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Kent/Blossom Music Festival: Charles Latshaw, director

Published June 23, 2015 at 8:49 PM EDT

The Kent/Blossom Music Festival is an advanced training institute for musicians operated by Kent State University in cooperation with The Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center, presenting public performances by distinguished artist faculty and talented young musicians.

FACULTY CONCERT SERIES

Concerts in this series are ticketed through the Performing Arts Box Office

Concert No. 1
Wednesday, July 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Kulas Guest Artist Jeff Nelsen, horn
with Nina Nelsen, mezzo-soprano; Elizabeth DeMio, piano

Summertime
Scherzo Concertante
Mon Coeur
Alphorn
Songs of Brahms
Acerba Volutta
Medley
Happy and Fat Belly Blues
Remembering the Future

George Gershwin
Václav Nelhýbel
Camille Saint-Saëns
Richard Strauss
Johannes Brahms
Francesco Cilea
Leonard Bernstein
Keith Bissell
Ryan O'Connell

Concert No. 2
Monday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Miami String Quartet
with Spencer Myer, piano

Quartet for Strings No. 5 in F minor, Op. 20
Quartet for Piano and Strings in A major, Op. 30
Quintet for Piano and Strings

Franz Joseph Haydn
Ernest Chausson
Béla Bartók

Concert No. 3
Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Mark Kosower, cello
with Jee-Won Oh, piano

Divertimento (arr. Piatigorsky)
Andante cantabile from String Quartet in D, Op. 11
Pièce en Forme de Habanera
Dance of the Elves, Op. 39
Concert Polonaise No. 1, Op. 14
Adagio
Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
Sonate F-Dur, Op. 6
Concert Polonaise No. 2, Op. 28

Franz Joseph Haydn
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Maurice Ravel
David Popper
David Popper
Zoltán Kodály
Manuel de Falla
Richard Strauss
David Popper

Concert No. 4
Saturday, July 18 at 3:00 p.m.
La Cambiale di Matrimonio Giaochino Rossini
Kent/Blossom Music Festival Chamber Orchestra

Tobia Mill
Fanny
Edoardo Milfort
Slook
Norton
Clarina

Frank Ward Jr., bass-baritone
Lara Troyer, soprano
Timothy Culver, tenor
Brian Keith Johnson, baritone
Benjamin Czarnota, baritone
Denis Milner Howell, mezzo-soprano

Special Free Concert
Sunday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Stanislav Khristenko, piano
2013 First-prize Winner at the Cleveland International Piano Competition
(Presented by the Piano Institute in collaborations with Kent/Blossom Music Festival)

Italian Concerto BWV 971
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1, No. 1
Estampes, L 100
Rhapsodie Espagnole, S 254

Johann Sebastian Bach
Robert Schumann
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Claude Debussy
Franz Liszt

Concert No. 5
Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Jung-Min Amy Lee, violin; Tanya Ell, cello; Daniel McKelway, clarinet; Barrick Stees, bassoon;
Randal Fusco, piano; Jerry Wong, piano

Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, B. 166
Trio Pathetique
Fuo for Clarinet and Bassoon (1970)
Concert Piece

Bohuslav Martinů
Antonín Dvořák
Mikhail Glinka
César Guerra-Peixe
Felix Mendelssohn

Concert No. 6
Wednesday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Stanley Konopka, viola; Richard Weiss, cello; Danna Sundet, oboe;
Robert Woolfrey, clarinet; Joela Jones, piano

Trio in E-flat major, K 498 “Kegelstatt”
Requiebros (1934)

Danse du Diable Vert (1926)
Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano (1901)
Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major, Op. 80

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gaspar Cassadó
Gaspar Cassadó
Charles Loeffler
Charles-Marie Widor

STUDENT CONCERT SERIES

Concerts in this series are FREE and open to the public

Recital No. 1
Friday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Ludwig Recital Hall

Septet in B-flat major "Grand"
Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 47
Concertante for Four Violins, Op. 55
Sextet for Piano and Winds in B-flat major, Op. 6
Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

Franz Berwald
Robert Schumann
Ludwig Maurer
Ludwig Thuille
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Recital No. 2
Saturday, July 11 at 2 p.m.
Ludwig Recital Hall

Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 47 (1918)
Quintet for Piano and Strings No. 2, H 298 (1944)
Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79
Quintet for Strings in C major, D 956

Darius Milhaud
Bohuslav Martinů
Camille Saint-Saëns
Franz Schubert

Recital No. 3
Sunday, July 12 at 2 p.m.
Hudson Library

Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola
Quintet for Winds (1979)
Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370
Serenade for Winds, Cello, and Double Bass in D minor, Op. 44

Max Reger
John Harbison
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonín Dvořák

Recital No. 4
Sunday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Ludwig Recital Hall

Quintet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 84 (1918-1919)
Suite for Two Violins and Piano in G minor, Op. 71
Quartet for Strings No. 1, Op. 7 (Sz. 40) (1908-1909)
Octet for Strings in C major, Op. 7 (1900)

Edward Elgar
Moritz Moszkowski
Béla Bartók
George Enescu

Recital No. 5
Friday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Ludwig Recital Hall

Quintet for Winds No. 2 (1987)
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, Op. 16
Quintet for Piano and Strings in C minor
Suite for 2 Violins, Cello and Piano (left hand), Op. 23 (1930)

Jean Françaix
Ludwig van Beethoven
Aleksandr Borodin
Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Recital No. 6
Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m.
Ludwig Recital Hall

The Jet Whistle (1950)
Quartet for Bassoon and Strings No. 1 in C major, Op. 73
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 87
Quintet for Horn and String Quartet in C minor, Op. 85
Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass (1925)
Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet in C major, FP 100 (1932-1939)

Heitor Villa-Lobos
François Devienne
Johannes Brahms
York Bowen
Erwin Schulhoff
Francis Poulenc

Recital No. 7
Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m.
Hudson Library

Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio, Op. 2 (1932)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581
Quintet for Strings No, 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87
Octet for Strings in B-flat major (1920)

Benjamin Britten
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Felix Mendelssohn
Max Bruch

Recital No. 8
Monday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Ludwig Recital Hall

Quartet for Strings No. 2 in D major
Quintet for Piano and Strings in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
Triskaidekaphilia [WORLD PREMIERE]
Serenade for Winds in E-flat major, K 375

Aleksandr Borodin
Amy Beach
Margaret Griebling-Haigh
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

KBMF CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND SIDE-BY-SIDE CONCERT

This concert is ticketed through The Cleveland Orchestra.

Concert	Date and Time	Location
KBMF Chamber Orchestra Performance	Saturday, August 1 7 p.m.	Blossom Music Center
KBMF Sidy-by-Side with The Cleveland Orchestra	Saturday, August 1 8 p.m.	Blossom Music Center

Concert

Date and Time

Location

KBMF Chamber Orchestra Performance

Saturday, August 1
7 p.m.

Blossom Music Center

KBMF Sidy-by-Side with The Cleveland Orchestra

Saturday, August 1
8 p.m.

Blossom Music Center