Monteux Festival Orchestra - Sibelius Violin Concerto (ft. Irina Muresanu)

Welcome to week three of the festival! This week's concert features artist-in-residence Irina Muresanu as guest soloist in Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D Minor, along with performances of Grant Still’s Festive Overture and Copland’s Symphony No. 3.

Grant Still’s Festive Overture was composed for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s 50th anniversary competition in 1944. It was the winning entry and received praise for its “American flavor,” and reflection of “the warmth of the American people, and the grandeur of Scenic America.” Among the judges were Eugene Goossens (composer of the oboe concerto featured on our June 28 program), and Pierre Monteux, who was at that time conductor of the San Francisco Symphony.

Also on the program is Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D Minor—his only violin concerto and a show-stopping work which spotlights the soloist’s technical precision and artistic expression. Our performance will feature internationally acclaimed violinist and Monteux artist-in-residence Irina Muresanu. Another piece among Monteux’s repertoire, he conducted the concerto in 1944 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded it in 1950 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.

Copland’s Symphony No. 3 is his final symphony and his longest instrumental work. It exemplifies the Americana sound for which Copland is known, and you may recognize a familiar tune in the finale; he quotes a piece which has become embedded in American popular culture: his own Fanfare for the Common Man.

Full Program:

• Grant Still - Festive Overture
• Sibelius - Violin Concerto, featuring Irina Muresanu
• Copland - Symphony No. 3

The address of our concert hall known as the Forest Studio is 42 Melody Lane (off old track road) in Hancock, ME 04640. Concerts start at 5:00 PM and last approximately 2 hours and include an intermission. Doors open at 4:30 PM. 

For more details visit monteuxmusic.org or email Stan Renard, Executive Director at info@monteuxmusic.org

NOTE: Single tickets get assigned the best seats available at the time of purchase. We have a small hall and thus, do not have a seating chart that you can use to select your seating location. But we will take good care of you! However, if you and your friends are buying tickets separately but wish to seat next to each other please email us at info@monteuxmusic.org and we will do our best to accommodate you. Our three last Sunday concerts in July sell out and as such we recommend you purchase your tickets to those concerts much in advance.

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We look forward to seeing you at our concerts!

The Monteux Team