David Amado, conductor
Join us for our final concert of the season, featuring the Mostly Modern Orchestra, David Amado, conductor. Works include classical standards, two brand-new works from two of our ‘Mostly Modern’ composers, and Zwilich’s Oboe Concerto, featuring one of the two winners of our annual MMF Concerto Competition.
Wine, Beer & Snack Bar opens @ 7 PM. $6 Drinks make this the best deal in Saratoga Springs!
PROGRAM
JOHN ADAMS – Lollapalooza
One work, chosen from the 2023 MMF Composition Program Reading Sessions***
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH – Oboe Concerto
BENJAMIN BRITTEN – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
TŌRU TAKEMITSU – A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
ARTISTS
Mostly Modern Orchestra
David Amado††, Conductor
Participant Conductor, TBA
Adrienne Burg**, Oboe
**winner of the Mostly Modern Concerto Competition
***This work will be chosen from our MMF orchestral readings and will be conducted by one of our conducting participants.
††MMF Guest Conductor and Conducting Faculty Member
Program and artists subject to change
Mostly Modern Festival is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
