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2:30 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Spotlight Recital Aspen Chamber Aspen Fourth of July FREE Dress Dress FREE—RESERVED SEATING; Harris Concert Hall Rehearsal | $20 Rehearsal | $20 TICKETS REQUIRED** Aspen Contemporary Benedict Tent Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent Lawrence Isaacson conductor Ensemble Patrons attend for 90 minutes. Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. Donald Crockett conductor Barbara Fleck guest 2021 SEASON Nathan Lowry conductor Schafer violin 4:30 PM 10:00 AM James Mason Soria Adam Phan harp Overtures: Theater The annual free Fourth of July inti figgis-vizueta: celebration brings the AMFS to Openwork, knotted Preconcert Master Class | $40 the Tent stage with stirring patriotic favorites. A beloved tradition. object Chamber Music Wheeler Opera House CALENDAR See website for complete repertoire. Renée Fleming and SYDNEY HODKINSON: FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS TICKET Bricks: Fantasia Patrick Summers With special thanks to the co-artistic directors Rob and Melani Walton Foundation for Violin and Chamber Harris Concert Hall In recognition of the City of Aspen Bogang Hwang Zhiye Lin piano Concert will be broadcast live on TOURNIER: Three Images, Ray Ushikubo piano 5:30 PM Aspen Public Radio. Suite No. 4, op 39 SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Special Event: ** Ticket reservations open 28. KAIJA SAARIAHO: major, op. 18 Beethoven’s Ninth Nocturne Variations on an Original Symphony BOULEZ: Anthèmes 1 Theme, WoO 24, “Ghost Aspen Festival Orchestra Variations” $95 | FREE LIVESTREAM! 7:00 PM Variations sur le nom Abegg, Benedict Music Tent op. 1 A Recital by Matthew Robert Spano conductor Jeanine De Bique Whitaker piano | $75 All programs 5:30 PM Lauren Decker mezzo- Benedict Music Tent soprano presented without The 2021 season begins in Aspen Aspen Chamber Lawrence Brownlee intermission. fashion with an electrifying new voice—that of the extraordinary Symphony | $82 Will Liverman baritone Matthew Whitaker. This Benedict Music Tent Kantorei astounding prodigy, now 20, is conductor Joel Rinsema chorus director thrilling audiences in the and classical worlds with his highly Inon Barnatan piano J. S. SMITH/DAMROSCH: individual approach and virtuosity. PERRY:A Short Piece for The Star-Spangled Banner Program will be Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Symphony announced from the BEETHOVEN: No. 9 in D minor, op. 125, stage. No. 5 “Choral” With special thanks to in E-flat major, op. 73, With special thanks to Fonda Paterson, “Emperor” Mrs. Mercedes T. - in memory of Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Charles Paterson Symphony No. 5 in Corporation C minor, op. 67 Free livestream at With special thanks to aspenmusicfestival.com Alexandra Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz

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10:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM 2:30 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM Tunes and Tales Tunes and Tales High Notes Spotlight Recital | FREE Aspen Theater Aspen Festival FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND UNDER FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND Discussions | FREE Harris Concert Hall Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress WITH AN ADULT UNDER WITH AN ADULT Harris Concert Hall Aspen Contemporary Rehearsal | $20 Wheeler Opera House Rehearsal | $20 Pitkin County Library Basalt Regional Library Alan Fletcher moderator Ensemble Benedict Music Tent Renée Fleming Benedict Music Tent Donald Crockett conductor Marina Piccinini Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. co-artistic director Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. WILSON: A City Called Edward Berkeley AOTVA 4:00 PM 2:30 PM Heaven stage director Aspen Spotlight Recital | FREE 7:00 PM : 12 Etudes, op. 10 4:30 PM AOTVA Fleming Fellowship 3:00 PM Artists Academy Orchestra Harris Concert Hall A Recital by Marina Nocturne in E Overtures: Prelude: Preconcert major, op. 62, $25 Chelsea Guo piano Piccinini flute | $75 no. 2 Preconcert Talk | FREE WITH Yuval Hen piano 1:00 PM Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent SCHUMANN: Adagio and Chamber Music SAME-DAY AFO TICKET Giancarlo Llerena piano Gallia Kastner violin Anton Nel piano Allegro in A-flat FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS Music on the Harris Concert Hall (Dorothy DeLay Prize Winner) Tianyu Zhou piano Pacifica major, op. 70 TICKET Mountain | FREE Harlow