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SMF Sneak Preview Concert in Lexington Thursday, August 16 at 7 pm Lenfest Center, Washington and Lee University A one-hour concert offering advance highlights of our 2007 Staunton Music Festival season. Works by Vivaldi, F. Couperin, Debussy, Schubert and Dvorak. Balestrieri, Dobner, Haag, Holloway, Pascal, Salomon, Schmidt, Wilson Festival Opening Concert Friday, August 17 at 7 pm Trinity Episcopal Church, Downtown Staunton Dunstable: Three Motets Thea Musgrave: Elegy, for viola and cello Debussy: Four Songs --intermission-- Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81 Balestrieri, Dobner, Holloway, Pascal, Salomon, Wilson, Zephyrus Medieval Quartet Festival Gala: Schubertiade Saturday, August 18 at 7 pm President's House, Mary Baldwin College in Staunton A festive concert featuring chamber music and select songs, including "Erlkönig," "An den Frühling" and more, by Viennese master Franz Schubert. The program will also feature John Harbison’s piano quartet entitled "November 19, 1828," an imaginative musical journey that envisions Schubert's afterlife. Schubert: Five Songs Harbison: "November 19, 1828" -- intermission -- Schubert: Five Songs Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703 Balestrieri, Dobner, Donakowski, Haag, Holloway, Pascal, Salomon Lamentatio Sunday, August 19 at 4pm Trinity Episcopal Church Buxtehude: Chorale Preludes and Ciacona in E Minor for organ John Hilliard: Sonata for Cello and Piano (world premiere) Wolff: Three Michelangelo Lieder -- intermission -- Froberger: Tombeau sur la mort de M. Blancheroche Shostakovich: Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 67 Dobner, Haag, Pascal, Schmidt, Schrader, Wilson Outreach Lunch Concert Tuesday, August 21 12:30pm - 1:15pm Booker T. Washington Community Center, Staunton Choral selections performed by the Madison Singers, directed by Patrick Walders Young Artist Master Classes Tuesday, August 21 2pm - 5pm Trinity Episcopal Church SMF performers guide our six Young Artists in nuances of performance and interpretation Collegium Vocale Wednesday, August 22 at 7 pm Trinity Episcopal Church Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices Judith Shatin: Marvelous Pursuits, for vocal quartet and piano, four-hands -- intermission -- Schumann: Frauenliebe und-leben, op. 42 Mozart: Exultate, jubilate, K. 165 for soprano, strings, and organ Balestrieri, Childs, Clarke, Davids, Haag, Harrison, Lane, Lazar, Madison, Madison Singers, Piitz, Salomon, Schmidt, Walders, Wilson Young Artist Evening Recital Thursday, August 23 at 7 pm Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, Harrisonburg An hour-long recital given by SMF Young Artists Baroque Inside/Out Friday, August 24 at 7 pm Trinity Episcopal Church Roaming madrigalists perform from 7 to 8 pm in the Parish Hall and Church Yard. A festive concert in the sanctuary at 8 pm will feature concertos, cantatas, arias and sonatas by Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, Buxtehude, and Handel. Buxtehude: Cantata for chorus, strings and continuo, "Befiehl dem Engel, dass er komm," BuxWV 10 Clarke, Davids, Ellis Kampani, Haag, Madison Singers, Salomon, Schmidt, Schrader, Walders, Wilson Young Artist Lunch Concert (free) Saturday, August 25 at 12:30 pm Trinity Episcopal Church An hour-long recital featuring SMF Young Artists Handel's Semele (1744) August 25 & 26 at 7 pm American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse Fully-staged production of Georg Frideric Handel’s fascinating opera. Performed by an internationally acclaimed cast and the Staunton Music Festival Baroque Players. Jennifer Lane, Stage Director Carsten Schmidt, Conductor Cast: Mela Dailey, Semele Kim Childs, Jupiter Jennifer Lane, Juno/Ino Jennifer Ellis Kampani, Iris Michael Haag, Cadmus/Somnus Chris Conley, Athamas Madison Singers (Patrick Walders, Director) SMF Baroque Players Irish Weekend Saturday, September 15 & Sunday September 16 Classically Irish Saturday, September 15 at 7pm Trinity Episcopal Church
Reflecting Ireland Sunday, September 16 at 4pm Trinity Episcopal Church
Holiday Baroque Sunday December 16, 2007 at 7 pm Trinity Episcopal Church Chamber music by Bach, Handel, Corelli, Antes Jolivet, Madison Singers dir. Patrick Walders, Salomon, Schmidt, Wilson 2007 Festival Artists Albion Consort, Debbie Hunter, director Amanda Balestrieri, soprano Kim Childs, tenor Garry Clarke, Baroque violin Mela Dailey, soprano Martin Davids, Baroque violin Gabriel Dobner, piano Carl Donakowski, cello Chuck Dotas, trumpet Jennifer Ellis, soprano Michael Haag, bass Jason Haney, piano John Hilliard, composer Mark Holloway, viola Wanchi Huang, violin Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano and stage dir. Ludmila Lazar, piano Dorothy Madison, soprano Madison Singers, Patrick Walders, director Sean McComiskey, accordion Diane Pascal, violin Dave Pope, saxophone Lori Piitz, piano Carsten Schmidt, piano, harpsichord, conductor Cleek Schrey, Irish fiddle Theresa Salomon, violin, Baroque violin & viola Judith Shatin, composer Staunton Music Festival Baroque Players Carrie Stevens, mezzo-soprano James Wilson, cello and Baroque cello
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