Week Three

FAMILY CONCERT – SOUNDS OF NATURE
Saturday, August 14, 6:00-7:00 pm 
Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church

(children ages five and older)

Special Guest: Alan Alda

In some primeval era, music must have grown out of the sounds of the natural world. Quite a few composers have stayed in touch with the origins of their art. Bartók’s violins become whining mosquitos, Rimsky-Korsakov captures a buzzing bumblebee in flying figuration, and Stravinsky offers a vision of an elephant ballet. Saint-Saëns paints a whole gallery of creatures from land, sea, and air, with tongue firmly planted in cheek. This program is crafted to appeal to younger listeners as well as more experienced concertgoers.

Program

BARTÓK
Mosquito Dance for Violin Duo, Sz. 98, No. 26
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
STRAVINSKY
Circus Polka
SAINT-SAËNS
Carnival of the Animals

Artists

Marya Martin, Romie de Guise-Langlois, Juliette Kang, Jessica Lee, Nokuthula Ngwenyama,
Eric Bartlett, Donald Palma, Pedja Muzijevic, Gilles Vonsattel, Ayano Kataoka

Narrator: Alan Alda