Robinson speaker CHOPIN: No. 4 in F Simin Ganatra violin COPLAND: Appalachian : , Harris Concert Hall Top of Aspen Mountain minor, op. 52 Austin Hartman violin op. 34, no. 14 Yoheved Kaplinsky piano (gondola ticket required) 4:00 PM BOLOGNE: Violin Concerto CHOPIN Barcarolle in Mark Holloway DAVID SAMPSON: Illia Ovcharenko piano American Brass No. 9 , F-sharp minor, op. 60 Brandon Vamos Morning Music SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Seminar @Aspen Aspen Festival op. 8 TURINA: Mujeres de Sevilla Robert Chen violin op. 16 Orchestra | $85 | FREE BRAHMS:  No. 2 in A Zhenwei Shi viola LIVESTREAM! CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasy 7:00 PM 2:00 PM major, op. 16 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA: Benedict Music Tent in A-flat major, op. 61 A Recital by the 5:30 PM With special thanks to Allegro Rustico Chamber Music | $45 Ludovic Morlot conductor Marianne and Sheldon B. Lubar Klange des Waldes Pacifica Quartet Aspen Chamber Harris Concert Hall Stefan Jackiw violin Local business support provided by 7:00 PM (Sounds of the Forest) $75 | $82 Bing Wang violin cello Pitkin County Dry Goods Symphony A Recital by Conrad BEACH: Theme and Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent Espen Lilleslåtten violin Inon Barnatan piano Tao piano | $75 Variations for Flute and Simin Ganatra violin Nicholas McGegan James Dunham viola HANNAH KENDALL: The Austin Hartman violin conductor 6:30 PM Benedict Music Tent Desmond Hoebig cello Spark Catchers Mark Holloway viola Stephen Waarts violin Anton Nel piano Artist Dinner with Inon FREDERIC RZEWSKI: The BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Brandon Vamos cello STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Julia Bullock classical Robert Chen violin Barnatan piano | $500 People United Will major, op. 25 PRICE: String Quartet No. 1 Three Movements singer Laura Park Chen violin Harris Concert Hall Never Be Defeated! Local business support provided by in G major BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Mountain Chalet-Aspen MENDELSSOHN HENSEL: BOLOGNE: Overture to Victoria Chiang viola Violin, Cello, and Piano in C An intimate evening featuring a L’amant anonyme, op. 11, Eric Kim cello cocktail reception, private concert, String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 56, “Triple” no. 2 Michael Rusinek and catered dinner with pianist Inon Major With special thanks to Barnatan. All programs PROKOFIEV: String Quartet MOZART: DVOŘÁK: in A Lisa and Will Mesdag Proceeds benefit the AMFS presented without No. 2 in F major, op. 92 No. 3 in G major, K. 216, major, B. 155, op. 81 Free livestream at intermission. With special thanks to “Strassburg” COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: aspenmusicfestival.com Barbara and Jon Lee DELAGE: Quatre poèmes in F-sharp hindous minor, op. 10 6:30 PM HAYDN: Symphony No. 82 in C major, Hob. I/82, “The An Evening of Organ Bear” Works | FREE With special thanks to Janet and Tom O’Connor, and Faythe Freese organ Dana and Gene Powell View full program at aspenmusicfestival.com

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10:30 AM 7:00 PM 12:00 PM 2:30 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM Tunes and Tales A Recital by Julia High Notes Spotlight Recital | FREE Aspen Chamber Opera Theater Aspen Festival FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND UNDER Bullock classical Discussions | FREE Harris Concert Hall Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress WITH AN ADULT singer and John Harris Concert Hall Aspen Contemporary Rehearsal | $20 Wheeler Opera House Rehearsal | $20 Pitkin County Library Arida piano | $75 Ensemble Renée Fleming co-artistic Alan Fletcher moderator Benedict Music Tent director Benedict Music Tent Timothy Weiss conductor Benedict Music Tent Nicholas McGegan conductor Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. AOTVA Fleming Fellowship Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. SCHUBERT: Suleika I, D. 720 and LEI LIANG: Aural Hypothesis Artists 4:00 PM WOLF: In dem Schatten meiner ENESCU: Suite No. 3 “Pièces MOZART: “Solitudini amiche... Aspen Conducting Locken from Weltliche impromptues”, op. 18 4:30 PM Zeffiretti lusinghieri” from 3:00 PM Lieder 7:00 PM BEETHOVEN: Piano Idomeneo Academy Orchestra Bedeckt mich mit No. 26 in E-flat major, op. Overtures: “Parto, ma tu ben mio” from La Prelude: Preconcert $25 Blumen from Geistliche A Evening 81a Preconcert clemenza di Tito Talk | FREE WITH Benedict Music Tent Lieder with Nicholas BOTTESINI: Elegy No. 1 in C Chamber Music : “I’ll be SAME-DAY AFO