Behind Christmas Music
ASU Professors Katherine McLin and Andrew Campbell explore stories behind familiar Christmas music, including unexpected seasonal connections and works associated with Christmas long after they were written.
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Yavapai College Prescott Building 15, Room 255 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, United States
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A Virtuoso Christmas
Ruth Street Theater 1050 Ruth Street, Prescott, AZBach’s intimate Nativity cantata anchors a chamber program with four vocal soloists, Katherine McLin, Andrew Campbell, and AZ Phil musicians. Beloved carols and Handel’s Hallelujah join festive works by Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn, arranged by composer Mat Lanning, who grew up in Prescott Valley.
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The Nutcracker
Ruth Street Theater 1050 Ruth Street, Prescott, AZArizona Philharmonic and Yavapai Ballet Theatre co-present Tchaikovsky’s complete Nutcracker ballet at Ruth Street Theater, in three performances on December 12 and 13. Live orchestra, regional dancers, handcrafted costumes, and a full theatrical setting bring one of the season’s most beloved traditions to vivid life.
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Community Chats with AZ Phil: Wesley Skinner
Yavapai College Prescott Building 15, Room 255 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, United StatesArizona Philharmonic cellist Wesley Skinner presents a free OLLI class at Yavapai College, three days before the February 14 concert Echoes Across Time. Each Community Chat takes you behind the music with our artists. Time and topic to be announced.
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Echoes Across Time: Music for Piano Trio
Ruth Street Theater 1050 Ruth Street, Prescott, AZPianist Miki Aoki joins AZ Phil’s Wesley Skinner and Luke Hill for Handel’s elegant Violin Sonata in D Major, Fazıl Say’s culture-spanning Four Cities, and Tchaikovsky’s passionate Piano Trio in A Minor. Mountain Artists Guild joins AZ Phil with a juried art show inspired by the concert.
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Community Chats with AZ Phil: Peter Bay
Yavapai College Prescott Building 15, Room 255 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, United StatesConductor Peter Bay presents a free OLLI class at Yavapai College, three days before the April 25 season finale Beethoven Goes to the Dogs. Each Community Chat takes you behind the music with our artists. Time and topic to be announced.
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Beethoven Goes to the Dogs
Ruth Street Theater 1050 Ruth Street, Prescott, AZPlayful portraits, lyrical rediscovery, and Beethoven’s early symphonic fire come together under Maestro Peter Bay, with Peter Schickele’s Thurber’s Dogs, Peter Maxwell Davies’ Farewell to Stromness, Laura Arganbright in Marie de Grandval’s Oboe Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1.
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