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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Harp Music

Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org

Principal Gretchen Van Hoesen presents two works for solo harp from her hometown of Pittsburgh: composer Gary Schocker’s “Quest" from "Quest-Reunion” and “Fire Dance” from Petite Suite for Harp by David Watkins. The broadcast will be available until Friday, November 5 at 6:30 PM (MT) on the Festival website, YouTube channel (youtube.com/c/SunValleyMusicFestival), and Facebook page (facebook.com/SunValleyMusicFestival).

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2022 Gala Concert: Carmina Burana

Sun Valley Pavilion 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, United States

If classical music had a “rock opera,” it would almost certainly be Carmina Burana. Unpretentious and endlessly entertaining, this rollicking choral tour de force is based on a set of 24 poems written back in the 13th Century by the “Goliards,” a group of defrocked monks and vagabond students. The lyrics reflect their lusty lifestyles, with odes to fate and fortune, biting satires of religious themes, and nods to gluttony, carnal pleasures, and the joys of the tavern. When the composer Carl Orff discovered the collection, he set about composing music to match its exuberant character. It might be the only composition that would have both Pete Townshend and Giacomo Puccini tapping their feet!

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Gankino Horo, featuring Time For Three and Kevin Puts

Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org

Enjoy a broadcast performance of Gankino Horo, performed for the Festival’s 2020 Summer Season by Time For Three and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Kevin Puts. The Bulgarian folk tune was the inspiration for the fourth movement of Contact, a concerto for Time For Three with orchestra, which the Festival co-commissioned from Puts.

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Upbeat with Alasdair: The Rite of Spring: 110 Years Old and Still Breaking the Rules

The Community Library, John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall 415 Spruce Avenue, Ketchum, ID, United States

It’s hard to imagine a piece of classical music causing a riot, but that’s the word often applied to the audience’s reaction when Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring debuted in 1913 in Paris. Apparently, the arguments between those who loved it and those who hated it became so heated the dancers couldn’t hear the orchestra! Stravinsky’s music (and Nijinsky’s choreography) broke with tradition so dramatically that the piece is often called the first example of modernism in music. In this installation of Upbeat with Alasdair, Maestro Alasdair Neale will describe not just the innovation, but the beauty of Rite of Spring, which the Festival will present during the upcoming Summer Season.

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