TICKET SCHUBERT: Rastlose Liebe, D. major there” from The Grapes of Katherine Audas cello McGegan | $75 FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS Wrath Harris Concert Hall 138, op. 5, no. 1 TAMBERG: Music for Five, WAGNER: Benedict Music Tent TICKET GOUNOD: “Les grands Asadour Santourian speaker op. 86 CONVERSE/JEREMY Nicholas McGegan conductor seigneurs...Ah, je ris de me voir” SAINT-SAËNS: Cello SISKIND: There is a Vine Harris Concert Hall from Faust Concerto No. 1 in A Simone Porter violin Anton Nel piano One By One Stephen Waarts violin 4:00 PM minor, op. 33 WEILL: Lost in the Stars from 5:00 PM Nadine Asin flute SCHUMANN: Waldszenen 1:00 PM Lost in the Stars MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in (Forest Scenes), op. 82 Aspen Festival Denn wie man sich Alejandro Lombo flute A Recital by Stefan Music on the D major, K. 504, Rachel Ahn Orchestra | $85 bettet so liegt man Jackiw violin, Alisa Mountain | FREE “” Rachel Domingue oboe Benedict Music Tent from Aufstieg und Fall Weilerstein cello, Top of Aspen Mountain Elaine Douvas oboe 5:30 PM James Conlon conductor In memory of Pablo Brener der Stadt Mahagonny and Inon Barnatan (gondola ticket required) Wie lange noch? Erik Ralske horn Aspen Chamber piano The Princess of Pure Tanner West horn piano | $75 Symphony | $82 ALVIN SINGLETON:56 Blows Delight from Lady in Jacob Dassa harpsichord Benedict Music Tent 4:00 PM the Dark Stuart Stephenson Benedict Music Tent (quis Custodiet Custodes?) BEETHOVEN:  Aspen Conducting Robert Spano conductor DAWSON: Negro Folk BERIO: Dolce cominciamento J. S. BACH:  No. 1 in D Academy Orchestra | $25 Renée Fleming soprano Symphony TUESDAY from 4 Canzoni popolari Concerto No. 1 major, op. 12, Benedict Music Tent ROSSINI: Stabat Mater from Mi in F major, BWV no. 1 MICHAEL ABELS: Delights Linzi Pan piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto lagnerò tacendo 1046 and Dances STRAVINSKY: Concerto in E-flat, No. 3 in C minor, op. 37 BERIO: La donna ideale from 4 “Dumbarton Oaks” Canzoni popolari Brandenburg No. 8 in C MARIA SCHNEIDER: Winter SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto With special thanks to Gael Neeson, 10:30 AM ROSSINI: Sorzico from Mi Concerto No. 5 minor, op. 13, Morning Walks No. 1 in C minor, op. 35 in memory of Stefan Edlis lagnerò tacendo in D major, “Pathétique” TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 Tunes and Tales BRAHMS: Variations on a in C minor, op. 17 BERIO: Ballo from 4 Canzoni BWV 1050 FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND UNDER Theme by Haydn, op. 56a With special thanks to the popolari Brandenburg in D major, WITH AN ADULT Concerto No. 4 With special thanks to Betty R. McGowin Charitable Trust CASTLETON, WILLIAMS/ op. 102, no. 2 by Bettie McGowin Miller Basalt Regional Library in G major, Mrs Mercedes T. Bass - JEREMY SISKIND: Driftin’ in Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Local business support provided Tides BWV 1049 D major, Corporation by The Gant Condominium AUSTIN, HUNTER/JEREMY Brandenburg Association 2:30 PM op. 70, no. 1, SISKIND: Downhearted Blues Concerto No. 2 AUSTIN/JEREMY SISKIND: “Ghost” | FREE in F major, BWV JULY 17 | 7:00 PM Spotlight Recital Lovie Austin Tribute With special thanks to Harris Concert Hall HOLIDAY, WHITE/JEREMY 1047 Gail and Al Engelberg Mozart’s | $85 AMFS students SISKIND: Our Love is Different With special thanks to SIMONE, IRVINE JR./JULIA Linda and Alan Englander Benedict Music Tent An abridged concert version. This BULLOCK: Revolution Patrick Summers conductor fantastical fairy tale, written as a “people’s opera,” is a comedic romp SIMONE/JEREMY SISKIND: Four 6:00 PM Edward Berkeley AOTVA with layers of deeper meaning. Women stage director Music with a View Young Prince Tamino enters a quest TAYLOR/JULIA BULLOCK, All programs are Renée Fleming narrator FREE to win the hand of Princess Pamina. JEREMY SISKIND: I Wish I presented without Knew How It Would Feel to MOZART: Die Zauberflöte Facing fire and fury, he has nary Aspen Art Museum intermission. more than a magic flute to protect Be Free (The Magic Flute), K. 620 him on his heroic journey. With special thanks to Maryann and Adrian Gruia With special thanks to Becky and Mike Murray and the Stern Family Foundation Performance will be streamed live at aspenmusicfestival.com. 