Camerata will also be performing the Sonata for Flute and Continuo in G Minor, and the Trio Sonata for flute, violin, cello and harpsichord from the Musical Offering. The Nashville Symphony principal flautist, Eric Gratton, will be featured. The final program of the year on April 24 is entitled Appalachian Spring and will feature the chamber suite of the same name by Copland. Vocalist Kathy Chiavola will perform the traditional folk tune Simple Gifts and Rene Izquerdo, guest guitarist, will perform on Robert Beaser Mountain Songs for violin and guitar. A work by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, The Lover's Waltz will be given its Nashville premiere.
Admission is free.
Admission to each concert is free. Chester Thompson has an active career as a drummer for many legendary musicians. He will be releasing his own recording, A Joyful Noise, in the Fall of 1999. Artists with whom he has recorded and performed include Genesis, Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Flora Purim, Ahmad Jamal, Peter Cetera, Steve Fowler, Kathy Troccoli, Denny Jiosa, Neil Diamond, Bee Gees, Koinonia, Ben E. King, Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson. Emily A. Bullock, mezzo-soprano, has relocated to Nashville to join the faculty of the Belmont University School of Music.