Takács Quartet with David Requiro – Feb 14
Calidore Quartet – Mar 6
Théotime Langlois de Swarte & Les Arts Florissants – Mar 23
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI – Apr 16
Samueli Theater
COSTA MESA, CA | Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents the remaining performances of our 2024/2025 Chamber Series: four concerts by world class ensembles playing iconic works of chamber music, including some premieres, from February through April in the intimate Samueli Theater.
First, Takács Quartet with David Requiro, cello, return on Feb 14 with a program of Haydn, Britten, and Schubert, followed by the return of popular Calidore Quartet on Mar 6, with the debut of String Quartet #3 by Han Lash. Then in late March, violin sensation Théotime Langlois de Swarte & Baroque supergroup Les Arts Florissants perform Vivaldi’s the Four Seasons, March 23; Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI end the series on April 16, with Music of Fire and Love, breathing life into their extensive repertoire of early music. All concerts begin at 7pm.
Program:
Haydn: String Quartet Op. 54, No. 2
Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major Op. 36
Schubert: Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956
This year, the world renowned Takács Quartet enters its 50th season and returns to Samueli Theater with a beautiful program including Haydn, Britten, and Schubert. Known for their innovative programming, the Takács Quartet is a longtime audience favorite who continues to bring breathtaking interpretations to the Samueli Theater stage. Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola) and András Fejér (cello) are excited about the 2024-2025 season that features varied projects including a new concerto written for them and the Colorado Music Festival orchestra by Gabriela Lena Frank.
This past spring, Takács released two albums, one for Hyperion of quartets by Schubert, and another for Yarlung that includes new works by Clarice Assad, Bryce Dessner and bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro (featured on the disc). And later in 2024, the group released an album with pianist Marc Andre Hamelin, featuring works by Florence Price and Antonín Dvořák. This distinguished chamber music group secured their fourth Gramophone Classical Music Award for Chamber Music in 2021 and consistently delivers exceptional chamber music recordings. The Takács Quartet holds the honor of being the inaugural string quartet inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame.
The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the vast chamber music repertory, from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like György Kurtág, Jörg Widmann, and Caroline Shaw. They will perform the World Premiere of String Quartet No. 3 by Han Lash, commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting for our Chamber Series. Calidore members are violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry and cellist Estelle Choi.
Program:
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, “Harp”
KORNGOLD: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 34
World Premiere – String Quartet No. 3 by Han Lash commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting for our Chamber Series
The Washington Post says “four more individual musicians are unimaginable, yet these speak, breathe, think and feel as one” and All Music praises this quartet as“a major new presence on the chamber music scene.”The four musicians are confirmed millennials who play with fresh intimacy for 21st Century audiences. The ensemble was barely launched from its 2010 founding at the Colburn School in Los Angeles before the accolades started to roll in – within two years, the quartet won grand prizes in virtually all the major US chamber music competitions and then made international headlines as the winner of the $100,000 Grand Prize of the 2016 M-Prize International Chamber Music Competition.
Mentored by some of the most revered members of the international chamber music scene (including the beloved Emerson String Quartet), Calidore has released multiple critically acclaimed recordings and is currently in residence with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
After the completely rapturous ovation to Théotime Langlois de Swarte’s Center debut, we knew we had to bring the violin sensation back as quickly as possible. Not only is he returning – but he is also bringing with him, Les Arts Florissants. While still at the incredibly young age of 28, Théotime has quickly become one of today’s most sought-after violin soloists. His almost super-human dexterity on both the baroque and modern instrument has mesmerized critics, while his passion, conviction, and dashing looks has made him a major star with Millennials and Gen Z. Gramophone says “I’m running out of ways to recount Théotime ’s brilliance….Most of all, I’m in awe of his seemingly effortless blend of control and abandon.”