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G. GABRIELI/KING: Canzon 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM septimi toni No. 2 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 9:00 AM Tunes and Tales Tunes and Tales High Notes G. GABRIELI/ED. ELLIOT Aspen Chamber Opera Theater Aspen Festival FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND UNDER FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND Discussions | FREE CHASANOV: Hodie Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress Christus natus est WITH AN ADULT UNDER WITH AN ADULT Harris Concert Hall Rehearsal | $20 Wheeler Opera House Rehearsal | $20 G. GABRIELI/ ED. LOUIS Pitkin County Library Basalt Regional Library Alan Fletcher moderator Benedict Music Tent Rachelle Fleming AOTVA Benedict Music Tent HANZLIK: Deus, qui Gemma New conductor artist-faculty coach beatum Marcum 1:00 PM AOTVA Fleming Fellowship With special thanks to 4:30 PM Artists 3:00 PM 6:30 PM Composition 2:30 PM Sam Brown and Alison Teal Program Readings Overtures: Prelude: Preconcert A Cabaret Spotlight Recital | FREE 1:00 PM FREE WITH FREE —RESERVED SEATING; Preconcert Talk | Harris Concert Hall SAME-DAY AFO TICKET Evening: TICKETS REQUIRED THURSDAY Chamber Music Music on the AMFS students Benedict Music Tent FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS Mountain | FREE Harris Concert Hall Night and Day Aspen Conducting J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 for TICKET Top of Aspen Mountain Andrew Ralston speaker Academy Orchestra Unaccompanied Violin in Harris Concert Hall $1,000 Robert Spano (gondola ticket required) Alan Fletcher G minor, BWV 1001 2:30 PM Derek Wang piano Benedict Music Stephen Hartke 4:00 PM FRANCK: Prélude, choral, et SCHUMANN: Allegro in B Spotlight Recital | FREE 1:00 PM Tent , M. 21 Aspen Festival Harris Concert Hall minor, op. 8 Composition Join us for dinner and a BEACH: Romance, op. 23 Aspen Contemporary Piano Sonata Orchestra | $85 show as student artists 2:30 PM Ensemble No. 2 in G Program Readings Benedict Music Tent BAX: in C minor of the Aspen Opera Spotlight Recital: Timothy Weiss conductor minor, op. 22 FREE —RESERVED SEATING; conductor MARENZIO/ED. JAY TICKETS REQUIRED Theater and VocalARTS Braeburn Brass Daniil Trifonov piano ABQ Seminar @Aspen LICHTMANN: O mille Unison Quartet program brighten the Benedict Music Tent FREE volte mille AMFS Students 5:30 PM Aspen Conducting GABRIELA LENA FRANK: evening with hits from Concertino Cusqueño Harris Concert Hall G. GABRIELI/ED. LENO: Academy Orchestra Broadway and Cabaret. Aspen Chamber Robert Spano AMFS students Canzon septimi toni No. 2, SKRYABIN: Piano Concerto in 7:00 PM Symphony | $82 | FREE Alan Fletcher For more information STEVEN CHRISTOPHER “Sacrae symphoniae” Stephen Hartke F-Sharp Minor, op. 20 SACCO: Quintet for brass LIVESTREAM! call Chandler Martin A Recital by the Christopher Theofanidis TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from at 970 205 5065 or SPENCER : Wind, Benedict Music Tent Waves, and Web The Nutcracker, op. 71 [email protected]. JØRGENSON: Quintet for 7:00 PM Gemma New conductor $75 2:00 PM With special thanks to Brass Instruments Tengku Irfan piano Nancy Wall and Charles Wall A Recital by the Benedict Music Tent Chamber Music | $45 SAMY MOUSSA: Polarlicht: American Brass Adam Barnett-Hart violin Harris Concert Hall Étude No. 2 for Orchestra 6:00 PM Quintet | $75 Brendan Speltz violin Nancy Goeres RAVEL: Piano Concerto in Music with a View Benedict Music Tent Pierre Lapointe viola Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet Brook Speltz cello G major Anton Nel piano FREE American Renata Arado violin Aspen Art Museum Braeburn Brass BARTÓK: String Quartet BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. Victoria Chiang viola Brass 22 No. 3, BB 93 4 in B-flat major, op. 60 Rita Sloan piano Flower City Brass PRICE: String Quartet No. 2 With special thanks to Eric Kim, cello 7:00 PM ED. LOUIS HANZLIK/ in A minor Richard Edwards, LIBBY LARSEN: Jazz Variations in memory of Harley Baldwin ARTURO MÁRQUEZ: A Recital by Yefim RAYMOND MASE: “From BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Anguish to Joy”: Suite of Local business support provided by Zarabandeo Bronfman piano | $75 in F major, op. 135 Renaissance Madrigal Aspen Leadership Group R. CLARKE: Benedict Music Tent With special thanks to Free livestream at BAKER: Sonata for Cello ED. LOUIS HANZLIK: Jane and Bill Frazer and BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 11 aspenmusicfestival.com and Piano in B-flat major, op. 22 Lux Aeterna Vinod and Laurel Gupta USTVOLSKAYA: Piano Sonata EVAN WILLIAMS: No. 4 Lux Aeterna CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B All programs YORK: from Quarantine minor, op. 58 presented Quintet (World Premiere) With special thanks to without Judith Steinberg and Paul Hoenmans intermission.

