Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival (Walla Walla, WA)

January 14-17, 2016
Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Thursday, January 14, 2016
Noon: Rotary Club Appearance
Above (2013) by Matthew Levy (b. 1963)
Pagine – elaborazioni da concerto per 4 saxofoni (1998) Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947)
Allegrissimo L. 215 (Kirk. 120) by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Columbian Songs
I. Pueblito Viejo by Jose Alejandro Morales
II. Paqueta by Sergio Sarmiento

3:30 PM: Sounds Like Fun! Concert for Kids
Walla Walla Public Library
238 West Alder Street
Walla Walla, WA, 99362
Free
Steamboat (2014) by Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
DEDICATIONS
Bop (2004) by Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Lu (2004) by Tim Ries (b. 1959)
speed metal organum blues (2004) by Gregory Wanamaker (b. 1968)

Friday, January 15, 2016
2 PM: Unleash Your Inner Composer with PRISM Quartet
WWCC — Performing Arts Auditorium
500 Tausick Way
Walla Walla, WA, 99362
Free

6 PM: Special Event — Concert
Charles Smith Wines
35 South Spokane Street
Walla Walla, WA, 99362
Tickets: $25
Fearful Symmetries (1988) by John Adams (excerpt, arr. Tim McAllister, 2012)
Radical Alignment from 15 Places at the Same Time (2014) by Steve Lehman (b. 1978)
July (1995) by Michael Torke (b. 1961)
KEEN (2004) by Roshanne Etezady (b. 1973)
Colombian Songs
I. Pueblito Viejo by Jose Alejandro Morales
II. Paqueta by Sergio Sarmiento
Improvisations (2015) by Chris Potter (b. 1971)
Every Thing Must Go, Pensoso, con sobrio espressione (2007) by Martin Bresnick (b. 1946)
Schumann Bouquet by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), 2015 arrangements by William Bolcom (b. 1938)

Sunday, January 17, 2016
7 PM: Festival Series: PRISM with String Quartet
Festival artists, Brittany Boulding (violin), Alistair MacRae (cello), Maria Sampen (violin) and Timothy Christie (viola)  join PRISM for a wild exploration of music for string and saxophone quartets, respectively. The two quartets will join forces for a performance of Seattle-born composer, Paul Chihara’s, Forever Escher.
Gesa Power House Theatre
111 North 6th Avenue
Walla Walla, WA, 99362
Tickets: $20

Forever Escher (1994) by Paul Chihara (b. 1938)
Pagine – elaborazioni da concerto per 4 saxofoni (1998) Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947)
Kyrie “Gott Vater in Ewigkeit” by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Fughetta “Dies sind die heil’ gen zehn Gebot” by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Who Cares? By George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Allegrissimo L. 215 (Kirk. 120) by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Josquin Microludes* (2012) by David Ludwig (b. 1974)
Milles regretz de vous abandonner…
et d’eslonger vostre fache amoureuse…
jay si grand dueil et paine doloureuse…
quon me verra brief mes jours definer…
…brief mes jours definer…
DEDICATIONS
Bop (2004) by Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Inkling (2004) by Roshanne Etezady (b. 1973)
Fair and Balanced?, Incremental Change (2004) Frank J. Oteri (B. 1964)
Lu (2004) by Tim Ries (b. 1959)
speed metal organum blues (2004) by Gregory Wanamaker (b. 1968)
Howler Back by Zack Browning (b. 1953)
Above (2013) by Matthew Levy (b. 1963)