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Artist Biographies - Mozart's Gran Partita

Up Close: Mozart’s Gran Partita

Fri Oct 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM | Sun Oct 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)		*Bilitis: Six épigraphes antiques* I. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été ("To invoke Pan, god of the summer wind") III. Pour que la nuit soit propice ("In order that the night be propitious") IV. Pour la danseuse aux crotales ("For the dancer with crotales") Rachel Ordaz, piccolo Alexis Colner, harp
JACQUE IBERT (1890-1962)		Trio for Violin, Cello, and Harp I. Allegro tranquillo II. Andante sostenuto III. Scherzando con moto Fanny Pointet, violin Sebastian Stoger, cello Alexis Colner, harp
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)		Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major (Gran Partita) I. Largo - Allegro molto I II. Menuetto III. Adagio IV. Menuetto: Allegretto V. Romance: Adagio VI. Tema con variazioni: Andante VII. Finale: allegro molto Naima Burrs, conductor Alex Mayer & George Corbett, oboes Michael Byerly & Eric Just, clarinets Margaret Albrecht & Brian Do, basset horns Laura Leisring & Christy Havens, bassoons Jacob Wilder, Stephen Slater, Avery Staples, & Hirofumi Tanaka, horns Christopher White, bass

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