June 28, 7:30 PM Opening Night with Violinist Vadim Gluzman

Marcelo Lehninger, Conductor

John Corigliano: Promenade Overture Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

July 19, 7:30 PMScheherazade

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Principal Guest Conductor

Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano

Wagner: Prelude und Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde

Timothy Collins: Buch des Sängers (World Premiere)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

July 26, 7:30 PMBarber’s Violin ConcertoPeter Oundjian, Conductor Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Barber: Violin Concerto Walker: Lyric for Strings

John Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony

August 2, 7:30 PMBernstein – Dvořák – Bartók

Peter Oundjian, Conductor Narek Hakhnazaryan, Cello

Bernstein: Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free

Dvořák: Cello Concerto Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

June 30, 2:00 PMFamily Fun Concert “Meet the Strings”

Members of the CMF Orchestra

Family fun concerts give younger children a chance to meet different sections of the orchestra.

Small ensembles perform short, informal 45-minute musical programs.

July 14, 7:30 PMOctets at AltitudeCMF Chamber Players

Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments Prokofiev: Two Pieces for String Octet

Mendelssohn: String Octet

July 21, 7:30 PMAmerican Strings

CMF Chamber Players

Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 2 “Company” Barber: String Quartet

Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 “American”

July 28, 7:30 PMA Poetic Evening

Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano Cody Garrison, Piano

Timothy Collins: Love‘s Crusade (World Premiere) Works by

Brahms, Strauss and Barber

August 4, 7:30 PM Festival Finale!

Pianist Olga Kern Peter Oundjian, Conductor

Bernstein: Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free; Barber: Symphony No. 1 in One

Movement; Gershwin: An American in Paris; Rhapsody in Blue

July 1, 7:30 PM Pianist Orion Weiss & Mozart

Marcelo Lehninger, Conductor

Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra Mozart: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

July 20, 6:30 PMFresh Friday: Scheherazade

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Principal Guest Conductor

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

This hour-long, intermission free concert leaves you plenty of time for a post-concert

dinner and drinks.

July 27, 6:30 PMFresh Friday: West Side Story

Peter Oundjian, Conductor

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

John Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony

This hour-long, intermission free concert leaves you plenty of time for a post-concert dinner and drinks.

August 3, 2:00 PMFamily Fun Concert

“Meet the Brass”Family fun concerts give younger children a

chance to meet different sections of the orchestra. Small ensembles perform short, informal

45-minute musical programs.

July 15, 7:30 PMAll-American

Violinist Robert McDuffiePeter Oundjian, Conductor

Robert McDuffie, Violin

Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite Barber: Adagio for Strings

Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2 “The American Four Seasons”

July 22, 7:30 PMBeethoven’s

“Eroica” Symphony Jean-Marie Zeitouni,

Principal Guest Conductor

Ravel: Mother Goose, Ballet Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

July 29, 7:30 PMMade in America

Peter Oundjian, Conductor Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano

Joan Tower: Made in America Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite

Mahler: “Abschied” from Das Lied von der Erde

July 12 & 13, 7:30 PM Two Peak Performances!

Pianist Yefim BronfmanPeter Oundjian, Conductor

Yefim Bronfman, Piano

Bernstein: Overture to Candide Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

June 28—August 4, 2018 / Peter Oundjian, Artistic Advisor

July 7, 2:00 PMYoung People’s Concert Radu Paponiou, Conductor

Children ages 4+ will find their groove to orchestral music. After the show, more fun on the great lawn with costumed characters, hands-on instruments,

creative face painting and more.

July 5, 7:30 PMMozart & Mahler

David Danzmayr, Conductor Gabriela Martinez, Piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan”

July 8, 7:30 PMFour Seasons of Buenos Aires

David Danzmayr, Conductor Philippe Quint, Violin

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Schubert: Symphony No. 3

YEFIM BRONFMAN

“ The excellent pianist Yefim Bronfman...deftly

alternated bold dramatic gestures with elegantly intimate ruminations.”

– The New York Times

OLGA KERN

June 29, 5:30 PM

Festival GalaFeaturing Vadim Gluzman

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