MAY 17 NOON CONCERT PRESENTS
Ian Scarfe, piano
James Jeffe, cello
~ Program ~
Three Fantasy-Pieces, Op. 73 (1849) Robert Schumann
Zart und mit Ausdruck
Lebhaft, leicht
Rasch und mit Feuer
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 119 (1949) Sergei Prokofiev
Andante grave
Moderato
Allegro, ma non troppo
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1914) Claude Debussy
Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
Sérénade: Modérément animé
Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux
Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano, Op. 69 (1808) Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegro ma non tanto
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace
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ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
James Jaffe has had his performances broadcast by Cleveland’s WCLV 104.9, Virginia’s WVTF 89.1, and streamed live from the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. He has been a featured soloist with CityMusic Cleveland, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Stockton Symphony, St. John’s Chamber Orchestra, and the Diablo Symphony Orchestra. James has also performed frequently at Groupmuse events, a series of house concerts that is exploding in popularity around the Bay Area. His captivation with contemporary music has led to a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky, a series of performances of Khse Buon by Chinary Ung, and the development of Peregrinations for Solo Cello with San Francisco composer Kyle Randall.
A chamber musician at heart, James has collaborated with Geoff Nuttall, Ian Swensen, Jodi Levitz, Masumi Per Rostad, Kristopher Tong, and Carol Wincenc. As a founding member of the Thalia Quartet, based in Cleveland, James presented a series of twenty outreach concerts in Canada and was featured at the Robert Mann String Quartet Seminar in New York. He has also appeared in chamber music concerts at Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music, the Aspen Music Festival, and for Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics. His chamber music mentors include members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, Takács, Tokyo, Vermeer, Emerson, Brentano, Borromeo, Kronos, Artis, Cavani, and Concord Quartets.
James’s distinguished teachers include Louise Saunders, Milly Rosner, Richard Aaron, Stephen Geber, and Jennifer Culp. He holds performance degrees from the University of Michigan, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the San Francisco Conservatory.
Ian Scarfe enjoys a busy career as a piano soloist, collaborative pianist, and chamber musician. Each year he completes several concert tours, which take him across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Recent appearances include the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and concert halls in Toronto, Zurich, Vienna, and Lisbon.
He is a founding member of the Vinifera Trio, a violin-clarinet-piano ensemble based in California’s wine-country, and the Zurich Mozart Trio, based in Zurich, Switzerland. He is in frequent demand as a collaborator, and has accompanied and performed with a long list of vocalists and instrumentalists. As a soloist, Ian’s appearances with orchestras have come to prominently feature the music of Beethoven. Recent performances of Beethoven’s music include the Piano Concerto No. 4, the “Choral” Fantasy, and the “Triple” Concerto.
An eloquent and articulate speaker, Ian is a frequent lecturer on music, and gives talks on music appreciation and history at universities (Stanford, UCSC, UCSF, Willamette, Monmouth, Western Illinois), adult education programs, and retirement communities. He is currently on staff as a music associate at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he earned a Master’s Degree in 2008 and an Artist’s Certificate in 2010.
He is the founder and director of the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival, which presents annual retreats and concert tours in and around scenic Trinity County in Northern California. Now in its seventh season, this festival has presented hundreds of concerts and educational programs across the western United States, commissioned new works from emerging composers, and featured over 50 guest artists from across the world. For more information about this organization, please visit www.TrinityAlpsCMF.org.
WEDNESDAY NOON CONCERTS
The community is invited to our complimentary Wednesday Noon Concert series. As part of our ongoing mission to use the transformative power of the arts to inspire and enrich our community, we have opened our doors for the past two years, every Wednesday at Noon, and presented concerts performed by talented musicians that are free of charge to the public. These free noon performances offer listeners the opportunity to discover the beauty of music in an intimate accessible setting, while providing the community with cultural enrichment and exposure to talented performers.
Concerts are in a one-hour format and performances take place in the intimate Tivoli or Crescendo where both audience and musicians can sit in vibrant, close proximity. Musicians often stay after the performance to informally speak about the program and their upcoming concerts.