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10:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 9:00 AM Tunes and Tales Tunes and Tales High Notes Music on the GO Aspen Chamber Opera Theater Aspen Festival FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND UNDER FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND Discussions | FREE FREE Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress WITH AN ADULT UNDER WITH AN ADULT Harris Concert Hall Wheeler/Stallard Museum Rehearsal | $20 Benedict Music Tent Rehearsal | $20 Pitkin County Library Basalt Regional Library Alan Fletcher moderator Patrick Summers co-artistic Presented with Aspen Historical Benedict Music Tent director Benedict Music Tent Andreas Haefliger piano Society Aspen Conducting 12:00 PM Academy Orchestra 6:30 PM 4:30 PM AOTVA Fleming Fellowship 11:30 AM Music on the GO 1:00 PM 2:30 PM Artists Artist Dinner with Overtures: HANDEL: FREE Music on the GO David Halen violin and Music on the GO Spotlight Recital | FREE Preconcert Sibilar gli angui d’Aletto, from FREE Anderson Ranch Arts Center FREE , HWV 7 Nancy Allen harp | $500 Harris Concert Hall Chamber Music Alas! She yields...Why dost Christ Episcopal Church, Harris Concert Hall Koch Park, Aspen Aspen Contemporary Ensemble FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS thou thus untimely grieve?, Aspen 2:30 PM Timothy Weiss conductor TICKET from Semele, HWV 58 An intimate evening featuring a Sponsored by Mountain Chalet Zelter String Quartet E vivo ancora?...Scherza infida, cocktail reception, private concert, Aspen Harris Concert Hall Spotlight Recital | FREE Jeong-Eun Lee piano from Ariodante, HWV 33 and catered dinner with David 3:00 PM Minhae Lee piano Lucas Amory piano Furie terribili, from Rinaldo, Halen, concertmaster of the St. Louis Harris Concert Hall Illia Ovcharenko piano HWV 7 Symphony, and Nancy Allen, principal AMFS students 2:30 PM SCHUMANN: Prelude: Preconcert Bokyung Byun guitar Verdi prati, from Alcina, harp of the Fantasiestücke, op. 12 Talk | FREE WITH Spotlight: Center for HWV 34 SAME-DAY AFO TICKET Proceeds benefit the AMFS 7:00 PM Advanced Quartet Bramo aver mille vite, from 6:00 PM 5:30 PM Ariodante, HWV 33 Harris Concert Hall Music on the GO Studies Recital | FREE Kevin McBrien speaker Music on the GO FREE Harris Concert Hall Aspen Chamber 1:00 PM Mollie Gibson (Smuggler) AMFS students FREE Symphony | $82 Park Wheeler Opera House Benedict Music Tent Music on the GO 4:00 PM Sponsored by Clark’s Market (outside) Erina Yashima conductor FREE Aspen Festival 6:00 PM Aspen Saturday Market at Behzod Abduraimov piano the corner of Hopkins and Orchestra | $85 7:00 PM Music on the GO 7:00 PM BEETHOVEN: Piano Hunter Streets Benedict Music Tent FREE Sponsored by Aspen Chamber String Showcase FREE Concerto Robert Spano conductor The Arts Campus at Willits A Recital by Andreas Resort Association Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum No. 1 in C violin Campus Sponsored by TACAW & Basalt Haefliger piano | $75 major, op. 15 BARBER: Violin Concerto, Chamber of Commerce Benedict Music Tent Symphony 1:00 PM AMFS students op. 14 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Music on the major, op. 36 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D 7:00 PM 7:00 PM No. 16 in G Mountain (FREE) major, op. 31, major, op. 43 A Recital by the With special thanks to Top of Aspen Mountain Special Event: A no. 1 Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr. (gondola ticket required) With special thanks to Recital by Daniil American String Piano Sonata Kay Bucksbaum Quartet | $75 No. 29 in Trifonov piano | $85 6:00 PM 6:00 PM Benedict Music Tent B-flat major, Benedict Music Tent op. 106, 6:00 PM Peter Winograd violin Music on the GO Music on the GO DEBUSSY: Pour le piano “Hammerklavier” Laurie Carney violin FREE FREE Music on the GO SZYMANOWSKI: Piano With special thanks to Willits Town Center, Triangle The Gant FREE Daniel Avshalomov viola the Paulson Family Foundation Sonata No. 3, op. 36 Park Sponsored by The Gant Koch Park, Aspen Wolfram Koessel cello Condominium Association PROKOFIEV: Sarcasms, Octavio Vazquez piano Sponsored by Valley View Hospital Sponsored by Mountain Chalet op. 17 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Aspen BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No. 3 C-sharp minor, op. 131 All programs Music in F minor, op. 5 OCTAVIO VAZQUEZ: Piano on the GO Quintet (World Premiere) presented With special thanks to without PRESENTED WITH Nancy Wall and Charles Wall With special thanks to Ellen and Irv Hockaday intermission. The Concert Truck

