Once again, we’re off to a Rocky start. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, when you consider we’re talking about the Rocky Mountains and the Strings Music Festival Steamboat Springs, CO.
On today’s Noontime Concert on The Classical Network, enjoy highlights from a recital given by Cliburn silver medalist Kenny Broberg. The program will include César Franck’s Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18; Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 24 in F major “À Thérèse;” and Bach’s Toccata in C minor, BWV 911. We’ll also hear pianist Benjamin Hochman perform Bach’s French Suite in G major, BWV 816.
The Strings Music Festival is a summer series that presents music of the highest quality in a picturesque mountain setting. Each year, a genre-spanning lineup is performed by classical musicians from the nation’s top orchestras and chart-topping contemporary artists, all of whom appear in an intimate 569-seat pavilion nestled at the base of the mountains around Steamboat Springs.
This summer will mark Strings’ 32nd season. The festival’s nearly 60 events will embrace orchestral and chamber music, instrumental soloists, world music, blues, jazz, rock, a youth and family series, and free community programs.
The opening classical concert will take place on June 22 and will feature Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll,” Grieg’s “Holberg Suite,” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4. The orchestra will be conducted by Michael Sachs. For more information and a complete schedule, look online at stringsmusicfestival.com.
Following today’s concert broadcast, stay tuned for more mountain music. Among the featured works will be Carter Pann’s “Slalom” – inspired by a family skiing trip to Steamboat Springs!
Go tell it on the mountain. We’ll present quite a range, from 12 to 4 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
