Peninsula Music Festival Opens 57th Season August 4

The 2009 August Symphonic Season of the Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) begins August 4 and runs through August 22 with concerts every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 pm. The concerts are held at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek.

Concerts for the 2009 PMF Season are as follows:

• Tuesday, August 4:  Festival Opening:  Fond Memories of Vienna, Lilya Zilberstein, piano

• Thursday, August 6:  Beethoven’s Piano Concertos & Ballet I, Lilya Zilberstein, piano. Pre-concert talk from 6:30 – 7:15 pm, $5/talk, per person.

• Saturday, August 8:  Unmistakably French, Stephen Alltop, organ

• Tuesday, August 11:  From The Old Times, Andrew Sewell, guest conductor

• Thursday, August 13:  Beethoven’s Piano Concertos & Ballet II, Stewart Goodyear, piano. Pre-concert talk from 6:30 – 7:15 pm, $5/talk, per person.

• Saturday, August 15:  The Teacher and the Pupil, Stephen Alltop, conductor; Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano; Steward Goodyear, piano and The Apollo Chorus of Chicago. Post Concert Encore:  Question and Answer w/conductor and guest artist

• Tuesday, August 18:  Russian Jubilee, Valentin Zhuk, violin

• Thursday, August 20:  Beethoven’s Piano Concertos & Ballet III, William Wolfram, piano; Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano. Pre-concert talk from 6:30 – 7:15 pm, $5/talk, per person.

• Saturday, August 22:  Festival Finale:  Tribute to Leonard Bernstein, James Ehnes, violin. Post Concert Encore:  Question and Answer w/conductor and guest artist

Music Director and Conductor Victor Yampolsky is the conductor for the concerts unless specified otherwise.

Tickets for the festival range from $30 to $63 depending on the concert and the seat you choose. Discounts are available for children and students. Tickets can be ordered through PMF’s website, http://www.musicfestival.com, or by stopping in the PMF office at 3045 Cedar Street, Ephraim.

For more information, call 920.854.4060.