gregg@tekmdp.UUCP (Greg Gadeholt) (08/04/83)
The 21st season of the Peter Britt Music Festival is underway. Performances are held in a natural amphitheater in Jacksonville, Oregon (west of Medford). There are three parts to the festival: o Blue Grass and Country Music (already over; sorry) o Classical Festival (Aug. 5 through Aug. 20) o Jazz Festival (Aug. 26 & 27) The program for the Jazz Festival hasn't been finalized yet. Here are the programs for the Classical Festival: PROGRAM I - Aug. 5 & 11 8:30 PM Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite Dvorak - 8th Symphony (G) PROGRAM II - Aug. 6 & 12 8:30 PM Mozart - 22nd Symphony (C) Tchaikovsky - 1st Piano Concerto (Bb), with Santiago Rodriguez Brahms/Dvorak - Hungarian Dances 17--21 Copland - Suite: The Tender Land PROGRAM III - Aug. 7 & 8 8:30 PM Weill - Seven Deadly Sins Gershwin - Porgy and Bess An Evening of Victorian Parlor Music (Special Event) Aug. 9 8:30PM PROGRAM IV - Aug. 13 & 19 8:30 PM Telemann - Overture in D for 2 Oboes and 2 Horns Prokofiev - 3rd Piano Concerto (C), with Robert Taub Beethoven - 4th Symphony (Bb) Baroque Brunch (Special Event) Aug. 14 & 17 11:30 AM Telemann - Overture in D ... Hertel - Concerto in D for 2 Trumpets, 2 Oboes, and 2 Bassoons Bach - 4th Brandenburg Concerto PROGRAM V - Aug. 15 & 15 8:30 PM - James DePreist, Guest Conductor Mozart - 40th Symphony (g) Brahms - 2nd Symphony (D) Special Event (Aug.16 8:30 PM), featuring Robert Taub, piano Britt Brass Quintet Britt Wind Ensemble Britt String Quartet (program to be announced) PROGRAM VI - Aug. 18 & 20 8:30 PM Haydn - Symfonia Concertante (Op. 84a) for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, and Cello (soloists to be announced) Nielsen - 4th Symphony (The Inextinguishable) Open Rehearsals - Aug. 3, 10, 17 8PM The orchestra consists of ~70 professional musicians from all over the country. John Trudeau is Music Director and Conductor. The popular thing to do is to come a couple of hours ahead of time with a picnic dinner. While you're there, you'll probably want to see a play or two at the Ashland Shakespearean Theatre - just 20 minutes away. Crater Lake National Park is only about an hour away. If you're still trying to decide what to do on your summer vacation, this festival is just the thing! Greg Gadeholt Tektronix MDP ...tektronix!tekmdp!gregg P.S. If you have any questions, don't bother trying to get answers from me; I'm leaving on three week vacation (guess where!). Call (503) 773-6077, or write to the festival at PO Box 1124, Medford, OR 97501.