The 72nd season of nine Door County symphony concerts by the professional orchestra includes works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bernstein, Morricone, and more Christopher Clough Green Bay Press-Gazette FISH CREEK – A world-famous jazzman, Grammy Award winners, movie tunes you’ve heard before, and the one-night-only return of its longtime music director are among the highlights of…
Let the Festival Begin! By Debra Fitzgerald , Peninsula Pulse – August 1st, 2024 Maestro Rune Bergmann’s baton leading nine performances, including a three-time Grammy-winner opening the Peninsula Music Festival, Aug. 6 The summer season draws people to Door County for a variety of reasons, whether it’s students from foreign countries working at local businesses on J-1 visas, or tourists…
The Art of Conducting with Maestro Rune Bergmann Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) conductor and music director Rune Bergmann is in from his native Norway to lead the world-class musicians who arrive in Door County from around the country and planet for nine performances in August as part of PMF’s symphony series. Bergmann joins Debra Fitzgerald…
Titan: The festival’s final concert features Strauss’s Four Last Songs with soprano Jacquelyn Wagner and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, entitled Titan.
A Night at the Movies, this season’s “Pops” selection featuring works by Leonard Bernstein and Ennio Morricone
A special evening with internationally renowned violinist Philippe Quint leading and performing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Scandinavian Evening, including Julian Rhee performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto (the only concerto Sibelius composed)
Happy Birthday, Bruckner: Including the monumental Symphony No. 5
British Evening featuring works by Sir Edward Elgar, including his well-known Enigma Variations and Cello Concerto. Benedict Kloeckner, world-renowned cellist is our featured soloist.
Mozart Party: an evening of Mozart’s greatest works, including his Concerto for Flute & Harp, featuring musicians of the Festival Orchestra; and his Symphony No. 40
Victor Yampolsky and pianist Inna Faliks performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 6, the Pathétique
August 6 – American Dream featuring Grammy-winning saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Branford Marsalis, performing John Williams’ Escapades from Catch Me If You Can. The orchestra will also perform Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid suite and Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Symphony No. 1.