JUNE 8, 2017 // 23
Welcome to our 15th Anniversary Celebration
ASTORIA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy
6:30 PM CONCERT PREVIEW
SATURDAY JUNE 17 7:30 PM
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
Michael Foster Memorial Concert
GALA OPENING CELEBRATION
ANGELA MEADE Oregon Solo Recital Debut
SUNDAY JUNE 11 4:00 PM
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
Angela Meade, Soprano
Metropolitan Opera superstar returns
to Astoria for her Oregon solo recital
debut, accompanied by acclaimed
Danielle Orlando pianist Danielle Orlando.
Angela Meade
Program includes art songs and arias by Handel, Liszt, Bellini, Verdi, and Strauss.
Don’t miss this Vocal Event of the Year!
GRACEFUL BAROQUE BY CANDLELIGHT
CONCERT #1
Sound the Trumpet!
Deborah Mayer, SOPRANO
Marco Panuccio, TENOR
Angela Niederloh, ALTO
Richard Zeller, BASS
TUESDAY JUNE 13 7:30 PM
Joyful music in a historic landmark. Acclaimed Baroque trum-
peter Kris Kwapis and soprano Arwen Myers join the Festival
period instrument ensemble for Purcell’s Sound the Trumpet
and music from King Arthur, featuring Noah Strick and
Hannah Leland, Baroque Violins, Adaiha MacAdam-Somer,
Baroque Cello and Julia Brown, Harpsichord.
3 LEG TORSO
with Post-Concert Tango Party
Roberto Cani
North Coast Chorale
DENISE REED, DIRECTOR
THURSDAY JUNE 15 7:30 PM
FRIDAY JUNE 16 7:30 PM
FRIDAY JUNE 23 7:30 PM
IN CLATSOP COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
SUNDAY JUNE 18 4:00 PM
What a concert! Three conductors lead Russian
masterpieces by Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Stra-
vinsky, plus the Oregon Premiere of Phillip Glass’ Icarus At The Edge Of Time, a
multi-media extravaganza combining large orchestra, fi lm, and narrator that
transforms ancient myth into a sci-fi spectacular.
Featuring:
John Vergin, NARRATOR
Olivia Tsui, CONDUCTOR
Sergey Antonov, CELLIST-CONDUCTOR Keith Clark, CONDUCTOR
GRACEFUL BAROQUE BY CANDLELIGHT
CONCERT #2 All Bach
Aaron Larget-Caplan
Xaver Scharwenka
Franz Schubert
Richard Strauss
Robert Schumann
SATURDAY JUNE 24 7:30 PM
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
Oregon Symphony Concertmaster Sarah Kwak returns
for a night of virtuosity, Spanish fl air, Hungarian Gypsy
fi re, and a monumental Brahms masterpiece
Sarah Kwak
Sarah Kwak, VIOLIN
Vali Phillips, VIOLA
SUNDAY JUNE 17 4:00 PM
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal cellist Sergey Antonov hosts his annual
informal matinee of Chamber Music and Chat with Chopin Competition Gold
Medal pianist Ilya Kazantzev and Friends. Always an audience favorite!
Single Tickets available from
Astoria Music Festival Offi ce
1271 Commercial Street, Astoria, OR
or call us at 503-325-9896
Tickets also available at the
Liberty Theater Box Offi ce
503.325.5922, Ext. 55
Tuesday – Saturday, 2:00 - 5:30 PM
Turina
Kodály
Brahms
Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor
Duo for Violin and Cello
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major
Sergey Antonov, CELLO
Cary Lewis, PIANO
GRAND FINALE The Barber Of Seville
SUNDAY JUNE 25
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
3:00 PM Opera Preview
4:00 PM ROSSINI: Il Barbiere
Wagner as Others Heard Him
Cary Lewis, Director of Chamber Music
Debussy giggles at Tristan and Isolde’s overwrought
love-death with a Cakewalk. Liszt probes the depths of
Das Rheingold. Program includes Wagner’s beautiful
Wesendonck Lieder sung by Metropolitan Opera soprano Deborah Mayer, plus
music by Faure, Chabrier, and a chamber transcription of the Tristan Prelude by
Portland composer Jeff Winslow. Featuring:
Cary Lewis and Ilya Kazantsev, PIANO Adam LaMotte, VIOLA
Solomiya Ivakhiv, VIOLIN
Sergey Antonov, CELLO
Richard Zeller
CARY LEWIS and The Festival All-Stars
FESTIVAL CHAMBER PLAYERS:
Deborah Mayer
HAPPY HOUR with Sergey and Friends
An intimate recital by Metropolitan Opera
baritone Richard Zeller and international
classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan.
Program includes Art Songs and guitar
solos by Franz Schubert, Manuel De Falla,
J.S. Bach, John Cage.
MEET THE ARTISTS AT A POST-CONCERT ON STAGE RECEPTION
Di Siviglia: The Barber Of
Seville
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
Pianist, Director of Chamber Music, Cary Lewis leads a brilliant
evening featuring Ukrainian violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, prize-
winning cellist Sergey Antonov, with pianist Ilya Kazantsev
and Metropolitan Opera Soprano Deborah Mayer.
Cary Lewis
Special Pricing!
WEDNESDAY JUNE 21 7:30 PM
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
Solomiya Ivakhiv
SONGS OF LOVE, LOSS AND BETRAYAL
Symphonic Sunday Matinee
With Sergey Antonov & Festival Baroque Soloists
CARY LEWIS and the Festival All-Stars
with Special Guest, Singer-Songwriter
Israel Nebeker
Come as you are, kick back, pop a cool
one, and enjoy an informal night of
tunes by Ludwig Van and Astoria’s
national sensation singer-songwriter
Israel Nebeker. It’s an eclectic Classical Jam when Israel joins Cello Hero Sergey
Antonov, Pianist Ilya Kazantsev, and the debut of the Young Virtuosi String
Quartet performing new arrangements of Israel’s haunting songs. Plus a Vortex
of popular chamber music and sonatas by Beethoven.
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
IN GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
THURSDAY JUNE 22 7:30 PM
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
Portland Symphonic Choir
STEVEN ZOPFI, DIRECTOR
TUESDAY JUNE 20 7:30 PM
Special Pricing!
with Israel Nebeker
Keith Clark, CONDUCTOR
IN THE LIBERTY THEATER
IN GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Arwen Myers
With the Portland Symphonic Choir and
North Coast Chorale
Two Choirs, international soloists and enlarged
orchestra join conductor Keith Clark in memory of lifelong Astoria arts advocate
Michael Foster. Program includes the Festival debut of Italian violin virtuoso
Roberto Cani, prizewinner in the Genoa International Paganini Competititon.
Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
“Choral Symphony”
BEETHOVEN AND BLUEJEANS
Luis Ledesma
CONCERT PRODUCTION SUNG IN
ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUPERTEXT
A dashing Mexican baritone heads a world-class cast in the funniest opera of them all!
FIGARO: Luis Ledesma
BASILIO: Richard Zeller
ROSINA: Meagan Martin
FIORELLO: Nickolai Strommer
COUNT ALMAVIVA: Marco Panuccio
BERTA: Beth Madsen Bradford
DR. BARTOLO: Deac Guidi
Astoria Music Festival Award Dinner
Honors Arline LaMear
Our 2017 Festival Award Dinner honors Arline
LaMear - librarian, author, community leader,
and Astoria Mayor. Join us in honoring Mayor
LaMear at the Astoria Golf and Country
Club on June 25, immediately following The
Barber Of Seville.
Phone: 503.325.9896 for information