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Thursday, August 20, 7:30 p.m. – Carmina Burana
Mohawk College, McIntyre Theatre, 135 Fennell Ave. W. (at West 5th), Hamilton
National Academy Orchestra conducted by Boris Brott; Leslie Fagan, soprano; John MacMaster, tenor; Peter McGillivray, baritone; Arcady Singers, Brott Music Festival Choir
Carl Orff’s choral masterpiece Carmina Burana stuns the senses and runs the musical gamut with bawdy drinking songs, exquisite soprano solos and the overwhelming O Fortuna chorus.
Canadian tenor John MacMaster opens with three great tenor arias.  The 2009 Festival and NAO take their final bows with Richard Strauss’s virtuosic tone poem Don Juan.  $25 | $20 seniors |$10 students

Sunday, August 16, 3 p.m. – High Tea with Valerie Tryon
St. John’s Anglican Church, 272 Wilson St. E., Ancaster
Pianist Valerie Tryon, a Festival favorite, performs an all-Mendelssohn program to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. She has selected Variations Sérieuses, Songs Without Words, Andante and Rondo Capriccioso and other works to perform.  Traditional High Tea served at intermission.  $40 | $35 seniors and students

Saturday, August 15, 7:30 p.m. – Hot Jazz: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson
Mohawk College, McIntyre Theatre, 135 Fennell Ave. W. (at West 5th), Hamilton
Darcy Hepner Jazz Orchestra; Sophia Perlman, singer
Ella Fitzgerald was known as “The First Lady of Song.”  Duke Ellington called Oscar Peterson the “Maharaja of the keyboard.”  Jazz saxophonist Darcy Hepner (www.darcyhepner.com) and his 16-piece jazz orchestra and Sophia Perlman, a singer who scats like Lady Ella, celebrate the legacy of these two legends. From Peterson’s Canadiana Suite to such Ella hits as How High the Moon and Satin Doll, it’s a jazz lover’s dream concert. $25 | $20 seniors |$10 students

Thursday, August 6, 7:30 p.m. –  Opera Favourites
Mohawk College, McIntyre Theatre, 135 Fennell Ave. W. (at West 5th), Hamilton
Sinead Sugrue and Michele Bogdanowicz, sopranos; Mia Lennox-Williams, mezzo-soprano; Edgardo Ramirez, tenor; Alexander Hajek, baritone
The Festival’s superb selection of the world’s best loved operatic arias and duets has become an audience favourite. Tragedy and ecstasy spring to life in highlights from La Bohème, Carmen and many more. $25 | $20 seniors |$10 students

Sunday, August 2, 3 p.m. – High Tea with Giampiero Sobrino
St. John’s Anglican Church, 272 Wilson St. E., Ancaster
Famed Italian clarinettist Giampiero Sobrino returns to the Festival, performing Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Rossini’s Variations for Clarinet and Mendelssohn’s jolly Symphony No. 4 “Italian”.  Traditional High Tea is served at intermission. $40 | $35 seniors and students