ANNOUNCING THE 2018-2019 SEASON

YEARS OF MUSIC MAKING2018-2019 Season

But as we look ahead to our 125th season, rather than rest on our laurels, we choose to look toward the future.

Toward musical luminaries like Gustavo Dudamel, Bobby McFerrin, Joyce DiDonato and more, who represent a blurring of genres, moving with an open mind from classical to jazz to bluegrass to world music, and back again

Toward an ever-evolving concert experience, whether it be the remarkable sound and space of Richardson Auditorium, the focused intensity of our Performances Up Close, or the transformative connectedness of our Live Music Meditations.

Toward the building of a new musical canon through premieres, commissions, and contemporary music performances, and the cultivation of future generations of talent, from highly-anticipated debuts to cross-campus interdisciplinary education initiatives.

We look forward to having you join us as we continue to re-define how classical music is presented, performed, and experienced, and strive to introduce ever broader audiences to the most gloriously life-affirming music that the world has to offer.

This is just the beginning…

Anniversaries are often a time for looking back on what’s come before – the milestones and achievements that form an organization’s legacy. And with 124 years of presenting the world’s greatest musicians; from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to violinist Isaac Stern, the Budapest String Quartet to pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy; there can be no doubt that Princeton University Concerts has made an immeasurable impact on the history of classical music...

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Joyce DiDonatoMezzo-soprano

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 8PMJERUSALEM STRING QUARTETPinchas Zukerman, ViolaAmanda Forsyth, Cello*string sextets by strauss, schoenberg, tchaikovsky

Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 8PMMARTIN FRÖST, Clarinet*HENRIK MÅWE, Piano*poulenc, vivaldi, telemann, brahms

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 8PMSTEVEN ISSERLIS, Cello*CONNIE SHIH, Piano*schumann, martinu, franck

Thursday, Mar. 14, 2019 8PMALEXANDER MELNIKOV, PianoANDREAS STAIER, Piano*all-schubert four hands

C O N C E R T C L A S S I C S S E R I E S 8 C O N C E R T S The Concert Classics Series is the cornerstone of PUC, bringing you the world’s finest chamber music from hallowed veterans and audience favorites, to the next generation of talent making their Princeton debuts. Regardless of the artists and programs, you can always rest assured that it will be nothing less than the best.

Thursday, Mar. 28, 2019 8PMPATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA, Violin*POLINA LESCHENKO, Piano*bartók, poulenc, enescu, ravel

Thursday, Apr. 4, 2019 8PMTAKÁCS STRING QUARTETMarc-André Hamelin, PianoJohn Feeney, Bass*haydn, shostakovich, schubert

Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019 8PMAUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRARichard Tognetti, Artistic DirectorPAUL LEWIS, Pianosamuel adams, mozart, brahms

Thursday, May 2, 2019 8PMÉBÈNE STRING QUARTETbeethoven, fauré

*Princeton University Concerts debut

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja Violin

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is incapable of giving a boring performance. She is one of classical music’s great risk takers. —Bachtrack

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I cannot say that music is the only thing that will save the world, but we have to put art somewhere far more central to the main sense of our society. - Gustavo Dudamel

“Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 2PMSIMÓN BOLÍVAR STRING QUARTET*Exploring “Art & the Americas”ginastera, dvorák, a new work for the occassion by donnacha dennehy

Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 7PMMUSICIANS FROM THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC*Exploring “Art & Faith”mozart, pärt, a new work for the occassion by juri seo

Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2019 7PMMUSICIANS FROM THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC*Exploring “Art & Nature”schubert, wagner, a new work for the occassion by steven mackey

Friday | Saturday, Apr. 26/27, 2019 7:30PM/4PMPRINCETON UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRAPRINCETON UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUBGUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Conductor*schubert, prokofiev, mendelssohn

As PUC’s first Artist-in-Residence for the 125th Season, Maestro Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, has curated three performances by ensembles closely associated with him, each exploring music’s relationship to the world around us through a different lens – one geographical, one natural, and one spiritual. Each program will also feature the world premiere of a PUC-commissioned piece, composed by members of our Music Department faculty, and will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Maestro Dudamel. The residency culminates with Dudamel taking baton in hand, as he leads the students of the Princeton University Orchestra and Glee Club. In addition to these performances, this multi-faceted residency - Maestro Dudamel’s first extended University residency - will reach into many other areas both on and off campus. A full schedule of events will be announced in the fall.

