Afternoon Pavilion Concert
2019-08-09 09:00 - 17:30 (America/Denver) | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Featuring intermediate and beginning students and ensembles: Prelude Strings, Prelude and Concert Choirs, Philharmonia Orchestra, piano ensembles, as well as string, woodwind, brass, and percussion ensembles

Evening Pavilion Concert
2019-08-09 12:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

Advanced Chamber Performance
2019-08-10 05:00 - 06:00 | St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 201 Sun Valley Rd, Sun Valley, ID, 83353, United States
Featuring string and piano students from the Advanced Chamber Program performing in small ensembles

Opera Workshop and Piano Ensembles
2019-08-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Community School Theater, 1 Community School Drive, Sun Valley, ID, 83353, United States
Featuring vocal and piano students from the Advanced Chamber Program performing staged opera scenes and piano ensembles

Family Concert: Kids’ Choice—5 Minutes That Made Me Love Classical Music
2019-08-10 12:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

Gala Concert with Branford Marsalis
2019-08-11 12:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

Prokofiev’s 5th Symphony
2019-08-13 12:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

Mason Bates and Mozart
2019-08-14 12:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

Lawn Party with Mason Bates
2019-08-14 13:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

Pops Night: The Music of George Gershwin
2019-08-17 12:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

Music Inspired by Outer Space
2019-08-18 12:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

Musicians’ Choice Chamber Music
2019-08-19 12:30 - 17:30 | Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, 100 Saddle Rd., Ketchum, Idaho, 83340

Mahler’s 2nd Symphony
2019-08-22 12:30 - 17:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States

A special performance with the Whiffenpoofs
2019-10-18 02:00 - 03:00 | Community Campus, 1050 Fox Acres Road, Hailey, ID, 83333, United States
Mark your calendars for an exciting vocal event. The Whiffenpoofs, the world’s oldest and best known collegiate a cappella group, return to Sun Valley! As part of their Sun Valley Jazz and Music Festival appearance, they will partner with the Sun Valley Music Festival and Blaine County Schools for an exclusive outreach concert, followed by a series of pop-up performances throughout the Valley.
The morning performances kick off at the Community Campus in Hailey at 8:00 AM with a 30-minute concert featuring a collaboration of the Whiffenpoofs with vocal ensembles from the Festival’s Music Institute and the Wood River High School under the direction of Max Stimac and R.L. Rowsey. Following, the esteemed Yale group will travel throughout the valley to various locations for pop-up concerts.

Beethoven's Timeless Genius
2020-01-02 11:30 - 12:30 | The Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall, 415 Spruce Avenue, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

Upbeat with Alasdair, Life as a Conductor
2020-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 | The Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall, 415 Spruce Avenue, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States
A Chat with Friends and Colleagues Alasdair Neale and Edwin Outwater
Join Music Director Alasdair Neale and Edwin Outwater—curator of the upcoming Winter Season—for a rare encounter with two accomplished conductors on one stage, as they discuss their experiences in the profession.
Please note special 7:00 PM start time. Doors open at 6:30 PM.

Reservations are now full
An overflow room at the Library and livestream on the Festival website are also available. Click here to watch via Livestream.

Thursday Winter Season Concert
2020-02-27 18:30 - 20:45 | Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St South, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

Friday Winter Season Concert
2020-02-28 18:30 - 20:45 | Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St South, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

Saturday Winter Season Concert
2020-02-29 18:30 - 20:45 | Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St South, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

Upbeat with Alasdair—Online Broadcast
2020-05-12 18:30 - 19:00
Broadcast notice
The May 12 online Upbeat with Alasdair was a victim of its own success—there were so many of you trying to watch that the server crashed! So, the Festival would like to offer you the opportunity to watch the show on-demand here, available between 6:00 PM (MT) May 13 and 6:00 PM (MT) May 14.

Broadcast details
Enjoy delightful repartee between longtime friends and collaborators, this online broadcast will open with an interview between host Alasdair Neale and his guests. Following, Juliana Athayde and Erik Behr will perform together. And the program will finish with a question and answer session.

2020 Honors Recital
2020-05-29 16:30 - 21:32
Join the Sun Valley Music Festival in honoring outstanding year-round students of the Music Institute! The annual Honors Recital is an opportunity for these young musicians to demonstrate their abilities, formed through countless hours of hard work, to a live audience. Students audition to participate and are selected by a panel of faculty members. Those chosen this year perform a variety of short works for strings, piano, and voice, including eclectic selections from Bach, Rachmaninoff, Marcello, and more.
And this year—instead of performing live at the Community Campus in Hailey—their performances have been recorded from “living room concert halls” across the Wood River Valley to share with you online on the Festival website. Before you grab your refreshments and sink into your couch to enjoy the show, check out the program (provided below). Be sure to stick around to the end, when one student will be awarded the Carol Nie Outstanding Music Student Award for their exemplary study and performance. And when you see these young virtuosos in the community—or if you feel so inclined to share on social media—give them a giant round of applause!
Click here to view the concert program

Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph with speaker Jan Swafford
2020-07-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
In celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and in partnership with the Sun Valley Music Festival, The Community Library presents a virtual evening with Jan Swafford, celebrated composer and author of the acclaimed biography, Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph.
Learn more about this summer’s concerts, including several featuring Beethoven’s finest works to continue the celebration, in the sneak peek video below. Find out more about concert dates and repertoire by clicking here.
Concert broadcasts can be viewed online on the Festival website or from the Pavilion Lawn, by reservation. Click here to learn more about Lawn reservations.

Vocal Recital, Grades 2-12
2020-07-27 06:30 - 2020-08-08 00:00
This summer, students participating in the Festival’s Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following Vocal Recital, featuring students of all ability levels in grades 2-12.

