Artosphere Festival Orchestra: Classical Performances Inspired by Nature

The annual Artosphere: Arkansas’ Arts + Nature Festival brings together world-class performers and the Northwest Arkansas community to celebrate and experience art inspired by nature. It also provides a creative framework to discuss issues of sustainability and environmental awareness.

The Artosphere Festival Orchestra (AFO) returns this year performing under the baton of acclaimed Music Director Corrado Rovaris with classical music performances that you don’t want to miss.

Artosphere Festival Orchestra

An Evening of Brahms and Beethoven

Tuesday, May 16

Baum Walker Hall at Walton Arts Center

Tickets: $10

This performance includes Johannes Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello featuring Joel Link on violin and Camden Shaw on cello, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral.”

Dover Quartet Chamber Music Concert

An Evening of Haydn, Walker and Dvořák String Quartets

Wednesday, May 17

Great Hall at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Tickets: $29

The internationally acclaimed Dover Quartet will present an evening of exquisite entertainment. Named one of the greatest string quartets of this century by BBC, the group will highlight over 160 years of classical music, from Franz Joseph Haydn’s Quartet in E-flat major “The Joke” to Antonín Leopold Dvořák’s Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major to George Walker’s String Quartet No. 1.

Artosphere Festival Orchestra

Respighi’s Roman Trilogy

Saturday, May 20

Baum Walker Hall at Walton Arts Center

Tickets: $15-50

The AFO performs a program showcasing Italian composer Ottorino Respighi’s masterpiece, Roman Trilogy including Roman Festivals, Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome

Artosphere Festival Orchestra

Live from Crystal Bridges: Mozart in the Museum

Wednesday, May 24

Great Hall at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Tickets: $49

This finale performance, in memory of Mary Ann Greenwood, will be a stunning salute to Mozart, highlighting the musical talents of the orchestra’s oboes, horns and strings. The performance includes Symphony No. 11, Exsultate jubilate featuring soprano Alexandra Nowakowski and Symphony No. 25

In addition to these performances, there will be other chances to experience more intimate performances by AFO musicians during Artosphere, including the popular Off the Grid performances. Purchase tickets and find a full Artosphere schedule at waltonartscenter.org.

Artosphere Festival is sponsored by Walmart. Reed & Mary Ann Greenwood provide Artosphere Festival Orchestra Principle Support for Maestro Corrado Rovaris and are Show Underwriters for Dover Quartet. Premier Show Underwriters are Kelly and Marti Sudduth and Show Underwriters are Peter B. Lane and Barbara Putman for An Evening of Brahms and Beethoven, Respighi’s Roman Trilogy and Mozart in the Museum. Artosphere Festival is made possible by Friends of Artosphere.

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