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6:00 PM MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018
BENNETT GORDON HALL
RAVINIA’S STEANS
MUSIC INSTITUTE
PROGRAM FOR
PIANO & STRINGS
This evening’s program will feature the
world premiere of a piano trio by Timo Andres,
commissioned by Ravinia in honor of
RSMI’s 30th anniversary season.
The participants’ biographies can be found in the
RSMI program book distributed at this concert,
and the evening’s complete repertoire
in the included program insert.
7:30 PM TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018
MARTIN THEATRE
SHOSTAKOVICH AND THE BLACK MONK
A RUSSIAN FANTASY
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
EUGENE DRUCKER,
violin
PHILIP SETZER,
violin
LAWRENCE DUTTON,
viola
PAUL WATKINS,
cello
CAST
(in order of appearance)
DAVID STRATHAIRN
†
Dmitri Shostakovich
SEAN ASTIN
†
Joseph Stalin, Stalin as Pesotsky
ALEX GLOSSMAN
†
Kovrin, Young Shostakovich
ALI BRENEMAN
†
Tanya, Nina Shostakovich, others
LINDA SETZER
†
Irina Shostakovich, Doctor, others
EVELYN MCGEE COLBERT
†
Margarita Shostakovich, Varvara, others
PAUL MURPHY
†
The Black Monk, Sollertinsky, others
CREATIVE
JAMES GLOSSMAN,
writer and director
JEFF KNAPP,
sound and projections designer
BETTINA P. BIERLY,
costume designer
JULIE H. DURO,
lighting designer
CHRISTOPHER & JUSTIN SWADER,
scenic designers
CAROLYN KELSON,
stage manager
There will be no intermission in this program.
Created by
James Glossman
and
Philip Setzer
Music Direction by
Philip Setzer
Written and Directed by
James Glossman
Produced by
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Co-commissioned by the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival,
Princeton University Concerts, and Tanglewood Music Festival
Made possible by the generous donations of Lizbeth and John Adams, Linda and Maurice Binkow,
Aaron Egigian, The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation, and Linda George
†
Ravinia debut