Prelude Voice
Payton Daley-Scheingraber, Aspen Galbraith, Melody Hackleman, Avery Nilsen, and Marcus Nilsen
John Mauldin, Coach

Marta Keen
Homeward Bound

Jack White
We’re Going to be Friends

Middle/High School Voice
Norah Davis-Jeffers, Aleczander Hanks, Sebastian Hanks, Evalyn Nilsen, Olivia Nilsen, and Issy Rossellini
Joel Bejot, coach

Albert E. Brinkley
I’ll fly away
arr. Allison Kraus for O Brother, Where Art Thou
Vocal Ensemble

Will Schmid
Ensemble No. 3 (High Life)
Drum Ensemble

Middle/High School Voice

I’ll fly away Albert E. Brinkley arr. Allison Kraus for O Brother, Where Art Thou
Vocal Ensemble
Ensemble No. 3 (High Life) Will Schmid
Drum Ensemble

Norah Davis-Jeffers, Aleczander Hanks, Sebastian Hanks,
Evalyn Nilsen, Olivia Nilsen, Issy Rossellini
Joel Bejot, coach

Opening Concert
2020-07-27 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Smith
“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Bizet/Turner
Suite from Carmen for Horn Quartet
William VerMeulen, Horn
Brian Thomas, Horn
Jesse Clevenger, Horn
Ian Mayton, Horn

Massenet/Marsick
arr. Marsick
Méditation from Thaïs for Violin and Piano
Juliana Athayde, Violin
Orion Weiss, Piano

Beethoven
Allegro (Finale) from Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

English Art Song Recital, Advanced Chamber Program
2020-07-27 18:30 - 2020-08-08 00:00
This summer, students participating in the Festival’s Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following performance, English Art Song and String Recital, by students of the Advanced Chamber Program.

E. Bacon (1898-1990)
Five Poems of Emily Dickinson
I. It’s all I have to bring
Claire Watson, soprano
II. So bashful
Hannah Sobel, soprano
III. Poor Little Heart
Mattigan Monschke, soprano
IV. To make a prairie
Kate Wilson, soprano
V. And this of all my hopes
Neva Baer, soprano

M. Bonds (1913-1972)
Minstrel Man
Micha Kenney, soprano

P. Bowles (1910-1999)
Cabin
Meg Ozawa, mezzo-soprano

J. Work (1901-1958)
Soliloquy
Nicole Dayton, soprano

A. Copland (1900-1990)
I Bought me a Cat
Andrew Garratt, baritone

D. Popper (1843-1913)
Etude No. 22
Lauren Roberts, cello

A. Vivaldi
Concerto in A minor op. 3, no. 6
II. Largo
Anna Littlejohn, violin

Opera Excerpts, Advanced Chamber Program
2020-07-27 18:30 - 2020-08-08 00:00
This summer, students participating in the Festival’s Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following performance, Opera Excerpts, by students of the Advanced Chamber Program.

C. Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Scene 6, Valletto/Damigella Duet from L’Incoronazione di Poppea
Hanna Sobel, Damigella
Jules Lee-Zacheis, Valleto

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Una donna a quindici anni from Così fan tutte
Isabel Pichler, soprano

G. Puccini (1858-1924)
Quando m’en vo’ from La Bohème
Micah Kenney, soprano

G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
Svegliatevi nel core from Giulio Cesare
Jules Lee-Zacheis, tenor

W.S. Gilbert and A. Sullivan (1836-1911; 1842-1900)
My boy, you may take it from me from Ruddigore
William Thompson, baritone

G.C. Menotti (1911-2007)
Black Swan from The Medium
Hannah Sobel, soprano

Puccini
Quando m’en vo’ from La Bohème
Nicole Dayton, soprano

Mozart
Ach, ich fühls from Die Zauberflöte
Nicole Dayton, soprano

Mozart
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflöte
Andrew Garratt, baritone

Mozart
Deh vieni, non tardar from Le nozze di Figaro
Kate Wilson, soprano

Mozar
No. 21 Ricevete, o padroncina
Soprano 1: Nicole Dayton, Hannah Sobel, Isabel Pichler, and Micah Kenney
Soprano 2: Kate Wilson, Claire Watson, Mattigan Monschke, Neva Baer, and Meg Ozawa

Piano Recital, Grades 2-12
2020-07-27 18:30 - 2020-08-08 00:00
This summer, students participating in the Festival’s Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following piano recital, featuring students of all ability levels in grades 2-12.

Prelude Piano: Lisa and Hailey Pettit, coaches

Phillip Keveren
Party Cat
Piano Ensemble

Peter Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Reed Pipes from the Nutcracker
arr. Matthew Dane Peabody
Bucket Drumming: Madeleine Hirose, Elinor Lee, Cody Lloyd, and Thjis Lloyd

Haydn Piano Group: Leigh Heward and Jennifer Anderson, coaches

Kevin Olson
Double Trouble
David Elkhunovich and Samuel Swensen

arr. Phillip Keveren
Painted Rocking Horse
Izaak Stahl, Chad Stinger, Sam Swensen, and Sophia Christian

Melody Bober
Roller Coaster Ride
Abigail Baker and Jake Jacoby

arr. Phillip Keveren
Basketball Bounce
David Elkhunovich, Samuel Swensen, Izaak Stahl, Chad Stinger, Sam Swensen, Sophia Christian, Abigail Baker, and Jake Jacoby

Schumann Piano Group: Robyn Wells and Angela Ezeonyeka, coaches

Martha Mier
San Francisco Blues
Charlotte Brickley and Judah Rosenlund

John Williams
Cantina Band from Star Wars: A New Hope
arr. Dan Coates

Liam Stahl and Jacob Keller

David Karl
Samba
Samuel Elkhunovich and Chase Stinger
Dancers: Charlotte Brickley, Judah Rosenlund, Liam Stahl, and Jacob Keller

Rogers and Hammerstein
Do-re-mi from “Sound of Music”
Charlotte Brickley and Samuel Elkhunovich, pianos
Judah Rosenlund, Liam Stahl, Jacob Keller, Chase Stinger, Charlotte Brickley, and Samuel Elkhunovich, solfege and singing

String Ensembles, Grades 2-12
2020-07-27 18:30 - 2020-08-08 00:00
This summer, students participating in the Festival’s Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following String Ensemble Recital, featuring students of all ability levels in grades 2-12.

