Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph with speaker Jan Swafford

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Author and Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford will present an introduction to Beethoven for this summer's 250th celebration of his birth. Among many things, the lecture will explore the parallels between the Napoleonic Wars and their impact on Beethovenā€™s creations, and how it parallels with today's upheaval with COVID-19.

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Vocal Recital, Grades 2-12

This summer, students participating in the Festival's Music Institute, July 27-August 8, safely recorded some of their work to share in online broadcasts. Enjoy the following Vocal Recital, featuring students of all ability levels in grades 2-12.

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Opening Concert

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Music Director Alasdair Neale opens the season with a surprise twist. Assistant Concertmaster Juliana Athayde and guest artist Orion Weiss follow with Massenetā€™s famous Meditation from his opera ThaĆÆs. Once a humble tune to cover a scene change, it has become one of classical musicā€™s most captivating episodes. Also on the menu, noted gourmet and virtuoso William VerMeulen leads a quartet of horn players in excerpts from Bizetā€™s endlessly tuneful Carmen. And finally, the orchestra will raise the roof with the triumphant finale of Beethovenā€™s Fifth Symphony.

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