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SUMMARY:Childress Conducts Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nBenjamin Britten\nSimple Symphony\, Op. 4 \nLudwig van Beethoven\nSymphony No. 1 in C Major\, Op. 21 \n\nAs one might expect\, Beethoven’s first symphony follows many of the traditions and “rules” inherited from Haydn and Mozart–the symphonic masters of the day. Even so\, Beethoven’s unique voice and defiance of the expectations of his time shine through in many ways—starting with the opening chord (which dodged the symphony’s C Major key that audiences would have expected) and continuing through an unusually slow introduction to the finale. Stephanie Childress begins the program with Britten’s Simple Symphony\, an energetic and cheerful work whose movements include titles such as “Playful Pizzicato” and “Frolicsome Finale.” \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nBeethoven’s first symphony was the first piece I ever conducted in public\, when I was 15; I’m looking forward to being in the audience and seeing Stephanie Childress work her magic with this old favorite of mine. \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/childress-conducts-beethoven/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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SUMMARY:Orion Weiss and Festival Musicians Play Tchaikovsky and Dohnányi
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nPiotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\nTheme and Variations in F Major\, Op. 19\, No. 6    \nErnst von Dohnányi \nPiano Quintet No. 1 in C Minor\, Op. 1 \n\nPianist Orion Weiss opens this chamber concert with Tchaikovsky’s brilliant\, technically demanding\, yet often overlooked Theme and Variations. Inspired by French tunes\, it showcases Tchaikovsky’s skill in taking a charming\, graceful theme and creating eleven inventive variations ranging from melancholic to playful\, while ending in a powerful finale. Following\, Weiss joins Festival musicians for Hungarian composer Ernö Dohnányi’s first Piano Quintet\, a work that received perhaps the highest phrase Brahms ever offered to another composer: “I could not have written it better myself.” Brahms even played the piano part in the piece’s first performance. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nLike many of you\, I suspect\, I’ll be hearing all of the music on this concert live for the very first time.  But we’re in very good hands\, and I know that my friends and colleagues on stage will create a magical evening of music for us all. \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/orion-weiss-and-festival-musicians-play-chamber-music/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260731T183000
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SUMMARY:Strauss and Mozart
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nRichard Strauss\nMetamorphosen\, A Study for 23 Solo Strings \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nSymphony No. 39 in E-flat Major\, K. 543 \n\nRichard Strauss’s Metamorphosen is a profoundly mournful and beautiful work; written for 23 strings in the final days of World War II\, it is the composer’s lament for the destruction of\, in his words\, “Germany’s 2\,000 years of cultural evolution.” Its concluding theme is a musical homage to the funeral march from Beethoven’s “Eroica” symphony. Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 is the first of his final three great symphonies\, one for which “refined elegance” might be an apt descriptor. It’s a rare treat for clarinet lovers: with oboes absent from Mozart’s score\, the clarinets take on an unusually prominent role. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nThis is a concert of darkness and light—Strauss’s Metamorphosen is a wounded cry from an old man surrounded by desolation and loss\, while Mozart’s 39th symphony is bathed in a wonderful autumnal glow. \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/strauss-and-mozart/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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SUMMARY:Upbeat with Alasdair– Alasdair Neale in conversation with composer Anna Clyne
DESCRIPTION:This Upbeat with Alasdair features a conversation between Alasdair Neale and composer Anna Clyne. The Music Festival co-commissioned Clyne’s new work\, Woman of the Mountain\, and will perform it on August 3. Clyne describes the piece as “evoking the journey of an extraordinary woman immersed in the natural world\, climbing toward a mountain’s summit in search of love.” \nOn Saturday\, August 1\, 2026\, at 11:00 AM\, the Music Festival will present “Upbeat with Alasdair” featuring Alasdair Neale and Anna Clyne in conversation. The event will be held at The Community Library in Ketchum and livestreamed on the Music Festival’s website. \nAdmission is free. Space is limited; reservations are required to attend in person. Reservations open to the public through The Community Library’s calendar on July 20. \nViewers can enjoy the talk in person at the Community Library lecture hall (415 Spruce Ave\, Ketchum) or broadcast live on the Festival’s website. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. (MT). The presentation begins at 11:00 a.m. (MT). \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/upbeat-with-alasdair-alasdair-neale-in-conversation-with-composer-anna-clyne/
