MUSIC

The 2009 Immanuel and Helen Olschan Texas Music Festival celebrates its 20th season with a stellar lineup of chamber music and orchestral offerings.

The Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival was founded in 1990 to provide young professional musicians a stimulating environment in which to develop their performance skills. The international body of participants works intensively for four weeks under the guidance of renowned conductors and TMF's distinguised artist/faculty.

Texas Music Festival Orchestra Series Schedule of Concerts:

Saturday, June 13,
Moores Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
Franz Anton Krager, conductor
Richard Dowling, piano

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488
Strauss Alpine Symphony

Thursday, June 18,
Presidential Conference Center, College Station, TX, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra
Lavard Skou-Larsen, conductor

Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K.543
Sibelius Pelléas and Mélisande (excerpts)
Ibert Divertissement

Friday, June 19,
Moores Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Threlfall, conductor
Melanie Sonnenberg, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Evans, tenor
Timothy Jones, baritone

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Britten Suite on English Folk Songs (A Time There Was..)
Stravinsky Pulcinella (complete)

Saturday, June 20,
Moores Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra
Lavard Skou-Larsen, conductor

Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K.543
Sibelius Pelléas and Mélisande (excerpts)
Ibert Divertissement 

Friday, June 26,
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 8 p.m.
Josep Caballé-Domenech, conductor
Mitchell Young Artist Competition Winner, soloist

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 in A minor

Saturday, June 27,
Moores Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
Josep Caballé-Domenech, conductor
Mitchell Young Artist Competition Winner, soloist

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 in A minor 

Friday, July 3,
Moores Opera House, 7:30 p.m.
Barry Jekowsky, conductor
Elmar Oliveira, violin

Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Theofanidis Symphony (commission premiere)*
*Co-commission by the Atlanta Symphony, Immanuel and Helen Olshan TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL and Savannah Music Festival. TMF funding made possible through the Visionary Initiatives Fund.