Celebrate the solstice with the Blue Ridge Orchestra Chamber Strings! String Solstice honors the return of the light, of concert-making, and of BRO Music Director Milton Crotts. This 75-minute concert program features local musicians and soloists in a collection of favorite pieces and rare treats.

With soloists:

Franklin Keel, cello
Hanako Hjersman, violin
Kate Bryant, violin
Arnold Brown, violin
Jessie Meltz, harp

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi, Summer from The Four Seasons - with Hanako Hjersman, violin

ETA Hoffmann, Harp Concerto in C minor (movement I)

Aaron Copland, Hoedown from Rodeo for String Orchestra

Marcel Tournier, Deux Préludes Romantiques (op.17) - with Arnold Brown, violin, and Jessie Meltz, harp

JS Bach, Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor - Franklin Keel, cello

Jacques Offenbach, Finale from Orpheus in the Underworld

JS Bach, Largo from Concerto in D minor for Two Violins - with Hanako Hjersman and Kate Bryant, violin

Josef Haydn: Concerto for Cello in C major - with Franklin Keel, cello