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This evening’s program opens with one of Brahms’s proudest dispatches from the Austrian countryside where he enjoyed creative summertime retreats. Then, composer-in-residence John Harbison transports us from the New England sun to the oppressively dark expanse of a Wisconsin winter for Snow Country, featuring the oboe against an earthy backdrop of string textures. To conclude the concert with the first orchestral performance this season, we welcome Armenian-born and internationally renowned cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan for his Festival début, playing Tchaikovsky’s concerto-like Rococo Variations.
JOHANNES BRAHMS
String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88
David Bowlin, Janet Ying, violin • Carol Rodland, Masumi Per Rostad, viola • Julia Lichten, cello
JOHN HARBISON
Snow Country
James Austin Smith, oboe • Robin Scott, Janet Ying, violin • Carol Rodland, viola • Julia Lichten, cello • Joe Wandro, bass
Intermission
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello • Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor • Festival Orchestra
Please join us following the performance for a reception at The Daniel.
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