Johann Baptist Wanhall
String Trio #11
Allegro
The B Sharps
Rhodes Snyder and Wyatt Koch, violin
Henry Wildenberg, cello
Tiffany Herb, coach

Giuseppe Tartini
Sonata #1 in G Major for Two Violins and Cello
Andante
JAD Trio
Jasmine Salix and Alexia Crowdson, violin
Daniel Leon, cello
Dave Johnson, coach

George Frideric Handel
La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks Music
The Joyful Quintet
Julia Sinnamon, Madeline Rosenlund, and Olson Brooke, violin
Lucy Lamoureaux, viola; Elsa McTeague, cello
Brad Hersey, coach

Ferdinand Manns
Quartet #1 for 3 Violins and Violin
“Lied ohne Worte”
Poke-Manns Quartet
Leila Brickley, Owen Godfrey, and Anne Cunyas, violin
Bannon Lynch, viola
Alyssa Claffey, coach

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude from Cello Suite in D Minor, BWV 1008
Cello Solo
Cole Sutherland
Samuel Smith, coach

Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D Major Op. 20 #4
Allegro di molto
Jacalura Quartet
Jamie Jordan and Camas Filbert, violin
Lucinda Frates, viola
Clara Bishop, cello
Sarah Hynes, coach

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Trio #1 in C Major
Menuetto & Trio
Rondo Allegro
Dunn with Hunt
Camille Dunn, violin
Liam Hunt, viola
Emilia Dunn, cello
Brad Hersey, coach

Scotson Clark
Gavotte for Four Violins
The Quarantine Quartet
Eliza Lee, Lydia Lee, Sladie Quesnell, and Kate Bowers, violin
Rachel Hynes, coach

Emil Sochtig
Suite for Four Violins Op. 56
Allegro
The Treble Makers
Lowie Watkins, Ainsley Bowers, Gracie Shiver, and Martha Bishop, violin
Alyssa Claffey, coach

Guiseppe Verdi
String Quartet in E Minor
Allegro
The Verdi Quartet
Jeff Dunn and Elizabeth Balof, violin
Kennedy Larsen, viola
Cole Sutherland, cello
Ellen Sanders, coach

Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion Concert, Grades 2-12
2020-07-27 18:30 - 2020-08-08 00:00
This summer, students participating in the Festival’s Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion Concert, featuring students of all ability levels in grades 2-12.

Wolverine Wacky Brass
Alexander Golub, Trumpet
Dylan Heyrend and Christopher Perez, Trombone
Patrick Herb, coach

Aram Khachaturian
Ivan Sings
arr. K.Henderson, A. Stoutamire

Ludwig van Beethoven
German Dance
arr. William Ryden

John Williams Quartet

Owen Keller and Lydia Potter, Flute
Bridgette Whatcott, Clarinet
Natalie Christensen, Bass Clarinet
Melanie Keller, coach

John Williams
Double Trouble from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
arr. Michael Story

John Williams
Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark
arr. Michael Story

Saxophone Choir
Rayce Nelson, Daniel Balof and Charley Beebe, alto saxophone
Henry Beebe, tenor saxophone
Orrie Deshields, baritone saxophone

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Andantino
arr. Eugene Rousseau

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian Dance
arr. Eugene Rousseau

Prelude Orchestra, Grades 2-12
2020-07-27 18:30 - 2020-08-08 17:00
This summer, students participating in the Festival’s Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following Prelude Orchestra Recital, featuring students of all ability levels in grades 2-12.

Gioachino Rossini
William Tell Overture
arr. Robert Frost and Mary Elledge
Emilia Leon-Marino, Arthur Brigode, and Kaia Salix, violin
Elise Jacobs, cello
Marie Hynes, piano
Debbie Hynes, coach

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
arr. Frank M. Rodgers
Charlotte Tillotson and Hannah Mae Williamson, violin
Bee Conway and Blakeslee Davis-Jeffers, cellos
Marie Hynes, piano
Elyse Hale, coach

Frank M. Rodgers
Batman Meets Bowman
Felix Wilson, Angel Cunyas, and Dashiell Kolar, violin
James Christensen, viola
Decker Sinnamon, cello
Marie Hynes, piano
Andrea Hynes, coach

Joseph Compello
Pierrot’s Bon Voyage
Prelude Orchestra
Debbie Hynes, conductor
Say Jay Hynes, narrator

Richard Meyer
Ninja
Prelude Orchestra
Debbie Hynes, conductor

Prelude Orchestra
Violin
Arthur Brigode
Dashiell Kolar
Emilia Leon-Marino
Kaia Salix
Hannah Maye Williamson
Felix Wilson
Angel Cunyas
Elise Jacobs
Charlotte Tillotson
Viola
James Christensen
Cello
Bee Conway
Blakeslee Davis-Jeffers
Decker Sinnamon
Conductor
Debbie Hynes
Accompanist
Marie Hynes
Coaches
Elyse Hale
Andrea Hynes
Jacob Hynes
Rachel Hynes
Sarah “Say Jay” Hynes

Art Song and Piano Recital, Advanced Chamber Program
2020-07-27 18:30 - 2020-08-08 23:59
This summer, students participating in the Festival’s Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following performance, Art Song and Piano Recital, by students of the Advanced Chamber Program.

J. Brahms (1833-1897)
Vergebliches Ständchen
Kate Wilson, soprano
F. Schubert (1797-1828)
Lachen und Weinen
Neva Baer, soprano
F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Minnelied
Mattigan Monschke, soprano
E. Chausson (1855-1899)
Le Charme
Andrew Garratt, baritone
C. Schumann (1819-1896)
Warum willst du andʹre fragen
Meg Ozawa, mezzo-soprano
Massenet (1842-1912)
Elégie
Meg Ozawa, mezzo-soprano
R. Franz (1815-1892)
Widmung
William Thompson, baritone
D.P. Poldowski (1880-1932)
L’heure exquise
Isabel Pichler, soprano
H. Wolf (1860-1932)
Mausfallen-Sprüchlein
Isabel Pichler, soprano
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata in D Major, BWV 912
Sebastian Bottone, piano
Sebastian Bottone
Capriccio
Sebastian Bottone, piano
Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata in A Major
Sofia Marina, piano
Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Sonata No. 2 in D minor
Sofia Marina, piano

French Elegance, German Passion
2020-07-28 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Leclair
Sonata in E Minor for Two Violins, Op. 3, No. 5
Allegro ma poco
Gavotta gracioso–Andante
Presto
Milana Reiche, Violin
Rebecca Corruccini, Violin

