Pre-Season Special Event
Tuesday, August 18, 5:30 PM
El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa™, Taos - $75

Musicale - An Intimate Evening with OPUS ONEFor Details
Music from Angel Fire Benefit Event
Performance by OPUS ONE followed by wine and hors d'oeuvre reception

Friday, August 21, 11:00 AM
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - FREE EVENT - No Tickets Required

CLOSER ENCOUNTERS I
In an Open Rehearsal setting, experience close encounters with artists and music. The Festival's "Closer Encounters" is fun and informal, free and open to public.

Friday, August 21, 7:00 PM
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - $30

Poetry in Music
HAYDN
Quartet in C Major for Strings, Op. 54, No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH
7 Songs for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127, after Poems by Alexander Blok
MENDELSSOHN
Trio in D Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 49

Saturday, August 22, 7:00 PM
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos - $30
A Taos Summer of Love '09 Event

Romancing the Classics
ELGAR
Salut d'amour for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 12
GERSHWIN
Songs for Soprano and Piano
BRUCH
Selection from Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 83
MENDELSSOHN
Song Without Words for Cello and Piano, Op. 109
SCHUMANN / LIZST
Widmung for Solo Piano
SCHUMANN
Widmung for Soprano and Piano, from Myrthen, Op. 25
CHAUSSON
Chanson perpetuelle for Soprano, String Quartet and Piano, Op. 37
KREISLER
Liebeslied and Liebesfreud for Violin and Piano
BORODIN, TCHAIKOVSKY, DVOŘÁK
Selected Movements from Familiar Romantic String Quartets

Sunday, August 23, 7:00 PM
United Church of Angel Fire, Angel Fire - $35

MUSICAL CONVERSATIONS I
Bookends and Our Living Composers I

HAYDN
Quartet in F Minor for Strings, Op. 20, No. 5
CHRIS ROGERSON, Young Composer-In-Residence
New Work for String Quartet (World Premiere)
MENDELSSOHN
Quintet in B-flat Major for Strings, Op. 87

Tuesday, August 25, 7:00 PM
Shuler Theater, Raton
A Special Complimentary Community Concert
No Tickets Required

Mendelssohn and His Idol
BACH
Trio Sonata in C Major for Flute, Violin and Continuo, BWV 1037
BACH
Ricetti gramezza e pavento, Aria for Soprano, Flute, Strings and Continuo from Cantata Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209
BACH
Concerto No. 1 in D Minor for Harpsichord and Strings, BWV 1052
MENDELSSOHN
Salve Regina for Soprano and Strings
MENDELSSOHN
Quartet No. 6 in F Minor for Strings, Op. 80

Wednesday, August 26, 11:00 AM
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - FREE EVENT - No Tickets Required

CLOSER ENCOUNTERS II
In an Open Rehearsal setting, experience close encounters with artists and music. The Festival's "Closer Encounters" is fun and informal, free and open to public.

Wednesday, August 26, 7:00 PM
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - $30

This Eight - Never Enough!
HAYDN
Trio in D Major for Flute, Cello and Piano, Hob.XV:16
JOHN WILLIAMS
Simple Gifts for Piano, Violin, Clarinet and Cello
(First heard at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration)
SCHUBERT
Rondo in B Minor for Violin and Piano, D. 895 / Op. 70, Rondeau brillant
MENDELSSOHN
Octet in E-flat Major for Strings, Op. 20

CRUISE RAFFLE DRAWING AT THIS CONCERT!For Details

Friday, August 28, 7:00 PM
Ilfeld Auditorium, Las Vegas - $20

Birthday Celebration
HANDEL
Sonata in C Minor for Two Violins and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1
WEBER
Quintet in B-flat Major for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 34
PURCELL
Chaconne in G Minor for Strings and Continuo, Z. 730
MENDELSSOHN
Quartet No. 4 in E Minor for Strings, Op. 44, No. 2

Saturday, August 29, 7:00 PM
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos - $30

Spirit, Song and Salsa
ROBERT MIRABAL
Selections for Native American Flute
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
Cantos for Slava
ERNESTO CORDERO
Concerto for Violin and Strings, Insula (US Premiere)
MENDELSSOHN
Trio in C Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 66

Sunday, August 30, 2:00 PM
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - $30

THE SALON CONCERT
Virtuosity alongside hilarity - let your hair down, along with the musicians, in this MFAF yearly tradition that has become a treasured event!

Followed by the 2009 Southwestern Art Benefit Auction,
The Lodge at Angel Fire Resort

Sunday, August 30
The Lodge at Angel Fire Resort
Following the afternoon concert

2009 BENEFIT AUCTION - Southwestern ArtFor Details
Silent Auction is open to the public.
Tickets must be purchased for the Live Auction and Dinner -$40

Wednesday, September 2, 1:00 PM
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos - FREE EVENT - No Tickets Required!

FAMILY/YOUTH CONCERT
Complimentary Lecture, Demonstration and Concert

Wednesday, September 2, 7:00 PM
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos - $30

Baroque Birthdays
PURCELL
Suite from the opera King Arthur, Z. 628
BIBER
Sonata No. 3 in F Major for Violin and Continuo
VIVALDI
Concerto in E Minor for Bassoon, Strings and Continuo, RV 484
HANDEL
Concerto Grosso in F Major for Strings and Continuo, Op. 6, No. 2
BACH
Concerto in C Minor for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo, BWV 1060

Thursday, September 3, 10:00 AM
Eagle Nest Elementary Middle School, Eagle Nest - FREE EVENT - No Tickets Required!

THE TURNER FAMILY/YOUTH CONCERT
Complimentary Lecture, Demonstration and Concert

Thursday, September 3, 7:00 PM
United Church of Angel Fire, Angel Fire - $35

MUSICAL CONVERSATIONS II
Bookends and Our Living Composers II

HAYDN
Quartet in C Major for Strings, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
Rumi Settings for Violin and Viola
MENDELSSOHN
Quintet in A Major for Strings, Op. 18

Saturday, September 5, 7:00 PM
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos - $30

Our Own Enchanted Circle
MOZART
Quintet in E-flat Major for Horn and Strings, K. 407
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
Circle Around the Sun for Piano and Strings
PAUL FOWLER
On Taos for Native American Flute, Flute, Cello and Piano
MENDELSSOHN
Sinfonia No. 12 in G Minor for String Orchestra

Sunday, September 6, 2:00 PM
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - $30

First Hearing
HINDEMITH
Kleine Kammermusik for Winds, Op. 24, No. 2
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS, Composer-in-Residence
Capricious Angels for Eight Players, World Premiere
Commissioned by and dedicated to Music from Angel Fire and Ida Kavafian,
with the support of the Bruce E. Howden, Jr. American Composers Project
and Friends of the Festival
ROBERT MIRABAL
Selections for Native American Flute
GRIEG / ARR. O'CONNOR
Norwegian Dance No. 1 for Winds, Op. 35

* All programs subject to change