LOCATION:The Community Library\, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, 415 Spruce Avenue\, Ketchum\, ID\, 83340\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260801T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260801T160000
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SUMMARY:Advanced Chamber Music Interim Recital
DESCRIPTION:Featuring select ensembles and solos
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/advanced-chamber-music-interim-recital-4/
LOCATION:Community School Theater\, 1 Community School Drive\, Sun Valley\, ID\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student performances,Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260803T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260803T183000
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SUMMARY:Stravinsky’s Firebird and Anna Clyne’s Woman of the Mountain
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nAnna Clyne\nWoman of the Mountain\nSun Valley Music Festival Co-Commission \nIgor Stravinsky\nSuite from The Firebird (1919 revision) \n\nStravinsky’s Firebird Suite\, written to accompany Diaghilev’s ballet\, showcases the composer’s extraordinary orchestral imagination alongside Russian folk influences. By turns shimmering and eerie\, the music unfolds with rich color and atmosphere\, building with a slow-burning intensity toward one of classical music’s most thrilling finales. \nRegarding Anna Clyne’s new orchestral work—co-commissioned by the Music Festival—the composer writes:\n“Woman of the Mountain evokes the journey of an extraordinary woman navigating the forces of the natural world in a quest for love\, as she ascends to a mountain’s summit.” \n\nAlasdair’s Take on the Program:\nIt was hearing the massive thunderclap that launches the Infernal Dance in Stravinsky’s Firebird that made me realize I wanted to devote my life to music.
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/stravinskys-firebird-and-anna-clynes-woman-of-the-mountain/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260804T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260804T183000
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SUMMARY:Childress Conducts Elgar
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nBohdana Frolyak\nLet There Be Light \nEdward Elgar\nEnigma Variations\, Op. 36 \n\nStephanie Childress returns to the podium to lead a concert featuring Elgar’s Enigma Variations. His best-known work\, it starts off with a pensive four-note melody which Elgar then weaves into 14 variations. In each variation\, he imagines how one of 13 of his friends might turn the theme into a different melody inspired in some way by their personality. The first variation is based on his wife\, Alice\, and the 14th and final variation is Elgar’s own. It’s an orchestral masterpiece. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nAs Brits\, Stephanie Childress and I grew up with Elgar’s Enigma Variations as an indispensable part of our cultural heritage—it contains the entire range of human experience in one half hour! \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/childress-conducts-elgar/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260805T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260805T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130819
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SUMMARY:Soloist Recital
DESCRIPTION:Students from the one-week summer program for grades 2-12 who are selected by audition present previously prepared works showcasing their individual talents.
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/soloist-recital-5/
LOCATION:Community School Theater\, 1 Community School Drive\, Sun Valley\, ID\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student performances,Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260806T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260806T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130819
CREATED:20260128T110045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T111817Z
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SUMMARY:Small Ensemble Recital
DESCRIPTION:Students from this summer’s programs for grades 2-12 share their work from the week in small ensembles.
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/small-ensemble-recital-5/
LOCATION:Community School Theater\, 1 Community School Drive\, Sun Valley\, ID\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student performances,Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260806T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260806T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130819
CREATED:20260311T014303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T153954Z
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SUMMARY:2026 Gala Concert: An Evening With Sutton Foster
DESCRIPTION:The Sun Valley Music Festival is excited to announce that Tony Award-winning Broadway star Sutton Foster will be the featured guest artist at its 2026 Gala Concert. Scheduled for Thursday\, August 6\, her appearance at the Festival’s only fundraising concert will provide an evening of unforgettable music. (Note: the Gala Concert will be August 6\, not August 4 as previously announced.)