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3:00 PM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 9:00 AM Aspen Conducting Tunes and Tales High Notes Music on the GO Aspen Chamber Opera Theater Aspen Festival Academy Orchestra FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND Discussions | FREE FREE Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress UNDER WITH AN ADULT $25 Harris Concert Hall Location to be announced Rehearsal | $20 Benedict Music Tent Rehearsal | $20 Basalt Regional Library Robert Spano conductor Benedict Music Tent Alan Fletcher moderator In partnership with the Roaring Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent Alejandro Lombo flute Golda Schultz soprano Fork School District Omer Ben Seadia AOTVA Robert Nunes oboe artist-faculty Eric Braley clarinet 12:00 PM 4:30 PM Aspen Conducting 1:00 PM Cameron Bonner bassoon 2:30 PM Academy Orchestra Music on the GO 1:00 PM Overtures: Preconcert AOTVA Fleming Fellowship Helen Wargelin horn Spotlight Recital | FREE Music on the GO Nathan Little trumpet FREE Music on the GO Artists Harris Concert Hall Chamber Music FREE Gracie Potter Anderson Ranch Arts Center FREE FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS See the full program at Aspen Contemporary aspenmusicfestival.com Snowmass Base Village MENDELSSOHN: The Wagner Park, Aspen TICKET Hebrides Overture, op. 26, Ensemble Sponsored by Go Snowmass “Fingals Cave” Sponsored by Mountain Chalet Timothy Weiss conductor Harris Concert Hall 2:30 PM Aspen AMFS students MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Umi Garrett piano 1:00 PM Spotlight Recital | FREE TEBOGO MONNAKGOTLA: Timothy Stephenson piano 3:00 PM Wind Instruments and Toys Music on the Harris Concert Hall 6:00 PM ANDREW NORMAN: SCHUMANN: Toccata in C Mountain | FREE Prelude: Preconcert BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 AMFS students Light Screens major, op. 7 Top of Aspen Mountain Talk | FREE WITH in F major, op. 93 XENAKIS: Rebonds a Music on the GO Kinderszenen (Scenes from (gondola ticket required) SAME-DAY AFO TICKET With special thanks to FREE BRAHMS: Fantasien, op. 116 Childhood), op. 15 Harris Concert Hall Noey Congdon, 7:00 PM The Arts Campus at Willits LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor, in memory of Tom Congdon LW A179 1:00 PM Pfender speaker Music on the GO Sponsored by TACAW & Basalt 5:30 PM FREE Chamber of Commerce Music on the GO 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Mollie Gibson (Smuggler) Aspen Chamber FREE 4:00 PM Symphony | $82 Aspen Saturday Market at Special Event: A Park 7:00 PM Music on the GO Aspen Festival Benedict Music Tent the corner of Hopkins and Rodgers Evening | $95 Sponsored by Clark’s Market FREE Hunter Street A Recital by Behzod Manis conductor Orchestra | $85 Basalt Regional Library Benedict Music Tent Abduraimov piano Golda Schultz soprano Sponsored by Alpine Bank of Aspen Benedict Music Tent Andy Einhorn conductor STRAVINSKY: Anne Trulove’s Hugh Wolff conductor 8:00 PM $75 Lonny Price stage director 7:00 PM from The Rake’s Zlatomir Fung cello Christy Altomare voice Special Event: A Benedict Music Tent Progress 6:00 PM A Recital by Sharon JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Santino Fontana voice Rodgers Evening | $95 D. SCARLATTI: Keyboard CLARICE ASSAD: Sin Fronteras Music on the GO Coincident Dances Mandy Gonzalez voice Sonata in B minor, K. 27 Isbin classical guitar BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of Benedict Music Tent 1915, op. 24 FREE Brandon Victor Dixon voice Andy Einhorn conductor (L. 449) $75 TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on RAVEL: Suite Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Benedict Music Tent Snowmass Base Village a Rococo Theme, op. 33 Lonny Price stage director D. SCARLATTI: Keyboard Management is the Lead Corporate Christy Altomare voice VILLA-LOBOS: from 12 Etudes With special thanks to Sponsored by Go Snowmass SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 Sponsor of this event Sonata in D major, K. 96 Ann and Tom Friedman Santino Fontana voice LEO BROUWER: La Espiral in C major, op. 61 Underwriting support provided by (L. 465) Eterna Mandy Gonzalez voice With special thanks to Nancy Wall and Charles Wall SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, GRENET/LEO BROUWER: 7:00 PM Brandon Victor Dixon voice 6:00 PM Sasha and Ed Bass and the This concert is made possible by op. 16 Canción de Cuna Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Remembrance John P. and Anne Welsh McNulty the Gail and Engelberg TÁRREGA: Capricho árabe Management is the Lead Music on the GO Foundation Collaboration Fund RACHMANINOFF: Concert for Edward Corporate Sponsor of this event LAURO: Vals Venezolano No. FREE Variations on a Theme of 3, “Natalia” Berkeley | FREE Underwriting support provided by Willits Town Center, Triangle Corelli, op. 42 MONTAÑA: Porro from Suite Benedict Music Tent Nancy Wall and Charles Wall Park 6:00 PM With special thanks to Colombiana No. 2 Omer Ben Seadia stage director This concert is made possible by Stephen Brint and Mark Brown BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Sponsored by Valley View Hospital Benjamin Manis conductor Music on the GO the Gail and Alfred Engelberg La catedral Renée Fleming soprano Collaboration Fund Julia Florida Patrick Summers piano FREE Vals, op. 8, no. 3 AOTVA Fleming Fellowship Artists Koch Park, Aspen With special thanks to Music Vals, op. 8, no. 4 Kelli and Allen Questrom on the GO All programs See the full program at Sponsored by Mountain Chalet With special thanks to PRESENTED WITH presented without aspenmusicfestival.com Aspen View full program at Nancy Swift Furlotti and The event will also be livestreamed aspenmusicfestival.com The Concert the Pettit Foundation intermission. 