The lineup includes England’s acclaimed Thomas Adès, Tony-Award winning actor Danny Burstein, The Paper Cinema, top-notch musicians and a multimedia extravaganza
A chamber-music festival with a tap dancer, puppets, narration by a Tony-Award winning actor, animation and adventurous jazz artists?
They include: the first opening-night performance to boast a multimedia extravaganza; the first SummerFest concerts centered around choral music; and the first time a composer in residence is assuming that position for the second time. “I think it’s a testament to the festival that one of the most-in- demand composers/conductors in the world left SummerFest saying: ‘I had the most wonderful time here, I’d love to come back,’” said Leah Rosenthal, the society’s artistic director. “And he means it! We all feel honored.”
Barnatan recalls the conversation a little differently, saying that he asked Adès first. Either way, it’s evident Adès is a perfect fit for SummerFest in any year.Violinist Aug.in Hadelich is one of the featured performers at La Jolla Music Society’s 2024 SummerFest. In each of the previous four years, Barnatan has served as SummerFest music director, he has tried something a little different for opening night.
“And Tom was going to be here, so the idea of his conducting was just too delicious. He has such an affinity for Stravinsky.” The narrator of “The Soldier’s Tale” will be Tony Award-winner and multiple Grammy Award-nominee Danny Burstein. A UC San Diego alum, the actor/singer also works frequently in TV and film.
“Music at its best tells stories, but in this festival, I wanted to explore those stories in greater detail,” Barnatan said in a recent phone interview. He spoke the day before embarking from his New York home on a road trip to San Diego. Accompanying him on this annual trek is his husband, Jason Feldman, and their whippet, Jasper.“Some of these ‘Inside stories’ will be told live from the stage, others through video,” Barnatan said.
Context will also be provided throughout the festival at free events, including coaching workshops, open rehearsals, Encounters and the Artist Lounge . No stranger to the music of Spain, Adès wrote the 2016 opera based on a film by Spanish director Luis Buñuel. Titled like the movie — “The Exterminating Angel” — his opera was restaged last season by Opera de Paris.
“I was lucky enough to get to write this major six-movement guitar suite for Sean. I’m thrilled that he’s going to play it here. There’s a unique Spanish flavor because the guitar is an instrument from Spain, so it takes that up automatically.”“The piano has a distinct advantage,” Adès explained. “The melodies, harmonies and heart create an amazing, colorful stained-glass window. I think the music comes out more clearly with the piano. I can’t wait to do that for the audience.
The JAI will host two up-and-coming jazz artists: harpist Brandee Younger with her trio on Aug. 8 and pianist/composer/coder Dan Tepfer with his computer-driven algorithms on Aug. 15.
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