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Upbeat with Alasdair: Season Overview: You Won’t Want to Miss a Note

This summer, the Music Festival offers music spanning nearly 250 years, from 1784 – Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 80 – to 2025 – Mason Bates’s Silicon Hymnal, completed earlier this year. While the combination of Time for Three and Mason Bates will likely draw a large (if not HUGE) crowd, there are some other new(ish) works this season that might not generate so much attention. Join Maestro Neale for a discussion highlighting several hidden gems in the coming programs – pieces you’ve likely not heard, but that are more than worthy of your listening time.

Upbeat with Alasdair: A Conversation with Pianist Joyce Yang

The Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall 415 Spruce Avenue, Ketchum

Join Music Director Alasdair Neale and pianist Joyce Yang in conversation as they prepare for the Music Festival's upcoming Winter Season concerts at the Argyros. Ms. Yang rose to fame in 2005 as the youngest contestant and silver medalist at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. An accomplished chamber musician as well as soloist, she and Maestro Neale will discuss this Winter Season's concert program among other artistic topics.

Upbeat with Alasdair: Why Mahler’s Sixth Symphony Still Resonates Today

The Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall 415 Spruce Avenue, Ketchum

Alma Mahler wrote that her husband’s Sixth Symphony was “his most personal work and also a prophetic one.”  Nicknamed the “Tragic” symphony by the composer himself, it’s a work of immense proportions and emotions.  In this edition of Upbeat, Music Director Alasdair Neale explores the enduring appeal and resonance of this epic piece to today’s audiences. This event will also be livestreamed on svmusicfestival.org.