Musicians must arrive in time for the 5:00 p.m. orientation on Saturday, June 2, 2012. The following schedule and information is subject to change until further notice:
2012 Season
Sunday, 3 June
6:45pm Festival Brass: Opening Fanfare – Arlington Hotel Terrace
7:30pm Cassatt String Quartet – Arlington Hotel Ballroom
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Monday, 4 June
7:30pm Conducting Master Class and Open Rehearsal – Hot Springs Fieldhouse
- Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Carlos Espinosa, Assistant Conductor – coached by Peter Bay)
- Mahler: Symphony No. 1 – select movements (conducted by Peter Bay)
This special event will feature the Festival Orchestra spread out on the floor of the Hot Springs Fieldhouse with audience seating IN THE ORCHESTRA. Audiences will have the opportunity to witness a conducting masterclass from the musicians side of the podium and experience the power of Mahler’s monumental First Symphony from the inside!
A great opportunity for aspiring musicians and appreciative audiences alike, this special opportunity is not to be missed!
Ticketing information will be available here soon.
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Tuesday, 5 June
7:30pm Festival Chamber Players – TBA
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Wednesday, 6 June
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk (included with concert ticket) – Hot Springs Fieldhouse
7:30pm Festival Symphony Orchestra – Hot Springs Fieldhouse
- Ives/Schuman: Variations on “America”
- Paganini: Caprice No. 24
- Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Thursday, 7 June
7:30pm Festival Chamber Players – TBA
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Friday, 8 June
7:30pm Festival Chamber Players Potpourri I – First Presbyterian Church
A delightful assortment of your favorite chamber music
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Saturday, 9 June
8-8:30am Market Music I – Hot Springs Farmers’ Market – free
7:30pm A Progressive Concert down historic Bathhouse Row!
featuring Special Mentor Rick Robinson, aka Mr. CutTime
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Sunday, 10 June
2:oopm Cassatt String Quartet – Woodlands Auditorium, Hot Springs Village
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk (included with concert ticket) – St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
7:30pm Festival Symphony Orchestra & Chorus – St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
- Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Debussy: Danses Sacree et Profane
- Faure: Requiem
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Monday, 11 June
7:30pm Festival Chamber Players – TBA
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Tuesday, 12 June
6:00pm Festival Family Concert – First Christian Church
7:30pm Piano-Mania! I – Hot Springs Fieldhouse
Piano Mentor Michael Gurt with his apprentices
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Wednesday, 13 June
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk (included with concert ticket) – Hot Springs Fieldhouse
7:30pm Festival Symphony Orchestra – Hot Springs Fieldhouse
- Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
- Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds, Percussion and Strings
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Thursday, 14 June
7:00pm Piano-Mania! II – Woodlands Auditorium, Hot Springs Village
Piano Mentor Michael Gurt with his apprentices
7:30pm Festival Chamber Players – TBA
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Friday, 15 June
7:30pm Festival Chamber Players Potpouri II – First Presbyterian Church
A delightful assortment of your favorited chamber music
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
Saturday, 16 June
8-8:30am Market Music II – Hot Springs Farmers’ Market – free
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk – Hot Springs Fieldhouse – included with concert ticket
7:30pm Festival Symphony Orchestra – Hot Springs Fieldhouse
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
- Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Times, locations and repertoire are subject to change.
