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MAINLY MOZART FESTIVAL 2010
June 8-19 at the Balboa Theatre

Other Reasons This Is A Don't-Miss Festival
JOHN LILL • Tuesday, June 8 at 7pm
A Festival favorite and considered “…one of the greatest pianists alive today…” (The Glasgow Herald) who “…allows the music to emerge gloriously…” (International Piano), John Lill will finish the musical feat he began at the 2008 Festival when he played five of Beethoven’s six piano concertos. This year Lill will finish the cycle by opening the Festival with a performance of Beethoven’s final piano concerto.

Beethoven     Piano Concerto No. 6 in D Op. 61 (piano version by Beethoven from his Violin Concerto)
Mozart  
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Beethoven   Choral Fantasy, Op. 80

Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra
David Atherton, conductor










TIMOTHY DAY • Thursday, June 10 at 7pm
Another Festival alum who has delighted our audiences is Timothy Day, principal flutist of the San Francisco Symphony. Day has been hailed as a “…splendid soloist…” (San Francisco Chronicle) with “…pulse-quickening power…” (Union  Tribune) who can deftly segues from virtuosity to “…deadpan wit…” (San Francisco Chronicle).  

Mozart     Quintet for piano and winds in E flat, K. 452
Dvorak   Piano Quartet in A, Op. 81
Mozart   Andante in C, K. 315
Dvorak   Serenade for Strings in E, Op. 22

Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra
David Atherton, conductor











ANTHONY McGILL • Saturday, June 12 at 8pm
Noted for “…the sweetness of his tone and the energy of his phrasing” (New York Times), Anthony McGill is considered one of classical music’s finest solo, chamber and orchestral musicians. Along with Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; and Gabriela Montero, piano, McGill performed "Air and Simple Gifts," composed by John Williams, for the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Mozart     Overture: “Il Re Pastore”, K. 208
Copland   Clarinet Concerto
Mozart   Serenade in D “Haffner”, K. 250

Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra
David Atherton, conductor











ADAM NEIMAN • Tuesday, June 15 at 7pm
Adam Neiman is hailed as one of the premiere pianists of his generation, praised for playing with “…wisdom and light…” (Washington Post) and possessing a blend of power, bravura, imagination, sensitivity and technical precision. Mr. Neiman’s repertoire includes over 50 concertos, which he has performed with orchestras from New York to Belgrade. As a recitalist, he has toured North America, Europe and Japan.

Schubert     Octet in F, D. 803
Mozart   Overture “La finta semplice”, K. 51
Mozart   Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra
David Atherton, conductor
 







 DENNIS JAMES • Thursday, June 17 at 7pm
Dennis James’ unique musical talents include a rare specialty–playing the glass “armonica,” an instrument whose hauntingly ethereal sound caused it to be dubbed “the instrument of gods.” Linda Ronstadt was so intrigued by James and his glass armonica, she invited him to perform on her album “Winter Lights." Coincidentally, the two most famous works for glass armonica were composed by Mozart. James will perform both. 
 
Mozart      Adagio in C, K. 356 & Adagio and Rondo in C minor, K. 617 
Mendelssohn   Song Without Words in D, Op. 109
Mozart    Clarinet Trio in E flat, K. 498 
Mendelssohn   Symphony No. 3 in A minor “Scottish”, Op. 56

Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra
David Atherton, conductor 

 









 JAMES EHNES • Saturday, June 19 at 8pm
Hailed as "the Jascha Heifetz of our day" (Globe and Mail), James Ehnes “…produces a simply gorgeous palette of timbres--sometimes warm and velvety, sometimes with the pellucid clarity of lark song at dawn, elsewhere thrillingly powerful and incisive" (London Times). In addition to the brilliant reviews he has garnered around the world, Ehnes’ recordings have won a Grammy, a Gramophone and six Juno Awards.

Beethoven     Overture “Prometheus”, Op. 43
Beethoven     Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
Mozart    Serenade Nocturne in D, K. 239
Mozart   Symphony No. 38 in D “Prague”, K. 504

Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra
David Atherton, conductor