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Sun Valley Music Festival 2023

Arts and Entertainment

April 26, 2023

From: Sun Valley Music Festival

Schedule:

July 30, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Opening Night: Delights and Dances

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Orli Shaham, Piano
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Smith-Sousa
The Star-Spangled Banner

Rossini
Overture to The Barber of Seville

Michael Abels
Delights and Dances

Ravel
Concerto in G Major for Piano

August 1, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Beethoven’s Second Symphony

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Wagner:
Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven:
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

August 3, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Orli Shaham with Festival Musicians

Orli Shaham, Piano
Festival Orchestra Musicians

Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Ravel:
Pavane pour une infante defunte [Pavane for a Dead Princess] for Solo Piano
Reena Esmail:
Saans [Breath] for Violin, Cello, and Piano
Ravel:
Trio in A Minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano

August 4, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Mozart and Ginastera

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Stephanie Childress, Associate Conductor
Erik Behr, Oboe
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Peter Henderson
Lawn Paver Bar

Mozart:
Concerto in C Major for Oboe, K. 314
Alberto Ginastera:
Variaciones Concertantes

August 6, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Mason Bates:
Soundcheck in C Major
Dvorak:
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

August 9, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Sasha Cooke with Festival Musicians

Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano
Festival Orchestra Musicians
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Brahms:
Two Songs for Voice, Viola, and Piano, Op. 91
Chausson:
Chanson perpétuelle for Voice, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 37
Michael Abels:
Delights and Dances
Berlioz:
Les nuits d ete [Summer Nights], Op. 7

August 10, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony and Mahler Songs, Featuring Sasha Cooke

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Stephanie Childress, Associate Conductor
Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Peter Henderson
Lawn Paver Bar

Schubert:
Symphony No. 8 in D Minor, D. 759, Unfinished
Mahler:
Rückert Lieder

August 12, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Pops Concert: The Music of John Williams, Conducted by Stéphane Denève

Tephane Deneve, Conductor
Alasdair Neale, Conductor
No Pre-Concert Chat before tonight’s performance

Armed Forces Medley
Arranged by Richard Hayman
Alasdair Neale, Conductor

The Music of John Williams
Stephane Deneve, Conductor

August 14, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Yefim Bronfman, An Homage to Sibelius, and Post-Concert Lawn Party

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Stephanie Childress, Associate Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Peter Henderson
Lawn Paver Bar

Sibelius:
Finlandia, Op. 26
William Grant Still:
Threnody (In Memory of Jean Sibelius)
Schumann:
Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54

August 17, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Stravinsky’s Rite Of Spring   

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Stephanie Childress, Associate Conductor
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Peter Henderson
Lawn Paver Bar

Tchaikovsky:
Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty
Stravinsky:
The Rite of Spring

August 19, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Debussy’s La Mer   

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Andrew Cuneo, Bassoon
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Michael Tilson Thomas:
Agnegram
Mozart:
Concerto in B-flat Major for Bassoon, K. 186e
Debussy:
La Mer

August 20, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Augustin Hadelich Plays Tchaikovsky

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Augustin Hadelich, Violin
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Florence Price:
Andante moderato from String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, arranged for String Orchestra
Tchaikovsky:
Concerto in D Major for Violin, Op. 35

August 21, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Hadelich with Festival Musicians

Augustin Hadelich, Violin
Peter Henderson, Piano
Festival Orchestra Musicians
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Brahms
Rhapsody in G Minor for Piano, Op. 79, No. 2
Brahms
Intermezzo in E-flat Major for Piano, Op. 117, No. 1
Brahms
Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major for Strings, Op. 18

August 24, 2023

6:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m: Season Finale: Mahler 5

Alasdair Neale, Conductor
Pre-Concert Chat at 5:45 p.m
Led by Stephanie Childress
Lawn Paver Bar

Mahler:
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

Date: July 30 - August 24, 2023

Location:

Sun Valley Pavilion
300 Dollar Road
Sun Valley, ID 83353

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