August 2009 Symphony Season
For video podcasts of all Peninsula Music Festival video previews and commentaries, click here. Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are conducted by Music Director Victor Yampolsky.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - Festival Opening - Fond Memories from Vienna ...more
Lilya Zilberstein, piano -
J. Strauss: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Schubert: Symphony #2
Brahms: Piano Concerto #1
Concert Sponsored by Bibs, Marge & Sarah
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - Beethoven's Piano Concerti & Ballet I ...more
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Copland: Quiet City
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland: Billy the Kid Ballet
Concert Sponsored by Prilla & Tony Beadell in memory of Marcia Larsen
Saturday, August 8, 2009 - Unmistakably French ...more
Stephen Alltop, organ
Widor: Toccata for organ and brass
Henry Barraud: Offende a une Ombre (Offertory for a shadow)
Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Dukas: Fanfare from La Peri
Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 (Organ Symphony)
Concert Sponsored by OC & Pat Boldt
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - From The Old Times ...more
Andrew Sewell, conductor
Joan Derhovsepian & Kristin Figard,violas; Amy Sims, violin
Paul Ledwon, cello; Susanna Self & Merrilee Elliott, flutes
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #6
J.C. Bach: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Cello
Cimarosa: Concertante for Two Flutes
Mozart: Symphony #29
Concert Sponsored by the Ralph & Genevieve B. Horween Foundation in Memory of Marion Horween Chase
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - Beehoven's Piano Concerti & Ballet II
Stewart Goodyear, piano ...more
Stravinsky: Song of the Volga Boatmen
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss Ballet
Concert Sponsored by the Egan Foundation & the Egan Family in Memory of Peg Egan
Saturday, August 15, 2009 - The Teacher and the Pupil ...more
Suna Avci, soprano, Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano; Peter Sovitsky, tenor; Keven Keys, bass; Stewart Goodyear, piano; Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass
Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, H26b #2
Beethoven: Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra
Associate Conductor Stephen Alltop lead a ten minute Q&A encore after the concert.
Concert Sponsored by Richard Kozak in Memory of Marian R. Polito
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - Russian Jubilee ...more
Valentin Zhuk, violin
Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, op 12 (three excerpts)
Borodin: Symphony #2
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Concert Sponsored by Billie Kress
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - Beethoven's Piano Concerti & Ballet III ...more
William Wolfram, piano; Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano
Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5
Falla: Three-Cornered Hat Ballet
Concert Sponsored by June & Jerome Maeder
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - Festival Finale - Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
James Ehnes, violin ...more
Bernstein: Facsimile
Bernstein: Serenade
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Music Director Victor Yampolsky will lead a ten minute Q&A encore after the concert.
Concert Sponsored by Fran & Paul Burton
All concerts are performed in the Door Community Auditorium, Fish Creek, beginning at 8:00 p.m.
Pre-concert talks are held every Thursday from 6:30 to 7:15 in the Door Community Auditorium - $5 per person per talk