Date

Time

Program

Artists

Mon. Aug 1

6:00 PM

Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall

PONCE: Solo Piano Works
OSVALDA LACERDA: Quinteto concertante

PIAZZOLLA (MUSIC)/FERRER (LYRICS): Maria de Buenos Aires

Alejandro Hernández piano
American Brass Quintet
Milagro Vargas mezzo-soprano
Pepe Raphael tenor
Carole Cowan violin
Cornelia Heard violin
Gwendolyn Fisher viola
Michael Mermagen cello
Joel Braun bass
Martha Councell flute
Yaniv Attar guitar
Michael Maloney guitar
David Ballena piano
Jonathan Haas percussion
Michael Zell drum set
Coco Trivisonno bandeneon
Enrique Andrade narrator
Murry Sidlin conductor

Mon. Aug 1

6:30 PM

Lucia di Lammermoor Opera Benefit: A Tribute to Harley Baldwin

Wheeler Opera House

George Manahan conductor
Patrick Diamond director
Aspen Opera Theater Center

Mon. Aug 1

8:00 PM

summerFILMS: Brothers

Paepcke Auditorium

Tue. Aug 2

9:00 AM

Piano Master Class with American Academy of Conducting Orchestra Dress Rehearsal

Benedict Music Tent

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 15

Leon Fleisher piano
Academy Piano Competition Winner

Tue. Aug 2

12:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Aspen Community Church

Tue. Aug 2

12:30 PM

Guitar Master Class

Castle Creek #1 (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin guitar

Tue. Aug 2

1:00 PM

Distinguished Artist Master Class

Harris Concert Hall

Robert McDuffie violin

Tue. Aug 2

4:00 PM

Piano Master Class with American Academy of Conducting Orchestra

Benedict Music Tent

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 15

Leon Fleisher piano
Academy Piano Competition Winner

Tue. Aug 2

7:00 PM

Aspen Opera Theater Center performs Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

Wheeler Opera House

George Manahan conductor
Patrick Diamond director - Aspen Opera Theater Center

Tue. Aug 2

8:00 PM

Percussion Ensemble

Harris Concert Hall

LALO DAVILA: Rockin’ Rickie Rocket
CHÁVEZ: Xochipilli for Winds and Percussion
ZAPPA: Idiot Bastard Son
STEVE REICH: Dance Patterns
JOLIVET: Suite en concert
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DONALD KNAACK: Introduction and Act I, Scene I (Odin’s Introduction), from Odin
GINASTERA: Cantata para América mágica, op. 27
ROLDÁN: Rítmica No. 5

Jonathan Haas director/conductor
Gaudencio Thiago de Mello organic percussion
Nadine Asin flute

Wed. Aug 3

12:00 PM

High Notes

Paepcke Auditorium

Wed. Aug 3

1:00 PM

Guitar Master Class

Castle Creek #1 (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin guitar

Wed. Aug 3

6:00 PM

Sinfonia

Benedict Music Tent

ANDREW NORMAN: Sacred Geometry (2005 Jacob Druckman Composition Prize winner)
Concerto to be announced
ROBERTO SIERRA: Fandangos
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SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, op. 10

Tomáš Netopil conductor
Brass Competition Winner

Wed. Aug 3

8:30 PM

An NPR Evening

Harris Concert Hall

Fred Child narrator

Thu. Aug 4

10:00 AM

Piano Master Class

Harris Concert Hall

Yoheved Kaplinsky piano

Thu. Aug 4

10:30 AM

Tunes and Tales

Pitkin County Library

Thu. Aug 4

12:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Aspen Community Church

Thu. Aug 4

1:00 PM

Guitar Master Class

Castle Creek #1 (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin guitar

Thu. Aug 4

3:30 PM

Chamber House Music

Private residence to be announced

Thu. Aug 4

4:00 PM

Art Song Showcase

Harris Concert Hall
Aspen Opera Theater Center

Miah Im piano

Thu. Aug 4

4:15 PM

Chamber Music

Aspen Chapel

Thu. Aug 4

6:00 PM

An Evening with Tangos

Benedict Music Tent

COPLAND/BERNSTEIN: El Salón México
GUASTAVINO: Selected Songs
PIAZZOLLA: Four Tangos
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COPLAND: Danza de jalisco
PABLO ZIEGLER: Milongueta
PABLO ZIEGLER: El empedrado
PIAZZOLLA: Le grand tango