Beethoven
Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
Allegro assai
Andante con moto
Allegro ma non troppo–Presto
Orion Weiss, Piano

From Bach to Bernstein and Beyond
2020-07-30 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Susato
Four Renaissance Dances from The Danserye
Andrew McCandless, Trumpet
Karen Donnelly, Trumpet
Nicholas Hartman, Horn
Gordon Wolfe, Trombone
Chris Lee, Tuba
Charles Settle, Percussion
Copyright: Chester Music (1977, 1991) for all Countries
Courtesy of: Wise Music Group

Bach
Suite No. 6 in D Major for Cello, BWV 1012
Prelude
Sarabande
Gigue
Amos Yang, Cello

Salonen
From Lachen Verlernt [Laughing Unlearnt] for Violin
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Copyright: Chester Music Limited (2002
Courtesy of: Wise Music Group

Bernstein/Gale
Suite from West Side Story for Brass Quintet
Andrew McCandless, Trumpet
Karen Donnelly, Trumpet
Nicholas Hartman, Horn
Gordon Wolfe, Trombone
Chris Lee, Tuba
Charles Settle, Percussion
Copyright: Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co. (2018)
Courtesy of: Universal Music Publishing Group

Beethoven’s Archduke
2020-07-31 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Beethoven
Trio in B-flat Major for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 97, “Archduke”
Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Allegro
Andante cantabile ma però con moto
Allegro moderato–Presto
Kristin Ahlstrom, Violin
Bjorn Ranheim, Cello
Peter Henderson, Piano

Gala Concert: Broadway’s Brightest Stars…
2020-08-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Award-winning artists Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, and Brian Stokes Mitchell—joined by pianist Andy Einhorn—present a special, once-in-a-lifetime performance for the 2020 Gala. In a typical year, tickets sold for the annual fundraising concert help keep the rest of the year’s performances free. But this summer’s Gala will be different. Now, these musical superstars will craft a unique program, for you, broadcast live from the East Coast. It will be presented admission-free for all as a thank-you from the Music Festival to the community.

Strings and Mallets
2020-08-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Mozart/Moore
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Handel/Dishinger
“Ombra mai fu” from Xerxes

Beatles/Davis
“When I’m 64”
Amos Yang, Cello
Margaret Tait, Cello
Eric Gaenslen, Cello
Jeremiah Shaw, Cello

Golijov
Mariel for Cello and Marimba
Si-Yan Darren Li, Cello
Marc Damoulakis, Marimba

Reich
Mallet Quartet for Two Marimbas and Two Vibraphones
Ian Ding, Vibraphone
Marc Damoulakis, Vibraphone
Joseph Tompkins, Marimba
Thomas Sherwood, Marimba

Beethoven and Bates
2020-08-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Beethoven
Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24, “Spring”
Allegro
Adagio molto espressivo
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Juliana Athayde, Violin
Orion Weiss, Piano

Bates
Mothership
Mason Bates, Electronica
Shawn Weil, Violin
Ian Ding, Percussion

Family Concert: Inspiring Duos
2020-08-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Sameer Patel, Associate Conductor and Host

Eric Gaenslen, Cello
Susan Warner, Clarinet
Amos Yang, Cello
Polina Sedukh, Violin
Adrienne Sengpiehl, Violin
Enjoy some positive family dynamics in this survey of Festival Orchestra musicians and their talented offspring. From their homes to yours, members of the orchestra team up with their kids to perform selections of their choosing. Like most family gatherings, expect some cute moments and perhaps some surprises—one musician’s son has already soloed with the Chicago Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony!

Daniil Trifonov: Musical Pictures
2020-08-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Beethoven

Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major for Piano, Op. 31, No. 3
Allegro
Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
Presto con fuoco
Daniil Trifonov, Piano

Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade
Gnomus
The Old Castle
Tuileries
Bydlo
Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
Promenade
The Market Place at Limoges
Catacombs
The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)
The Great Gate of Kiev
Daniil Trifonov, Piano

Color and Light
2020-08-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Debussy
Arabesque No. 1, L. 66
Julia Coronelli, Harp

Schumann
Romance for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94, No. 2
Erik Behr, Oboe
Orion Weiss, Piano

Gershwin
Three Preludes
Jason Shafer, Clarinet

Mazzoli
Vespers for Violin
Polina Sedukh, Violin

Tchaikovsky
Allegro molto vivace from Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74

French Impressions
2020-08-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Debussy
Syrinx for Flute
Linda Lukas, Flute

Debussy
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Animé et très décidé
Assez vif et bien rythmé
Andantino, doucement expressif
Très modéré–En animant peu à peu–Très mouvementé et avec passion
Edgar M. Bronfman String Quartet
Polina Sedukh, Violin
Alicia Yang, Violin
David Gaudry, Viola
Amos Yang, Cello

Brahms' Magnum Opus
2020-08-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

Brahms
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Allegro non troppo
Andante, un poco adagio
Scherzo: Allegro
Finale: Poco sostenuto–Allegro non troppo
Erin Schreiber, Violin
Shawn Weil, Violin
Shannon Williams, Viola
Bjorn Ranheim, Cello
Peter Henderson, Piano

Pops Night: New Musical Frontiers
2020-08-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

The 442s
The Villalobos Brothers
Time for Three

Season Finale: Encores
2020-08-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Note: this concert broadcast is no longer available to watch, but information such as repertoire and program notes are still available below. All 2020 Summer Season concert broadcasts were available for viewing live during the scheduled concert date and time only (not on demand).

This evening, some of the season’s most notable performers return for an unforgettable finale.
Maestro Alasdair Neale will close out the season with a series of encore appearances from some of the biggest names this summer, including Time for Three, Orion Weiss, Daniil Trifonov, and more. To finish, enjoy one last farewell performance by your virtual all-star orchestra.

Festival @ Home—Pittsburgh
2020-12-08 18:30 - 2020-12-10 18:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
The concert broadcast was available December 8 at 6:30 PM (MT)-December 10 at 6:30 PM (MT). More Festival @ Home concerts will be presented through June, 2021. Learn more about Festival @ Home concerts from Music Director Alasdair Neale (above) and click here to find upcoming performances.