Program:
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 -1643) Adoramus te, SV 289, transcription.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) Concerto for strings and basso continuo
Madrigalesco” R.V. 129
Marco Uccellini (1603-1680) : Bergamasca
Vivaldi: Concerto in D-Minor, RV 813
Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762): Concerto XII in D-minor “Follia”. (after Corelli)
Vivaldi: Concerto in E-Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 (“Spring”)
Vivaldi: Concerto in G-Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315 (“Summer”)
–Intermission–
Vivaldi: Overture to “La Fida Ninfa” (“The Faithful Nymph”) in F-Major, FV 714
Vivaldi: Concerto in F-Major, Op. 8, No. 3 RV 293 (“Autumn”)
Vivaldi: Grave from Violin Concerto in Bb-Major, RV 370
Vivaldi: Concerto in F-Minor, Op. 8, No. 4 RV 297 (“Winter”)
Théotime will be joined by Les Arts Florissants, one of the most renowned and respected early music groups in Europe and around the world. (Théotime was actually a regular member of Les Arts Florissant in 2014 while he was still a student.) Dedicated to the performance of Baroque music on original instruments, the ensemble was founded in 1979 by the Franco-American harpsichordist/conductor William Christie and takes its name from a short opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Together, there are a grand total of 16 instrumentalists on stage. Highlighting this program will be Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, one of the greatest violin concertos of all time and one of the best-selling classical works ever.
Jordi Savall is one of the most versatile and engaging musical personalities of his generation. For more than fifty years, he has rescued musical gems from the obscurity of neglect and oblivion and given them back for all to enjoy. The Washington Post calls Jordi Savall “A magical musician” and The New Yorker praises Savall as “a man worth celebrating. Savall is not only a performer of genius but also a conductor, a scholar, a teacher.”
Program:
Grounds & Improvisations
Antonio de Cabezón Pavana con su glosa
Anonymous (England) Greensleeves to a Ground (Romanesca) 1650
Juan Garcia de Zépedes (México 1619-) The Guaracha Improvisations
Captain Hume’s Muusicall Humours & Battles London 1605 A Souldiers March – Harke, harke – Good againe, A
Souldiers Resolution
Catalan Laments Anonyyme/Jordi Savall. La Canço del Lladre – El Testament d’Amelia
The Hispanic traditions (Zaragoza 1674) Gaspar Sanz Jácaras & Canarios
Cantos & Bayles, codex truillo de Lima (Perú) Lima 1780 Lanchas para Baylar, Tonada de el Chimo, Cachua
Serranita (Improvisations)
Tears of a Viol
Mr. de Sainte-Colombe, le pére Les pleurs from Tombeau les Régrets
The Spanish Folias, Antoni Martini Coll Diferencias sobre les Folias (Flores de Musica, 1709)
The Saldivar Codex (Mexico 1720) Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) Fandango
Lancashire Pipes (The Mancester Gamba Book) A Pointe or Preludium – The Lancashire Pipes, The Pigges of Rumsey, Kat of Bardie, A Toy
Glosados and Improvisations: Francisco Correa de Arauxo Glosas sobre “Todo el mundo en general”,
Antonio Valente/Jarocho (Mexico), Anonyme
Canarios (Improvisations) Gallarda napolitan (Naples 1576) Jarabe loco (Improvisations)
A tireless researcher, Savall has devoted his career to reviving and interpreting the vast repertoire of early music. His profound understanding of historical contexts and his virtuosity on the viol make him a luminary in the world of period performance. He has recorded and released more than 230 discs covering the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music repertories, with a special focus on the Hispanic and Mediterranean musical heritage, receiving countless awards and distinctions such as the Midem Classical Award, the International Classical Music Award and the GRAMMY® Award.
With his legendary ensemble Hespèrion XXI, Savall has assembled a group of exceptional musicians, each a specialist in the intricacies of historical instruments, to breathe life into centuries-old compositions. With performances that marry meticulous research with virtuosic musicianship, this fascinating program explores a century of history through music as they showcase the “new music” that took Europe by storm years ago.
Jordi Savall has been called a time traveler, a globe-trotting adventurer, a tireless scholar, a virtuoso performer and a visionary ensemble leader. We may not know exactly where Savall will lead us as he mines the past for treasures that illuminate new connections between historic people and places, cultures, and movements, but we are always thrilled to come along for the ride.
Tickets for 2024/2025 Chamber performances start at $44.07 and are available for purchase online at scfta.org, in person at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, and by phone at (714) 556-2787. For inquiries about group ticket discounts of 10 or more, call the Group Services offices at (714) 755-0236.
2025 Chamber Concerts
Takács Quartet with David Requiro
Friday, Feb 14 at 7:00PM
Calidore Quartet
Thursday, Mar 6 at 7:00PM
Théotime Langlois de Swarte & Les Arts Florissants
Sunday, March 23 at 2:00PM
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI
Wednesday, April 16 at 7:00PM
Tickets start at $44.07
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