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/2026-gala-concert-an-evening-with-sutton-foster/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260807T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260807T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130819
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SUMMARY:Upbeat with Alasdair– Brahms’s A German Requiem
DESCRIPTION:In this edition of Upbeat with Alasdair\, Alasdair Neale discusses Brahms’s largest composition\, A German Requiem. Notwithstanding its title\, Brahms’s Requiem is a work full of messages of comfort and hope. This summer\, on August 9\, the American Festival Chorus\, featuring soprano Christina Pier and baritone Benjamin Appl\, will join the Festival Orchestra to perform this this remarkable piece. \nOn Friday\, August 7\, 2026\, at 11:00 AM\, the Music Festival will present “Upbeat with Alasdair”\, a talk in which Alasdair discusses Brahms’s Requiem. The event will be held at The Community Library in Ketchum and livestreamed on the Music Festival’s website. \nAdmission is free. Space is limited; reservations are required to attend in person. Reservations open to the public through The Community Library’s calendar on July 27. \nViewers can enjoy the talk in person at the Community Library lecture hall (415 Spruce Ave\, Ketchum) or broadcast live on the Festival’s website. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. (MT). The presentation begins at 11:00 a.m. (MT). \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/upbeat-with-alasdair-brahmss-a-german-requiem/
LOCATION:The Community Library\, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, 415 Spruce Avenue\, Ketchum\, ID\, 83340\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260807T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260807T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130819
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T111331Z
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SUMMARY:Afternoon Pavilion Concert
DESCRIPTION:Featuring intermediate and beginning students and ensembles \nPrelude String Orchestra\nPrelude Choir\nConcert Choir\nPiano duets and woodwind and brass ensembles\nPhilharmonia Orchestra
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/afternoon-pavilion-concert-5/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Student performances,Summer concert
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260807T183000
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SUMMARY:Evening Pavilion Concert
DESCRIPTION:Featuring advanced students and ensembles \nChamber Singers\nAdvanced Chamber Orchestra\nSun Valley Youth Orchestra
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/evening-pavilion-concert-5/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student performances,Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260808T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260808T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130819
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SUMMARY:Opera Workshop Performance
DESCRIPTION:This concert features vocal and piano students from the Advanced Chamber Program performing staged opera scenes and piano ensembles.
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/opera-workshop-performance-4/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Opera House\, 1 Sun Valley Road\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353
CATEGORIES:Student performances,Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260809T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260809T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130819
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SUMMARY:Brahms’s A German Requiem
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nJohannes Brahms\nEin deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)\, Op. 45 \n\nFor all its title suggests\, A German Requiem is more balm than dirge\, a work offering comfort and faith in the power of love. Instead of the traditional Latin\, Brahms selected texts from the German Lutheran Bible (hence the title) that emphasize hope and healing\, and he didn’t tie the piece to any particular nationality or religion. Doing the vocal honors are the American Festival Chorus\, soprano Christina Pier\, and baritone Benjamin Appl. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nBrahms’s stroke of genius in writing this work was to write it for the living\, not the dead\, and its humanity exudes from every pore. \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/brahmss-a-german-requiem/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260810T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260810T183000
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SUMMARY:Christina Pier and Benjamin Appl Sing Lieder
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nClara Schumann\n3 Lieder Op. 12 \nFranz Schubert\nSelected Lieder \nRobert Schumann\nDichterliebe (A Poet’s Love)\, Op. 48 \n\nThe soloists from Brahms’s German Requiem offer a recital of lieder (German songs) supported by the Festival’s Principal Keyboard Peter Henderson. Christina Pier’s selections include works by Franz Schubert and Clara Schumann. Benjamin Appl will sing Schumann’s Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love)\, a cycle of 16 short—sometimes only three lines—songs based on poems about love. It starts out happily enough\, with visions of flowers and birds\, but ends with the poet contemplating drowning his sorrows\, his love\, and his dreams in a coffin in the sea. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nSchumann’s Dichterliebe stands at the pinnacle of 19th Century song-writing\, and its tale of love and loss will be sure to affect you deeply. \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/christina-pier-and-benjamin-appl-sing-lieder/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260813T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260813T183000
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SUMMARY:Alexander Malofeev Plays Prokofiev