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4:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 9:00 AM Aspen Conducting Music on the GO High Notes Music on the GO Aspen Chamber Opera Theater Aspen Festival Academy Orchestra FREE Discussions | FREE FREE Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress $25 Carbondale Branch Library Harris Concert Hall Aspen High School Parking Rehearsal | $20 Wheeler Opera House Rehearsal | $20 Alan Fletcher moderator Christopher Theofanidis Benedict Music Tent Lot Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent Roderick Cox conductor Stephen Hartke composer Brian Allen violin In partnership with the Aspen 2:30 PM School District ADAM SCHOENBERG: Finding 1:00 PM 4:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM Rothko Spotlight Recital | FREE Harris Concert Hall Music on the GO | FREE Music on the BERG/FARADSCH KARAEW: 2:30 PM Overtures: Music on the GO | FREE Wagner Park, Aspen Violin Concerto AMFS students Preconcert Mountain | FREE Veltus Park, Glenwood Springs Sponsored by Mountain Chalet Spotlight: Top of Aspen Mountain In partnership with Valley Settlement SCHUBERT: Symphony Chamber Music Aspen First Glimpse (gondola ticket required) No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, 6:00 PM FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS Composition TICKET “Unfinished” 3:00 PM Music with a View 2:30 PM Recital I | FREE Harris Concert Hall 1:00 PM With special thanks to Prelude: Preconcert Talk Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst FREE Spotlight: Percussion Harris Concert Hall Samuel Glicklich piano | FREE Music on the GO FREE WITH SAME-DAY AFO TICKET Aspen Art Museum Ensemble Recital | FREE Aspen Contemporary Ensemble Local business support provided by SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Ducky Derby 2.0 at Aspen Harris Concert Hall the Harris Concert Hall Timothy Weiss conductor B-flat major, op. 20 Highlands Frances Atkins speaker Percussion Ensemble Sponsored by Rotary Club of Aspen 7:00 PM Kyle Ritenauer conductor 6:00 PM Music on the GO Jonathan Haas conductor and 5:30 PM percussion 2:00 PM 4:00 PM FREE Music on the GO Timothy Adams Jr. percussion Aspen Chamber $45 FREE Chamber Music | Aspen Festival Mollie Gibson (Smuggler) Nadine Asin flute Symphony | $82 | FREE Harris Concert Hall Orchestra | $85 Park TIMOTHY ADAMS: Ode to Breonna Red Brick Center for the Arts LIVESTREAM! Aspen Contemporary Ensemble Benedict Music Tent Sponsored by Clark’s Market AYANNA WOODS: Triple Point Sponsored by Go Snowmass Benedict Music Tent Esther Heideman soprano TIMOTHY ADAMS: Ode to Breonna Timothy Weiss conductor Jane Glover conductor ROBERT MILLER: Reign of Tears Benjamin Manis conductor Alexander Kerr violin violin Joyce Yang piano Paul Kantor violin 7:00 PM TIMOTHY ADAMS: Ode to Breonna 7:00 PM BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto HARRISON: First Concerto for KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta Espen Lilleslåtten violin Victoria Chiang viola Flute and Percussion in D major, op. 61 A Recital by Vladimir A Recital by Robert LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 Michael Mermagen cello TIMOTHY ADAMS: Ode to Breonna Feltsman piano | $75 McDuffie violin | $75 in E-flat major, LW H4 Derek Wang piano DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in ZOSHA DI CASTRI: Manif Virginia Weckstrom piano G major, B. 163, op. 88 Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in ROBERTO SIERRA: Cancionero Derek Wang piano F major, op. 90 With special thanks to Mona Look J. S. BACH: Partita No. 1 for Sefardí 6:00 PM Brinton Smith cello With special thanks to Mary Giese, Mazza and Tony Mazza and Keyboard in B-flat major, STILL: Suite for Violin and Piano Carrie and Joe Wells Ian Rucker baritone in memory of Erik Giese BWV 825 Music on the GO | FREE GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Tres BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata Free livestream at Homenajes: Compadrazgo BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations The Arts Campus at Willits aspenmusicfestival.com No. 4 in A minor, op. 23 Sponsored by TACAW & Basalt 6:00 PM on an Original Theme in C 4:00 PM minor, WoO 80 Chamber of Commerce PAULUS: The Long Shadow Music on the GO | FREE of Lincoln 6:00 PM SCHUBERT: Four Composer Workshop Mountain Chalet Aspen 7:00 PM MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio Impromptus, D. 935, op. Music on the GO FREE —RESERVED SEATING; Sponsored by Mountain Chalet No. 2 in C minor, op. 66 TICKETS REQUIRED Aspen posth. 142 A Recital by James FREE With special thanks to Benedict Music Tent With special thanks to Joan Fabry Ehnes violin and Andrew Soledad and Robert Hurst Willits Town Center, Triangle Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra and Michael Klein | $75 Armstrong piano Park Robert Spano, Alan Fletcher, 6:30 PM Benedict Music Tent Sponsored by Valley View Hospital Christopher Theofanidis, BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 2 Maurice Cohn conductor, An Evening of Organ Music in A major, op. 12, no. 2 Oscar Jockel conductor, Works | FREE on the GO Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, All programs Adam Karelin conductor Aspen Community Church PRESENTED WITH op. 30, no. 2 presented without Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Simon Jacobs organ The Concert intermission. 6:00 PM op. 47, “Kreutzer” See program at aspenmusicfestival.com Music on the GO | FREE Truck With special thanks to Marcy and Leo Edelstein Basalt Regional Library