Antoinette Perry piano
Rita Sloan piano
Coco Trivisonno bandeneon
Delores Ziegler mezzo-soprano
Azmari Quartet

Thu. Aug 4

7:00 PM

Aspen Opera Theater Center performs Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

Wheeler Opera House

George Manahan conductor
Patrick Diamond director - Aspen Opera Theater

Thu. Aug 4

8:30 PM

Individual Composition Studies Program Recital

Harris Concert Hall

Fri. Aug 5

9:30 AM

Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal

Benedict Music Tent

Fri. Aug 5

10:30 AM

Gotta Move!

Classroom 1 (Music School Campus)

Fri. Aug 5

12:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Wheeler Opera House

Fri. Aug 5

4:45 PM

Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music

Harris Concert Hall

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, op. 49, no. 2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, op. 49, no. 1

Conrad Tao piano
Peng Peng Gong piano

Fri. Aug 5

6:00 PM

Aspen Chamber Symphony

Benedict Music Tent

HAYDN: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, Hob. I/45, "Farewell"
BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a
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BERG: Three Pieces, from Lyric Suite
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56, "Scottish"

David Zinman conductor
Julia Fischer violin

Fri. Aug 5

8:30 PM

Film: The Tango Lesson

Paepcke Auditorium

Sat. Aug 6

10:00 AM

Opera Scenes Master Class

Wheeler Opera House

James Conlon conductor
Edward Berkeley director
Aspen Opera Theater Center Faculty

Sat. Aug 6

1:00 PM

Music on the Mountain

Top of Aspen Mountain

Sat. Aug 6

4:00 PM

Chamber Music

Harris Concert Hall

ARTURO MARQUEZ: Zarabandeo
GABRIELA ORTIZ: En pares
VILLA-LOBOS: Suite for Voice and Violin
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LECOUNA: Songs
PAQUITO D'RIVERA: Aires tropicales

Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet
Jean-David Coen piano
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Stucky conductor
Elizabeth Hynes soprano
Gary Levinson violin
Kenneth Merrill piano
Nadine Asin flute
Elaine Douvas oboe
Theodore Oien clarinet
Per Hannevold bassoon
Jerome Ashby horn

Sat. Aug 6

8:00 PM

A Recital by Sharon Isbin guitar

Harris Concert Hall

VILLA-LOBOS: Etudes, Nos. 8 and 11
GAUDENCIO THIAGO DE MELLO: Uirapurú do Amazonas
GAUDENCIO THIAGO DE MELLO: A chamada dos ventos/Cancão noturna
RODRIGO: Aranjuez, ma pensée
SAVIO: Batucada
LAURO: Venezuelan Waltz No. 3, "Valse criollo"
GAUDENCIO THIAGO DE MELLO: A Hug for Pixinga
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SAINZ DE LA MAZA: Zapateado
GAUDENCIO THIAGO DE MELLO: Cavaleiro sem armadura
GAUDENCIO THIAGO DE MELLO: Cuñha-tan do Andirà
GAUDENCIO THIAGO DE MELLO: Varando furos
ALMEIDA: Historia de luar
LEO BROUWER: Canción de cuna (after Grenet)
LAURO: Seis por derecho

Sharon Isbin guitar
Gaudencio Thiago de Mello organic percussion
Bil Jackson soprano saxophone

Sun. Aug 7

9:30 AM

Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal

Benedict Music Tent

Sun. Aug 7

4:00 PM

Aspen Festival Orchestra

Benedict Music Tent

Shadows and Voices: The Last Days of Tchaikovsky
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74, "Pathéthique"

Murry Sidlin conductor
Michael York actor
John Rubinstein actor
Ursula Meyer actor
Degas Quartet

