Vail Valley Bravo! Music Festival

Vail, CO. – Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival announces an unparalleled 2011 season. The all-star line up of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic will dominate the 2011 season, running from June 26 to August 3, 2011, punctuated with moe more than 40 internationally renowned soloists and chamber musicians.

For a complete schedule and information click here: http://www.vailmusicfestival.org/

2011 SUMMER SEASON June 26 – August 3, 2011

TICKET PRICES

EVENT	LAWN	RESERVED	PREMIUM
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail	$24	$48	$60
The Philadelphia Orchestra Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail	$24	$63	$85
New York Philharmonic Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail	$24	$63	$85
Chamber Music Classics Vilar Center for the Arts, Beaver Creek and Vail Mountain School	$27	$27	$27

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SCHEDULE

Sunday, June 26 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
In Recital
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Free

Monday, June 27 at 6:30pm
Vail Mountain School, Vail
“Beethoven: Architect of Humanity”
The Trios for Violin, Cello, and Piano – Part I
Beethoven:
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in E-flat, Op. 1 No. 1
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in E-flat, Op. 70 No. 2
Ida Kavafian, violin
Peter Wiley, cello
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Tuesday, June 28 at 6:30pm
Vail Mountain School, Vail
“Beethoven: Architect of Humanity”
The Trios for Violin, Cello, and Piano – Part II
Beethoven:
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in G, Op. 1 No. 2
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in D, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in B-flat, Op. 97 “Archduke”
Ida Kavafian, violin
Peter Wiley, cello
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Wednesday, June 29 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
“Beethoven: Architect of Humanity”
Great Works for Orchestra
Beethoven:
Egmont Overture
Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C, “Triple Concerto”
Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden
Ida Kavafian, violin
Peter Wiley, cello
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Friday, July 1 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Three Broadway Divas
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik
Debbie Gravitte, vocalist
Jan Horvath, vocalist
Christiane Noll, vocalist

Saturday, July 2 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
The Hammered Blows of Fate
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden

Sunday, July 3 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
A Night at the Cotton Club
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik, conductor and arranger
Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocalist
Carmen Bradford, vocalist
Ted Levy, vocalist and tap dancer
Robert Briethaupt, drum set

Monday, July 4 at 2pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
America the Beautiful
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik
Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocalist
Free

Wednesday, July 6 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Revolutionary Classicism and Literary Romanticism
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat for violin, viola, and orchestra
Tchaikovsky: “Manfred” Symphony
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden
Henning Kraggerud, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola

Thursday, July 7 at 6pm
Vail Mountain School, Vail
The Music of Prodigies
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D, K. 285
Mendelssohn: Viola Quintet in A, Op. 18
Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat, Op. 34
Miami String Quartet
(Benny Kim, violin; Cathy Robinson, violin; Yu Jin, viola; Keith Robinson, cello)
Tara O’Connor, flute
David Shifrin, clarinet
Paul Neubauer, viola

Friday, July 8 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Fiery Ivories and Russian Knights
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Yuja Wang, piano

Saturday, July 9 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Nature, a Birthday, and a Rose
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A
Strauss: Suite from Rosenkavalier
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Sunday, July 10 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
From Broadway to Hollywood
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Steven Reineke
Ashley Brown, vocalist
Ryan Silverman, vocalist

Tuesday, July 12 at 6pm
Home of Barbara and Barry Baracha, Cordillera
Soirée I: Electric Connection
Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 18
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Tuesday, July 12 at 7:30pm
Gypsum Town Hall, Gypsum
Free & Easy I
“Beethoven: Architect of Humanity”
The String Quartets
Beethoven:
String Quartet, Op. 95, “Serioso”
String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Calder Quartet
(Benjamin Jacobson, violin; Andrew Bulbrook, violin; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Byers, cello)
Free

Wednesday, July 13 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Music to Lift the Soul
Prokofiev: Suite from The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33bis
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Stéphane Denève
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

Thursday, July 14 at 11am
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Imagination Celebration: Come to the Carnival
Free Family Concert and Instrument Petting Zoo
Dvorák: Carnival Overture
Gliere: Russian Sailors’s Dance
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
National Repertory Orchestra / Carl Topilow
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Jenny Chen, piano
Celebrate the Beat Dancers

Thursday, July 14 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
The Song of the Earth
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (arranged for 18 musicians)
Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra / Rossen Milanov
Theodora Hanslowe, mezzo-soprano
Zach Borichevsky, tenor
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Friday, July 15 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Dawn of a New Century
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Stéphane Denève

Saturday, July 16 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
“O Fortuna”
Orff: Carmina Burana
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Colorado Children’s Chorale
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Brian Asawa, countertenor
Hugh Russell baritone

