The Tiburon Music Festival returns for its second year with another celebration of chamber music and chamber opera by the finest musicians from the Bay Area. The rich musical heritage of Vienna is presented in five concerts and two ground breaking operas are given three fully staged performances in English.
All performances take place at St. Hilary Church. Operas are performed in the beautiful Parish Hall and chamber concerts are performed in the equally lush acoustic of the sanctuary.
Performances are approximately 90 minutes and are followed by a reception at the Trinity Fountain.
LOCATION: St. Hilary Church, 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon.
Directions: From Hwy 101 take Mill Valley/Tiburon exit toward Tiburon Boulevard. Turn left at Rock Hill Drive and right at Hilary Drive.
GENERAL Admission $20
Students And Seniors $15
Under 12 Years $5
Festival Pass $75
Tickets are available for purchase online at www.tiburonmusicfestival.org or by calling the Tiburon Music Festival at 415.457.5226. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
Schedule:
Saturday, June 20 at 7:30—Contemporary Opera Marin
The weekend opens with Contemporary Opera Marin’s production of operatic gems of the 17th and 20th Century. Leonard Bernstein’s early work, Trouble in Tahiti, contains all the musical genius this great American displayed throughout his career in this riveting 50 minute domestic drama. As pertinent today as it was in 1953, it follows the lives of Sam and Dinah, with a doo-wop
trio serving as Greek chorus. The evening opens with Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Claudio Monteverdi’s 20 minute masterpiece that shows the uncanny parallels of 12th Century Arabia and today.
Sunday, June 21 at 7:30—Voices of Tiburon
The evening’s concert is devoted to the enormous musical talent that serves St. Hilary Church. The program features the world premiere of All Souls, a choral work by music director Vincent Stadlin as well as excerpts from his American Mass, a new work inspired by the election of
Barack Obama. Interspersed are arias performed by the parish soloists as well as a performance by Fr. James Tarantino!
Tuesday, June 23 at 7:30—Tiburon Chamber Players
This evening marks the return of the Tiburon Chamber Players, San Francisco Symphony musicians with southern Marin roots, in beautiful performances of great chamber works by the Viennese masters.
Wednesday, June 24 at 7:30—Four for Piano and Strings (and Flute)
Wednesday evening festival director Paul Smith performs four large scale works for piano and orchestra in their small scale settings for strings (and flute). Vienna is well represented in piano concertos by Mozart, a Beethoven overture and the lush romanticism of famous film composer Erich Korngold.
Thursday, June 25 at 7:30—Voices of Vienna
This concert presents 150 years of Vienna’s vocal tradition in works for voice and orchestra in arrangements for smaller ensembles. Schubert, Mahler, HK Gruber and yes, even Arnold Schönberg come alive in all their sonorous glory in performances by some of the most outstanding singers in Northern California.
Saturday, June 27 at 7:30—Contemporary Opera Marin
Sunday, June 28 at 2:00—Contemporary Opera Marin
Contemporary Opera Marin’s production of operatic gems of the 17th and 20th Century. Leonard Bernstein’s earlly work, Trouble in Tahiti, contains all the musical genius this great American displayed throughout his career in this riveting 50 minute domestic drama. As pertinent today as it was in 1953, it follows the lives of Sam and Dinah, with a doo-wop trio serving as Greek chorus. The performance opens with Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Claudio Monteverdi’s 20 minute masterpiece that shows the uncanny parallels of12th Century Arabia and today.
Sunday, June 28 at 7:30—Best of TMF 2009
The evening’s concert is devoted to the enormous musical talent that serves St. Hilary Church. The program features the world premiere of All Souls, a choral work by music director Vincent Stadlin as well as excerpts from his American Mass, a new work inspired by the election of Barack Obama. Interspersed are arias performed by the parish soloists as well as a performance by Fr. James Tarantino!
Celebrate the 200th birthdays of Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann with two chamber music concerts, featuring the Tiburon Chamber Players (San Francisco Symphony musicians with Marin County roots) and a piano recital.
