Season Finale Classical Concert:
Appalachia & Spring 

Thursday, August 20 at 7:30 PM
Tower Theatre, Bend
Festival Orchestra

Brett Mitchell, conductor
Tessa Lark, violin

COPLAND  Suite from Appalachian Spring
EDGAR MEYER  Violin Concerto
R. SCHUMANN  Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, “Spring”

The season finale includes the most iconic American orchestral work of all time, Appalachian Spring, by the Dean of American Music, Aaron Copland. Violinist Tessa Lark wowed Sunriver audiences in 2024 with her performance of Michael Torke’s Sky, and she’ll do the same this year with the bluegrass-inflected Violin Concerto by Edgar Meyer. The season closes with one of the greatest Romantic symphonies ever composed: Schumann’s Symphony No. 1, “Spring.”

6:30-7 PM – Pre-Concert Talk

Tickets start at $45; age 25 & under $25

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