The Hartt School will host the Ode to Joy Festival, featuring performances by the Lions Gate Trio, alongside Hartt students, faculty, alumni, and guest artists. This year’s Ode to Joy Festival, Nights in Vienna, will be held Sept. 17–20, with performances in Lincoln Theater.
This year focuses on the abundance of music that has originated from Vienna. Over the past 300 years, Vienna has emerged as the wellspring for sparkling Classicism, swirling Romantic waltzes, and even daring new currents of pitch systems.
The Lions Tate Trio is the internationally-acclaimed resident chamber ensemble at Hartt. The Trio is comprised of Katie Lansdale, violin; Darrett Adkins, cello; and Florence Millet, piano. From Sept. 17–20, the Lions Gate Trio will be joined by 100 Hartt School students, faculty, and alumni and guest artists in a celebration of Viennese chamber and vocal music. Now in its 12th season, the Festival features works by Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Eisler, Haydn, Mahler, Mozart, Schoenberg, Strauss, Webern, Wolf and even a leading voice of today, York Höller, whose music was inspired by Schubert.
Mark your calendars now for these extraordinary musical events! More information about this year's Ode to Joy Festival can be found here.
Schedule and Performance Details
Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in Lincoln Theater
- Brahms Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40 (Gary Capozziello, John Michael Flavetta, José Ramos Santana)
- Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor (Lions Gate Trio and Korine Fujiwara)
- Webern Quartet, Op. 22 (Gary Capozziello, Ayako Oshima, Carrie Koffman, Elisabeth Tomczyk)
- Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (Lions Gate Trio and Korine Fujiwara)
Friday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. in Lincoln Theater
- Haydn Trio in D major, Hob. XI:65
- Eisler Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H., Op. 46 (Emlyn Ngai, Steve Larson, Mark Frazier)
- Brahms Ständchen, Schubert Der Leiermann, Wolf Der Tambour (Troy Cook and Curtis Serafin)
- Höller Tagträume (Lions Gate Trio)
- Mozart Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 502 (Lions Gate Trio)
- Schoenberg Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9 (Régulo Stabilito and Hartt School students)
Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. in Lincoln Theater
- J. Strauss I Radetzky Marsch, Op. 228 (Frederic Chiu and Florence Millet)
- R. Strauss Intermezzo, TrV 138 (Frederic Chiu and Florence Millet)
- Haydn London Trio No. 1 in C major (Janet Arms, Ryan Walsh, Susan Robison)
- Berg String Quartet No. 3 (arr. for piano four hands) (Florence Millet and Nico Giacalone)
- Kreisler/Biederman The Old Refrain; Kreisler Miniature Viennese March; Pergolesi/Kreisler Tre Giorni (Nina); Brahms/King Hungarian Dance No. 7 (Lions Gate Trio)
- Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929 (Lions Gate Trio)
Sunday, Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. in Lincoln Theater
- Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 ("The Trout") (Emlyn Ngai, Jaroslaw Lis, Mihai Tetel, Andrew Trombley, José Ramos Santana)
- Beethoven Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Lions Gate Trio)
- Mozart Missa brevis in C major, K. 220 ("Sparrow Mass") (Dr. Gabriel Löfvall, Schola Cantorum of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Emlyn Ngai, Haim Avitsur, Jacob Wilson, Andrew Morgan, and Hartt School students)
All performances are free and open to the public.