Anne Akiko Meyers plays Mendelssohn
In addition to performances with great orchestras around the globe, her career achievements count thirty-five albums (including the 2014 Billboard Classical top seller), world premieres of compositions by Corigliano, Higdon, and Rautavaara, among many others, and television features including The Tonight Show. Her performances of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra were met with rave reviews.
Also on the program: Jennifer Higdon’s luminous chamber work, and Mozart’s showpiece for oboe, performed by Festival artist James Austin Smith.
Program
- Mozart’s Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
- Jennifer Higdon’s Light Refracted
- Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Artists
- Anne Akiko Meyers – violin
- Angel Gil-Ordóñez – conductor
- Festival Orchestra
Practical information
- Phone: 207-725-3895
- Venue: Brunswick High School, Crooker Theater, 116 Maquoit Rd, Brunswick, ME 04011
News / Reviews
Bowdoin Festival Friday Concert Enthralls a Sold-Out Audience
— Maine Classical Beat, published on July 15, 2017
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