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Special events
Gala Concert: Broadway’s Brightest Stars…
Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.orgAward-winning artists Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, and Brian Stokes Mitchell—joined by pianist Andy Einhorn—present a special, once-in-a-lifetime performance for the 2020 Gala. In a typical year, tickets sold for the annual fundraising concert help keep the rest of the year’s performances free. But this summer’s Gala will be different. Now, these musical superstars will craft a unique program, for you, broadcast live from the East Coast. It will be presented admission-free for all as a thank-you from the Music Festival to the community.
Gala Concert with Joshua Bell
Sun Valley Pavilion 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, United StatesWith a career spanning almost four decades as a soloist, conductor, and Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. For the Festival’s Gala, he and his 1713 Stradivarius will tackle an all-time favorite, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major. It’s a piece written in haste for a violinist with whom the composer greatly admired, and it soon became a cornerstone of the violin repertory. One of the reasons, its loose, lyrical structure—interplaying in narrative between solo violin and the orchestra’s rhythmic themes—which allows the soloist to present it in their own voice.
