September 18, 2016, Sunday - Schubert’s Death and the Maiden with Patricia Kopatchinskaja at Ted Mann Concert Hall

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Ted Mann Concert Hall,  2128 S 4th Street

Schubert’s Death and the Maiden with Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Program:
Klein: Partita for String Orchestra (arr. Saudek)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor
Anonymous: Byzantine Chant on Psalm 140 for String Orchestra (arr. Kopatchinskaja)
Schubert: Song D. 531 from Death and the Maiden Quartet for String Orchestra (arr. Wiancko)
Dowland: Pavan from Seaven Teares for String Quintet
Kurtág: Ligatura
Kurtág: “Ruhelos” (“Restless”) from Kafka Fragments
Schubert: Death and the Maiden Quartet for String Orchestra

Led by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, director and violin

The opening half of this concert features Patricia Kopatchinskaja as soloist on Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto as well as Gideon Klein’s Partita for String Orchestra. Klein, along with many other artists, was forced into slavery by the Nazi regime, and wrote this work for violin, viola and cello while imprisoned in Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. After imaginative performances of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden in the 2014.15 season that were “bursting with life, full of urgency, anxiety, tumult and triumph” (Star Tribune), Kopatchinskaja restages her musical meditation on death. Works by Dowland, Kurtág and Schubert serve as interludes among movements of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden Quartet for String Orchestra to illuminate the work anew.

Tickets:

$10 – $50, kids and students free

Call 651.291.1144, visit thespco.org or stop by the ticket office at
The Historic Hamm Building, Third Floor, 408 Saint Peter St., Saint Paul, MN.

ABOUT PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja's versatility shows itself in her diverse repertoire, ranging from baroque and classical often played on gut strings, to new commissions and re-interpretations of modern masterworks.

Kopatchinskaja’s 2016/17 season commences with the opening concerts of the new SWR Symphonieorchester with whom she performs Peter Eötvös’ DoReMi Violin Concerto (with the composer himself conducting), and an appearance with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra as part of the inaugural performances of the new Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg. She will also make her debuts with Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra performing Sibelius’ Violin Concerto under the baton of Krzysztof Urbański, and with Gotherburg Symphony - again with Peter Eötvös. Continuing her regular collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, she appears with them in London and New York under Vladimir Jurowski. 

György Ligeti’s Violin Concerto is a particular focus of Kopatchinskaja’s current season; she will perform the work widely including with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle, with Filharmonica della Scala under Andrés Orozco-Estrada, and with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Teodor Currentzis.

This season Kopatchinskaja is Artist in Residence at three major European venues and festivals: at the Berlin Konzerthaus (where she will perform the Schumann and Sibelius Violin Concertos with the Konzerthaus Orchester under the baton of Iván Fischer and showcase a number of other chamber projects); at the Wigmore Hall in London; and at the Kissinger Sommer Festival (where she performs with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo). She also embarks upon several major European tours; with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg under Gustavo Gimeno in the autumn and with Wiener Symphoniker and Musica Aeterna in the spring – both with Currentzis.

Last season’s highlights included a residency at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, performances with the Houston and Seattle symphony orchestras and several appearances in London – both with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Jurowski and as the central figure of the ‘Changing Minds’ weekend at the Southbank Centre, where she performed Schumann’s Violin Concerto with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment under the baton of Marin Alsop. Kopatchinskaja also toured with Camerata Salzburg under Langrée, with Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Thierry Fischer and with Jurowski and his State Academic Symphony Orchestra in Moscow.

Chamber music is immensely important to Kopatchinskaja and she performs regularly with artists such as Markus Hinterhäuser, Polina Leschenko, Anthony Romaniuk and Anu Komsi, appearing at such leading venues as the Berlin Konzerthaus, London’s Wigmore Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus and Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Kopatchinskaja is also an Artistic Partner with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and performs with the ensemble regularly, both in Saint Paul and internationally. They will undertake a major European tour together in November 2016, to co-incide with a new CD recording of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden scheduled for release later in the season. 

A prolific recording artist, the last few seasons have seen a number of major releases; an album of Kancheli’s music with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica, a disc of duos entitled TAKE TWO on Alpha Classics, a recording of Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Fantasy with WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln under Heinz Holliger for Audite, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Teodor Currentzis and Musica Aeterna on the Sony label. Kopatchinskaja’s release for Naïve Classique featuring concerti by Bartók, Ligeti and Peter Eötvös won Gramophone’s Recording of the Year Award in 2013, an ECHO Klassik Award and a 2014 Grammy nomination.

ABOUT THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Renowned for its artistic excellence, remarkable versatility of musical styles and adventurous programming, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is widely regarded as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world. Now in its 58th season, the SPCO has recently undergone transformational change, with the opening of its new home, the Ordway Concert Hall, the addition of a new generation of players, and significant changes in the scope of its artistic aspirations and profile. Committed to championing new music, the SPCO is primarily an unconducted ensemble that works in close collaboration with a diverse series of Artistic Partners. The orchestra’s current Artistic Partners are Jonathan Cohen, Jeremy Denk, Martin Fröst, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Pekka Kuusisto, and Thomas Zehetmair. Past Artistic Partners include Christian Zacharias, Roberto Abbado, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Douglas Boyd, Joshua Bell, Nicholas McGegan, Stephen Prutsman and Dawn Upshaw.

The virtuoso musicians of the SPCO present more than 130 concerts and educational programs each year, and are regularly heard on public radio programs which reach 1.2 million listeners each week on 289 stations. The SPCO has released 67 recordings, commissioned 146 new works, and tours nationally and internationally, including performances in premier venues in Europe, Asia and South America. Recent engagements in Berkeley, CA, New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Ojai Festival, and tours to Scandinavia and Central and Eastern Europe were met with great critical acclaim.

The SPCO is nationally recognized for its commitment to broad community accessibility, its innovative audience outreach efforts, and its educational and family programming. Regular subscription series are performed in a variety of different venues across the Twin Cities metropolitan area each season, a unique commitment to geographic accessibility for a major orchestra. The SPCO offers the most affordable tickets of any major orchestra in the United States, with over 50 percent of tickets available for $12 or less. The orchestra also recently launched an innovative new ticket membership model in which members pay $5 per month to attend unlimited concerts. The SPCO’s award-winning CONNECT education program reaches over 5,000 students and teachers annually in 12 Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools, and its Target® Free Family Music program provides engaging and educational experiences for thousands of Twin Cities children and families each year. The SPCO’s Liquid Music Series (named “Best of Classical” by The New York Times) presents innovative projects and inspired collaborations by emerging and iconoclastic artists and invites adventurous audiences to discover the new and the fascinating within the flourishing landscape of contemporary classical music.