Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival
Saturday, June 7 6:30 pm
EcoVillage-Celebration Hall & Lake Pavilion
“Gala Concert”
Virtuosi Chamber Strings, David Stewart Wiley, Conductor
Akemi Takayama, Violin
Jeff Midkiff, Composer and Mandolin
Blacksburg Community Band, Jay Durner, Music Director
Part 1: Celebration Hall -- Virtuosi Chamber Strings
Karl Jenkins
Palladio
(The DeBeers “Diamond” music)
Antonio Vivaldi “Spring” Concerto from
The Four Seasons
Akemi Takayama and Ensemble
Jeff Midkiff Sneak Preview excerpt from
Double Concerto for Mandolin & Violin
Akemi Takayama, Jeff Midkiff, and Ensemble
Jeff Midkiff
Run For Your Life
[2014, Premiere]
Akemi Takayama, Jeff Midkiff, and Ensemble
Astor Piazzolla Primavera Portena (“Spring”) from
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Akemi Takayama and Ensemble
Akemi Takayama, violin
Bernard DiGregorio, viola
Jeff Midkiff, composer/mandolin
Kelley Mikkelsen, cello
Elise Blake, violin
John Smith, bass
Geronimo Oyenard, violin
Tracy Cowden, piano
Intermission
Part II: Outside at Adjacent Lake Pavilion – Blacksburg Community Band
“Sunset Serenade”
Jay Durner, Conductor
Selections to be announced from the podium
Reception, Meet the Artists Following
The Program will last about an hour and forty five minutes.
