April 25, 2026
Summary
Music@Menlo’s 2017 festival celebrated an instrument that shaped the evolution of classical music, exploring the violin’s history alongside celebrated composers, performers, and luthiers. In a nod to that season, this program unites two violinist-composers who were fundamental to that evolution: Antonio Vivaldi and Fritz Kreisler.
Program
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
The Four Seasons (1725)
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Caprice viennois, op. 2 (1910)
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Tempo di minuetto (in the Style of Pugnani) (1910)
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Midnight Bells (after Heuberger’s The Opera Ball) (1923)
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Tambourin chinois, op. 3 (1910)
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Variations on a Theme of Corelli (in the Style of Tartini) (1910)
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Slavonic fantasie on Themes by Dvořák (1914)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47)
Lieder ohne Worte (Song without Words), op. 62, no. 1 (1841–44) (arr. Kreisler, 1914)
Fritz Kreisler
La gitana (1919)
Fritz Kreisler
Sicilienne and Rigaudon (in the Style of Francœur) (1905)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Hymn to the Sun from The Golden Cockerel (1906–07) (arr. Kreisler, 1911)
Fritz Kreisler
Schön Rosmarin (1910)
Fritz Kreisler
Liebesleid (1910)
Fritz Kreisler
Liebesfreud (1910)
Artists
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Piano
Gilbert Kalish
Piano
Chelsea Wang
Piano
Hyeyeon Park
Piano and Harpsichord
Chad Hoopes
Violin
Bella Hristova
Violin
Jessica Lee
Violin
Kristin Lee
Violin
Arnaud Sussmann
Violin
Guillermo Figueroa
Viola
Paul Neubauer
Viola
Dmitri Atapine
Cello
Sterling Elliott
Cello
David Finckel
Cello
Scott Pingel
Bass
July 17, 2026
Encounter Lectures
Encounter I: Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, led by Michael Parloff
July 19, 2026
Concert Programs
Concert Program II: Being Mendelssohn
July 22, 2026
Encounter Lectures
Encountering Beethoven Lecture I, with Gilles Vonsattel
July 22, 2026
Bundle event
Beethoven Bundle I:
Lecture & Performance
July 23, 2026
Carte Blanche Concerts
Carte Blanche I: Beethoven Sonatas, Gilles Vonsattel
July 24, 2026
July 25, 2026
Concert Programs
Concert Program III: From Bach
July 26, 2026
July 28, 2026
Concert Programs
Concert Program IV: The Unfolding of Music
July 29, 2026
Encounter Lectures
Encountering Beethoven Lecture II, with Gilles Vonsattel
July 29, 2026
Bundle event
Beethoven Bundle II:
Lecture & Performance
July 30, 2026
Carte Blanche Concerts
Carte Blanche II: Beethoven Sonatas, Gilles Vonsattel
July 31, 2026
August 1, 2026
Concert Programs
Concert Program V: Resonance
August 2, 2026
Concert Programs
Concert Program VI: Returning to Mozart
August 4, 2026
Encounter Lectures
Encounter II: Artistic Legacy, led by Ara Guzelimian
August 5, 2026
Encounter Lectures
Encountering Beethoven Lecture III, with Gilles Vonsattel
August 5, 2026
Bundle event
Beethoven Bundle III:
Lecture & Performance
August 6, 2026
Carte Blanche Concerts
Carte Blanche III: Beethoven Sonatas, Gilles Vonsattel
August 8, 2026
