BEAR VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL - SYMPHONY: BEETHOVEN & BRITTEN

Renowned American tenor Jonathan Blalock joins Maestro Michael Morgan and the Bear Valley Orchestra in Brittens haunting song cycle Les Illuminations. The concert also kicks off this years celebration of Beethovens music with the Pastorale Symphony (No. 6) to be followed on Saturday, July 29 with Beethovens Emperor Concerto (No. 5) featuring piano soloist Vladislav Kern (son of piano legend Olga Kern).

The Bear Valley Music Festival is a yearly summer event in Bear Valley, California, located about 180 miles east of San Francisco at just above 7200 feet elevation in the Sierra Nevada. The festival currently begins on the second-to-last Friday in July and ends three Sundays later, drawing a total audience of roughly four thousand attendees. Under the direction of internationally recognized conductor Michael Morgan since 2012, the festival strives to appeal to a wide demographic by presenting a variety of artists and styles of music including classical, rock, country and jazz. The concerts are held in a tent erected to serve as a concert hall, equipped with a stage large enough to hold a symphony orchestra.