PRESS INFORMATION

YACHATS MUSIC FESTIVAL

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A Program of FOUR SEASONS CONCERTS, INC.

 

YACHATS MUSIC FESTIVAL

July 9-11, 2004

The Twenty-fourth Annual YACHATS MUSIC FESTIVAL will take place July 9 - 11 at Yachats, Oregon. The Yachats Music Festival is the summer festival of California-based Four Seasons Concerts. Music Festival concerts are scheduled at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church, 360 West 7th Street in Yachats, at 8:00 PM Friday, July 9; Saturday, July 10; and Sunday, July 11; and at 2:00 PM on Sunday.

Artists performing during the four-day Festival are:

LEON BATES, Pianist

GWENDOLYN BROWN, Contralto

WILLIAM BROWN, Tenor

ALISON BUCHANAN, Soprano

THOMAS BUCKNER, Baritone

DAVID BURNETT, Violinist

RICHARD & JOHN CONTIGUGLIA, Duo Pianists

ISABELLE COURRET, Harpist

PIERRE D'ARCHAMBEAU, Violinist

HELEN DILWORTH, Soprano

MIMI DYE, Violist

MARCO GRANADOS, Flutist

JACQUELINE HAIRSTON, Composer and Pianist

RENÉ HEREDIA, Flamenco Guitarist

KENNETH KEELING, Clarinetist

ELAINE KRESTON, Cellist

JOSEPH KUBERA, Pianist

RAFAEL LEBRON, Baritone

ABRAHAM LIND-OQUENDO, Baritone

ILYA MARTINEZ, Soprano

AUTRIS PAIGE, Baritone

DAVID SIGAL, Pianist

JEANNE STARK-IOCHMANS, Pianist

ANTHONY TURNER, Baritone

CATHY TAO YIN, Pianist

YIN CHENG-ZONG, Pianist

JEONGUEN YOM, Pianist

Making their debuts at the Festival are duo-pianists Richard and John Contiguglia and cellist Elaine Kreston.

 

Highlights of each concert are:

FRIDAY NIGHT - 8:00 PM

All artists perform at this concert. Featured works are a Galuppi sonata (pianist Yin Cheng-Zong), a section of a Bach Suite (cellist Elaine Creston), Brahms "Gestillte Sehnsucht" for contralto, viola and piano, a musical tribute to the late African American composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the death of Charles Ives, Chopin's Ballade No. 1 (pianist Jeanne Stark-Iochmans), songs by Brahms, Quilter, Purcell, Campos, Ives and Schubert. Flute, clarinet and harp solos and a piano duet. The "Dedication" closing the program features Pierre D'Archambeau and Helen Dilworth.

SATURDAY NIGHT - 8:00 PM

This evening features operatic arias performed by Gwendolyn Brown, William Brown, Ilya Martinez, Alison Buchanan, operatic duets by Ilya Martinez/Rafael LeBron, LeBron/Abraham Lind-Oquendo, a trio with Martinez/Brown/Lind-Oquendo, a harp solo, Chinese music by pianist Yin Cheng-Zong, Spanish music by flamenco guitarist Rene Heredia, songs by Cole Porter and Duke Ellington, Prokofiev Flute Sonata (Granados and Bates) and Dvorak's Piano Quintet, Op. 81 (pianist Leon Bates and string quartet).

 

SUNDAY AFTERNOON - 2:00 PM

Featured works at this afternoon concert are a portion of a Beethoven Sonata (pianist Cathy Tao Yin), songs by Duparc, Strauss, Finzi, Ives, Copland and Mendelssohn, a piano solo by Joseph Kubera, a flute and clarinet duo, Donizetti Larghetto & Allegro for harp and violin, and duo pianists Richard and John Contiguglia performing Liszt's Andante religioso from "Fest Cantata."

SUNDAY NIGHT - 8:00 PM

The closing night features songs for soprano and clarinet by Spohr (Helen Dilworth and Kenneth Keeling), Ives (Thomas Buckner), Hailstork (Alison Buchanan and William Brown), Tchaikovsky (LeBron), Spirituals arranged by Johnson, Jacqueline Hairston (in residence), Burleigh and Lawrence Brown (Anthony Turner, Helen Dilworth, Autris Paige, Alison Buchanan) a Chopin Scherzo (pianist Yin Cheng-Zong, a violin/piano sonata by Franck (Pierre D'Archambeau and Jeanne Stark-Iochmans, flamenco guitar, a duo piano work by Schubert and Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet.

Pianists David Sigal, Jeongeun Yom, Jacqueline and Joseph Kubera are featured as assisting artists throughout the Festival.

In addition to the above concerts, Festival Patrons and Members enjoy a private Artists' Pre-Festival Reception on Thursday evening July 8, and Patrons attend day-time Festival activities which include lecture-demonstrations and music appreciation seminars.

The Yachats Music Festival is dedicated to the memory of its founder, Dr. W. Hazaiah Williams, who began the Festival in Yachats in the summer of 1981.

Individual tickets at $15.00 each can be purchased at the Adobe Resort Motel (541-547-3141) and at the Fireside Motel (541-547-3636) both located in Yachats. For further information, call 510-601-7919.

 

YACHATS MUSIC FESTIVAL

W. Hazaiah Williams, Founder

P.O. Box 507, Berkeley, CA 94701 o 510-601-7919

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