2009 Music at Penn’s Woods Summer Music Festival

“Let’s Dance”

Music at Penn’s Woods (2009) will feature four concerts over three consecutive weekends in June, including two Festival Orchestra concerts directed by Maestro Gerardo Edelstein. All concerts will be held in Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I. In keeping with the theme, each program will feature a work influenced by dance.


Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, June 14, 2009, at 3:00 p.m.


The Easterly Chamber Players
Diane Gold Toulson, flute     Smith Toulson, clarinet     Anne Sullivan, harp
Henri Tomasi (1901-1971)- Invocations et Danses Rituelles

The Trudeau-Feldman Duo
Debra Trudeau and Joanne Zagst Feldman, violin
Miklós Rósza (1907-1995) - Duo Sonata, Op. 15a

The Armstrong Flute and Percussion Duo
Eleanor Duncan Armstrong, flutes    Dan C. Armstrong, percussion
Dana Wilson (b. 1946) - Pu Em Remu. . . (From the Tears)

Cook/Rodionova Duo
Kim Cook, cello     Svetlana Rodionova, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - Vocalise
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) - Pampeana No. 2


Chamber Music Concert
Thursday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m.

The Lyon Family Chamber Ensemble
James Lyon, violin    Clara Lyon, violin    Nicholas Lyon, viola
Elizabeth Lyon, cello    Carol Lyon, cello
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) - Quintet in C Major, Op. 37, No. 7


Allegria Ensemble
Cathy Herrera, flute     Debra Trudeau, violin    Claudia Koide, cello
Peter Shickele (b. 1935) - Dream Dances

The Pennsylvania Quintet
Eleanor Duncan Armstrong, flute     Anthony Costa , clarinet
Tim Hurtz, oboe    Daryl Durran, bassoon    Lisa O. Bontrager, horn
Dennes Agay(1912-2007) - Five Dances
Arne Running (b. 1943) - Aria and Quodlibet

Trio Nova Mundi
Maureen Conlon Gutiérrez, violin     Kathryn Bates, cello    Rodrigo Ojeda, piano
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) - The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires


Festival Orchestra Concert
Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 7:30

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) - Dances of Galanta

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Timothy Shafer, piano

Paul Maurice (1910-1967) - Tableaux de Provence
David Stambler, alto saxophone

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550


Festival Orchestra Concert
Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 7:30

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Dance Suite

Max Bruch (1838-1920) - Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in E minor, Op. 88
with Tony Costa, clarinet and Tim Deighton, viola

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Symphony No. 1 in Bb major, Op. 38 (“Spring”)