MASTERWORKS IX: August 24
Titan: The festival’s final concert features Strauss’s Four Last Songs with soprano and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, entitled Titan.
MASTERWORKS VIII: August 22
A Night at the Movies, this season’s “Pops” selection featuring works by Leonard Bernstein and Ennio Morricone
MASTERWORKS VII: August 20
A special evening with internationally renowned violinist Philippe Quint leading and performing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
MASTERWORKS VI: August 17
Scandinavian Evening, including Julian Rhee performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto (the only concerto Sibelius composed)
MASTERWORKS V: August 15
Happy Birthday, Bruckner: Including the monumental Symphony No. 5
MASTERWORKS IV: August 13
British Evening featuring works by Sir Edward Elgar, including his well-known Enigma Variations and Cello Concerto.
MASTERWORKS III: August 10
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
MASTERWORKS II: August 8
Victor Yampolsky and pianist Inna Faliks performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 6, the Pathétique
MASTERWORKS 1: August 6
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.
Rune Bergmann is New Music Director for Peninsula Music Festival
EPHRAIM, WI – In a statement issued December 9, 2022, by PMF Board Chair David Keen, “On behalf of the Peninsula Music Festival, I’m excited to announce the appointment of Norwegian Maestro Rune Bergmann as PMF’s next Music Director. Bergmann will lead the Festival Orchestra’s 3-week Symphony Series every August, during which he first appeared…