Constella Festival Announces 2013 Season
Cincinnati's Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts has a starry
season planned for its third annual celebration of music, dance and visual art next fall.
The five-week festival, extending from October 1 to November 7, will comprise 19 concerts at 14 venues, from Memorial Hall and the School for Creative and Performing Arts, to the Digitorium at Northern Kentucky University and Harriet Tubman Theater in the Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
As in previous years, there will be concerts presented by
Constella and by organizations partnering with Constella, which this year include
Catacoustic Consort, Chamber Music Cincinnati, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra,
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Classical Revolution Cincinnati, concert:nova, Hebrew
Union College, Linton Music Series and the University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music.
Most Constella-produced events will be accompanied by art exhibitions in collaboration with Cincinnati artists and art galleries, including the Cincinnati Art Museum, Carl Solway Gallery and Brazee Street Studios. New to the Festival will be a free children’s concert at the Cincinnati Art Museum with a guest narrator. There will be workshops led by Constella artists, and the Festival plans to reach out to the community with special events at schools, churches and retirement communities.
The Constella 2013 guest list is a stellar one, with violinist Joshua Bell (returning from the 2011 festival),
pianist Stewart Goodyear and conductor Paavo Järvi. In
a special appearance in his role as a pianist, Robert Spano, music director of
the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will perform a recital with mezzo-soprano Kelly
O’Connor and soprano Jessica Rivera.
Chamber Music Cincinnati will open the festival Oct. 1 in Werner Recital Hall at CCM with the award-winning Miro String Quartet. Violinist Bell will close the event Nov. 7 at Memorial Hall with pianist Sam Haywood.
Pianist Goodyear, noted for his one-day marathons of the
complete sonatas of Beethoven, will put a new spin on “the three B’s” with a
program of Bach, Beethoven and (Alban) Berg Oct. 19 at Memorial Hall.
There will be many new and cutting edge events during Constella 2013, including world premieres and multi-media performances.
Järvi, music director laureate of the CSO, will conduct the
world premiere of the Violin Concerto by New York composer Charles Coleman Oct.
10 at Memorial Hall. Soloist will be violinist/Constella artistic director
Tatiana Berman with the Constella Ensemble. There will be a program of world
premiere choreography by Heather Britt and Jimmy Cunningham featuring members of the Cincinnati Ballet Oct. 30 in Harriet Tubman Theater at the
Underground Railroad Freedom Center. O'Connor, Rivera and Spano will perform newly commissioned song cycles
by David Bruce and Jonathan Leshnoff on their recital Oct. 26 at Memorial Hall.
Composer-in-residence for the 2013 Constella Festival will be New York
composer Missy Mazzoli, whose music will be featured in a multi-media program
Oct. 15 at the high-tech Digitorium in Griffin Hall at NKU and on CCM’s Café MoMus new
music series Oct. 16 in Patricia Corbett Theater. On Oct. 8 in Werner Recital Hall, CCM will present music by faculty composer Miguel Roig-Francoli, to be performed in New
York’s Carnegie Hall in November.
Other Festival highlights:
Concert:nova welcomes the Harmonic Brass, a brass quintet from Munich, Germany (Cincinnati's Sister City), Oct. 2 at St. Mary's Church in Over-the-Rhine. Joining them will be the brass of concert:nova. The Linton Chamber Music Series will present the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio -- pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson -- with principal players of the CSO Oct. 6 at First Unitarian Church in Avondale. The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra led by music director Mischa Santora, will feature “Time for Three," called “the world’s first classically-trained garage band,” Oct. 9 in Corbett Theater at SCPA. The ensemble – Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall, violins, and Ranaan Meyer, double bass -- mix classics with their own arrangements of popular music. (They are also known for their anti-bullying video, “Stronger,” on YouTube.) Ensembles of CCM led by Earl Rivers will perform a staged version of Bach's “St. John Passion” Nov. 3 at Christ Church Cathedral.
Constella founder/artistic director Berman describes every Festival concert as "an event, an adventure. People who have never been to a classical music concert enjoy our events as much as veteran chamber music, jazz and art lovers. Our more intimate venues, small world-class ensembles, many world premieres and unique music and art combinations create an exceptional social experience. In just one month, audiences can discover the range of chamber music and other arts here, then enjoy their favorite discoveries throughout the coming year."
Tickets for the eight Constella events will be sold through the Cincinnati Arts Association at www.cincinnatiarts.org or call (513) 621-2787. Tickets for events produced by Constella partner organizations will be available at their web sites.
For further information, visit the Constella Festival web site at www.constellafestival.org.