Gabriel Lefkowitz, Violin
Julia Noone, Violin
Joen Vasquez, Viola
Marylène Gingras-Roy, Viola
Si-Yan Darren Li, Cello

Mozart
String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516

About the piece
The key of G Minor was, for Mozart, clearly a home for dark and melancholy moods. It’s the key in The Magic Flute in which Pamina sings:
Ah, I can feel it, love’s happiness
is fled forever!
See, Tamino, these tears
flow for you alone, beloved.
If you do not feel love’s yearning,
I shall find peace in death
Writing about the third movement of Mozart’s G Minor quintet, Petyr Tchaikovsky said “No one has ever known as well how to interpret so exquisitely in music the sense of resigned and inconsolable sorrow.” However, before you think all is doom and gloom, you should know that there’s quite a surprise at the end. Not to spoil it, but the mood definitely changes. Offering his thoughts, Music Director Alasdair Neale says “In a crowded field, it is one of Mozart’s greatest achievements, filled with pathos and joy, tenderness and turmoil.”

Festival @ Home—Upbeat with Alasdair: The Big Picture
2021-02-09 18:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
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Exploring classical music and the human condition
Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? Thinkers since Aristotle have passionately debated these questions, and it’s clear that art and the human condition are deeply intertwined. This installment of the Festival @ Home series of online broadcasts explores this connection with an Upbeat with Alasdair talk titled The Big Picture.
The admission-free event will offer viewers an engaging perspective on the role that classical music plays in our psyche and motivations, through unique insight and excerpts from classical music’s most profound works. Here’s how to attend:
Watch here, on the Festival’s website (svmusicfestival.org), YouTube Channel (youtube.com/c/SunValleyMusicFestival), or from The Community Library website (livestream.com/comlib) beginning February 9 at 6:30 PM (MT). The broadcast will also be archived so you may watch anytime or share it with others. Attend live on opening night to participate in Q & A with Alasdair Neale.
Want to learn more or get the best broadcast experience? Here are some helpful links:
Read the full press release
How to participate in the Q & A
How to watch from a computer, mobile device, or TV

Festival @ Home—San Francisco
2021-03-16 18:30 - 2021-03-18 18:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
The broadcast was available for 48 hours, beginning March 16. Click here to view other upcoming performances
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Bach
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Amos Yang, Cello

Explore the grandeur, complexity, and lively harmonies within one of classical music’s most iconic and profound works, Bach’s Sixth Cello Suite, for the next Festival @ Home performance. Although Bach’s suites are now considered by many to be the most significant works in the solo cello repertoire, they languished in quiet obscurity for over 150 years. In 1890, cello virtuoso Pablo Casals discovered tattered copies of the suites at a second-hand shop in Barcelona. His appreciation for them grew as he studied them, leading to his seminal audio recordings in 1936, which paved the way for their current fame.
Tune in for the premiere on Tuesday, March 16 at 6:30 PM MT (or on demand for 48 hours afterward) on the Festival website, YouTube channel (youtube.com/c/SunValleyMusicFestival), and Facebook page (facebook.com/SunValleyMusicFestival). Don’t miss this all-new performance of an eminent piece for solo cello, performed by Sun Valley favorite, Principal Cello Amos Yang, from the beautiful Kohl Mansion near San Francisco, CA.
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2021 Honors Recital
2021-05-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Performance is an integral part of the education programs offered at the Sun Valley Music Festival’s Music Institute. Students not only prepare for informal departmental recitals but also participate in juried adjudications and regional and state competitions. The academic year culminates with the Institute’s Honors Recital, where students audition for a chance to perform. Usually open to the public, this year’s recital took place on May 1 to a small in-person audience in Hailey, Idaho—the first live audience the education programs have been able to host in over a year. The concert concluded with the Carol Nie Outstanding Music Student Award, where one exceptional student was presented scholarship funds to help them continue their musical pursuits.

Please enjoy the broadcast presentation and join the Festival in celebrating the achievements of these outstanding young musicians:
Leila Brickley, Alexia Crowdson, Anne Cunyas, Julia Sinnamon (1:58)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 4 Violins in G Major, No. 1
I. Largo e staccato
II. Allegro
Amarah Wesley, piano (6:52)
Lynn Freeman Olson: Square Dance Tune
Judah Rosenlund, piano (8:02)
Kevin Olson: Polar Bear Rock
Wyatt Koch, violin (9:06)
Niccolò Paganini: Theme from Witches’ Dance
Charlotte Brickley, string bass (10:24)
Shinichi Suzuki: Perpetual Motion
Asher Knowles, tenor (12:07)
Celius Doughtery: Across the Western Ocean
Mikayla Wesley, piano (15:18)
James Bastien: Sea Mist
Alfredo Echevarria, piano (16:53)
William Gillock: Star Dancers
Lydia Morgan, mezzo-soprano (18:36)
David Yasbek: Omar Sharif
Elena Alajbegovic, cello (22:56)
Luigi Boccherini: Minuet
Leila Brickley, violin (25:41)
Friedrich Seitz: Concerto in D Major, Op. 22
III. Rondo
Mattigan Monschke, mezzo-soprano (29:44)
Marc Shaiman: Fly, Fly Away from Catch Me if You Can
Angel Cahuana, piano (39:14)
Glenda Austin: Hayride Hoedown
Vanessa Olsen, piano (40:18)
Joe Gargiulo: Bongo Bongo
Alexia Crowdson, violin (41:36)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet
Gracie Shiver, violin (45:57)
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
Liv Nelson, soprano (51:10)
Rupert Holmes: Moonfall
Jamie Jordan, piano (53:54)
Robert Vandall: Jazz Sonatina
Lila Fenn, piano (56:20)
Edvard Grieg: Sailors Song
Neva Baer, soprano (57:59)
Jaenine Teori and David Lindsay-Abaire: Morning Person from Shrek the Musical
Camas Filbert, violin (1:00:12)
Ferdinand Küchler: Concertino in D Major, Op. 15
II. Siciliano.Larghetto
III. Allegro
Eli Trevino, cello (1:03:13)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Allegro Appassionato, Op. 43
Claire Watson, soprano (1:08:14)
Alan Jay Lerner and Leonard Bernstein: Take Care of This House from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Lowie Watkins, violin (1:11:16)
Max Bruch: Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Alexandra Vallejo, piano (1:19:23)
Muzio Clementi: Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 2
III. Allegro
Bailey Cole and Wren Biggers, violin
Kennedy Larsen, viola Eli Trevino, cello (1:21:56)
Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2
I. Allegro moderato
Presentation of the Carol Nie Outstanding Music Student Award (1:31:08)

