Tiburon
Music Festival at St. Hilary Church
June 19 – 26, 2010
The third annual Tiburon Music Festival, a European style festival,
featuring community based musicians bringing world class performances of
chamber music and chamber opera at a very
affordable price to the breathtaking setting of St. Hilary Church in beautiful
Tiburon, California
Celebrate the 200th birthdays of Frederic Chopin
and Robert Schumann with two chamber music concerts, featuring the Tiburon Chamber
Players (San Francisco Symphony musicians with Marin County roots) and a piano recital. Then revel in
some of
Saturday, June 19 at 7:30
Contemporary Opera Marin
The Coffee Cantata by J.S. Bach –
budding romance under the influence of a delicious 18th century brew with
Christa Pfeiffer, Jeff Fields and Stefan Schermerhorn.
Prohibition Songs – a staging for
women’s chorus of a number of American popular songs from 1900 to 1930 decrying
‘demon rum’.
First love, Last Orders by Barry Russell
– the first of this British composers ten minute Pub Operas - literally operas
meant to be performed in pubs - serves up a poignant look at couples (Valentina Osinski and Joe
Osborne) hoping for that elusive connection while out for a pint.
The Seasonings by P. D. Q. Bach
– a madcap romp on all aspects of the culinary arts in the style of a
Handel oratorio featuring a large chorus and the soloists of the St. Hilary
choir.
Sunday, June 20, at
The Tiburon
Chamber Players perform Felix Mendelssohn’s
masterful Octet in E flat major, opus 20, for double
string quartet and festival director Paul Smith joins them in the great Piano Quintet, opus 44 of Robert Schumann. Performed by
San Francisco Symphony musicians Sarn Oliver, Amy Hiraga, Mariko Smiley, Chen Zhao, violins
Gina Feinauer, Nancy Ellis, violas, Peter Wyrick, Barbara Bogatin, cellos
Tuesday, June 22 at 7:30
Festival director Paul Smith performs
Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, opus 6, and after
intermission, Stinson Beach pianist Jean Alexis Smith performs selections from her recent
CD release of the complete Chopin nocturnes.In
addition, each half of the program opens with a work by Clara Schumann,
Robert’s beloved wife, that inspired these compositions.
Wednesday, June 23 at 7:30
Contemporary Opera Marin
Prohibition Songs
First love, Last Orders by Barry Russell
Send for Mr. Plim by
Mischa Spoliansky – this
rarely performed cabaret opera first performed in Berlin in 1932 follows a day
in the life of sad sack Mr Plim
as he tries to please the many ‘high maintenance’ customers at the famous
Wertheim’s department store. Imagine Kurt Weill with a close harmony male quintet and you’ll
begin to get the flavor of this comedic gem. You won’t want to miss the revival
of this Contemporary Opera Marin production featuring Christa Pfeiffer, Stefan Schermerhorn, Erik Batz and
Michael P. Mendelssohn as Plim.
Thursday, June 24 at
Tiburon Chamber Players violist Nancy Ellis
performs transcriptions of Schumann songs and Brahms’ Two Songs, opus 91, for
contralto, viola and piano. Tiburon Chamber Players founder, Barbara Bogatin, performs Chopin’s Waltz in A minor and Nocturne in
C sharp minor in transcription for cello and piano. After intermission
Barbara will be joined by violinist John Chisholm and Paul
Smith in a performance of the Clara Schumann
Piano Trio, opus 17.
Friday, June 25 at 7:30
Contemporary Opera Marin
Send for Mr. Plim by
Mischa Spoliansky
The Coffee Cantata by J.S. Bach
The Seasonings by P. D. Q. Bach
Saturday, June 26 at 7:30
Contemporary Opera Marin
First love, Last Orders by Barry Russell
Prohibition Songs
The Seasonings by P. D. Q. Bach
Send for Mr. Plim by Mischa
Spoliansky
All performances begin at 7:30 and last approximately 90 minutes.
Light refreshments are served afterwards.
Tickets are $20 each (18 and under $5) or three for $45.
Tickets are available online at www.tiburonmusicfestival.org,
by phone at 415 457 5226 or at the door
St. Hilary Church
www.tiburonmusicfestival.org