FROM SCHUBERT TO WOODY GUTHRIE- MUSIC WE WANT

Don’t miss out on this unique concert. Featuring violinist Frank Almond and flutist, singer and composer Emi Ferguson. FRANK ALMOND held the Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for 25 years. He also held the same position with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra. Frank regularly performs as soloist and chamber musician throughout the US and Europe. He is the founder of Frankly Music, a chamber music series consistently recognized for innovative programming and ability to attract leading performers from around the world.  

EMI FERGUSON has a robust career worldwide and regularly performs with (among others) the Handel & Haydn Society, her own ensemble Ruckus and the Manhattan Chamber Players. Emi’s albums Fly the Coop: Bach Sonatas and Preludes with Ruckus (2019) and Amour Cruel (2017) were amongst the top 10 on the Classical & World Music Billboard Charts.

This performance will also feature Jeannie Yu on piano and cellist Stefan Kartman.

Performance Program

Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty arr.Emi Ferguson for flute/voice, violin, cello, piano 

Schubert: Auf dem Flusse (On the Stream)  arr. Emi Ferguson for flute/voice, violin, cello, piano

Schubert: Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen flute and piano

Intermission

Schubert: Morgenguß (Morning Greeting)  arr. Emi Ferguson for flute, violin, cello, piano 

J.B.F. Wright: Precious Memories arr. Emi Ferguson for flute/voice, violin, cello, piano

Thomas A. Dorsey: Peace in the Valley  arr. Emi Ferguson for flute/voice, violin, cello, piano

Woody Guthrie: Fastest of Ponies arr. Emi Ferguson for flute/voice, violin, cello, piano

Schubert, Arpeggione sonata D.821, I. Allegro moderato arr. Emi Ferguson for  flute, violin, cello, piano