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Mielke unless
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Tuesday,
July 11
Opening Night
~"Music With
Her Silver
Sound"
THE FESTIVAL
ORCHESTRA
Brahms:
Variations
on a theme of
Haydn
Mozart:
Symphony No.
41, KV551
"Jupiter"
Beethoven:
Piano Concerto
No. 5:
"Emperor"
Special guest:
Stephen
Prutsman,
piano
www.stephenprutsman.com
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Thursday,
July 13
Double Bill
with Strings
Attached
CHRIS
SMITHER
An American
original, with
a poet's eye
for lyrical
detail and a
fluid,
finger-picking
blues guitar
style
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Thursday,
July 13
MIKE
MARSHALL &
CHORO
FAMOSO
A pioneering
collaborator
with David
Grisman,
mandolinist
Marshall
continues his
explorations
with Choro
Famoso,
featuring
premiere jazz
and Latin
players on
percussion,
reeds, &
guitars
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Friday,
July 14
"Music and
Sweet Fire"
THE
FESTIVAL
ORCHESTRA
Berlioz:
Symphonie
Fantastique
Stravinsky:
Firebird
Suite
Special
guests:
Company C
Contemporary
Ballet
www.companycballet.org
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Saturday,
July 15
BIG BAND
NIGHT
A return to
the mellow
tones from the
era of Harry
James, the
Dorsey
Brothers, Benny
Goodman, and
Glenn
Miller. Special
Guest vocalist:
Kenny
Washington
(Pictures
on this page by
Ken
Krauss)
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Sunday,
July 16
CHILDREN'S
MATINEE &
INSTRUMENT
PETTING ZOO
A Benefit
Concert for the
musical
education of
children on the
Mendocino
Coast.
In this
season's
concert for
children (of
all ages) the
Festival
Orchestra,
under the baton
of Allan
Pollack,
presented
selections from
Igor
Stravinsky's
Firebird
Suite,
which was
performed on
Friday, July 14
during the
second
orchestra
concert.
After the
performance the
children were
invited to our
"Instrument
Petting Zoo"
where they met
some of the
orchestra
musicians, and
got to handle
some of the
musical
instruments.
A heart
felt thank you
to the
Mendocino
Rotary Club for
the generous
contribution to
the Children's
Matinee and the
ongoing
commitment to
the youth of
our
community.
All
ticket revenue
from this
performance
directly
benefits the
music programs
of the Fort
Bragg and
Mendocino
Unified School
Districts.
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Monday,
July 17
LES
PERCUSSIONS DE
GUINEE
Musicians
& dancers
exemplify the
rhythmic,
instrumental
and metaphoric
richness of
authentic West
African Music
& Danc
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Tuesday,
July 18
Double Bill Two
of a Kind
CAROLINE
AIKEN
She
combines
sensual vocals,
expert guitar,
and masterful
writing into
performances
that span many
genres, from
rock to blues,
folk to
country.
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Tuesday,
July 18
RUTHIE
FOSTER
Her
amazing vocal
abilities earn
comparisons to
Ella Fitzgerald
and Aretha
Franklin, and
her songs are a
remarkable
hybrid of
blues, gospel,
roots and folk
music rich with
honest
spirituality
and
emotion.
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Wednesday,
July 19
"All True
Lovers Are"
THE
FESTIVAL
ORCHESTRA
Prokofiev:
Romeo &
Juliet
Suite
Ravel:
Daphnis
& Chloe
Puccini:
Love Scene from
La
bohème
Leoncavallo:
Love Scene from
Pagliacci
Mozart:
Finale &
Sextet from
Don
Giovanni
Julia
Kierstine,
soprano;
Gabriel
Reoyo-Pazos,
tenor;
Michael Rogers,
baritone;
Deborah Mayhan,
soprano;
Carole Klein,
soprano;
Philip M.
Saunders,
bass
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Friday,
July 21
AUSTIN
LOUNGE
LIZARDS
Satirical
bluegrass
featuring four
& five part
vocal harmonies
and
instrumental
mastery, Lizard
lyrics are
literate,
sharply
pointed, poking
fun at almost
every part of
American
culture
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Saturday,
July 22
PORGY &
BESS
with THE
FESTIVAL
ORCHESTRA &
CHORUS
Gershwin's
breathtaking
masterpiece of
American opera
with its
beauty, pathos,
vitality and
universal human
appeal,
performed in a
concert
version.
Porgy
Milton
Williams
Bess
Rachelle
Perry
Crown Joseph
Wright
Sportin'
Life Trente
Morant
Serena Shawnette
Sulker
Maria Katsy
Chappell
Clara
Duana Demus
Jake
Michael
Mohammed
Robins Brad
Kynard
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