Saturday, July 13 | 6:30 PM
FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY GRAND CRU CLASSICS
Filippo Ciabatti conducts Ray Chen and Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Charles Crug Stage, St Helena
Conductor Filippo Ciabatti leads Festival Orchestra Napa in a lively concert featuring two classical superstars. Ray Chen, hailed as “one of the finest violinists of his generation” (Los Angeles Times), performs Mendelssohn’s masterful Violin Concerto. Festival favorite Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue — a dynamic work combining elements of jazz, classical and popular music, and one of America’s most famous orchestral pieces — marking its 100th anniversary.
General admission tickets are available for $35 per guest.
PROGRAM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Ray Chen, Violin
Filippo Ciabatti, Conductor
Festival Orchestra Napa
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1844)
I. Allegro molto appassionato
II. Andante – Allegretto non troppo
III. Allegro molto vivace
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
With support from the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco