BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

2008

ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS

Saturday, July 5, 2008WWU Concert Hall7:30 p.m.
ALL BEETHOVEN CONCERT
MICHAEL PALMER, conductor
ARNALDO COHEN, piano
Beethoven: Consecration of the House
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in Eb major ("Emperor")
Beethoven: Symphony #3 in Eb major ("Eroica")

Thursday, July 10, 2008WWU Concert Hall7:30 p.m.
MICHAEL PALMER, conductor
RICHARD ROBERTS, violin
WILLIAM STONE, baritone
BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL CHORUS
J.S. Bach:
  Cantata #56 "Ich will den Kreutzstab gerne tragen"

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite

Sunday, July 13, 2008Bellingham Yacht Club1:00 & 5:00 p.m.
ALL BEETHOVEN CONCERT
FESTIVAL CHAMBER PLAYERS
Septet in Eb Major Op. 20
Rondino in Eb Major
Octet in Eb Major Op. 103

Monday, July 14, 2008WWU Concert Hall7:30 p.m.
MICHAEL PALMER, conductor
WILLIAM STONE, baritone
BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL CHORUS
J.S. Bach: Cantata #82 "Ich habe genug"
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings
Mahler: Songs
Schubert: Symphony #8 ("Unfinished")

Thursday, July 17, 2008WWU Concert Hall7:30 p.m.
MICHAEL PALMER, conductor
MARIANNE COPE, soprano
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony #5 in C# minor
Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915
Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F major ("Pastorale")

Sunday, July 20, 2008WWU Concert Hall7:30 p.m.
FESTIVAL FINALE
MICHAEL PALMER, conductor
MARIANNE COPE, soprano
MAYA HOOVER, mezzo-soprano
JEFFREY SPRINGER, tenor
WILLIAM STONE, baritone
MICHAEL DELOS, bass-baritone
BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL CHORUS
Mahler/trans. Schoenberg: Das Lied von der Erde
Beethoven: Symphony #9 in D minor