Prokofiev in the Rose Studio

Thursday, October 31st, 6:30 & 9:00 pm | Rose Studio, Lincoln Center - New York, NY

Sergei Prokofiev: Quintet in G minor for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Bass, Op. 39

John Corigliano: Poem in October for Tenor, Winds, Strings and Harpsichord

An Evening with Antony Roth Costanzo

Dan Schlosberg, piano

Saturday, October 5th, 7PM | Portola Valley, CA

Tertulia and bean-to-bar chocolate makers Dandelion team up for an evening of guided tastings of single-origin chocolates, confections and baked creations paired with world-class music-making.

Wednesday, October 2nd, 7PM | Tastings and Performance

Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin | Jonathan Vinocour, viola | Christopher Costanza, cello

Dandelion Chocolate - San Francisco, CA

Program

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Selections from Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 (1717-23)

Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313 (1947)

Ernö DOHNÁNYI (1877-1960) Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10 (1903)

PROGRAM:

Elgar: Serenade Opus 20 in E minor
Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D Major
Mozart: Symphony No 41 K551 ‘Jupiter’

Conductor: Daniel Boico
Soloist: James Austin Smith, oboe

PROGRAM:

Franck: Les Eolides
Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D Major
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, K. 551 

Conductor: Daniel Boico
Soloist: James Austin Smith, oboe

James Austin Smith and Luis Magalhães present a recital for oboe and piano including works by Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, William Grant Still, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Helen Grime, Carl Nielsen, Benjamin Britten, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

James Austin Smith, oboe and Luis Magalhães, piano present “Fantasy and Metamorphosis” including works by Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, William Grant Still, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Helen Grime, Carl Nielsen, Benjamin Britten, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

PROGRAM:

Schumann: Overture, Scherzo, & Finale, Op. 52
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’ 

Conductor: Conrad van Alphen
Soloist: James Austin Smith, oboe

Coast Live Music presents an evening of baroque works for oboe and strings overlooking the San Francisco Bay at beautiful Fogarty Winery. Tickets include light bites and roundtrip transportation from downtown Portola Valley. A cash bar featuring Fogarty wines will be available.

PROGRAM

Mozart
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
Fisher
Unfinished Portrait for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Poulenc 
Sextet for Piano and Winds

An evening exploring the combination of wind quintet and piano through Mozart’s Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 452 and Beethoven’s Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16

Featured Artists:

Orion Weiss, piano

Gina Cuffari, bassoon

James Austin Smith, oboe

David Bryd-Marrow, horn

Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet

German oboist Christian Wetzel joins Stony Brook professor James Austin Smith and the Stony Brook oboe studio for an exploration of music written behind the Iron Curtain and a remembrance of the border-defying “East German-West German Oboe Duo” of the 70s and 80s. Featuring a world premiere by Bernd Franke.

Program:

Friedrich Goldmann Solo zu zweit

Georg Katzer Lieder und Kommentare zu Ovid

Bernd Franke Niemandsland World Premiere

Matana Roberts Schema

Explore what is possible when two oboes join forces in a duo featuring Titus Underwood and James Austin Smith. This program has a wide variety, ranging from baroque works to the world premiere of a piece commissioned by Emerald City Music and written by Ghanaian-American composer Fred Onovwerosuoke.

February 12, 7:30PM Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

In response to John Cage’s unrealized project, Noh-opera: Or the Complete Musical Works of Marcel Duchamp, which he envisioned to premiere in Japan, Tomomi Adachi seamlessly integrates the alluring aspects of opera and noh, using AI to compose music and lyrics from koan—short Zen Buddhist riddles. This audacious composition fuses together the distinct vocal styles of Gelsey Bell, recognized as the “future of experimental vocalism” (NY Times), and Japanese female noh actor Wakako Matsuda, with five wind instruments performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble.

With Up Close at Bar Calico, Tertulia presents intimate, moving performances by some of the most compelling artists of our time. Andrew Yee is a phenomenal cellist and a deeply thoughtful musician - we can’t wait to hear her in the beautiful Bar Calico.

James Austin Smith, oboe and guest curator, Jennifer Frautschi, violin, Ayane Kozasa, viola, Nina Lee, cello, Amy Yang, piano

Program:

William Grant Still

Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano

Benjamin Britten
Phantasy Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello

Iva Bittova
Hoboj and Divna Slecinka for Oboe and Viola

Gabriel Fauré
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 45

TERTULIA X DANDELION CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Back by popular demand! Tertulia returns to Dandelion Chocolate - San Francisco’s premium, bean-to-bar chocolate maker. We will be joined by Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin), Owen Dalby (violin/viola), and Christopher Costanza (cello) and will explore the Dandelion factory in a completely unique way, listening to live performances and tasting through different variations of cocoa. We can’t wait to share this exclusive evening with you!

Hearing Memory tells the story of a forgotten East German avant-garde, asking how an overlooked cultural history might inform our political present.

Oboist James Austin Smith brings his musical-historical project, Hearing Memory, to National Sawdust, exploring music lost to the 'end of history’. Through documentary interviews, story-telling and musical performance, Smith and pianist Cory Smythe reflect on the complicated legacy of the daring classical music scene that emerged in the 1970s in East Germany, offering a powerful example of musicians creating meaning beyond sound. Music of Friedrich Goldmann, Christfried Schmidt, Siegfried Thiele and Paul Dessau will be featured alongside a world premiere of a work for oboe and piano by Matana Roberts.