Highlights of the 2009 Summer Season

Summer is fast approaching and music will once again fill the air at festivals all over the country. We are proud once again to see a summer full of Schott/EAM performances including the music of Tobias Picker at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Tanglewood's Festival of Contemporary Music with works of Oliver Knussen, Matthias Pintscher, Beat Furrer, George Benjamin, Julian Anderson, Wolfgang Rihm and Christopher Rouse and the Ravinia Festival's performances of the music of Kurt Weill conducted by James Conlon and featuring Patti LuPone. Get out and enjoy the beat of life under the sun at a summer music festival featuring works by composers from the Schott/EAM family near you!

What: Aspen Music Festival and School
Where: Aspen Music Festival Grounds, Aspen, CO
When: June 26-July 29

6/26 Martin: Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments
6/30 Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
6/30 Bartok: String Quartet No. 2
7/03 Adès: "Five fathoms deep your father lies..." from The Tempest
7/06 Martinu: String Quartet No. 2
7/11 Dahl: Concertino a tre
7/19 Kodály: Dances from Galanta
7/18 Knussen: Songs without Voices
7/18 Martinu: String Sextet, H. 224
7/29 Martinu: Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
8/8 Benjamin: Upon Silence
8/18 Picker: String Quartet No. 2

For further information please visit www.aspenmusicfestival.com.

What: Tanglewood
Where: Lenox, MA
When: August 7-10

8/7 Furrer: Voicelessness. The Snow Has No Voice
8/7 Pintscher: Lieder und Schneebilder
8/7 Rouse: Ku-Ka-Ilimoku
8/10 Rihm: Verwandlung 2:Musik
8/7 Knussen: Requiem - Songs for Sue
8/8 Benjamin: Upon Silence
8/8 Orff: Carmina Burana
8/9 Boulez: mémoriale (...explosante-fixe...Originel)
8/10 Anderson: Shir Hashirim
8/11Boulez: Incises and une page d'éphéméride

For further information please visit www.tanglewood.org.

What: Ravinia Music Festival
Where: Highland Park, IL
When: August 6- September 7

8/4 Weill: Mahagonny Songspiel
8/4 Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
8/6 Kurtág: Selections from Jatekok
8/13 Janáček: String Quartet No. 2
9/7 Bartok: String Quartet No. 2

For further information, please visit www.ravinia.org.

What: Grant Park Music Festival
Where: Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
When: July 26-August 12

7/29 Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
8/12 Berio: Ritirata notturna di Madrid

For Further information, please visit www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

What: Music Academy of the West
Where: Montecito, CA
When: July 5

7/5 Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques

For further information, please visit www.musicacademy.org

What: Colorado Music Festival
Where: Boulder, CO
When: July 3-July 15

7/3 - 7/4 Gershwin: Porgy & Bess, A Symphonic Picture

For further information, please visit www.coloradomusicfest.org

What: Caramoor Music Festival
Where: Katonah, NY
When: July 5

7/5 Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"

For further information, please visit www.caramoor.org

What: Skaneateles Festival
Where: Skaneateles, NY
When: August 22

8/22 Kodály: Summer Evening

For further information, please visit www.skanfest.org

What: Brevard Music Festival
Where: Brevard, NC
When: July 5-August 9

7/5 Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler
7/12 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
7/24 Gershwin: An American in Paris

For further information, please visit www.brevardmusic.org

What: Blossom Festival, The Cleveland Orchestra
Where: Cuyahoga Falls, OH
When: July 5- July 25

7/5 Gershwin: Excerpts from Porgy & Bess
7/19 Brahms/Berio: Sonata for Clarinet
7/25 Gerswhin: Rhapsody in Blue/ Ballet for Fred and Ginger from Shall We Dance?

For further information, please visit www.clevelandorchestra.com

What: Montreal Chamber Music Festival
Where: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
When: May 20-May 29

5/20 Gershwin: "Summertime" and "Ain't Necessarily So" from Porgy and Bess
5/27 Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, Guarneri Quartet (Final Canadian Performance)
5/29 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

For further information, please visit www.festivalmontreal.org