In`ter·mez’zo noun [ Italian ] interlude
These delightful and intimate late-afternoon concerts provide the perfect interlude—after a busy day or between a Festival matinée and an evening performance.
COPLAND AND STRAVINSKY
The gifted young conductor Aik Khai Pung leads the Festival Orchestra in a program including Copland’s rollicking Music for the Theatre and Stravinsky’s Suite for Pulcinella, a warm and playful neoclassical masterpiece.
CATHEDRAL OF ST. LUKE AND ST. PAUL
Monday May 27, 5:00pm
SPOTLIGHT ON THE ORCHESTRA
Join members of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra in a musical journey from Bach to today. Spotlighting virtuosic solos and ensemble works, the program will also include a special celebration of the centenary of Benjamin Britten.
SIMONS CENTER RECITAL HALL AT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Saturday June 1, 5:00pm
VOCAL SPLENDOR
An annual Festival favorite, this vocal recital of art songs and arias by members of our opera casts is a wonderful chance to hear these leading artists in an intimate setting. The veteran recitalist Thomas Meglioranza and Jihee Kim of Matsukaze, accompanied by Keuna Lee, perform songs of Schubert, Ives, Rachmaninoff, and Faure, as well as surprises from popular song.
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Wednesday June 5, 5:00pm