beethoven - Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, Op. 40 (violin and piano arrangement)
Alexander Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Robert Schumann - String Quartet in F, op. 41/2Scott Yoo and Friends
Music has the singular ability to express the emotions of the heart, and these great composers were all inspired by love, that most stirring emotion, to write these seminal works that live on centuries later.
“If music be the food of love, play on” – Twelfth Night, William ShakespeareFriday, February 10, 6 p.m.
Notable Encounter INSIGHT
SLO Museum of Art
San Luis Obispo
What do we mean when we say music is ‘Romantic?’ And how do composers find inspiration to pull at the heart-strings? Join the musicians for a lively look behind the scenes of the works of Beethoven, Borodin and Schumann
Saturday, February 11, 6 p.m.
Notable Encounter DINNER
Ventana Grill
Pismo Beach
Sit down with the guest artists for a dinner in this stunning seaside setting and then sit back as the musicians take us even further inside the musicSunday, February 12, 3 p.m.
Hear all the featured works in full at this beautiful venue with mountain views.
CONCERT
United Methodist Church
San Luis Obispo
WinterMezzo Weekend I: HEROES
October 21-23, 2011W.A. Mozart – String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 (for Joseph Haydn)
Earl Kim - Three Poems in French
Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet in E-flat, op. 44Scott Yoo, violin
Madeleine Kabat, cello
Susan Grace, piano
Jacalyn Kreitzer, mezzo soprano
and friends!Composers throughout the ages have been inspired by the masters that came before. This program presents musical “Heroes” – pieces of music written in joyful celebration of the timelessness of musical genius. After hearing Mozart’s “Haydn” quartets, Joseph Haydn remarked to Leopold Mozart:
"Before God, and as an honest man, I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name. He has taste, and, what is more, the most profound knowledge of composition."Friday, October 21, 2011, 6 p.m.
Notable Encounter INSIGHT
Masonic Lodge Grand Ballroom
San Luis Obispo
A one–hour interactive presentation with musicians’ commentary.Saturday, October 22, 6 p.m.
Notable Encounter DINNER
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Grand PavilionJoin us at the beautiful Oak Glen Pavilion at the Botanical Garden for an intimate evening of food, wine and music. Enjoy pre-dinner wine and hors d’ oeuvres in the outdoor courtyard patio, and then sit down inside with the artists and other guests for a delectable dinner accompanied by fine wine. Sit back as the six musicians take us inside the music, illuminating these three works by Mozart, Schumann and American composer Earl Kim.
Sunday, October 23, 2011, 3 p.m.
Sunday CONCERT
Congregation Beth David
San Luis ObispoDelight in how the pieces come together and the musicians scale the hurdles you learned about in the Notable events. Hear music at its finest.
