Puccini, Piston & Higdon

This program brings to the stage works by two twentieth-century titans. Piston’s Divertimento is written in the Neoclassical style that finds inspiration in the classical and baroque periods' compositional styles. Puccini’s Crisantemi is one of the few remaining chamber works of the famed opera composer - a work for string quartet dedicated it to the memory of Prince Amadeo di Savoia, Duca d’Aosta and King of Spain.

PROGRAM

Giacomo Puccini: "Chrysanthemums"

Walter Piston: Divertimento for Nine Instruments

Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks

MUSICIANS

Puccini

Kathy Stutzman, Violin

Jessica Harned, Violin

Marcia von Huene, Viola

Lisa Cooper, Cello

Piston          

Sierra Schmeltzer, Flute

Jessie Brown, Oboe

Carmen Izzo, Principal Clarinet

MUSICIAN CHAIR SPONSORED BY PHIL & JENNIFER JENSEN

Patty Katucki, Principal Bassoon

Katherine Jarvis, Assistant Principal Violin

Holly Lawrence, Violin

David Johnson, Principal Viola

MUSICIAN CHAIR SPONSORED BY JODI REYNOLDS

Kyla Davidson, Cello

MUSICIAN CHAIR SPONSORED BY FONNY AND MIM DAVIDSON, MARGO ANNEKE AND RANDELL PAGE, CEREDIG AND HANNAH ROBERTS, SUSAN BOND, JAN MILLS, SHARON HARRIGFELD, JEFF AND JILL GLENN, TOM AND FLORENCE BLANCHARD, AND PATRICIA BARTHAUD

Chris Ammirati, Principal Bass

Piston          

Jessica Harned, Violin

Lauren Anderson, Violin

Emily Jones, Viola

Kyla Davidson, Cello

MUSICIAN CHAIR SPONSORED BY FONNY AND MIM DAVIDSON, MARGO ANNEKE AND RANDELL PAGE, CEREDIG AND HANNAH ROBERTS, SUSAN BOND, JAN MILLS, SHARON HARRIGFELD, JEFF AND JILL GLENN, TOM AND FLORENCE BLANCHARD, AND PATRICIA BARTHAUD