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Bear Valley Music Festival - 42 Annual
Orchestra
7/30/2010 - 8/15/2010
Hours: 8PM
Location: Bear Valley on Hwy. 4
Mailing: P O Box 5068
Bear Valley, CA 95223
(209) 753-2574
(800) 458-1618
Fax: (209)753-2576
http://www.bearvalleymusic.org
One of the best summer attraction in the Central Sierra, the Festival offers a full symphony orchestra, international soloists, legendary entertainers, and renowned opera stars in a unique mountain setting. The Festival offers an outdoor musical experience while under the shade of a large 1250 seat tent.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dave Mason and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, known as "America's favorite little big band" will headline the opening weekend of the Festival. Mason will kick off the series at 8 PM Friday, July 30. Mason first found fame at age 18 when he teamed with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood to form the legendary band Traffic.
Big Bad Daddy Voodoo will perform Saturday at 8 pm , July 31. The band was formed in Ventura in 1989 by Scotty Morris and named Big Bad Daddy Voodoo after Morris met blues guitar legend Albert Collins. "He signed my copy of the event poster "To Scotty, the big bad voodoo daddy" Morris said, "I thought it was the coolest name I ever heard on one of the coolest musical nights I ever had".
“We believe we have assembled a series of programs that will appeal to our diverse audiences who have in common an appreciation for fine music,” says Carter Nice, who has been the festival’s Music Director and Conductor for 26 years and has conducted over 200 performances of the Bear Valley Festival Orchestra. “We are also pleased to welcome back the remarkable young pianist Di Wu who was such a hit with our audiences last year“
Wu will be featured with the orchestra at two performances.
On Friday, August 6th, the 7 p.m. program will include Frank Martin’s Concerto for 7 Winds and Orchestra, Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 in D major/D minor, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat major.
The Sunday, August 8th 2 p.m. performance will consist of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, and Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 6, Op. 70 in D minor.
Di Wu was born in China and made her professional debut at age 14 with the Beijing Philharmonic. After performing in China, Wu moved to the United States in 1999 to study with Zenon Fishbein at the Manhattan School of Music. Since then, she has performed with various US orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra (at the Kennedy Center), the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and twice with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Last year she was a finalist for the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Back by popular demand, on Saturday, August 7, the Festival Orchestra will transport the audience to a romantic “Night in Old Vienna” that will feature an evening of sparkling waltzes. Everyone will be invited to dance and participate in the traditional clap-along Radetzky March. This program begins at 6 p.m.
A Tchaikovsky Feast, on Friday, August 13, will be a study in contrasts. The familiar and uplifting Nutcracker Ballet Suite injects a summertime holiday feeling, followed by the spirited Suite No. 4, Op. 61 Mozartiana in which Tchaikovsky pays tribute to Mozart by arranging four of his works. The introspective Symphony No. 5 concludes the evening with soaring melody. It all begins at 7 p.m.
The festival will conclude on Sunday, August 15th with a 2 p.m. program that includes Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto in A minor, featuring a remarkable 14-year-old violinist, Stephen Kim, and Jean Sibelius’ powerful Symphony No. 2 in D major.
The Bear Valley Festival Orchestra is composed of more than 60 professional musicians from all over North America.
For ticket information, visit the festival web site at www.bearvalleymusic.org or call 800-458-1618
Directions:
Take Hwy 4 up about 30 miles passed Angels Camp to Bear Valley.
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