Opening Night: Appalachian Spring
Name:
Opening Night: Appalachian Spring
Date:
July 22, 2023
Time:
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
Event Description:
To celebrate the opening of the 2023 Summer Music Festival Scott Yoo and the Festival musicians will join forces with the Movement Arts Collective for a new setting of Copland's Appalachian Spring, choreographed by Ryan Lawrence. Also on the program are Beethoven’s Spring sonata for violin and piano, a duet for violin and viola by Czech composer Martinu, and a work for voice and strings by Korean-American composer and Scott Yoo’s professor at Harvard, Earl Kim.
BEETHOVEN
Sonata No. 5 in F major, op. 24 Spring
Scott Yoo, violin; John Novacek, piano
MARTINU
Three Madrigals, H. 313
Abigel Kralik, violin; Mathis Rochat, viola
EARL KIM
Three Poems in French
Karol Bennett, soprano; Eunice Kim, Erik Arvinder, violins; Maurycy Banaszek, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring Ballet for 13 Instruments
Scott Yoo, conductor
Ryan Lawrence, choreographer
Movement Arts Collective Company
Alice K. Dade, flute; Lin Ma, clarinet; Fei Xie, bassoon; John Novacek, piano; Maureen Nelson, Aurica Duca, Jason Uyeyama, Clinton Dewing, violins; Caitlin Lynch, Jessica Oudin, violas; Jonah Kim, Sophie Shao, cellos; Susan Cahill, double
BEETHOVEN
Sonata No. 5 in F major, op. 24 Spring
Scott Yoo, violin; John Novacek, piano
MARTINU
Three Madrigals, H. 313
Abigel Kralik, violin; Mathis Rochat, viola
EARL KIM
Three Poems in French
Karol Bennett, soprano; Eunice Kim, Erik Arvinder, violins; Maurycy Banaszek, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring Ballet for 13 Instruments
Scott Yoo, conductor
Ryan Lawrence, choreographer
Movement Arts Collective Company
Alice K. Dade, flute; Lin Ma, clarinet; Fei Xie, bassoon; John Novacek, piano; Maureen Nelson, Aurica Duca, Jason Uyeyama, Clinton Dewing, violins; Caitlin Lynch, Jessica Oudin, violas; Jonah Kim, Sophie Shao, cellos; Susan Cahill, double
