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Bravo!Vail Valley Music Festival Announces Concert Dates for 2003Just over two months ago the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival finished its spectacular record-breaking fifteenth anniversary season, and the program for 2003 promises even greater excitement. From June 27 through August 5, 2003, the Festival will bring to the Vail Valley over 40 acclaimed soloists, ensembles, and three resident orchestras - the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and -- new to the Festival -- America's flagship orchestra, the New York Philharmonic. The Bravo! Music Festival is proud to bring the New
York Philharmonic to the Vail Valley for a three-year residency project
beginning in the summer of 2003. Since it's founding in 1842, the New York
Philharmonic has been America's premier musical institution as well as its
first orchestra. Almost every great musician of the last two centuries has
appeared with the Philharmonic. Beginning with July 18, the opening night of
its residency, the New York Philharmonic will bring the highest musical
standard to the Vail Valley. The new music director, the legendary Lorin
Maazel, will lead the orchestra in a performance that includes Beethoven's
Egmont Overture, Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, and Tchaikovsky's Violin
Concerto played by the 17-year-old prodigy, Yura Lee. Other soloists during
the orchestra's residency will be the French virtuoso pianist Jean-Yves
Thibaudet, the gifted young violinist, Julia Fisher and the powerful
soprano, Jessica Jones. The Philharmonic will also introduce two Festive
Classics concerts on July 19 and 23, conducted by the young American,
Roberto Minczuk. These On June 27, the Bravo! Music Festival will open with
the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director Christopher Seaman at
the helm, leading an overture by Dvorák, Brahms' Symphony No. 1 and the
Bruch Violin Concerto, played by the brilliant Anne Akiko Meyers. On June
28, Rochester will perform Beethoven's Emperor Concerto on June 28 with the
extraordinary pianist, Jon Nakamatsu, as well as Corigliano's To Music and
Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. A lively Pops concert, entitled Romancing the
West will be offered on June 29. The astonishingly gifted young bassoonist
will be the soloist and July 2, and two FREE rousing patriotic concerts on
July 3 in Beaver Creek and July 4 in Vail, will complete the Rochester
residency. The The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, with its music director, Andrew Litton, will begin its residency on July 6, with Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and the renowned contemporary composer, John Adams' Violin Concerto played by the dazzling Leila Josefowicz. Along with works by Copland and Dvorák, Festival favorite Anne-Marie McDermott joins the Dallas Symphony July 9 for a performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto. The superb young pianist, Adam Neiman will be the soloist on July 11, and the ever-popular Broadway Pops concert on July 12 will be followed on July 13 with the final performance of the Dallas' residency. That evening will include Mozart's Haffner Symphony and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, and the soloist will be the sensational cellist, Alisa Weilerstein who returns to Vail to perform Dvorák's Cello Concerto. The dynamic Dallas Symphony Orchestra led by the brilliant and energetic Andrew Litton will be welcomed back with great pleasure. The Festival's chamber music concerts will again be performed at the Vilar Center for the Arts in Beaver Creek on Tuesday evenings from July 8 through August 5. The excellent acoustics and intimacy of the Vilar Center make it the perfect venue for chamber music. Musical highlights include the popular and exciting Tchaikovsky Piano Trio, a Brahms String Sextet, the powerful Dvorák Piano Quintet, the romantic Franck Piano Quintet, and compelling classics by Schubert, Haydn, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Beethoven, Schumann, Prokofiev and Mozart. Two delightful Baroque programs at the Vail Chapel and at the Vilar Center for the Arts, with works by Bach, Handel, Corelli, Marcello and Telemann will round out the series. The Festival's 2003 Commission, a Piano Trio by American composer-in-residence Jennifer Higdon, will have its world premiere on Tuesday, July 15, 2003. For the summer of 2003 the Bravo! Music Festival will return to the beautiful Vail Chapel for two noontime chamber concerts on July 14 and 28. The Festival will also continue to present its entertaining and illuminating Introduction to Chamber Music series. These concerts place world-class musicians and listeners in intimate and friendly settings, where audience participation is encouraged. The special touch of wine and cheese tops off the experience. The Vail Valley Music Festival will continue its elegant Soirée series, truly Bravo's most intimate concerts, held at private residences throughout the Vail Valley. These charming concerts are preceded by a cocktail hour and followed by a sumptuous dinner catered by world-class restaurants. A 2003 schedule follows. Tickets orders will be
accepted starting January 1, 2003, but will not be filled until May. For
additional program details please visit our website at
www.vailmusicfestival.org or call 877.827.5700 Edited by Dave Shultz |
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