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Mostly Modern Orchestra with Peter Bay

  • Arthur Zankel Music Center 815 North Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866 United States (map)
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Join us for an afternoon concert, featuring the Mostly Modern Orchestra, with the exquisite Peter Bay, conductor for the Austin Symphony. Composers include Carl Nielsen, Robert Paterson, and Einojuhani Rautavaara, as well as a brand-new work from one of our ‘Mostly Modern’ composers.

Wine, Beer & Snack Bar opens @ 2 PM. $6 Drinks make this the best deal in Saratoga Springs!

PROGRAM
ROBERT PATERSON† – Slightly Comic Overture*
Work by MMF Institute Composer Participant, TBA***
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA – Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 45
Intermission
SAMUEL BARBER – Knoxville Summer of 1915
LEONARD BERNSTEIN – On The Waterfront

ARTISTS
Mostly Modern Orchestra
Peter Bay, Conductor
Yifei Xu**, Piano
Ju Hyeon Han, soprano

*World Premiere
**Yifei Xu, winner of the Mostly Modern Concerto Competition, 2019
***This work will be chosen from our MMF orchestral readings, and will be conducted by one of our conducting participants.
†MMF Composition Program Faculty Member
††MMF Guest Conductor and Conducting Faculty Member

Program and artists subject to change

Later Event: June 17
American Modern Ensemble