PENINSULA MUSIC FESTIVAL - 60th Season
August 7 – 25, 2012
8:00 PM Tuesdays & Thursdays - 6:30 PM Saturdays
**** Note time change on Saturdays! ****
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by Music Director Victor Yampolsky and Associate Conductor Stephen Alltop
The Peninsula Music Festival performs at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek, Wisconsin.
Seating Charts: Regular Price Concerts - Premium Concerts
Single tickets on sale now!
Season subscriptions are available by contacting the PMF office at 920-854-4060
or by email: musicfestival@musicfestival.com
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 8:00 pm - Festival Opening
Henning Kraggerud, violin
Star Spangled Banner
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64
Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op 61, D Major
Sponsored by Tony & Prilla Beadell
Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 8:00 pm - Russian Fest I
Preconcert talk at 6:30
Anna Burden, cello
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante, op. 125
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at An Exhibition
Sponsored by Bibs, Marge & Sarah
Saturday, August 11, 2012 - Rhapsody in Blue 6:30 PM
Orli Shaham, piano
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (full orchestra version)
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Sponsored by OC & Pat Boldt
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 8:00 pm - All Mozart, All The Time
Orli Shaham, piano
Mozart: Serenade No. 12, K. 388. C minor
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467, C major
Mozart: Symphony No. 39, K. 543, E-flat major
Sponsored by the Egan Family & the Egan Foundation
Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 8:00 pm - British Invasion
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Joan DerHovsepian, viola
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 No. 4, G major
Walton: Viola Concerto
Holst: The Planets
Sponsored by Billie Kress
Saturday, August 18, 2012 - 6:30 PM - Choral Concert
Preconcert talk at 5:00 pm
Victor Yampolsky, conductor
Peninsula Music Festival Chorus and The Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Kimberly McCord, soprano *
Tracy Watson, mezzo-soprano
René Barbera, tenor
Jacob Lassetter, baritone
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 *
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, D minor
Sponsored by Dr. Richard Murray
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 8:00 pm - Friends for Life!
Anton Nel, piano
Dvorak: Legend No. 5, Op. 59
Schumann: Piano Concerto, op. 54, A minor
Brahms: Piano Quartet, Op. 25, in G minor (orchestral version)
Sponsored by Richard Kozak
Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 8:00 pm - Russian Fest II
Anton Nel, piano
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest: Fantasy Overture, Op. 18
Stravinsky: The Firebird (1919 Version)
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43
Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812, Op. 49
Sponsored by Jerome & June Maeder
Postconcert talk imediately following the concert
Saturday, August 25, 2012 Festival Finale 6:30 PM
Hilary Hahn, violin
Barber: Essay, No. 2, Op. 17
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Sponsored by the Horween Foundation
INFORMATION:
Victor Yampolsky is the Conductor for all concerts EXCEPT Thursday, August 16 which will be conducted by Associate Conductor Stephen Alltop.
Concerts are held in the Door Community Auditorium, Fish Creek - In-doors, air-conditioned, reserved seating.
Pre-concert talks: Please join us for a preconcert discussion of the music to be performed. On Thursday, August 9, Maestro Victor Yampolsky will be joined by assistant conductor Dan Black to discuss Russian Fest 1, which includes a multimedia performance of Pictures at an Exhibition. On Thursday, August 16, Associate conductor Stephen Alltop will be joined by soloist Joan DerHovsepian to discuss British Invasion, will include a multimedia performance of The Planets. Satuday, August 18's preconcert talk will be lead by Maestro Yampolsky and select singers of the evenings. Each preconcert talk is $5 per person and begins 90 minutes before the concert. They last approximately 45 minutes each. There are no tickets issued for the preconcert talks; there will be a guest list at the door. Walk-ups are welcome, but advance reservations are encouraged. Call the PMF office at (920) 854-4060 to reserve your seat.
The Festival’s ticket office is located in Ephraim at 3045 Cedar St.
Right next to the post office.
You may purchase tickets on-line....
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 340
Ephraim, WI 54211
Phone: 920-854-4060
Fax: 920-854-1950
e-mail: musicfestival@musicfestival.com
website: www.musicfestival.com
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Music Director and Conductor: Victor Yampolsky
Associate Conductor: Stephen Alltop
All Tuesday and Thursday concerts begin promptly at 8:00 p.m.
Note: Saturday concerts begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
The Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra is comprised of musicians from some of America’s leading orchestras. The orchestra members come to Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula each August to present nine different symphonic concerts in three weeks.
The Peninsula Music Festival office is open throughout the year!
All programs, artists, dates and times are subject to change. There are no refunds or exchanges on any ticket purchase. All sales are final.