( Sat., Jul. 29, 2023 )
Dana Auditorium, 710 Levi Coffin Dr., Greensboro, NC 27410
EASTERN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor
Alan G. Benaroya Music Director Chair
AWADAGIN PRATT, piano
DEBUSSY ∙ La Mer
De l’aube à midi sur la mer (From Dawn to Noon on the Sea)
Jeux des vagues (Play of the Waves)
Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea)
JESSIE MONTGOMERY ∙ Rounds for Piano and Orchestra
Awadagin Pratt, piano
J.S. BACH ∙ Piano Concerto in A major, BWV 1055
Allegro
Larghetto
Allegro ma non tanto
Awadagin Pratt, piano
~~~~~INTERMISSION~~~~~
STRAVINSKY ∙ Scherzo Fantastique, op.3
RESPIGHI ∙ Pini di Roma, P.141 (Pines of Rome)
I pini di Villa Borghese (The Pines of the Villa Borghese)
Pini presso una catacomba (Pines Near a Catacomb)
I pini del Gianicolo (The Pines of the Janiculum)
I pini della Via appia (The Pines of the Appian Way)
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 62ndseason is June 24 – July 29, 2023.
P.O. Box 22026
Greensboro. NC 27420
+1.336.333.7450
https://easternmusicfestival.org/