In a few days Heather and I are off to the Sunriver Music Festival for two weeks of music making in the idyllic landscapes of central Oregon. Sunriver resort is a prime destination for both well-to-do families and retirees due to the wide variety of recreational activities (both winter and summer) and the warm, dry summer climate, and relative lack of rain in the winter months (though most residents have homes in the southern climes that they retreat to in the winter months).
It’s a packed schedule this year, with five classical concerts plus the opening pops concert spread over the two weeks. Artistic Director George Hansen conducts. Here’s a rundown of what we’re doing: (click here for info and tickets)
| Friday, August 9 @ 7:30 pm | Summit High School Auditorium | Pops Concert: Bill Ganz and his Western Band |
| Sunday, August 11 @ 7:30 pm | Great Hall, Sunriver Resort | Classical I: ‘Music Moves You’ VERDI Overture “The Force of Destiny” RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town” LUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes for Clarinet & Orchestra Featuring Benjamin Lulich, clarinet DVORAK Slavonic Dances, op. 46 ROSSINI Overture “William Tell” |
| Wednesday, August 14 @ 7:30 pm | Tower Theatre, Bend | Classical II: ‘Mozart in Motion’ MOZART Overture Magic Flute MOZART Concerto No. 3 for Horn, K. 447 MOZART Six German Dances, K. 571 MOZART Symphony No. 39, K.543, E-flat major |
| Friday, August 16 @ 7:30 pm | Tower Theatre, Bend | Classical III: ‘Tango Fire’ GINASTERA Variationes Concertantes PIAZZOLLA Concerto Aconcagua Featuring: Daniel Binelli, bandoneon VIVALDI Spring from The Four Seasons, op 8 Featuring: Steven Moeckel, violin PIAZZOLA Spring from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Featuring: Corine Brouwer, violin MARQUEZ Danzon No. 2 |
| Sunday, August 18 @ 7:30 pm | Great Hall, Sunriver Resort | Solo Piano Concert: Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kohlodenko Rachmaninov Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, op. 28 Bach-Rachmaninov Suite from the Partita in E Major for Violin Schubert-Rachmaninov Wohin? Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov Scherzo (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Tchaikovksy-Rachmaninov Lullaby, Op. 16, no. 1 Rachmaninov Polka de V.R. Kreisler-Rachmaninov Leibesleid and Leibesfreud |
| Monday, August 19 @ 7:30 pm | Great Hall, Sunriver Resort | Classical IV: Hungarian Spice KODALY Dances of Galanta HAYDN Trumpet Concerto, E-flat major Featuring: Jeffrey Work, trumpet HANDEL Suite in D major for Trumpet and Strings Featuring: Jeffrey Work, trumpet STRAVINSKY Suite from the Ballet “Pulcinella”W |
| Wednesday, August 22 @ 7:30 pm | Great Hall, Sunriver Resort | Closing Night Classical Concert: Beethoven’s Eroica and Tribute to Van Cliburn JACOBSEN Ascending Bird MOZART Piano Concerto Featuring: Vadym Kholodenko 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, op.55 E-flat major “Eroica” |
