Valley of the Moon Music Festival
Valley of the Moon Music Festival brings the unique sound of Classical and Romantic chamber music on period instruments to audiences in Sonoma and beyond, and expands the horizons of up-and-coming chamber musicians in our Apprenticeship Program.
Each July in the town of Sonoma, an international roster of experts in period performance joins forces with emerging musicians to bring a familiar repertoire into a brilliant new light.
BEETHOVEN | String Quartet op. 135 no. 16 // III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
MILHAUD | La Création du Monde (arr. string quintet), I. Overture // LIVE
SCHUMANN | String Quartet op. 41 no. 2 in F major // LIVE
Amanda MAIER | "Den sjuka flickans sång" - Clara Osowski, Eric Zivian // LIVE
TCHAIKOVSKY | Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 // LIVE
C. SCHUMANN | "Am Strande" - Clara Osowski, Eric Zivian // LIVE
HAYDN | String quartet in G major Op. 33 no. 5 // LIVE
WAGNER | Siegfried Idyll (arr. Strings/Piano by Alfred Pringsheim) // LIVE
CHAUSSON | Concert for Violin, String Quartet and Piano op. 21 // LIVE
DEBUSSY | Violin Sonata - Jennifer Frautschi, Audrey Vardanega // LIVE
GINASTERA | Danzas Argentinas // Danza del gaucho matrero, Op. 2 no. 3
COPLAND | Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson // XI. Going to Heaven
Cremona Foundation Apprenticeship Program // Part 1/2 | VMMF
PONCE | Sonata for Violin and Viola // III. Allegro | Rachell Ellen Wong, Andrew González
PONCE | Sonata for Violin and Viola // II. Andante espresso | Rachell Ellen Wong, Andrew González
SCHUMANN | Piano Quartet in E flat major Op. 47 // IV. Finale, Vivace
Cremona Foundation Apprenticeship Program | VMMF
PIAZZOLLA | Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. piano trio) // Otoño Porteño
COPLAND | Sonata for Violin and Piano // III. Allegretto guisto
MOZART | Violin Sonata in G major K. 379 // I. Adagio - Allegro
Exploring Schubert's String Quintet in C Major @ValleyoftheMoonMusicFestival
CHAMINADE | Piano Trio no. 1 // III. Presto
VILLA LOBOS | Modinhas e Canções // VI. Na corda da viola
GRIEG | Violin Sonata No. 3 // I. Allegro molto ed appassionato
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GRANT STILL | Danzas de Panama for String Quartet
XIMÉNEZ | Quartetto Concertante No. 1 Op. 55 // Adagio con Sordina
BERNSTEIN | Excerpts from West Side Story (arr. Raimundo Penaforte)
HAYDN | Piano Trio in G Major // I. Andante | Elizabeth Blumenstock / Elisabeth Reed / Eric Zivian
ASSAD | 4 Cappriccios for Guitar and String Quartet // III. Divine Caprice