Vail music festival under way
Publication: VailDaily.Com; Date:
06/30/2004
By Carolyn Pope
The Rochester Philharmonic swept into
town on a warm Russian breeze for the season opener
on Sunday night.
Johannes
Faessler
of the Sonnenalp Resorts,
Joni White Taylor of the
Sonnenalp Real Estate,
Bob McNichols of Daedalus
Real Estate Advisors and his
daughter, Meghan Fable.
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The evening was a tribute to Tchaikovsky,
and featured several favorites, including Romeo and
Juliet, Francesca Da Rimini and the Symphonic Fantasy
Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, performed by the 29-year-old
Russian pianist Olga Kern, gold medallist in the 2001
Van Cliburn competition.
Kern's great, great grandmother was
a friend of Tchaikovsky, and her great grandmother
sang with Rachmaninoff.
Meanwhile, the summer of Bravo! Vail
Valley Music Festival has arrived in all its melodic
splendor to the Ford Amphitheater. Supporters and
symphony members convened at Manor Vail for a post-concert
reception. The Manor Vail pulled out all the stops,
with an extensive seafood buffet, carving station,
and dessert table.
Manor Vail and One Willow Bridge Road
underwrote the evening. One Willow Bridge Road is
a multi-million development that will take the location
of the Swiss Hotel and Spa in Vail Village.
The Sonnenalp Resort will manage the
23 luxury condominiums opening in December 2005. The
complex is being developed by Daedalus Real Estate
Advisors and marketed by Sonnenalp Real Estate.
As a special gift from One Willow
Bridge Road, each guest received a split of Veuve
Clicquot Ponsardin Champagne.
Maestro Christopher Seaman was enthusiastic
about the symphony's return to the Vail Valley.
"It's the second home of the Rochester
philharmonic," he said with his sparkling smile. "We
love the venue, and the public shows its appreciation."
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