In its first four-week season, performances move to St. James Episcopal Church and St. Mary’s of the Lake. Artists-in-residence Paul Hersh and Joseph Genualdi are featured throughout. Guitarist Eliot Fisk debuts with Bach’s Sonata in G Minor and performs Paganini with Mark Kaplan, who also solos in Haydn’s Violin Concerto. Larry Combs performs Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, and hornist Gail Williams appears in works by Schubert and Brahms. The festival presents the world premiere of Brian Israel’s Trio for Flute, Cello and Harpsichord with Eleanor Robinson, Lindsay Groves, and Claire Howard. For the finale, James Caraher conducts Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with soprano Julie Newell, and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante featuring Genualdi and Hersh. This year also marks the debut of recorded broadcasts on WCNY-FM.