Sun. Aug 7

8:00 PM

summerFILMS: Yes

Paepcke Auditorium

Mon. Aug 8

6:00 PM

Chamber Music

Harris Concert Hall

RAVEL: Sonata for Violin and Cello
K. A. HARTMANN: Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (North American Premiere)
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R. STRAUSS: Enoch Arden, op. 38 (melodrama)

Paul Kantor violin
Michael Mermagen cello
Rita Sloan piano
Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet
Michael York actor
Antoinette Perry piano

Mon. Aug 8

8:00 PM

summerFILMS: Yes

Paepcke Auditorium

Tue. Aug 9

12:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Aspen Community Church

Tue. Aug 9

12:30 PM

Guitar Master Class

Castle Creek #1 (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin guitar

Tue. Aug 9

1:00 PM

Distinguished Artist Master Class

Harris Concert Hall

Ralph Kirshbaum cello

Tue. Aug 9

4:00 PM

American Academy of Conducting Orchestra

Benedict Music Tent

ROSSINI: Overture to William Tell
Concerto to be announced
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SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 15 in A major, op. 141

Low Strings Competition Winner

Tue. Aug 9

8:00 PM

Special Event with Robert McDuffie violin

Harris Concert Hall

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, op. 78
BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108
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BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, op. 26

Robert McDuffie violin
Jonathan Gilad piano
Lawrence Dutton viola
Ralph Kirshbaum cello

Wed. Aug 10

12:00 PM

High Notes

Paepcke Auditorium

Wed. Aug 10

3:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Harris Concert Hall

Wed. Aug 10

5:30 PM

Special Event: An Evening of Words and Music

Benedict Music Tent

Thomas L. Friedman speaker
Walter Isaacson speaker
Robert McDuffie violin

Wed. Aug 10

8:00 PM

A Recital by Cipa and Misha Dichter pianos

Harris Concert Hall

BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by J. Haydn, op. 56b
BRAHMS: Viola Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no. 1
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BRAHMS: Ballades, op. 10
BRAHMS: Viola Sonata in E-flat major, op. 120, no. 2
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (selections)

Cipa Dichter piano
Misha Dichter piano
Lawrence Dutton viola

Thu. Aug 11

10:00 AM

Piano Master Class

Harris Concert Hall

Misha Dichter piano

Thu. Aug 11

10:30 AM

Tunes and Tales

Pitkin County Library

Thu. Aug 11

12:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Aspen Community Church

Thu. Aug 11

1:00 PM

Guitar Master Class

Castle Creek #1 (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin guitar

Thu. Aug 11

3:30 PM

Opera House Music

Private residence to be announced

Thu. Aug 11

4:00 PM

Inside Music

Harris Concert Hall

Thu. Aug 11

4:15 PM

Chamber Music

Aspen Chapel

Thu. Aug 11

6:00 PM

An Evening with the American String Quartet

Benedict Music Tent

HAYDN: String Quartet in C major, Hob. III/57, op. 54, no. 2
RAVEL: String Quartet in F major
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BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34

American String Quartet
Misha Dichter piano

Thu. Aug 11

8:30 PM

Individual Composition Studies Program Recital

Harris Concert Hall

Fri. Aug 12

9:30 AM

Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal

Benedict Music Tent

Fri. Aug 12

12:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Wheeler Opera House

Fri. Aug 12

2:00 PM

Guitar Master Class

Music Hall (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin, guitar

Fri. Aug 12

4:45 PM

Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music

Harris Concert Hall

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, op. 10, no. 3

Yoheved Kaplinsky piano

Fri. Aug 12

6:00 PM

Aspen Chamber Symphony

Benedict Music Tent

MOZART: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner”
FAURÉ: Masques et bergamasques Suite, op. 112
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BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 1, op. 138
HAYDN: Symphony No. 96 in D major, Hob. I/96, “The Miracle”

Sir Neville Marriner conductor

Sat. Aug 13

10:00 AM

Opera Scenes Master Class

Wheeler Opera House

Asher Fisch conductor
Edward Berkeley director
Aspen Opera Theater Center Faculty
American Academy of Conducting Orchestra

