That’s kind of a hand-crafted program we worked on with Donald Runnicles and Jeff Counts,” WindSync horn player Anni Hochhalter said of Monday’s concert, speaking last week from Houston. “It’s definitely holiday-inspired, but also fun and elegant Christmas is one of those times when the extended family gathers so that the oldest generation can pinch the cheeks of the youngest, even if those tiny tots are now 10, 15 or 20 years old.
No pinching the cheeks of WindSync! Jackson Hole may still remember the wind quintet from its toddlerhood, when it first began to visit the valley under the auspices of the Grand Teton Music Festival. But now the group is all grown up (or nearly so) and ready to present not just a matinee program for the whole family, but a more formal “Evening with WindSync” evening concert, both in the Center Theater.
The Houston-headquartered ensemble passes through for the holidays, offering two helpings of its frolicsome and theatrical arrangement of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, and a set of gorgeous tranquility-invoking classics at 7 p.m. Monday, with GTMF Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles joining the five wind players on some selections.
