Sunday, February 20, 2022, 2pm
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Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart—three of the greatest composers of classical music. Join Maestro Robert Moody and the Festival Sinfonia for an intimate concert featuring the works of these masters. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3, which includes the intoxicating “Air on a G String,” begins the program. Festival Orchestra member Jennifer Gunn (Chicago Symphony) joins the ensemble for Vivaldi’s exquisite Piccolo Concert in C-Major. The concert concludes with Mozart’s final symphony, his exuberant No. 41, nicknamed “Jupiter.”
PROGRAM:
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 443
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in D Major (“Jupiter”)
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C
Mozart: Jupiter Symphony
Jennifer Gunn
Piccolo Soloist
Chicago Symphony
Piccolo and Flute
Jennifer M. Gunn, Flute and Piccolo, is a member of the Chicago Symphony, having previously served as Assistant Principal Flute of the Louisville Orchestra, Principal Flute of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Second Flute of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra. Equally at home on flute or piccolo, Gunn has been featured soloist with the CSO on many occasions and appeared widely throughout the Chicago area. Her festival experience includes Sunflower Music Festival (Kan.), Buzzards Bay (Mass.) and St. Bart’s in the French West Indies. She can be heard on recordings of music by Mason Bates, Anna Clyne, and Victoria Bond, as well with the CSO on the CSO Resound label. Jennifer Gunn has taught master classes around the world, including a regular summer class at Orford Musique in Canada. She holds a bachelor’s from Duquesne University, where she studied with Robert Langevin and Rhian Kenny, with further study at the University of Akron with George Pope and Mary Kay Robinson. This is her fifth year with Arizona Musicfest.