Sat. Aug 13

6:00 PM

An Evening with the American String Quartet

Benedict Music Tent

HAYDN: String Quartet in C major, Hob. III/57, op. 54, no. 2
RAVEL: String Quartet in F major
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BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34

American String Quartet
Misha Dichter piano

Sat. Aug 13

1:00 PM

Music on the Mountain

Top of Aspen Mountain

Sat. Aug 13

4:00 PM

Chamber Music

Harris Concert Hall

BRAHMS: Hymn to the Glorification of Joachim
MARTINU: Duo No. 1, "Three Madrigals," H.313
KEVIN PUTS: And Legions Will Rise
BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, op. 38
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BRAHMS: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18

Cornelia Heard violin
Bruce Bransby bass
Paul Kantor violin
Lawrence Dutton viola
Beth Newdome violin
Bil Jackson clarinet
Michael Zell marimba
Ralph Kirshbaum cello
Robert Levin piano
Koichiro Harada violin
Laurie Carney violin
Masao Kawasaki violin
Catharine Carroll viola
Michael Mermagen cello
Alan Harris cello

Sat. Aug 13

6:00 PM

Sinfonia

Benedict Music Tent

VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino
VERDI: Selected Arias
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MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A major, op. 90, "Italian"

Asher Fisch conductor
Vocal Competition Winner

Sat. Aug 13

8:30 PM

A Recital by the American String Quartet

Harris Concert Hall

HAYDN: String Quartet in D major, Hob. III/70, op. 71, no. 2
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F major, op. 135
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BRAHMS: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, op. 36

American String Quartet
Roberto Diaz viola
Ralph Kirshbaum cello

Sun. Aug 14

9:30 AM

Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal

Benedict Music Tent

Sun. Aug 14

3:00 PM

Prelude: Preconcert Talk

Harris Concert Hall

Murry Sidlin conductor

Sun. Aug 14

4:00 PM

Aspen Festival Orchestra

Benedict Music Tent

HONEGGER: Pastorale d’été
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MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40

David Zinman conductor
Mario Sergio Miragliotta conductor
Robert Levin piano

Sun. Aug 14

8:00 PM

summerFILMS: The March of the Penguins

Paepcke Auditorium

Mon. Aug 15

6:00 PM

Chamber Music

Harris Concert Hall

OLIVER KNUSSEN: Songs without Voices, op. 26
MARTINU: Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello, H. 157
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BERIO: from Duets for Two Violins
BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114

Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Stucky conductor
Kyung-Sun Lee violin
Darrett Adkins cello
Sylvia Rosenberg violin
David Halen violin
Bil Jackson clarinet
Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos cello
Jonathan Gilad piano

Mon. Aug 15

7:00 PM

Aspen Opera Theater Center performs Cavalli's Giasone

Wheeler Opera House

Harry Bicket conductor
Edward Berkeley director

Mon. Aug 15

8:00 PM

summerFILMS: The March of the Penguins

Paepcke Auditorium

Tue. Aug 16

12:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Aspen Community Church

Tue. Aug 16

1:00 PM

Distinguished Artist Master Class

Harris Concert Hall

Jeanne Lamon music director

Tue. Aug 16

1:00 PM

Guitar Master Class

Castle Creek #1 (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin guitar

Tue. Aug 16

4:00 PM

American Academy of Conducting Orchestra

Benedict Music Tent

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture, op. 81
Concerto to be announced
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SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82

Wind Competition Winner

Tue. Aug 16

8:00 PM

A Recital by Tafelmusik
Harris Concert Hall

J. S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
J. S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
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J. S. BACH: Oboe d’amore Concerto, after BWV 100, 170, and 30
J. S. BACH: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, after BWV 1060

Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon music director and violin
Julia Wedman violin
John Abberger oboe d'amore

Wed. Aug 17

12:00 PM

High Notes

Paepcke Auditorium

Wed. Aug 17

1:00 PM

Guitar Master Class

Castle Creek #1 (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin guitar

Wed. Aug 17

6:00 PM

Aspen Concert Orchestra

Benedict Music Tent

STRAVINSKY: Fireworks, op. 4
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
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R. STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Peter Oundjian conductor
Piano Competition Winner

