The Aupen TimesF FESTIVALFOCUS I YOUR WEEKLY CLASSICAL MUSIC GUIDE Jackiw: Trapani, ives, and Ravel in JCT Trio recital sach as Kings Row Coptain Blood, and The Sea Hawk, Richard Strausss Duet-Concertino, featuring clarinetist with a short, newish piece by Christopher Trapani that's s for Anthony Adiverse and Joaquin Valdepeñas and bas The Adventures of Robin Hood. While li ng n Vienna, both members of the Aspen Music Festi ai and School h ess Piano Trio, which is one of my favorite pieces. where he grew up. "Komgold was hailed as one of the fu- AMFS) artist-faculty-Ravel's La valse, and Play. Level combines ves's thoeny, curmudgeon personality with a ture giants of twentieth century classical music, Jackiw by Andrew Norman, an AMFS almnus and Musical wicked sense of humor and a desperato sense of nos says, "but then he emigrated to the United States and America's 2017 Composer of the Yea and "is one of the most important young American.com closes with Ravol's Plano Trio, which, Jacklw says,is ob- Jascha Heifetz premiesed the Kongold concerto with posers, Fletcher says Play, which won the prestigious viously a masterplece from the past, but it's kind of in a the SL Louis Symphony Orchestra 1947, but it wasn't Grawe eyer Award for Music Composition in 2017, is "a si lar sound world as the Trapani n's ethereal and gauzy until decades later that the work found its place within very ambitious, very challenging, and extremely listen- but has its own kind of porfumed luxury. the violin repertoire. it's sort of come into vogue recent able work he adds Santourian says that, in Play."we can The JCT Tro festures musicians who "play both od ly," Jack w says. noing that it seems to be programmed see Andrew's own compositional vo cego ng stronger music and new music incredibly well," Jacki says. ay more coloeful, more daring, and more adventuresome in approaches old music with the same sense of discovery While writing this concerto, Komgold deew on themes instrumentation. orchestration and in musical matter that and feeling of novelty that he approaches new music from severall of his fim scores. And while the piece isn't he employs to create a work cinematic. Hollywood-like quality, this epic scope of chestra, Jackiw appearson July 5 as part of the JCT Trio. understanding that's unique to a composers viewpoint Romanticism a heart-on-your-sleeve tunefulness and, which comprises two other Aspen alumni collist Jay So, with this trio projoct, there's something vory frosh for especially in the thitd movement, a sense of madcap Campbell and pianist Conrad Tao. I think our program is a good representation of where nencumbered by the weight of tradition and the weight In addition to the Korngold, the July 8 programincludes our intorest, as a trio, lies, Jackiw says. "Were opening of doing things the way thoy've always been done ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL Harris Concert Hall: 9 am through the intermission of the evening concert, daily BOX OFFICE HOURS Wheeler Opera House: 9 am-5 pm daily Fincke-Wu Han quartet recital and program AFO: artist-faculty i members, Strauss CHRISTINA THOMSEN Some rtists bring briliance to performing some bring park in Vienna and sit there and listen to the park bands fin- are just such artists, and in two poblic performances at W Han Chamber Music Studio for trios it is one offive the Aspen Music Festival and School(AMFS)comingup. chambee music progams that students can auditionfor ishthprogam So the greatest chillenge for me will be the endurance perhaps ected young performers for this program, them placedorian said the opportunity to present this playhu, melodic worik Emerson Sting Quartet, and Wu Han, an accomplished culminating in a studio recital. For the first two weeks planist and Aspen alumna, are the artiatic directoes of of the AMFSs 2018 season, the approximabely twenty The Chamber Mutic Society of Lincolin Center (CMS) students in the program will live, breathe, and perform and MuticeMenlo as wel as AMFS artist-facuty mem-chamber muslc. Says Asadour Santourian, AMFS vice bers Thedua asomarried. have championed the geere president for artietic administration and artistic adviso, of chamber music all their careers Since taking over the "Finciol and Wu Han have a unique way about them CMS in 2004, the husband and wife team have "forged in bringing out cr encouraging the imagination of the it into an unstoppable entity-an oplodingar in the Uoupa" Finckel and Han are joined by Annad satreat. d is principal bas Philhar Finckel and Wu Han will be joined by violinist Amaud The students of the Finckel-Wu Han Chomber Music Sussmann and violist Paul Neubauer for a piano quartet Studio perfom a free recital on July9 you places. Hannevoldsaid. "tsvery competive to get in so all the sa- ohe Aspen Festival Opheatio 4pm onSundoy Juy 8 under con