Echoes of Spring bookend the opening concert of the Parker Concert Hall Summer Series as the program begins with Beethoven's cheerful sonata for piano and violin, and closes with Copland's celebrated score for Martha Graham's quintessentially American ballet, heard here in the original chamber orchestra version. In between, Brevard's Artist Faculty perform rarely heard works by Jean Françaix and Eve Beglarian.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, "Spring" Charles Mutter, violin Jihye Chang, piano
JEAN FRANÇAIX Quartet for English Horn and String Trio Emily Brebach, English horn Caroline Chin, violin Kimberly Sparr, viola Pei-An Chao, cello
~ INTERMISSION ~
EVE BEGLARIAN I Will Not be Sad in This World Amy Porter, alto flute
AARON COPLAND Appalachian Spring (Complete Ballet Suite for 13 Players) Ken Lam, conductor Amy Porter, flute Daniel Gilbert, clarinet Harrison Hollingsworth, bassoon Charles Mutter, Karen Galvin, Byron Tauchi, Margie Karp, violins Scott Rawls and Maggie Snyder, violas Benjamin Hughes and Benjamin Karp, cellos Daniel Tosky, bass Deloise Lima piano