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Receive 2-for-1 admission during the month of August for La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest

Join now at the $60 level or above and enjoy benefits at hundreds of restaurants and attractions with the KPBS MemberCard. Join or renew today!

August 2009: Valid for 2-for-1 admission to select La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest performances; call the box office at (858) 459-3728 for ticket purchases and performance dates; subject to availability.

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SUMMERFEST PERFORMANCES:

20th Century Romantics

Saturday, August 8 • 7:30 pm • MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

Tickets: $60, $40

Music brimming with flowing melodies and beautiful harmonies

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WEBERN Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement for String Quartet) (1905)

BARBER Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 31 (1956)

JANÁCˇ EK Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Two Violins,Viola and Piano (1925)

HINDEMITH Overture on The Flying Dutchman as it is performed by a Terrible Health Resort Band at 7:00 am at the Village Fountain (1925)

BRUCH Octet in B-fl at Major (1920)

(Nearly) Forgotten Masterpieces

Sunday, August 9 • 3:00 pm • MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

Tickets: $60, $40

DVORˇ ÁK Bagatelles for Two Violins, Cello and Harmonium, Op. 47

GLINKA Grand Sextet for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass and Piano

DOHNÁNYI Sextet in C Major, Op. 37

SummerFest Commissions: World Premières

Friday, August 21 • 7:30 pm • MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

Tickets: $60, $40

GEORGE TSONTAKIS Stimulus Package WEST COAST PREMIÈRE

PAUL SCHOENFIELD Sonata for Violin and Piano WORLD PREMIÈRE

STEWART COPELAND

Celeste for Violin, Piano and Drums

New Commission WORLD PREMIÈRE

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