Opening Night
2021-07-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Smith
The Star-Spangled Banner

Mozart
Concerto No. 3 in G Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 216

Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D Major, “London”

Appalachian Spring and the Prague Symphony
2021-07-27 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Copland
Suite from Appalachian Spring for 13 Instruments

Mozart
Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, “Prague”

Gluzman in Recital with Festival Musicians
2021-07-29 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Stravinsky
Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano

Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet

Beethoven's "Eroica"
2021-07-31 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Beethoven
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43

Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”

Celebrating Frontline Heroes
2021-08-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
A special tribute to the heroes in healthcare, education, transportation, food service, social work, and emergency services who worked so hard to improve our lives these last two years.
Program to be announced from the stage

Gala Concert with Joshua Bell
2021-08-04 18:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
One of the most celebrated violinists of his era, Grammy Award-winner Joshua Bell is joined by the Festival Orchestra for the annual fundraising concert. Ticket sales help keep the rest of the season’s performances admission-free.

Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy

Beethoven
Concerto in D Major for Violin, Op. 61

Repertoire note: Mr. Bell will perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto instead of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.

Gala tickets on sale early summer
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Memories and Reflections: Mazzoli, Mozart, and Brahms
2021-08-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Mazzoli
These Worlds In Us

Mozart
Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622

Brahms
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a

The American Experience
2021-08-07 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Florence Price
Ethiopia’s Shadow in America

Jessie Montgomery
Five Freedom Songs
World Premiere; co-commissioned by Sun Valley Music Festival, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Grand Teton Music Festival, Kansas City Symphony, and Virginia Arts Festival

Copland
Lincoln Portrait

Mahler Symphony No. 4
2021-08-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G Major

Edgar M. Bronfman String Quartet
2021-08-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110

Mozart
String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonance”

Alisa Weilerstein Plays Schumann
2021-08-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Higdon
blue cathedral

Schumann
Concerto in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 129

Pops Night and Lawn Party with the Villalobos Brothers
2021-08-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
After a traditional Pops Night tribute to the Armed Forces, the Villalobos Brothers join the Festival Orchestra for a spirited evening of Latin-inspired music.
Post-concert: Lawn Party—¡Fiesta de baile!

Joyce Yang Plays Rachmaninoff
2021-08-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Smetana
The Moldau from Má Vlast [My Fatherland]

Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18

Brahms’s Turbulent Piano Quintet
2021-08-17 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Brahms
Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118

Brahms
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony
2021-08-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

National Hispanic LatinX Festival Performance
2021-09-18 13:00 - 13:30 | Roberta McKercher Park, 810 3rd Avenue South, Hailey, ID, 83333, United States
Sun Valley Music Festival faculty and musicians team up with Wood River High School music educators and students for an ensemble performance of fun, eclectic, Latin-inspired music as part of the 4th annual National Hispanic Heritage Month festivities.
The cultural festival takes place from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM and will feature musical performances, activities and piñatas, food and beverages, and exhibits. The Sun Valley Music Festival’s performance will take place at 1:00 PM.
Programming to be announced from the stage

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Harp Music
2021-10-29 18:30 - 2021-11-05 18:30 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
The concert was broadcast from October 29, 2021-November 5, 2021 and is no longer available.
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Gretchen Van Hoesen, Harp

Gary Shocker
Quest from Quest-Reunion

David Watkins
Fire Dance from Petite Suite for Harp

The harp is one of the oldest instruments (originating around 15,000 BC) that is still played today. It’s a fitting vehicle for the music on this program. Performed first is a work titled “Quest” from “Quest-Reunion” by Gary Shocker, a composer renowned for his melodic style and his work as one of today’s greatest flutists. Throughout the piece, contemplative phrases interplay with moments of innocence and transcendence. Following is living composer and harpist David Watkins’s award-winning “Fire Dance” from Petite Suite for Harp. Its powerful, rhythmic—and sometimes vivacious—melodies were inspired by native South American ritual dances and cultural music performed on the smaller Paraguayan harp.

Upbeat with Alasdair: What Does a Conductor Do, Anyway?
2022-01-05 18:30 | In person at the Community Library or broadcast online on the Festival’s website and YouTube channel, 415 Spruce Ave N, Ketchum, 83340, United States
Click here to watch the broadcast from the Festival’s YouTube page. For the best viewing experience, watch from YouTube on a smart TV or streaming device—just search for Sun Valley Music Festival in the YouTube app (you may need to install the YouTube app first). Click here for more online viewing tips.

People have been using batons to “conduct” since the end of the 7th century, and the practice has become increasingly prevalent since. But why? As modern instruments developed, resulting in larger ensembles, helping musicians play together became more difficult. Conductors do that, but much more. They also shape phrases and interpret the composer’s intent. Find out how it all works, when Music Director Alasdair Neale hosts the next installment of his popular Upbeat with Alasdair speaking series, in person at the Community Library and livestreamed above on the Festival’s website and YouTube channel.

Upbeat with Alasdair: In Conversation with Jennifer Koh
2022-02-22 18:30 - 19:30 | In person at the Community Library or broadcast online on the Festival’s website and YouTube channel, 415 Spruce Ave N, Ketchum, 83340, United States
The broadcast will be available here on the Festival website beginning February 22.
You may also watch from the Festival’s YouTube page or by steaming on a smart TV through the YouTube app.

Music Director Alasdair Neale will engage superstar violinist, and curator of the Festival’s upcoming Winter Season, Jennifer Koh in conversation around the many ways in which she has forged her own path in classical music. This includes her noted project “Alone Together,” in which she commissioned 40 news works for solo violin during the pandemic—some of which Winter Season concertgoers will hear later in the week. The project met three of her goals: adding new music to the repertoire, engaging new and diverse artists, and bringing music to people in new ways. Join Neale and Koh as they talk about the future of classical music and the roles that composers, musicians, and conductors have to play.