The 2013 Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts
Oct. 1. Chamber Music Cincinnati presents the Miro Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music. All-Schubert program: Quartetsatz in C Minor, D. 703; Quartet in A Minor, D. 804; Quartet
in G Major, D. 887. Tickets at http://cincychamber.org
Oct. 2. concert:nova and Cincinnati USA Sister City
Association present Harmonic Brass Munich and concert:nova brass. 7:30 p.m. St.
Mary’s Church, Over-the-Rhine. Selections for brass ensemble. Tickets at www.concertnova.com.
Oct. 3. Constella Festival presents guest artist to be announced. Tickets at www.constellafestival.org.
Oct. 6. Linton Music Series presents
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and CSO principals. Oct. 6. 4 p.m. First
Unitarian Church, Avondale. Beethoven, Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat
Major, Op. 16. Dvorak, Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, B. 155, Op.
81. Tickets at www.lintonmusic.org.
Miguel Roig-Francoli
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Oct. 9. Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra presents “Time for Three.”
7:30 p.m. Corbett Theater, School for Creative and Performing Arts. Program to
be announced. Tickets at www.ccocincinnati.org.
Oct. 13. Constella Festival presents Children’s Concerts. 1 p.m. Cincinnati Art Museum. Constella Festival musicians with guest narrator. Admission is free on a first-come-first-served basis. No advance ticketing required. Further information at constellafestival.org.
Oct. 13. Classical Revolution Cincinnati presents Classical Revolution. 8 p.m. Northside Tavern, Northside. Modern and classic works in an informal atmosphere. Admission is free (donations suggested). Information at www.classicalrevolutioncincinnati.com/
Oct. 15. Constella Festival presents Missy Mazzoli, The New Classical. 7:30 p.m. Digitorium, Griffin Hall, Northern Kentucky University. Constella Festival musicians and integrated video art. Compositions by Missy Mazzoli, “Dissolve, O My Heart” for solo violin. “Tooth and Nail” for viola and electronics, “Lies You Can Believe In” for string trio, “Harp and Altar” for string quartet and electronics, “Song from the Uproar” (excerpts) for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano and double bass, “Set That On Fire” for flute, clarinet, violin, trumpet and piano, “Magic with Everyday Objects” for flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano and double bass.” Tickets at www.constellafestival.org.
Oct. 16. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music presents Café MoMus with Missy Mazzoli. Oct. , 7:30 p.m. Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM. Program to be announced. Admission is free. Information at http://constellafestival.org/event/cafe-momus-with-missy-mazzoli/
Oct. 19. Constella Festival presents “Spellbound: Three Centuries, Three Summits.” 8 p.m. Memorial Hall. Stewart Goodyear, piano. Berg, Piano Sonata. Bach, French Suite No. 5 in G Major. Beethoven, “Diabelli” Variations. Tickets at www.constellafestival.org.
Oct. 20. Hebrew Union College presents Concerts on Clifton. 4 p.m. Scheuer Chapel, HUC. Program to be announced. Admission is free. Information at http://constellafestival.org/event/concerts-on-clifton/
Oct. 25. Catacoustic Consort presents Catherina Meints, Viola
da gamba. 8 p.m. Venue, program to be announced. Accompanied by rare instrument
exhibition. Tickets at www.catacoustic.com.
Kelley O'Connor
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Oct. 30. Constella Festival presents “Inspired Improvisations
and Stravinsky.” 7:30 p.m. Harriet Tubman Hall, National Underground Railroad
Freedom Center. Heather Britt and Jimmy
Cunningham, choreographers. Dancers of the Cincinnati Ballet. Tatiana Berman and Eddy Kwon, violin. Sandra Gross,
installation artist. "All Too Wonderful" (Heather Britt, music by Peter Adam). Suite for Violin and Piano (Jimmy Cunningham, music by Stravinsky). Improvisation (Heather Britt). New work (Heather Britt). Tickets at www.constellafestival.org.
Nov. 1. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players presents the CSO Chamber Players. 7:30 p.m. Mayerson Theater, School for Creative and Performing Arts. Reger, Serenade in G Major. Mozart, Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, K. 498, “Kegelstatt Trio.” Brahms, Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8. Performing will be Ann Taylor, flute; Ronald Aufmann, clarinet; Timothy Lees and Rebecca Culnan, violin; Christian Colberg and Paul Frankenfeld, viola; Dan Culnan, cello; and Donna Loewy and Frank Weinstock, piano. Tickets at www.cincinnatisymphony.org.
Nov. 3. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of
Music presents Johann Sebastian Bach, “St. John Passion.” 5 p.m. Christ Church
Cathedral, downtown. CCM Chamber Choir and Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra. Jeffrey
Thompson, tenor (Evangelist) and student soloists. Earl Rivers, conductor.
Tickets at www.ccm.uc.edu.
Nov. 7. Constella Festival presents Joshua Bell, violin and
Sam Haywood, piano. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Hall. Program to be announced. Tickets
at www.constellafestival.org.
