Debussy’s La Mer

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Debussy loved the sea, especially its unpredictable and ever-changing motion. His most performed work, La Mer, capturesā€”in music, as only Debussy couldā€”the play of light on the water and the seaā€™s place in the natural world. Also on the program, the Festivalā€™s exploration of Mozartā€™s wind concertos continues with Principal Bassoon Andrew Cuneo performing Mozartā€™s concerto for the bassoon, a piece that shows off the instrumentā€™s remarkable agility and range. Opening the program, Maestro Neale leads the orchestra in Agnegram, a short piece composed by his friend and mentor, the great conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

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Augustin Hadelich Plays Tchaikovsky

Sun Valley Pavilion 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, United States

Vivacious and unpretentiousā€”and both emotionally and physically exhausting to playā€”Tchaikovskyā€™s Violin Concerto has become so popular that itā€™s often performed at opening night galas. Grammy-winning violinist Hadelich performs this concerto with the Festival Orchestra on a program with Florence Priceā€™s Andante moderato.

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Augustin Hadelich with Festival Musicians

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Violinist Augustin Hadelich joins Festival Orchestra musicians for an evening of chamber music featuring Brahmsā€™s Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major. Itā€™s a work of infectious joie de vivre, offering both songs and dances alongside lively musical conversations between the two violins, two violas, and two cellos. The second movementā€™s theme and variations have been featured in settings as diverse as Star Trek: The Next Generation and the 2001 French film The Piano Teacher.

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Season Finale: Mahler 5

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After hearing Sasha Cooke sing Mahlerā€™s RĆ¼ckert Lieder on August 10, audiences may recognize some themes in tonightā€™s symphony. The fourth movement, the Adagietto, draws explicitly from the Lieder and is recognized as a love letter from Mahler to his wife, Alma. Leonard Bernstein famously led the New York Philharmonic in a performance of the heartbreakingly beautiful Adagietto at Robert Kennedyā€™s funeral service in 1968. The rest of the symphony is pretty good, too.

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