Thursday Winter Season concert
2022-02-24 19:00 - 20:45 | Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St South, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States
Click here for Winter Season reservations (limit two seats for one performance)

Friday Winter Season concert
2022-02-25 19:00 - 20:45 | Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St South, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

Saturday matinee Winter Season concert
2022-02-26 14:00 - 15:45 | Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St South, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

Saturday evening Winter Season concert
2022-02-26 19:00 - 19:45 | Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St South, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

2022 Honors Recital
2022-05-01 18:30 | St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 201 Sun Valley Rd, Sun Valley, ID, 83353, United States
Join the Sun Valley Music Festival in honoring outstanding year-round students of the Music Institute! The annual Honors Recital is an opportunity for these young musicians to demonstrate their abilities, formed through countless hours of hard work, to a live audience. Students audition to participate and are selected by a panel of faculty members.
Gracie Shiver and Gina Greenberg, violins; Lucinda Frates, viola; Reed Spencer, cello
Michael McLean: Tango
Alexa Murillo-Guzman, piano
Valerie Roth Roubos: Zimbabwe
Judah Rosenlund, piano
James Bastien: Sea Mist
Anne Cunyas, violin
Oskar Rieding: Concerto in B minor, op. 35
III. Allegro moderato
Marina Monschke, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Bareilles: When He Sees Me from Waitress
Jadiel Murillo, piano
Christopher Fisher: Midnight Express
Lucinda Frates, viola
Georg Phillipp Telemann: Concerto in G Major
IV. Presto
Asher Knowles, tenor
Stephen Sondheim: Not While I’m Around from Sweeney Todd
Alfredo Echevarria, piano
Mary Leaf: Wistful Waltz
Lowie Watkins, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita in D minor
IV. Gigue
Elena Alajbegovic, cello
Paul Simon: The Sound of Silence
Camas Filbert, mezzo-soprano
Domenico Scarlatti: Sento nel core
Gracie Shiver, violin
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4 “Winter”
I. Allegro non molto
Jamie Jordan, piano
Muzio Clementi: Sonatina in C Major op. 36, no. 3
I. Spiritoso
Reed Spencer, cello
William Henry Squire: Tarantella
Liv Nelson, soprano
Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock:
Vanilla Ice Cream from She Loves Me
Lila Fenn, piano
Alexander Tcherepnin: Bagatelle
Leila Brickley, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 3 in G Major
I. Allegro
Mattigan Monschke, soprano
Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock: Will He Like Me? from She Loves Me
Presentation of the Carol Nie Outstanding Music Student Award

Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto
2022-07-24 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Sameer Patel
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

J.S. Smith
The Star-Spangled Banner

Jessie Montgomery
Banner

Beethoven
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, “Emperor”

The Lighter Side of Tchaikovsky and Schubert
2022-07-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Peter Henderson
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33

Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485

George Li with Festival Musicians
2022-07-28 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Sameer Patel
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Schubert
Fantasy for Piano, Four-hands, in F Minor, D. 940, Op. 103

Schumann
Quintet for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 44

Stories and Poems
2022-07-29 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Sameer Patel
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Benjamin Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31

Ravel
Ma Mère l’Oye [Mother Goose]

2022 Gala Concert: Carmina Burana
2022-07-31 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Experience one of the most popular and instantly recognizable 20th-century works, featured often in film, television, and popular culture, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Unpretentious and endlessly entertaining, it is a rollicking choral tour de force—if classical music had a “rock opera,” this would be it! Ticket sales help keep the rest of the season’s performances admission-free.

Carl Orff

Carmina Burana

Tickets
On sale now: click here to purchase online or call 208.622.5607
Gala sales support the Sun Valley Music Festival and its community initiatives, including world-class, admission-free concerts and music education programs.

Click here for complete Gala ticket details

Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony
2022-08-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Peter Henderson
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”

Trifonov Plays Brahms
2022-08-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Sameer Patel
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Brahms
Concerto No. 1 in D Minor for Piano, Op. 15

Programming update: Mr. Trifonov will perform Brahms’s first piano concerto—notable for its grandeur and thrilling technical difficulty—instead of the composer’s Concerto No. 2 for tonight’s concert.

Hidden Gems
2022-08-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Peter Henderson
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Manuel de Falla
Suite No. 2 from El Sombrero de tres picos [The Three-Cornered Hat]

John Estacio
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

José Pablo Moncayo
Huapango

Elgar Symphony No. 1
2022-08-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Sameer Patel
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major, Op. 55

Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky
2022-08-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Peter Henderson
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Lili Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps [Of a Spring Morning]

Stravinsky
Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra

Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

Bronfman Quartet Plays Brahms and Haydn
2022-08-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Peter Henderson
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Haydn
Quartet for Strings, Op. 76, No. 2, Hob. III: 76

Brahms
Quartet for Strings in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2

Upbeat with Alasdair: Composer Spotlight
2022-08-12 11:00 - 12:00 | The Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall, 415 Spruce Avenue, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

Frank, Puts, and Time For Three
2022-08-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Peter Henderson
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances for Orchestra

Kevin Puts
Contact: Concerto for Two Violins, Bass, and Orchestra
Co-commissioned by the Sun Valley Music Festival

Pops Night and Lawn Party
2022-08-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Guest artist update: Vocalist Marissa McGowan will perform tonight instead of Christy Altomare.

Richard Hayman
Armed Forces Medley
Arr. James Kessler

Pops Concert
The Best of Americana, featuring familiar and fun works from film, Broadway, and much-loved composers.

Post-concert: DJ Masonic (AKA the composer Mason Bates) returns to host the Festival’s third post-concert Lawn Party! Bring your friends and your dancing shoes, and expect a special, guest appearance by Time for Three!

Hornucopia
2022-08-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Join 16 of the finest horn players in North America, accompanied by members of the Festival Orchestra’s percussion section, for a rollicking good time, with performances of works ranging from classical to jazz to rock and roll.

