St. Augustine Music Festival

The St. Augustine Music Festival is the largest, FREE classical music festival in the USA. Over six days during the last two weeks in June, audiences enjoy world-class musicians from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra joining internationally known guest artists to perform in the acoustically splendid St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica. Programs bring audiences everything from Bach to Stravinksy, intimate solo recitals, chamber music ensembles, and full orchestral works… plus world-premier presentations of new works. Thanks to donations and sponsorships, the concerts are open to the public with no paid admission ticket required.

Featuring:

Thursday, June 21 – VIOLIN VIRTUOSITY
Nigel Armstrong, violin
Overture for Strings in C Minor – Franz Schubert
Rondo in A Major for Violin – Franz Schubert
Caprice Viennois for Violin and Orchestra – Fritz Kreisler
String Quartet “Death and the Maiden” – Franz Schubert

Friday, June 22 – MUSIC FOR BRASS AND ORGAN
(Program to be announced)

Saturday, June 23 – RUSSIANS AND ROMANTICS
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108 – Dmitri Shostakovich
Sextet from Capriccio Op. 85 – Richard Strauss
String Sextet in D Minor, “Souvenir de Florence” Op. 70 – Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Thursday, June 28 – MOZART AND A MENAGERIE
Wendy Chen and Ileana Fernandez, pianos
Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-flat for Two Pianos, K. 365 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carnival of the Animals – Camille Saint-Saens

Friday, June 29 – TWENTIETH-CENTURY SENTIMENTS
Andres Diaz, Cello
Fancy on a Bach Air – John Corigliano
Cello Sonata, Op. 19 – Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 – Dmitri Shostakovich

Saturday, June 30 – LYRICAL SUITES AND HAYDN TREATS
Andres Diaz, Cello
Capriol Suite – Peter Warlock
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob VII:2 – Joseph Haydn
Idyll Suite for String Orchestra – Leos Janacek
Symphony No. 64 in A Major, Hob I:64 “Tempora Mutantur” – Joseph Haydnr” – Joseph Haydn