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5th Anniversary Season in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota

July 14, 7:00 PM                   
Concert 1 with the photography of Johnny Sundby.
Johnny’s beautiful photography will be projected above the Orlando Chamber Soloists as they perform "Studies in English Folksong" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.  Other works including David Bruce Eye of the Night and Mark O’Connor’s Quartet #3.
Location: The Dahl Arts Center-605-394-4101

 

July 21, 7:00 PM
"Bach: The Original Christian Rock"

1st Congregational Church, Rapid City, SD

Not to be confused with Hills Alive, the Orlando Chamber Soloists will perform favorite works inspired by the Church featuring Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, Goldberg Variations, The Bells of St. Genevieve, Grandjany’s Rapsodie, and Jennifer Higdon's Amazing Grace.
Location:  1st Congregational Church:  605-342-5787
 


 

July 28, 7:00 PM

"Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves"

The Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD

Join us for an evening of thrilling and passionate music. Works including Rossini’s Thieving Magpie, Brahms Piano Quartet, Josef Suk's Meditation on a Bohemian Carol, and many more favorites
Location:  The Dahl Arts Center:  605 394-4101



Past Season Programming:

Season 2011 in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota

July 9, 7:00pm "Phantastic Journey"
Tonite we will take you on a Phantastic musical journey, from the stormy
midwestern plains, to the spirit of Ireland, the festive
nights in Spain, to the emerald mist of the British Isles.  
Featuring Vaughn Williams' "Phantasy Quintet" and
works of  Bax, Boccherini, Rossini, Vivaldi and more. 
Location:
The Dahl Arts Center-605-394-4101

Phantastic Journey
Souvenir D'Amerique, Variations on “Yankee Doodle”                          Henri Vieuxtemps
Variations on Yankee Doodle-string quartet and solo violin
In Memoriam, an Irish Elegy (1916)                                                        Arnold Bax
Irish Elegy for those who died in the Irish uprising
String Quartet, Harp, and English Horn
Night Music of Madrid                                                                            Luigi Boccherini
Short movements depicting the night life of Madrid- heard in Russell Crowe movie
String quintet-featuring Rapid City native Bill Rounds on cello
"La Tempesta" Sonata VI                                                                  Gioachino Rossini
String Quartet
"The storm" fun energetic composition for 2vlns, cello, bass
Intermission
"Storm" from Four Seasons                                                                   Antonio Vivaldi
From Vivaldi's Four Seasons-String Quintet and solo violin
Two Sketches Based on Indian Themes                                          Charles T. Griffes
String Quartet
Phantasy Quintet                                                                      Ralph Vaughn Williams
Featured Work
English folk songs in classic styles for string quintet and solo viola

July 16th 7:00pm "A Night in Paris"
Tonite, we will be Americans in Paris.  Stopping by the Moulin Rouge,
listening to Jazz at an outdoor cafe and bathing ourselves
in the passion and romance of a warm summer night that
is Paris.  Featuring works of Ravel, Chausson, Damase,
Schoenfield, Gershwin, Satie and more. 
Location:  *CHANGE* First Congregational Church
605-342-5787

A Night in Paris
Aira in Classic Style                                                                            Marcel Grandjany
Organ/Harp
Je te Veux                                                                                                      Erik Satie
String Quintet
Violin Sonata, Blues/Perpetuum Mobile                                              Maurice Ravel
Violin/Piano
Chanson Perpetuelle                                                                              Ernest Chausson
Soprano, String Quartet and Piano featuring Carissa Scroggins
Concertino for harp and strings                                                  Jean-Michel Damase
Harp and String Quintet-French jazz/bit romantic
Intermission
An American in Paris                                                                            George Gershwin
Solo Organ
El Tango de Roxanne
String Quintet from the movie Moulin Rouge
La Vida Rose                                                                                                Edith Piaf
String Quartet
Can Can                                                                                                 Jacques Offenbach
String Quintet with Kazoos:
Bolero                                                                                                           Maurice Ravel
String Quintet 
Cafe Music *Featured work*                                                                   Paul Schoenfield
Piano trio-Jazz
featuring Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Bill Rounds and Alan Morrison


July 23, 700pm "Buried Treasures"
Music you know you love and music you are destined
to love on this program of little known gems and well
known jewels of the great masters. 
Works of Brahms, Schubert, Lalo, Bach, Grieg, Glazunov
and more. 
Location:  The Dahl Arts Center-605-394-4101

Buried Treasures
Quartett-Satz, Allegro Assai                                                          Franz Schubert
String Quartet
Nocturne and Scherzo                                                                    Arthur Foote
String Quintet and Flute
Chants Russes, Lento                                                                     Edward Lalo
Harp and Cello
The Song of the Lark                                                                     Rochester Young
Flute and Harp-Inspired by painting at Art Institute of Chicago
Intermission
Quartet in G minor                                                                         Edvard Grieg
First movement-un poco Andante-allegro molto e agitato
String Sextet #1 in B flat                                                                Johannes Brahms
Second movement andante ma moderato
Quintett                                                                                             Alexander Glazunov
Fourth movement Finale-Allegro moderato-featuring Bill Rounds Cello

This presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from South Dakota Arts Council, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’Lakes Foundation.