An Alpine Symphony
2022-08-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat, 5:45 PM
Led by Sameer Patel
Pavilion Lawn Paver Bar

R. Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie [An Alpine Symphony], Op. 64

Orion Weiss: In Recital, Online
2022-10-26 07:00 - 2022-12-01 07:00 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Recorded exclusively in 2020 for the Sun Valley Music Festival at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY

This broadcast took place between October 26 and November 30, 2022, and is no longer available.
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Grieg
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Albéniz
El Puerto from Iberia

Debussy
Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque

Gankino Horo, featuring Time For Three and Kevin Puts
2022-12-19 | Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Enjoy a broadcast performance of Gankino Horo above, featuring Time For Three and composer Kevin Puts. And learn more below about how this Bulgarian folk tune provided some of the inspiration for Contact, a concerto for Time For Three and orchestra that was co-commissioned by the Festival.
If you enjoyed the 2022 summer performance of Contact—or even if you missed it—you’re in for a treat! Contact is a concerto for Time For Three with orchestra, which the Sun Valley Music Festival co-commissioned from the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts.
Contact recently received two Grammy nominations: Time For Three was nominated for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for their recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Kevin Puts received a nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
The Festival’s history with the piece goes way back. The idea for a collaboration between Kevin Puts and Time For Three originated during a hike up Bald Mountain, Sun Valley’s iconic ski hill, many years ago, when Alasdair and Time For Three’s Nick Kendall were brainstorming ways they might work together. Later, Alasdair shared the idea with Kevin Puts and helped broker an introduction between the composer and the string trio.
In 2020, when the Festival produced its Summer Season online, Alasdair asked Time For Three and Puts if they would perform a bit of Contact. The full score was still a work in progress, but Kevin suggested they play Gankino Horo, a Bulgarian folk tune that was his inspiration for the fourth movement, and he offered to accompany Time For Three on the piano. The resulting performance was broadcast during the 2020 virtual season.
Now, in honor of the Grammy nominations, the Festival is pleased to re-release the recording of Gankino Horo. Please enjoy it from the embedded video player above, and feel free to share it with your friends!
Congratulations to our dear friends, Time For Three and Kevin Puts!

Upbeat with Alasdair: The Rite of Spring: 110 Years Old and Still Breaking the Rules
2023-01-04 18:30 - 19:30 | The Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall, 415 Spruce Avenue, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States
It’s hard to imagine a piece of classical music causing a riot, but that’s the word often applied to the audience’s reaction when Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring debuted in 1913 in Paris. Apparently, the arguments between those who loved it and those who hated it became so heated the dancers couldn’t hear the orchestra! Stravinsky’s music (and Nijinsky’s choreography) broke with tradition so dramatically that the piece is often called the first example of modernism in music. In this installation of Upbeat with Alasdair, Maestro Alasdair Neale will describe not just the innovation, but the beauty of Rite of Spring, which the Festival will present during the upcoming Summer Season.
How to attend
Reservations are currently full for the Wednesday, January 4 talk at the Community Library. But there are still ways to attend. The event will also be broadcast above on this page or on the Festival’s YouTube channel. If you prefer to attend in person, please click here to add yourself to the waitlist online or contact the Festival office at info@svmusicfestival.org or 208.622.5607. If you have already made reservations but won’t be able to attend, please contact the Festival so your seats may be released to individuals on the waitlist. Those on the waitlist will be contacted in the order their requests were received when seating becomes available.
Capacity is unlimited for the online broadcast; reservations are not required to watch online. Doors open at 6:00 PM (MT) for those attending in person. The presentation begins at 6:30 PM (MT) for both in-person and online attendees. Only in-person attendees will be able to participate in the Q&A session that will take place toward the end of the presentation.
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Upbeat with Alasdair-Orchestral Conversations: Meet the Brass
2023-03-14 18:30 - 19:30 | The Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall, 415 Spruce Avenue, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States
Reservations are currently full for Upbeat with Alasdair.
Click here to add your name to the waitlist. Those on the waitlist will be contacted on a first-come, first-served basis as soon as seating becomes available.
The event will also be broadcast on this page and on the Festival’s YouTube channel.

About the talk
Get the inside scoop on the Festival’s Winter Season, direct from the musicians! Music Director Alasdair Neale will host his popular Upbeat with Alasdair speaking series on March 14 with a special presentation to kick off the winter concerts, which take place later in the week. For the talk, Maestro Neale will be joined by the Festival’s four principal brass musicians who will share the unique characteristics of their instruments and how they will be showcased during the winter performances.

Attending details
Reservations to attend in person are accepted in the order they are received; reservations made online are received faster. If the event is full, you will be able to add yourself to the waitlist instead. Those on the waitlist will be contacted on a first-come, first-served basis as soon as seating becomes available. Capacity is unlimited for the online broadcast; reservations are not required to watch online.

Doors open at 6:00 PM (MT).
The presentation begins at 6:30 PM (MT).
A Q&A session will take place toward the end of the presentation (only in-person attendees will be able to participate in the Q&A).

If you’re planning to watch online, click here to find helpful tips to get the best broadcast experience, such as how to watch the event from your home theater system.

Winter Season concert
2023-03-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St South, Ketchum, ID, 83340, United States

Opening Night: Orli Shaham and Delights & Dances
2023-07-30 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Smith-Sousa
The Star-Spangled Banner

Rossini
Overture to The Barber of Seville

Michael Abels
Delights and Dances

Ravel
Concerto in G Major for Piano

Beethoven's Second Symphony
2023-08-01 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Wagner
Siegfried Idyll

Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

Orli Shaham with Festival Musicians
2023-08-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte [Pavane for a Dead Princess] for Solo Piano

Reena Esmail
Saans [Breath] for Violin, Cello, and Piano

Ravel
Trio in A Minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano

Mozart and Ginastera
2023-08-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, 83353, United States
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 PM
Led by Peter Henderson
Lawn Paver Bar

Mozart
Concerto in C Major for Oboe, K. 314

Alberto Ginastera
Variaciones Concertantes

Advanced Chamber Music Interim Recital
2023-08-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Community School Theater, 1 Community School Drive, Sun Valley, ID, 83353, United States
Featuring select ensembles and solos
