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The 32nd Festival classical season opens with Wagner’s surprise birthday present to his wife, a piece first played on Christmas morning by musicians on their staircase. Following is a fun ride through the Norwegian countryside with Grieg’s Holberg Suite depicting a beautiful and powerful landscape. The concert rises to a close with Beethoven’s upbeat, but lesser performed, Symphony No. 4.

Michael Sachs, conductor

WAGNER Siegfried-Idyll, WWV 103
GRIEG Holberg Suite for Strings, Op. 40
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4, in B-flat Major, Op. 60
STRINGS FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Violin I: Peter Otto (concertmaster), Katherine
Bormann, Johnny Lee, Alicia Koelz, Ellen Pendleton
Troyer, Natalie Gaynor
Violin II: John Macfarlane, Scott Weber, Jeffrey
Zehngut, Jeanelle Brierley, Eva Dove
Viola: Wesley Collins, Paul Murphy, Joanna Patterson-
Zakany, Gabrielle Skinner
Cello: Tanya Ell, Karissa Zadinsky, David Rosen,
Ariana Nelson
Bass: Oscar Meza, Scott Dixon
Flute: Christina Smith
Oboe: Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, Michele Tosser Smith
Clarinet: Afendi Yusuf, Robert Woolfrey
Bassoon: William Short, Elise Wagner
Horn: Gail Williams, Josh Phillips
Trumpet: John Rommel, Michael Tiscione
Timpani: Jeremy Epp