By Trish Elliott
The 2013 7th Annual St. Augustine Music Festival features six evenings, (June 21-22 and June 27-29), of free classical music concerts at the beautiful Cathedral Basilica. The concert programs this year include Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings in C Major,” exciting 20th-century works and guest performances by internationally acclaimed string players. 
THURSDAY, JUNE 20 – BACK TO BACH
SAMF Chamber Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G-major, BWV 1048
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Viola Concerto in E-flat major
Reconstructed from BWV 1053 – Florida premier
Jorge A. Peña, Viola
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
INTERMISSION
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
The Four Seasons
Andres Cárdenes, Violin
FRIDAY, JUNE 21 – MOZART AND MORE
Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841)
Duo For Two Violas in F-minor, BI 18
Jorge A. Peña, Roberto Diaz, violas
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 3 in C-major, BWV 1009
INTERMISSION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quintet in C-minor, K. 406
SATURDAY, JUNE 22 – MUSICA NOCTURNA
Díaz Trio
Andrés Cárdenes, violin
Roberto Díaz, viola
Andres Díaz, cello
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Serenade in C major for String Trio, Op. 10
INTERMISSION
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Trio in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
THURSDAY, JUNE 27 – GRACE AND BEAUTY – SPANISH ACCENTS
Co-sponsored by Claudia Gordon
Roland Schlieder, Guitar; Felix Olschofka, Violin; Jorge A. Pena, Viola; Jin Kim-Pena, Cello
Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)
Valeses venezolanos
Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944)
La Catedral
Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Sebastio Tapajos (1944- )
Carimbo
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Rumores de la Caleta
Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)
La Gran Jota Aragoneza
INTERMISSION
Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Terzetto concertante in D-major Op.68, MS114
Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Sonata concertanta in A-major Op 61, MS2
FRIDAY, JUNE 28 – PIANO SPECTACULAR
Sponsored by Ruth Conley
Eugenio Urrutia Borlando, Piano
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Selected Mazurkas
Op. 17, No. 4 in A-minor: Lento, ma non troppo
Op. 30, No. 2 in B-minor: Vivace
Op. 6, No. 1 in F-sharp-minor
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Selected Preludes from Book I
Franz Liszt (1810-1856)
Rapsodie Espagnole
(Folies d’Espagne et Jota Aragonesa)
INTERMISSION
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Eugenio Urrutia Borlando, Piano; Felix Olschofka, Violin; Jorge A. Pena, Viola; Jin Kim-Pena, Cello
SATURDAY, JUNE 29 – SUMMER MUSIC
SAMF Chamber Orchestra
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Las 4 Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
Arr. by Leonid Arkad’yevich Desyatnikov for violin and strings
INTERMISSION
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Serenade for Strings in C-major, Op. 48
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