Crescent City Chamber Music Festival
11th Season Finale Concert
Ensemble-in-Residence the Manhattan Chamber Players perform works spanning the first half of the 20th century, beginning with Maurice Ravel’s dazzling Tzigane, and closing with Aaron Copland’s sublime Appalachian Spring, presented in its original, intimate, 13-person instrumentation.
Join us in the historic sanctuary of Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, and meet the Artists at the reception that follows!
CCCMF Founding Artistic Director Luke Fleming leads an informal Pre-Concert Talk and Q&A at 3:30 PM.
Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Doors: 3 PM
Pre-Concert Talk and Q&A: 3:30 PM
Music: 4 PM
Program
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Tzigane (1924)
Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941)
Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola, and Piano (1907)
I. “Far, Far from Each Other”
II. “Where is It that Our Soul Doth Go?”
III. “Music, when Soft Voices Die”
Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)
Chanson Perpétuelle (“Endless Song”) (1899)
Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936)
Il Tramonto (“The Sunset”) (1914)
Pause
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Appalachian Spring (1944)
Faylotte Joy Crayton, Soprano
Adam Golka, Piano
Mark Dover, Clarinet
Daniela Diaz, Violin
Siwoo Kim, Violin
Grace Park, Violin
Brendan Speltz, Violin
Luke Fleming, Viola
Pierre Lapointe, Viola
Abigail Monroe, Cello
Brook Speltz, Cello
Paul Macres, Double Bass
Ji Weon Ryu, Flute
Mark Dover, Clarinet
Nanci Belmont, Bassoon
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The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival’s 11th Season in 2026 is supported by
generous grants from the New Orleans Theatre Association and the
Mike and Lynn Coatney Family Foundation.
The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival performs its mission in New Orleans on a budget of roughly $75,000 each season, which pays for artist fees, flights, rental cars, food, publicity, insurance, and a myriad of other miscellaneous expenses. Please consider donating to CCCMF to make our next season possible—no donation is too small, and as we are a 501(c)3 organization, it’s 100% tax-deductible!
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