Wed. Aug 17

8:30 PM

A Recital by Tafelmusik: The Grand Tour: A Musical Journey

Harris Concert Hall

DOWLAND: The King of Denmark’s Galliard
PURCELL: Overture to King Arthur
HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon
LULLY: Suite from Acis and Galatea
VIVALDI: Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 157
VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Oboes in A minor, RV 536
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CORELLI: Concerto grosso in F major, op. 6, no. 6
LEO: Cello Concerto in D minor
J. S. BACH: Sinfonia from Cantata: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42
TELEMANN: Overture in B-flat major from La bourse
TELEMANN: Postillons from Musique de table, Book III

Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon music director
Robert Persichini narrator

Thu. Aug 18

10:00 AM

Piano Master Class

Harris Concert Hall

Gabriel Chodos piano

Thu. Aug 18

3:30 PM

Chamber House Music

Private residence to be announced

Thu. Aug 18

4:00 PM

Art Song Showcase

Harris Concert Hall

Aspen Opera Theater Center

William Hobbs Conductor

Thu. Aug 18

4:15 PM

Chamber Music

Aspen Chapel

Thu. Aug 18

6:00 PM

Special Event with Vladimir Feltsman piano

Benedict Music Tent

J. S. BACH: English Suite in A minor, BWV 807
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 13, "Pathétique"
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MUSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

Vladimir Feltsman piano

Thu. Aug 18

7:00 PM

Aspen Opera Theater Center performs Cavalli's Giasone

Wheeler Opera House

Harry Bicket conductor
Edward Berkeley director

Thu. Aug 18

8:30 PM

Guitar Recital

Aspen Community Church

Fri. Aug 19

9:30 AM

Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal

Benedict Music Tent

Fri. Aug 19

10:30 AM

Gotta Move!

Classroom 1 (Music School Campus)

Fri. Aug 19

12:00 PM

Spotlight Recital

Wheeler Opera House

Fri. Aug 19

1:00 PM

Guitar Master Class

Castle Creek #1 (Music School Campus)

Sharon Isbin guitar

Fri. Aug 19

4:45 PM

Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music

Harris Concert Hall

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, op. 10, no. 2

Jean-David Coen piano

Fri. Aug 19

6:00 PM

Aspen Chamber Symphony

Benedict Music Tent

K. A. HARTMANN: Symphony No. 5, "Hommage à Stravinsky"
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
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WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll
KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta

Asher Fisch conductor
Jonathan Gilad piano

Sat. Aug 20

10:00 AM

Opera Scenes Master Class

Wheeler Opera House

Edward Berkeley director
Aspen Opera Theater Center Faculty

Sat. Aug 20

1:00 PM

Music on the Mountain

Top of Aspen Mountain

Sat. Aug 20

4:00 PM

Chamber Music

Harris Concert Hall

MAHLER/SCHOENBERG: Songs of a Wayfarer
STEVEN STUCKY: Boston Fancies
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GEORGE BENJAMIN: Upon Silence
MARTINU: La revue de cuisine, H. 161

Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Stucky conductor
Lawrence Dutton viola
Catharine Carroll viola
Jocelyn Butler cello
Stephen Fang cello
Keiko Forrey cello
David DeRiso bass
Scott Dixon bass
Theodore Oien clarinet
Per Hannevold bassoon
Kevin Cobb trumpet
Paul Kantor violin
Darrett Adkins cello
Virginia Weckstrom piano

Sat. Aug 20

7:00 PM

Aspen Opera Theater Center performs Cavalli's Giasone

Wheeler Opera House

Harry Bicket conductor
Edward Berkeley director

Sat. Aug 20

8:00 PM

A Recital by Lionheart

Harris Concert Hall

Lionheart

Sun. Aug 21

9:30 AM

Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal

Benedict Music Tent

Sun. Aug 21

3:00 PM

Prelude: Preconcert Talk

Harris Concert Hall

Asadour Santourian

Sun. Aug 21

4:00 PM

Aspen Festival Orchestra

Benedict Music Tent

MAHLER: Symphony No. 9

James Conlon conductor