Program for the 2012 Festival
Guest Artists

Joshua Bell, violin  Joshua Bell, violin         Lynn Harrell, cello  Lynn Harrell, cello         Jeremy Denk, piano  Jeremy Denk, piano
         Rita Costanzi, harp  Rita Costanzi, harp         Milos Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar  Pablo Sáinz Villegas

Friday, July 6, 2012

Western Washington University Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
Michael Palmer, Artistic Director
Festival Orchestra

MOZART Overture to La clemenza di Tito, KV 621
MOZART Piano Concerto #21 in C Major, KV 467 - Jeremy Denk, piano
Intermission
MOZART

Symphony #41 in C Major, KV 551 “Jupiter”

Concert Sponsored by David and Carol Robinson

Monday, July 9, 2012

Mt. Baker Theatre 7:30 PM
Michael Palmer, Artistic Director
Festival Orchestra

BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal
BARBER Violin Concerto, Op. 14 - Joshua Bell, violin
Intermission
SIBELIUS Swan of Tuonela
RAVEL Tzigane - Joshua Bell, violin
DVORAK Slavonic Dances from Opus 46 & 72

Concert Sponsored by Jack and Jo Ann Bowman and Deborah and Nicholas Kaiser

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Western Washington University Performing Arts Center
Michael Palmer, Artistic Director
Festival Orchestra
DEBUSSY Danse
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - Lynn Harrell, cello
Intermission
MOZART Symphony #39 in Eb Major, KV 543

Concert Sponsored by Arthur and Marti Caputi

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Atrium, Bellingham Cruise Terminal 4:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Festival Chamber Players

Jeffrey Gilliam, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Quartet in Eb major
BRAHMS Quintet for Strings in G major

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Western Washington University Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
Michael Palmer, Artistic Director
Festival Orchestra

HAYDN Symphony #6 in D Major “Le matin”
RODRIGO Fantasia para un Gentilhombre - Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar
Intermission
RODRIGO Concierto serenata for Harp and Orchestra - Rita Costanzi, harp
RESPIGHI Gli Uccelli “The Birds”

Concert Sponsored by Frank “Sandy” and Mamiko McIntire

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Atrium, Bellingham Cruise Terminal 7:30 PM
Guitar Recital Pablo Sáinz Villegas

Concert Sponsored by D. Andrew Moquin

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Western Washington University Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
Michael Palmer, Artistic Director
Festival Orchestra

Festival Chorus

Maria Valdez, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo soprano
Paul Johnson, tenor
Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
MOZART Symphony #40 in G Minor, KV 550
Intermission
MOZART Mass in C Minor, KV 427 “The Great”

Concert Sponsored by Peoples Bank and Phyllis & Charles Self Fund of the Whatcom Community Foundation

Special thanks to the City of Bellingham and Whatcom County