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School’s Out for the Summer Music Festivals

Jun. 05, 2007

Summer will soon be in full swing, and that means music festival season! The following is an abbreviated list of some highlights at selected festivals throughout the country.

What: Aspen Music Festival and School
Where: Aspen, Colorado
When: June 21 – August 19
Featured Performances:
6/21 Bartok: String Quartet No. 3
6/27 Gershwin: An American in Paris
6/27 Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
7/2 Halffter: Fandango
7/3 Bartok: String Quartet No. 4
7/7 Wagner/Valentin Silvestrov: Postludia
7/7 Silvestrov: Messenger
7/8 Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for piano and orchestra
7/14 Gershwin: Symphonic Picture from Porgy and Bess
7/14 Gershwin: Cuban Overture
7/14 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
7/15 Webern: Passacaglia
7/17 Weill: Little Threepenny Music
7/24 Hindemith: Kammermusik 2 Op. 36 No. 1
8/3 Beaser: Folk Songs *World Premiere*
8/7 Berg: String Quartet Op. 3
8/11 Stravinsky: Tango
8/12 Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique
8/12 Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major
8/19 Orff: Carmina Burana

Further Information: www.aspenmusicfestival.com

 

What: Tanglewood
Where: Lennox, Massachusetts
When: June 28 – September 2
Featured Performances
7/5 Bartok: String Quartet Nos. 2 and 4
7/9 Bartok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
7/14 Mahler: Symphony No. 3
7/16 Stravinsky: Danses Concertantes
7/17 Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
7/17 Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle
7/27 Gershwin: An American in Paris
7/27 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
7/27 Selections from the Gershwin songbook

Further Information: www.tanglewood.org

 

What: Ojai Music Festival
Where: Ojai, California
When: June 7 – 10
Featured Performances:
6/7 Stravinsky: Concerto in Eb (“Dumbarton Oaks”)
6/7 Ligeti: Three Pieces for Two Pianos
6/7 Ligeti Poème Symphonique
6/10 Ligeti: Piano Concerto
6/8 Eötvös: Sonata per sei *US Premiere*
6/9 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Further Information: www.ojaifestival.org

 

What: Spoleto Festival USA
Where: Charleston, South Carolina
When: May 25 – June 10
Featured Performances:
6/1, 6/3, 6/9 Weill: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
6/4, 6/6, 6/8 Weill Vocal Recital
6/5 Rihm: Music-Hall-Suite

Further Information: www.spoletousa.org

 

What: Ravinia Festival
Where: Highland Park, Illinois
When: June 1 – September 17
Featured Performances:
6/19–20 Bartok: String Quartets
7/6 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 C minor
7/7 Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18
7/14 Zemlinsky: Showcase
7/18 Rodrigo: Canconeta
8/9 Kirchner: String Quartet No. 4
9/3 Gershwin: Strike Up the Band
9/3 Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing

Further Information: www.ravinia.org

 

What: Yellow Barn Music Festival
Where: Putney, Vermont & Amherst, Massachusetts
When: July 6 – August 4
Featured Performances:
7/7 Kagel: Exotica
7/10 Bartok: String Quartet No. 3
7/21 Rihm: In Nuce
7/28, 7/29 Berio: Linea
7/28, 7/29 Korngold: Piano Trio Op. 1
7/28 Bartok: String Quartet No. 4
8/1 Kirchner: Piano Trio No. 1
8/2 Berg: Lyric Suite

Further Information: www.yellowbarn.org

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