Festival Orchestra: Beethoven, Bruch & More

Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
James Ehnes, violin

Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”

GTMF audience favorite James Ehnes returns to perform Bruch 1, a work heralded by its dedicatee as the “richest” and “most seductive” of the great 19th-century violin concertos. Maestro Donald Runnicles will also lead the Festival Orchestra in a portrait of home with Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony.

Tickets $40/$75; Children & Students $5

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Join us for a pre-concert talk at 5 PM with Meaghan Heinrich, GTMF Education Curator, in the Barbara Furrer Goodman Memorial Garden near Walk Festival Hall’s north entrance. Talks are sponsored by the Goodman Family Foundation, in memory of Roy and Barbara Goodman.

Corporate Partner: Teton Motors

Maestro Donald Runnicles and Guest Artist James Ehnes sponsored by Ari Rifkin, in memory of Leonard Rifkin
Music Director Initiatives sponsored by Peter Fenton & Kate Greer
This week’s concerts sponsored by Carole Hofley, in memory of Norman Hofley
Program sponsored by Dick & Maggie Scarlett

Photo: Benjamin Ealovega