Upbeat with Alasdair: Celebrating Ravel: His Enduring Legacy

The Music Festival celebrates the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel’s birth with a special concert on Sunday, August 10.  While Ravel never embraced the label of “Impressionist,” he certainly became famous for music that evokes images through music. He was also a master orchestrator, crafting soundscapes of exquisite sensitivity and – to many listeners – instantly recognizable as his own.  In this edition of Upbeat, Maestro Neale discusses Ravel’s enduring appeal and offers some listening hints for the upcoming concert.

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Schumann, Beethoven, and Márquez

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

Stephanie Childress leads Schumann’s powerful and dramatic Symphony No. 4, a great example of Romantic (and romantic) music. It’s full of emotion, ranging from darkly brooding and mysterious to tender and melancholic. Schumann’s form is intricate and innovative, with the four movements fused together and various themes reappearing throughout. Also in a romantic vein, Principal Second Violin Polina Sedukh performs Beethoven’s Romance No. 2 with the Festival Orchestra, her violin singing the lovely melody. The concert opens with Arturo Márquez’s Danzon No. 2, a rhythmic and hypnotic dance tune made famous by its appearance in Mozart in the Jungle.

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Afternoon Pavilion Concert

This concert features intermediate and beginning students and ensembles: Prelude Strings, Prelude and Concert Choirs, Philharmonia Orchestra, and piano ensembles as well as string, woodwind, brass, and percussion ensembles.

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