Strings Retuned

Connections Across Centuries

Episode Summary

Relationships are how we understand the past and bring it into our future. In episode three, travel over one hundred and fifty years of musical relationships between composers Haydn, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Grieg, and Mozart. Music Director Michael Sachs and artist guests discuss connections between their intimate chamber and exuberant orchestra repertoire.

Episode Notes

Relationships are how we understand the past and bring it into our future. In episode three, travel over one hundred and fifty years of musical relationships between composers. How have the greats, Mozart and Haydn, inspired the more modern composers Stravinsky and Prokofiev? The heart of the music is always in our relationships, and the artists who join this episode talk about the connections between composers and amongst themselves. 

Pieces Performed

GRIEG Holberg Suite for Strings, Op. 40 I. Praeludium 
Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019

HAYDN String Trio No. 21 in G Major, Hob V:G1 II. Gavotte 
Nurit Bar-Josef, Violin 
Amy Lee, Violin 
Joel Noyes, Cello
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 “Classical Symphony” III. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro
Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015

HAYDN Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major, Hob.Vlle: I II. Andante 
Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor and Trumpet
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015

GRIEG Holberg Suite for Strings, Op. 40 II. Sarabande
Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019

MOZART Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K.285 III. Rondo
Sharon Sparrow, Flute
Nurit Bar-Josef, Violin
Mark Jackobs, Viola
Joel Noyes, Cello
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 “Classical Symphony” I. Allegro 
Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015

MOZART Serenade No. 9 in D Major, K.320 “Posthorn” II. Minuetto
Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015

STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite VIII. (a)Minuetto - (b)Finale 
Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor
Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2016

About Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Strings Music Festival presents music of the highest quality in an intimate mountain setting. Our summer festival includes a genre-spanning lineup featuring classical musicians from the nation’s top orchestras and chart-topping popular contemporary artists, all of whom perform in an intimate, 569-seat Pavilion nestled at the base of Steamboat’s mountains. Outside of our venue, we serve the community with a variety of free programming and an in-school education program called Strings School Days. This offering cultivates music appreciation and ability in Northwest Colorado’s K-12 students.

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