Program

EASTERN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor

Alan G. Benaroya Music Director Chair

GIL SHAHAM violin

WINFRED FELTON, bassoon

Rosen-Schaffel Competition Winner

HUMPERDINCK/ed. Schwarz ∙ Suite from Hänsel und Gretel

Prelude

The Witch’s Ride

Scene

The Gingerbread House

The Witch’s Waltz

Dream Pantomime

BRAHMS ∙ Violin Concerto in D major, op.77 

Allegro non troppo

Adagio

Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Gil Shaham, violin 

~~~~~INTERMISSION~~~~~~

VIVALDI ∙ Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV 495

Presto

Largo

Allegro

Winfred Felton, bassoon

Rosen-Schaffel Competition Winner

HINDEMITH ∙ Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

Allegro

Turandot: Scherzo

Andantino

March

Notes

For six decades, Eastern Music Festival (EMF), a nationally recognized classical music festival and summer educational program, is produced each summer on the campus of Guilford College and other venues in the Greensboro, North Carolina, area. EMF is distinguished by its accomplished faculty, exhilarating repertoire, and world-renowned visiting artists under the artistic direction of Gerard Schwarz. A powerful teaching institution, EMF provides encouragement and guidance to hundreds of young musicians from across the country and around the globe as they take their first steps towards careers in the performing arts. EMF’s five-week 62^ndseason is June 24 – July 29, 2023. 

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Cost

$$

More information

P.O. Box 22026 Greensboro. NC 27420 +1.336.333.7450
https://easternmusicfestival.org/

Dates

• Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 8:00 PM