Monday, July 18 at 6pm
Vail Mountain School, Vail
Joie de Vivre: The Artistry of a New Generation
Ravel: String Quartet in F
Glazunov: Saxophone Quartet
Additional works TBD
Calder Quartet
(Benjamin Jacobson, violin; Andrew Bulbrook, violin; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Byers, cello)
Mana Saxophone Quartet
(Michael Hernandez, soprano sax; Michael Mortarotti, alto sax; Eric Barreto-Maymi, tenor sax; Dannel
Espinoza, baritone sax)
Jenny Chen, piano

Tuesday, July 19 at 6pm
Home of Jayne and Paul Becker, Arrowhead
Soirée II: An Evening with Gabriel Kahane – Music for the Ear, Intellect and Soul
Gabriel Kahane, singer/pianist/composer-in-residence

Wednesday, July 20 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
The Artistry of Gabriel Kahane
Gabriel Kahane, singer/pianist/composer-in-residence, with members of yMusic

Thursday, July 21 at 12pm
Vail Interfaith Chapel, Vail
Free & Easy II: Let Music Swell the Breeze – Sounds of America
Works by Philip Glass, Eric Moe, and Fred Frith
Calder Quartet
(Benjamin Jacobson, violin; Andrew Bulbrook, violin; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Byers, cello)
Mana Saxophone Quartet
(Michael Hernandez, soprano sax; Michael Mortarotti, alto sax; Eric Barreto-Maymi, tenor sax; Dannel
Espinoza, baritone sax)
Free

Friday, July 22 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Of Peasants and Heroes
Dvoøák: Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Veronika Eberle, violin

Saturday, July 23 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Luminous Magic and a Raging Sea of Sound
Mozart: Violin Concerto in A, K. 219 “Turkish March”
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Augustin Hadelich, violin

Saturday, July 23 at 8pm
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail
Through the Looking Glass
24th Annual Gala
Dinner, dance, and auction

Sunday, July 24 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Russian Bravura and Dances of Fairytales
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Act II from Nutcracker, Op. 71
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Alexander Romanovsky, piano

Monday, July 25 at 5:30pm
Lodge and Spa at Cordillera
Free & Easy III: European Music through the Ages
Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370
Bozza: Andante et Scherzo
Penderecki: Quartet
Von Koch: Miniatyrer
Mana Saxophone Quartet
(Michael Hernandez, soprano sax; Michael Mortarotti, alto sax; Eric Barreto-Maymi, tenor sax; Dannel
Espinoza, baritone sax)
Free

Monday, July 25 at 6pm
Home of Jerri and Steven Nagelberg
Soirée III: A Thing of Great Beauty
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano
Calder Quartet
(Benjamin Jacobson, violin; Andrew Bulbrook, violin; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Byers, cello)

Tuesday, July 26 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center
Chamber Bluegrass Jam Band
Chris Thile, mandolin
Edgar Meyer, double bass

Wednesday, July 27, 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Mardi Gras, a Beloved and a Friend
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Walton: Violin Concerto
Musorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
New York Philharmonic / Ludovic Morlot
Gil Shaham, violin

Thursday, July 28 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Tonight We Love à la Russe
Khachaturian: Waltz from Masquerade Suite
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Balakirev: King Lear Overture
Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
New York Philharmonic / Bramwell Tovey
Kirill Gerstein, piano

Friday, July 29 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
New York, Paris, and All That Jazz
Rodgers/Porter/Loewe, Arr. Bennett: Salute to Broadway
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Gershwin: Catfish Row (Suite from Porgy and Bess)
New York Philharmonic / Bramwell Tovey
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

Sunday, July 31 at 6pm
Home of Joan Francis
Soirée IV: Rocky Mountain Trout
Schubert: Trout Quintet
Michelle Kim, violin
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Carter Brey, cello
Edgar Meyer, bass
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Sunday, July 31 at 7:30pm
Brush Creek Pavilion, Eagle Ranch
Free & Easy IV: Brahms and Haydn
Brahms: String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 67
Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 33, No. 2
Calder Quartet
(Benjamin Jacobson, violin; Andrew Bulbrook, violin; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Byers, cello)

Monday, August 1 at 12pm
Little Beach Amphitheater, Minturn
Free & Easy V: A Latin American Encounter
Mana Saxophone Quartet
(Michael Hernandez, soprano sax; Michael Mortarotti, alto sax; Eric Barreto-Maymi, tenor sax; Dannel
Espinoza, baritone sax)

Wednesday, August 3 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
4 x 4 – A Two Piano Extravaganza
Works by Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Gershwin
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Joyce Yang, piano

Rounding out the season’s generous programming are a free family concert of Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals (July 14) and a number of “Summertime Classics”—concerts to delight both the connoisseur and the neophyte—which involve Bramwell Tovey, Grammy Award-winning music director of the Vancouver Symphony, conducting the New York Philharmonic in such showstoppers as Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances (July 28) and Gershwin’s suite from Porgy and Bess (July 29). The 24th Annual Gala, comprising a dinner, dance, and auction to the theme of “Through the Looking Glass”, will be held on July 23.