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G U S TA V O D U D A M E L I N - R E S I D E N C E : T H E C O N C E R T S 4 C O N C E R T S

*Princeton University Concerts debut

Friday, Sep. 21, 2018 7:30PM“Circlesongs”BOBBY MCFERRIN, Vocalist*

Sunday, Mar. 10, 2019 3PM“Songplay”JOYCE DIDONATO, Mezzo-sopranoCraig Terry, Piano; Chuck Israels, Bass;* Charlie Porter, Trumpet;* Jimmy Madison, Drums*

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Two special events this season highlight artists who engender community, offer jubilant, jazz-inspired programs, and defy expectations. It’s a celebration of PUC as a magnet for the greatest musical icons of our time.

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Bobby McFerrin Vocalist

*Princeton University Concerts debut

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 7:30PM“Beijing Meets Banjo”ABIGAIL WASHBURN, BanjoWU FEI, Guzheng*

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 7:30PM“8980: Book of Travelers”GABRIEL KAHANE, Vocalist/Composer*

Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 7:30PM“Avital meets Avital”AVI AVITAL, Mandolin*OMER AVITAL, Bass*

C R O S S R O A D S3 C O N C E R T S

A new series draws musicians and music from around the globe, distilling chamber music to its purest and most elemental form and highlighting music’s steadfast intimacy and uncanny capacity to tell stories and spark new conversations. It’s a celebration of PUC’s expansion of all that “chamber music” can encompass.

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Washburn Banjo

Wu Fei Guzheng

*Princeton University Concerts debut

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 6PM & 9PMSCHUBERT STRING QUINTET IN C MAJOR, D. 956Takács String Quartet with David Requiro, Cello*

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 6PM & 9PMMESSIAEN “QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME”Stefan Jackiw, Violin; Jay Campbell, Cello;* Yoonah Kim, Clarinet;* Conrad Tao, Piano*

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 6PM & 9PMSCHUBERT OCTET FOR WINDS & STRINGS, D. 803Brentano String Quartet; Anthony McGill, Clarinet;* Jennifer Montone, Horn;* Daniel Matsukawa, Bassoon;* Leigh Mesh, Bass*

P E R F O R M A N C E S U P C L O S E3 C O N C E R T S

Three profound chamber works chosen by our audience, each performed by world-class musicians in an almost communion-like intimacy. By offering these remarkable pieces of music a chance to breathe and stand on their own, this forward-thinking series goes straight to the spiritual and communal core of chamber music.

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Messiaen wrote most of his Quartet for the End of Time after being captured as a French soldier during the German invasion of 1940. The premiere took place in an unheated space in Barrack 27. A fellow-inmate drew up a program in Art Nouveau style, to which an official stamp was affixed: “Stalag VIIIA 49 geprüft [approved].” Sitting in the front row—and shivering along with the prisoners—were the German officers of the camp. *Princeton University Concerts debut

Stefan Jackiw Violin

PUC favorite Stefan Jackiw stepped in for Isabelle Faust back in 2015 and illuminated a darkened hall (and our collective souls) with a movement of the Messiaen arranged for violin and piano. A number of concertgoers expressed the hope that they might one day hear him play the full piece, and now, friends, that day has come. He returns in a super-group of four of the brightest young stars of classical music to play this sublime work as part of the Performances Up Close series.

A L L I N T H E FA M I LY2 C O N C E R T S

Your youngster’s life-long love of music will begin the moment he or she encounters chamber music in person at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. Pre-school aged kids, ages 3-6, will be able to enjoy “Baby Got Bach,” hosted by renowned pianist Orli Shaham. PUC’s staple family concert “Meet the Music,” for kids ages 6-12, will return in the spring with musicians from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

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“Bring on the Brass”Orli Shaham, Host/Piano with special guests The Westerlies Brass Quartet*

“The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses”The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Bruce Adolphe, host with special guests The Princeton Girlchoir

Saturday, Mar. 23, 2019 1PMMEET THE MUSIC

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Saturday, Nov 3, 2018 1PMBABY GOT BACH

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*Princeton University Concerts debut

ILLUSTRATION: ROGER ROTH

RICHARDSONCHAMBER PLAYERS

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Our resident ensemble of performance faculty, distinguished guest artists and supremely talented students.

Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 3PM“FROM RIO TO BROOKLYN,”featuring mixed chamber works of George Gershwin, Villa Lobos, Revueltas, Piazzolla, and Leo Brouwer

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 3PM“THEN & NOW: RICHARDSON CHAMBER PLAYERS CELEBRATES THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERTS,” featuring mixed chamber works of Saint-Saëns, Arensky, Brahms, and Eric Nathan

Subscriptions to the 2018-2019season will go on sale in May 2018.609-258-2800 princetonuniversityconcerts.orgAll concerts take place inRichardson Auditoriumin Alexander Hall

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Martin Fröst Clarinet

Until you’ve heard Martin Fröst, you really haven’t heard the clarinet. —The Times (London)

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