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4:00 PM 2:30 PM 12:00 PM 2:30 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 9:00 AM Aspen Conducting Spotlight Recital | FREE High Notes Spotlight: First Aspen Chamber Opera Theater Aspen Festival Academy Orchestra Harris Concert Hall Discussions | FREE Glimpse Composition Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress $25 AMFS students Harris Concert Hall Recital II | FREE Rehearsal | $20 Wheeler Opera House Rehearsal | $20 Benedict Music Tent CAGE: Solo for Piano Alan Fletcher moderator Harris Concert Hall Benedict Music Tent AOTVA artist-faculty Benedict Music Tent Yoomin Seo violin STEVEN CHRISTOPHER Jeremy Denk piano Aspen Contemporary AOTVA Fleming Fellowship Yvette Keong soprano SACCO: from Book of Ensemble conductor Artists Whimsy 4:30 PM 3:00 PM LI: Migration PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto CHOPIN: Barcarolle in 2:30 PM No. 1 in D major, op. 19 F-sharp major, op. 60 DAVID A. JONES: An Overtures: Prelude: Preconcert Spotlight: 2:00 PM MAHLER/PETER STANGEL: BOTTESINI: Passione Impulse to Soar Preconcert Talk | FREE WITH Chamber Music | $45 Symphony No. 4 in G major amorosa Guitar Recital | FREE LI: For Dreams Will Be Cold Chamber Music SAME-DAY AFO TICKET MOZART: in D Harris Concert Hall FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS Harris Concert Hall Harris Concert Hall With special thanks to METTENS: Hollows Aspen Contemporary Carol and Mack Trapp Major, K. 285 Brandon Azbill guitar TICKET Asadour Santourian speaker Bokyung Byun guitar Ensemble Local business support provided by SCHUBERT: The Shepherd Harris Concert Hall on the Rock, D. 965 Zachary Glick guitar Timothy Weiss conductor Carl’s Pharmacy and Miners’ Building 7:00 PM Ziggy Johnston guitar Linzi Pan piano John D. Rojak bass trombone CONCERT Hardware POULENC: from Flute Henry Johnston guitar 4:00 PM Sonata A Recital by Jeremy SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Jacob Nissly percussion STREAMS Miles Johnston guitar Austin Cantrell percussion Aspen Festival Mark Melman guitar Denk piano | $75 scènes LIVE. mignonnes sur Nancy Allen harp Orchestra | $85 Frank Wendelin guitar Benedict Music Tent FREE! 7:00 PM quatre notes, GEORGE LEWIS: Benedict Music Tent 6:00 PM J. S. BACH: Partita No. 5 Special Event: op. 9 Mnemosis Robert Spano conductor 7:00 PM for Keyboard in G major, An Uncommon A Recital by the BWV 829 WILSON: Augustin Hadelich violin Feast for Zukerman Trio | $85 A Recital by Augustin COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: They 5:30 PM A City Called Heaven BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 Hadelich violin | $75 Will Not Lend Me a Child STEVEN CHRISTOPHER in G minor, op. 26 Uncommon Benedict Music Tent Aspen Chamber Pinchas Zukerman violin Benedict Music Tent from 24 Negro Melodies, SACCO: Quartet for Bass TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony Women op. 59 Symphony | $82 cello J. S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 for Trombone, , No. 5 in E minor, op. 64 TABLE SPONSORSHIPS WIGGINS: The Battle of Benedict Music Tent Marimba, and Harp (World AVAILABLE piano Unaccompanied Violin in With special thanks to G minor, BWV 1001 Manassas Christian Arming conductor Premiere) Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass - BEETHOVEN: Hotel Jerome CHAUVIN, JOPLIN: Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Violin Sonata No. 1 in D PERKINSON: Blue/s Forms Corporation Heliotrope Bouquet DVOŘÁK: in A celebration of long- major, op. 12, no. 1 PAGANINI: Caprice No. 9 in B minor, B. 191, op. 104 Free livestream at time AMFS supporter Cello Sonata in G minor, E major: Allegretto from 24 FREDERIC RZEWSKI: All programs aspenmusicfestival.com Winnsboro Cotton Joan Harris and women op. 5, no. 2 Caprices, op. 1 BEETHOVEN: Symphony presented without Mill Blues from North Variations on Wenzel PERKINSON: Louisiana Blues No. 6 in F major, op. 68, intermission. in music. Join us for American Ballads an elegant evening of Müller’s “Ich bin der Strut: A Cakewalk “Pastoral” BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata musical and culinary Schneider Kakadu,” in G J. S. BACH: Partita No. 2 for With special thanks to No. 32 in C minor, op. 111 major, op. 121a Unaccompanied Violin in Deborah and Richard Felder and delights. Judy and Leonard Lauder With special thanks to D minor, BWV 1004 With special thanks to For more information Gilchrist and Amy Berg and Denise Monteleone and With special thanks to call Chandler Martin the Robert Steel Family Jim Martin Ruth Turnquist Carver AUGUST 21 | 7:00 PM at 970 205 5065 or [email protected]. Handel’s Rodelinda, regina de’ Longobardi | $85 Harris Concert Hall* An abridged concert version, featuring the spectacular emerging Kenneth Merrill conductor opera talents of the Aspen Opera Omer Ben Seadia director Theater and VocalARTS program. HANDEL: Rodelinda, regina Queen Rodelinda of Lombardy fights for her son and stays faithful de’ Longobardi, HWV 19 to her husband, despite believing him dead and being herself held *Masks are required in Harris captive by his usurper. Concert Hall With special thanks to Toby D. Lewis

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