Opening Classical Concert: A FRENCH SOIRÉE

Sunriver Music Festival's Opening Night features Stewart Goodyear at piano.  Opening Night celebrates several important 150th anniversaries in French musical life. The evening kicks off with the Fanfare from Dukas' La Péri for the brass alone. Stewart Goodyear plays the Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer‘s birth. The second half opens with Fauré's stunningly beautiful Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande. And the program closes with selections from Bizet's Carmen to mark the 150th anniversary of both Bizet's passing and Carmen's premiere. DUKAS Fanfare from La Péri RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major Stewart Goodyear, piano FAURÉ Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande BIZET Selections from Carmen