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nSergei Prokofiev\nExcerpts from Romeo and Juliet\, Op. 64 \nSergei Prokofiev\nPiano Concerto No. 3 in C Major\, Op. 26 \n\nProkofiev’s third piano concerto is the most performed of the five he wrote\, and you’ll quickly understand why. He somehow manages to blend insanely quick and percussive piano-playing with lyrical melodies and exquisite harmonies. Pianist Alexander Malofeev\, who won the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition at age 12\, is the perfect soloist to bring this sparkling piece to life. The program opens with selections from Prokofiev’s beloved Romeo and Juliet. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nLast year I heard the brilliant young Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev in Paris and I rushed to bring him to Sun Valley as soon as possible—you won’t be disappointed! \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/alexander-malofeev-plays-prokofiev/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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SUMMARY:Tan Dun’s Water Concerto
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nTan Dun\nWater Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra \nMaurice Ravel\nRapsodie espagnole  \n\nOne of the world’s leading composers\, Tan Dun wrote that his Water Concerto was inspired by his childhood life along a river: “I transpose memories of beautiful laundry sounds\, swimming sounds\, water dancing sounds\, and water popping sounds.” The Festival’s Principal Percussion Mark Damoulakis will bring water itself into the music using a variety of vessels. You might want to sit a few rows back. Next\, Associate Conductor Euan Shields makes his Music Festival debut conducting Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole\, a piece inspired by the composer’s Basque heritage that evokes Spain’s sights\, sounds\, and passions. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nIt’s safe to say that in 40 years of concert-going in Sun Valley\, there’s never been anything quite like Tan Dun’s Water Concerto. Prepare yourself for an immersive experience! \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/tan-duns-water-concerto/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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SUMMARY:Festival Orchestra Pops Night: The American Songbook
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nRichard Hayman\nArmed Forces Medley \nCome Swing With Me!\n\nConductor\, arranger\, and composer Jeff Tyzik invites you to Come Swing With Me! Step back in time to the heyday of the 1950’s Las Vegas strip when the biggest names in show business ruled the room and a well-poured martini was always within reach. Tyzik will bring his own orchestral arrangements of some of the great standards\, and the soulful crooner Paul Loren will take you on a musical journey highlighting iconic voices of the era\, from Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin to Duke Ellington and Bobby Darin. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nWhat a fun evening this is going to be: great songs from a great era and something for everybody! \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/festival-orchestra-pops-night-the-american-songbook/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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SUMMARY:Gil Shaham plays Barber
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nThomas Adès\nExcerpts from Inferno (Dante Ballet – Part I) \nSamuel Barber\nViolin Concerto\, Op. 14 \n\nSamuel Barber was a serious composer and a gifted orchestral craftsman perhaps best known for his cinematic Adagio for Strings. Equally lush and compelling\, his violin concerto gained popularity for its lyrical and songful first two movements and completely virtuosic third. The great violinist Gil Shaham returns to Sun Valley to share this marvelous work with us. To open the concert\, Euan Shields conducts several excerpts from Thomas Adès’s Inferno\, whose passages vividly depict episodes in Dante’s journey through Hell. \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nI’ve known Gil since I conducted him in the Julliard pre-college orchestra; even then I knew he was destined to be one of the greatest violinists of his generation. \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/gil-shaham-plays-barber/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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SUMMARY:Gil Shaham and Festival Musicians Play Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nMaurice Ravel\nIntroduction and Allegro for Harp\, Flute\, Clarinet\, and\nString Quartet \nLudwig van Beethoven\nString Quintet in A Major\, Op. 47b\, “Kreutzer” \n\nBeethoven wrote a string quintet?? Though it was published after his death\, scholars believe the great composer re-arranged his famous “Kreutzer” violin sonata into a quintet featuring two cellos. Full of fiery passion\, it features demanding solo parts for each instrument. The program opens with Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro for Harp\, Flute\, Clarinet\, and String Quartet\, a piece commissioned by a harp company to show off its instruments. Yet while the harp shines brightly\, this is ultimately a shared tapestry that showcases Ravel’s masterful orchestration. \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/gil-shaham-and-festival-musicians-play-beethoven/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer concert
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SUMMARY:Season Finale: Mahler’s Symphony No. 1
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM\nLawn Paver Bar \n\nGustav Mahler\nSymphony No. 1 in D Major\, “Titan” \n\nThe Festival’s Summer Season concludes with Mahler’s first symphony\, whose monumental score demanded the largest orchestra ever assembled at the time. An epic narrative of struggle and triumph\, it opens with the sounds of nature awakening\, moves through dances\, folk tunes\, and a funeral march that twists “Frère Jacques” into something of a parody\, and in the final movement pulls the audience into a heroic journey from despair to a glorious triumph. Watch out for some of Mahler’s tricks along the way–just when you think you might have arrived in heaven\, things crash down only to begin the journey all over again! \n\nAlasdair’s take on the program:\nMahler’s first symphony is a staggeringly original first foray into the genre\, and it still packs an enormous punch nearly 140 years after its conception. \n 
URL:https://www.svmusicfestival.org/event/season-finale-mahlers-symphony-no-1/
LOCATION:Sun Valley Pavilion\, 300 Dollar Rd\, Sun Valley\, Idaho\, 83353\, United States
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