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Save the Dates! A Preview of the Concerts!
Monday, June 19
Friday – Sunday, June 23-25
Friday, June 30
Saturday – Sunday July 1-2
Concerts begin at 7:30 PM Doors open at 7:00 PM
Cathedral Basilica on the Plaza de la Constitucion
MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2023, 7:30PM JUNETEENTH RECOGNITION CONCERT The Ritz Chamber Players and special guest Ann Marie McPhail, Soprano   O Freedom – Traditional Arrangement (acappella) No Mo’ Auction Block for Me – Traditional arrangement Lift Every Voice and Sing   SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR – 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet Op. 5   Po Mo’ner Found a Home at Last – arr by Hall Johnson Froggie Went a Courtin’ John Henry – trad. arr.   COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON –String Quartet No 1, “Calvary”   Motherless Child/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – arr. by Maria Thompson Corley Plenty Good Room – arr. by Maria Thompson Corley Ride Up in the Chariot – arr. by Stephen Andrew Taylor (after Betty Jackson King)   Ann Marie McPhail
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2023, 7:30PM SUMMER NIGHT MUSIC Featuring Yokino Miyake, Piano, and Ann Marie McPhail, Soprano   Clara Schumann Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, Op. 16 No. 2   Ludwig van Beethoven  Monlight Sonata     Claude Debussy  Nuit d’etoiles    Claude Debussy Clair De Lune from Suite Begamasque (Songs)   Mélanie Bonis.    Près du ruisseau, Op. 9                              Omphale, Op. 86                              Sevillana, Op. 125   Frédéric Chopin:  Nocturnes, Op. 9                                  No. 1 B-flat minor                                  No. 2 E-flat major   Franz Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171     Featuring the Mastriani Steinway piano, donated to the St. Augustine Music Festival   Yokino Miyake
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2023, 7:30PM First B “BACH” Baroque Night   SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR – 4 Novelletten for Strings, Op. 52   JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 for solo Baroque Trumpet, Recorder, Oboe and Violin. Orchestra: strings, continui   FELIX MENDELSSOHN– String Symphony No. 11, in F major/minor   Bach
SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2023, 7:30PM Second B “BRAHMS” – A NIGHT OF ROMANCE   RICHARD STRAUSS (arr. Franz Hasenöhrl) – Till Eulenspiegel, Einmal anders!   ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI Sextet in C major. Op. 37   JOHANNES BRAHMS – Serenade nr. 1 in D, Op. 11 (nonet)   Brahms
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2023, 7:30PM Dedicated to Cathedral Basilica Organ and Brass Quintet Concert Featuring Tim Tuller, Organist   Eugene Gigout  Grand Choeur Dialogue    Organ & Brass Quintet   Ewald Victor Brass Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor, Op. 5  (c.1890, rev.1912)       George Thalben-Ball   Elegy   Eugene Gigout        Toccata     Organ solo   Alan Hovhannes  The Prayer of Saint Gregory   Organ & Trumpet (Kevin Karabell)   Louis Vierne      Symphonie No. 1       VI. Final   Organ solo   Eric Ewazen         Colchester Fantasy    Modest Mussorgsky  Pictures at an Exhibition      X. The Great Gate of Kiev Organ and Brass Quintet     Tim Tuller
SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2023, 7:30PM MUSICAL METAMORPHOSIS   OSVALDO GOLIJOV – “Tenebrae”   RICHARD STRAUSS – arr. Rudolf Leopold Metamorphosen (septet version)   JOHN ADAMS – Shaker Loops – JACK Quartet 3   Adams
SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2023, 7:30PM THIRD B “BEETHOVEN”   “A NIGHT WITH NIGEL”   Featured Artist: Nigel Armstrong, Violin   LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN – arr. Rechtman Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 for nonet & solo violin   JOSEPH HAYDN – Symphony o. 47 in G major “The Palindrome”   Armstrong     Beethoven
• •  Become a SAMF Sponsor  • • 
Sponsors are vital to the success of SAMF performances as each sponsor’s contribution furthers the sense of connection and positive impact within the community as we offer FREE concerts at the Cathedral Basilica.   As you consider your donation, think about the cost of attending a comparable concert… would it be $25, $40, or perhaps much more? Are you planning to attend two or three, or perhaps all seven concerts? If so, then consider making a donation to SAMF that you can consider as the cost of your tickets. Sponsor levels of $5,000 or more entitles the donor/organization to be the sponsor of an evening’s concert.   We Have 8 Sponsor Donor Levels: 
Impresario**** $7,500+ Prodigy**** $5,000 – $7,499 Maestro*** $3,000 – $4,999 Virtuoso*** $1,200 – $2,999 Diva** $600 – $1,199 Concert Master** $350 – $599 First Chair* $150 – $349 Second Chair* Up to $149
*Regular Entry and Recognized Donor in the Program   **Early Entry and Reserved Seating. Recognized Donor on Website and in the Program   ***Early Entry and Prime Seating. Recognized Donor on Website, in the Program and Champaign Reception on June 24.   ****Concert Sponsor with Early Entry, Prime Seating, Recognized Donor Logo on Website and Champaign Reception on June 24.     Click Here to Donate by Credit or Debit Card  
Personal and business checks can be made payable to the St. Augustine Music Festival and mailed to:   Saint Augustine Music Festival PO Box 833 St. Augustine, FL 32085-0833
 • • Reserved Seating at SAMF Concerts • •
 

Have you ever asked who is entitled to sit in the reserved section of the Cathedral during our concerts?
These seats are reserved for our donors who have made significant donations. And they are also entitled to early entry!
 
This year, there are two categories of reserved seating:
·    Those making donations of $1,000 or more – and concert our sponsors – will be seated in the Prime reserved section, in the very first rows.
·    A donation of $350 or more entitles the donor to sit in the regular reserved seating area
·    General seating is available to everyone attending our FREE concerts. We do recommend that you go to the website and reserve tickets for guaranteed seating, especially for popular concerts. Click on the link below to reserve.
Sign up for your FREE Ticket(s) here!

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