Christian Reif and The Lakes Area Music Festival announce 2022 Season

Christian Reif and the Lakes Area Music Festival announce 2022 season

Christian Reif and the Lakes Area Music Festival announce their 2022 season, which marks Christian’s second season as Music Director!

Christian leads a fully staged production of Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos”, works by 7 living composers including Valerie Coleman and World Premieres by Jimmy López Bellido and Composer-in-Residence Elizabeth Ogonek, a “West Side Story” program for the season gala, Mahler 5 and more! Discover the season here.

Friday July 29
WEST SIDE STORY GALA

BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN Songs from WWS, TBD (Andrea Ross, soprano; Ryan Vona, tenor)

Saturday July 30 and Sunday July 31
TRIBUTE TO THE EARTH

SMETANA The Moldau
LOPEZ Pago a la tierra
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

Saturday August 6 and Sunday August 7
US & THEM

WALLEN Concerto Grosso
ADAMS Movements (for us and them)

Wednesday August 10
RAIN & CLAY

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major
COLEMAN Red Clay and Mississippi Delta for Wind Quartet
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10


Friday August 12 and Sunday August 14
STRAUSS: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Wednesday, August 17
SANTOS & HAYDN

SANTOS New Work
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1 (Natasha Paremski, piano; Ansel Norris, trumpet)
HAYDN Symphony No. 104

Saturday August 20 and Sunday August 21
OGONEK & MAHLER

OGONEK New Work
MAHLER Symphony No. 5