Alexandria Festival of the Lakes
August 3 - 17, 2019
(programs & artists are subject to change)
FESTIVAL CONCERT #1
OPENING NIGHT
Saturday August 3, 7:00 PM
Alexandria United Methodist Church
Antonín Dvorák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, op. 100
Frank Bridge: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
Manuel de Falla: 7 Popular Spanish Songs, arr. for viola & piano
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44
Stephanie Arado, violin
Jill Olson Moser, violin
Tamás Strasser, viola
Sarah Lewis, cello
Richard Bock, cello
Dina Michelson Namer, piano
Gail Olszewski, piano
FESTIVAL CONCERT #2
Wednesday August 7, 7:00 PM
Bethesda Lutheran Church
1204 North Nokomis
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
György Ligeti: String Quartet #1 (Métamorphoses nocturnes)
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E minor, op. 44, #2
Lux Quartet
Erika Blanco, violin
Stephanie Skor, violin
Kirsti Petraborg, viola
Eric Graf, cello
FESTIVAL CONCERT #3
Thursday August 8, 7:00 PM
Alexandria United Methodist Church
An all-Beethoven Program
Sonata for Horn & Piano in F Major, op. 17
An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98
Violin Sonata #10 in G Major, op. 96
String Quartet #9 in C Major, op. 59, #3 (Rasumovsky)
Dan Dressen, tenor
Matthew Wilson, horn
Stephanie Arado, violin
William Eddins, piano
Lux Quartet
FESTIVAL CONCERT #4
Sunday August 11, 7:00 PM
Alexandria United Methodist Church
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
a bouquet of French mélodies
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, op. 101
Carl Czerny: Grand Serenade Concertante, op. 126
Dan Dressen, tenor
Jennifer Gerth, clarinet
Matthew Wilson, horn
Peter McGuire, violin
Richard Bock, cello
additional cello TBA
William Eddins, piano
additional piano TBA
FESTIVAL CONCERT #5
FESTIVAL FINALE
Saturday August 17, 7:00 PM
Alexandria United Methodist Church
Gabriel Fauré:
Piano Quartet #2 in G Minor, op. 45
William Walton: Piano Quartet in D minor
Johannes Brahms: String Sextet #1 in B-flat Major, op. 18
Peter McGuire, violin
Colin McGuire, violin
Tamás Strasser, viola
David Auerbach, viola
Kirsten Whitson, cello
additional cello TBA
pianists TBA
This activity is funded in part by a grant from the Lake Region Arts Council,
through a Minnesota State Legislative appropriation.
Programs & Artists subject to change.
Alexandria United Methodist Church
2210 6th Ave East
Alexandria, MN
Bethesda Lutheran Church
1204 North Nokomis
Alexandria, MN
