• SMF
• Artist Showcases
• 3
• 2025

• On Sale: Yes
• Flex: Yes
• Date(s):
  • Date: 06-19-2025 16:30, Venue: Holley Hall, Purchase URL: https://buy.sarasotaorchestra.org/7762/7820, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
• Event Cancelled: No
• Program (short):
  • Composer: HAYDN/PERRY, Piece: Divertimento No. 1 in B-flat Major {i}(St. Anthony Chorale){/i}
  • Composer: TURINA, Piece: Piano Quartet
  • Composer: RACHMANINOFF, Piece: Cello Sonata
• Has intermission?: Yes
• Program: 2425 | SMF AS3 | HAYDN/PERRY Divertimento: No. 1 , 2425 | SMF AS3 | TURINA Piano Quartet , 2425 | SMF AS3 | RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata

The final Artist Showcase of the 2025 Festival opens with Haydn’s lighthearted Divertimento No. 1, written to entertain the court of Esterhazy. Cellist Emmanuel Feldman and New York Philharmonic violist Rebecca Young make their Festival debuts in Joaquín Turina’s 1931 Piano Quartet, a unique mélange of classical form and Spanish flair. Clive Greensmith and Jeffrey Kahane join forces for Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata. One of a very few chamber works Rachmaninoff composed, the powerful work traverses a dazzling range of emotion.

• SMF
• Artist Showcases
• 2
• 2025

• On Sale: Yes
• Flex: Yes
• Date(s):
  • Date: 06-12-2025 16:30, Venue: Holley Hall, Purchase URL: https://buy.sarasotaorchestra.org/7761, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
• Event Cancelled: No
• Program (short):
  • Composer: TOMASI , Piece: {i}Concert Champêtre{/i}
  • Composer: DANIEL BJARNASON, Piece: {i}Bow to String{/i}
  • Composer: SCHUBERT, Piece: Rondo in B Minor
  • Composer: SCHUBERT, Piece: String Quintet
• Has intermission?: Yes
• Program: 2425 | SMF AS2 | TOMASI Concert Champêtre, 2425 | SMF AS2 | BJARNASON Bow to String, 2425 | SMF AS2 | SCHUBERT Rondo in B Minor, 2425 | SMF AS2 | SCHUBERT String Quintet

Composed in 1938, Henri Tomasi’s delightful Concert Champêtre ushers us into the elegant, stately world of 17th- and 18th-century courtly dance music. Icelandic cellist and SMF alum Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir performs the fascinating Bow to String, composed especially for her by her countryman Daniel Bjarnason. Schubert wrote the stormy Rondo for Josef Slavik, performing it with his friend less than two years before his untimely death. Schubert’s String Quintet, written in the composer’s final burst of inspiration, is brought to life by Thorsteinsdóttir and the GRAMMY®-nominated Miró Quartet.

• SMF
• Artist Showcases
• 1
• 2025

• On Sale: Yes
• Flex: Yes
• Date(s):
  • Date: 06-05-2025 16:30, Venue: Holley Hall, Purchase URL: https://buy.sarasotaorchestra.org/7760, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
• Event Cancelled: No
• Program (short):
  • Composer: VILLA-LOBOS, Piece: {i}The Jet Whistle{/i}
  • Composer: MICHI WIANCKO, Piece: {i}Fantasia for Tomorrow{/i}
  • Composer: TRADITIONAL, Piece: Improvisation on an English Folk Song
  • Composer: CLARKE, Piece: Piano Trio
• Has intermission?: Yes
• Program: 2425 | SMF AS1 | VILLA-LOBOS Assiobio a Játo , 2425 | SMF AS1 | WIANCKO Fantasia for Tomorrow, 2425 | SMF AS1 | TRADITIONAL Improvisation on an Old English Folk Song , 2425 | SMF AS1 | CLARKE Piano Trio

Twentieth-century Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos grew up amidst the sounds of the street musicians of Rio de Janeiro. In her Festival debut, the versatile flutist Alex Sopp brings her talents to Villa-Lobos´ popular Assiobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle). Michi Wiancko reflects on her musical experiences with her mother in the nostalgic Fantasia for Tomorrow. Tessa Lark, Mike Block, and Jeffrey Kahane reprise their 2024 Festival’s triumph of improvisation, this time using an Old English folk song. The program ends with a gorgeous Piano Trio by Rebecca Clarke.

• Discoveries
• 3
• 3-Pack
• 2425

• On Sale: Yes
• Flex: Yes
• Date(s):
  • Date: 05-17-2025 19:30, Venue: Sarasota Opera House, Purchase URL: https://buy.sarasotaorchestra.org/6967, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
• Event Cancelled: No
• Program (short):
  • Composer: VIVALDI, Piece: "Spring" from {i}The Four Seasons{/i}
  • Composer: STRAVINSKY, Piece: "Sinfonia" and "Gavotte" from {i}Pulcinella Suite{/i}
  • Composer: COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Piece: {i}Idyll{/i}
  • Composer: HOLST, Piece: {i}Brook Green{/i} Suite
  • Composer: RESPIGHI, Piece: "Italiana" and "Siciliana" from {i}Ancient Airs and Dances{/i} Suite No. 3
  • Composer: VIVALDI, Piece: "Summer" from {i}The Four Seasons{/i}
• Has intermission?: No
• Conductor: Kalena Bovell
• Featured Guest Artists: None/Single Artist, Amaryn Olmeda
• Program: 2425 | disc3 | VIVALDI Spring, 2425 | disc3 | STRAVINSKY Pulcinella, 2425 | disc3 | COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Idyll, 2425 | disc3 | HOLST Brook Green Suite, 2425 | disc3 | RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3, 2425 | disc3 | VIVALDI summer

Everything old is new again. “Spring” and “Summer” from Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons bookend this program featuring violinist Amaryn Olmeda, a rising star. Stravinsky, Respighi, Coleridge-Taylor, and Holst all took a page from musical styles of the past.