Concerto list
Collaborations
Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, whose portrayal of Kitty Oppenheimer with the Metropolitan Opera won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, joins Jason for selected dates. They have collaborated at Music@Menlo and at the Kennedy Center, and this program focuses on music more naturally suited to the intimate and colorful magic of voice and guitar.
Program
- DE FALLA: Siete canciones populares españolas (guitar and flute)
- METHENY: ‘Four Paths of Light’ Pt 2 (solo guitar)
- LEWIS: What Day is It Now? & Going Out to Meet the Moon Whales (guitar and flute)
- JOBIM: “A Felicidade”, arr. Dyens (solo guitar)
- SCHUBERT: Assorted songs, including Gretchen am Spinnrade, Schlummerlied, Nacht und Traüme, and Auf dem Wasser zu singen
- SONDHEIM: Children Will Listen & Losing My Mind
- LENNON/MCCARTNEY: I Will & Julia
The Escher String Quartet has an international career on stage and in the recording studio. Championed by members of the Emerson String Quartet, the group was chosen as BBC New Generation Artists and has appeared at prestigious venues and festivals around the world. In addition to the program above with Jason Vieaux, the quintet offers an all-Italian concert of music by Boccherini, Respighi, Giuliani and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Program
- Quartet selections TBD by Presenter/Escher
- ASSAD: Utsey Capricci (dedicated to Jason Vieaux & Escher Quartet)
- BOCCHERINI: Quintet No. 4 Fandango
- KERNIS: 100 Greatest Dance Hits
- BROUWER: Quintet
- PIAZZOLLA: selections from L’Histoire du Tango (violin and guitar)
Albums
Two of today’s most innovative recording artists join forces to present music of present and past. Hovhaness’ haunting Spirit of Trees, other original masterpieces, and new commissions explore the unique combined sonorities of harp and guitar. Featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Series and also on a critically acclaimed new CD Together.
“when one combines artists the caliber of Vieaux and Ms. Kondonassis the results are beguiling.” American Record Guide
“vivid colors and rich textures…truly innovative.” SecondInversion.org
Program
- PUJOL: Suite Magica
- ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla
- HOVHANESS: Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Spirit of Trees
- FITCH: Knock on Wood written for Kondonassis & Vieaux
- SALZEDO: Chanson dans la nuit
- MONTSALVATGE: Fantasia
Albums
As an innovative combination of Grammy-winning artists, McAllister and Vieaux expand the realm of duet performances by presenting 20th and 21st-century compositions alike.
Program
- ZOHN: Humoresque and Dance (guitar w/ soprano saxophone)
- CONTE: Soliloquy (guitar w/ alto saxophone)
- PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango – Bordel 1900 & Cafe 1930 (guitar w/ soprano saxophone)
- GARROP: Phoenix Rising – II. Reborn in Flames (solo soprano saxophone)
- JALBERT: Sweet and Doleful Timbres (guitar w/ soprano saxophone)
- METHENY: Four Paths of Light, Pt I & Pt II (solo guitar)
From the dance halls of Buenos Aires to the heat of Brazil, Vieaux and Labro take the listener on a Latin-inspired journey through the works of Piazzolla and Gnattali, with detours to northern and southern Europe via Arvo Pärt and Rossen Balkanski. Their acclaimed new CD, Infusion, follows their all-Piazzolla CD with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra.
Program
- PÄRT: Fratres
- GNATTALI: Suite Retratos
- METHENY:Antonia
- PIAZZOLLA: Escualo
- BALKANSKI: Prelude and Scherzo
Albums
Two internationally acclaimed artists join forces. The program includes a new work by John Corigliano written for Ms. Meyers and arranged for the duo.
“This is indeed a gorgeous piece and a marvelously intimate arrangement, perhaps the best of the lot because of the tenderness of the two instruments. The gentle performance completely mesmerized the audience.”Classical Voice North Carolina
Program
- PAGANINI: Centone di Sonate in A OR Bach: Air
- GLASS: Metamorphosis
- PIAZZOLLA: L’Histoire du Tango
- JAKUB CIUPINSKI: Wreck of the Umbria – violin/electronics
- ELLINGTON: In a Sentimental Mood OR Jobím: A Felicidade
- CORIGLIANO: Lullaby for Natalie
- BARTOK: Roumanian Folk Dances OR Falla: Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
Albums
Two Grammy-winning artists converge to bring the melodic combination of cello and guitar to concert halls across the country.
Program
- GNATTALI: Sonata for Cello and Guitar
- SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor (Arpeggione), D. 821 (arr. David Leisner)
- DE FALLA: Siete Canziones Populares Espanolas (arr. Emilio Pujol)
- VILLA LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 “Aria”
- WILLIAMS: Theme from Schindler’s List (arr. Gregg Nestor)
- SAINT SAENS: “The Swan” (arr. Peter Greenwood)
- PAGANINI: Variations on One String, “Moses” by Rossini (arr. Leisner)