Orchestra Events
Saturday, June 28
Academy Festival Orchestra, Larry Rachleff, Conductor
8 pm, Lobero Theatre
Music director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and San Antonio Symphony, as well as guest conductor of numerous prestigious orchestras, Larry Rachleff has consistently earned acclaim for polished and insightful performances.
Program:
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73
Reserved Seating: $45,
includes Lobero facility fee
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Saturday, July 19
Academy Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Conductor
8 pm, Lobero Theatre
Appreciated for his irrepressible wit and vivacity as an interpreter of a wide range of classical music, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra music director Nicholas McGegan appears frequently on the world's most illustrious podiums.
Program:
Messiaen: Un
Sourire
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 ("Linz")
Ibert: Homage
a Mozart
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major ("Spring")
Reserved Seating: $45,
includes Lobero facility fee
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Saturday, July 26
Open Dress Rehearsal: Concerto Night
9:30 am, Lobero Theatre
Frequently hailed as one of America's finest young conductors, Daniel Hege, music director of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, prepares the exceptional Festival Orchestra and soloists selected at the Academy's Concerto Competition for the Concerto Night concert.
Reserved Seating: $23,
includes Lobero facility fee
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Concerto Night, Daniel Hege, Conductor
8 pm, Lobero Theatre
Daniel Hege leads the Academy Festival Orchestra and soloists in performances of single movements from several concerti. The program for this popular Festival concert will be announced after the July 12 competition.
Reserved Seating: $51,
includes Lobero facility fee
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Saturday, August 9
Academy Chamber Orchestra, Anne Manson, Conductor
8 pm, First Presbyterian Church
The first woman to conduct at the Salzburg Festival, where she led the Vienna Philharmonic, Anne Manson is distinguished by her dynamic podium presence, stylistic versatility, and ability to draw audiences into the inner world of the composer. The New York Times has hailed her "urgent and sensitive conducting."
Program:
Ives: The
Unanswered Question
Peteris Vasks: Cantabile
Stravinsky: Concerto in D ("Basel Concerto")
Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp Minor
("Farewell")
General Admission:
$42
TICKETS
Saturday, August 16
Academy Festival Orchestra, Peter Oundjian, Conductor
8 pm, Granada Theatre
Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 2004, Peter Oundjian is a major presence in the orchestral world. His program for the final Summer Festival concert will bring together Academy instrumental and voice Fellows with a community women's chorus and children's choir for Mahler's ambitious 1895 effort to "mirror the whole world."
Program:
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Reserved Seating: $45, $25, $10, includes Granada facility fee
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