2026 Festival Season

Program

Carlos Simon: Festival Fanfare & Overture*

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Zuill Bailey, Violoncello

Sergei Rachmaninoff : Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

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Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2

Clarice Assad: Violin Concerto in D Major
Tessa Lark, Violin

Jake Heggie: Earth 2.0*
Key'Mon Murrah, Countertenor

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Benjamin Franklin: Quartet for Three Violins and 'Cello in F Major*

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B Flat Major, K. 589

Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte*

Antonin Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 “American"

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Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man*

Joan Tower: The Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman*

Ives: The Unanswered Question*

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue*
Andrew von Oeyen, Piano

Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite*

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Edgar Meyer: Duo for Cello and Bass*

Valerie Coleman: “Suite: Portraits of Josephine” for woodwind quintet*

Erich Korngold: Sextet for Strings

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Jennifer Higdon : Dance Card: 3. Jumble Dance

Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 *
Maria Valdes, Soprano

Mozart: "Non mi dir, bell'idol mio" from Don Giovanni

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551 "Jupiter"

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Reena Esmail: Testament (from Vishwas)*

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D Minor
Blake Pouliot, Violin

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition