Join us for the Apollo Music Festival 2025!

Schedule of Events:

August 14, 2025

7pm - Beethoven and Britten

Benjamin Britten
String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (1941)

I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo

II. Allegro con slancio

III. Andante calmo

IV. Molto vivace
commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke” (1811)

I. Allegro moderato 

II. Scherzo. Allegro

III. Andante cantabile, ma pero con moto

IV. Allegro moderato

dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria

Location: Cross of Christ Lutheran Church 204 S Chase Street Houston, MN 55943

August 15, 2025

7pm - Apollo at Cappella Part I

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F major, Op. 5/1 (1796)

 I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro

II. Rondo. Allegro vivace
dedicated to the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm II

Hanns Eisler
Selections from The Hollywood Songbook (1943)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke” (1811)

V. Allegro moderato 

VI. Scherzo. Allegro

VII. Andante cantabile, ma pero con moto

VIII. Allegro moderato

dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria

Location: Cappella Performing Arts Center 721 King Street La Crosse, WI 54601

August 16, 2025

10am - Storytime

Location: Houston Public Library 202 E Cedar Street Houston, MN 55943

2pm - Beethoven, Prokofiev, and the Hollywood Songbook

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F major, Op. 5/1 (1796)

III. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro

IV. Rondo. Allegro vivac

dedicated to the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm II

Hanns Eisler
Selections from The Hollywood Songbook (1943)

Sergei Prokofiev
String Quartet No. 1 in B minor (1931)

I. Allegro

II. Andante molto

III. Andante

commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation of the Library of Congress

Location: Cross of Christ Lutheran Church 204 S Chase Street Houston, MN 55943

12pm - Storytime

Location: Onalaska Public Library 741 Oak Ave S Onalaska, WI 54650

August 17, 2025

2pm - Coolidge Commissions: Britten and Prokofiev

Benjamin Britten
String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (1941)

V. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo

VI. Allegro con slancio

VII. Andante calmo

VII. Molto vivace

commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Hanns Eisler
Selections from The Hollywood Songbook (1943)

Sergei Prokofiev
String Quartet No. 1 in B minor (1931)

IV. Allegro

V. Andante molto

VI. Andante

commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation of the Library of Congress

Location: Rochester Art Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE Rochester, MN 55904

August 21, 2025

7pm - Weinberg, Poulenc, and Thorvaldsdottir

Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Spectra (2017)

Francis Poulenc
Sonata for flute and piano (1957)

I. Allegro malincolico

II. Cantilena: Assez lent

III. Presto giocoso

dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Mieczys?aw Weinberg
Piano Quintet, Op. 18 (1944)

I. Moderato con moto

II. Allegretto

III. Presto

IV. Largo

V. Allegro agitato

Location: Cross of Christ Lutheran Church 204 S Chase Street Houston, MN 55943

August 22, 2025

7pm - Apollo at Cappella Part II

Frank Bridge
Sonata for Violin and Piano, H183 (1932)

I. Allegro

II. Andante con espressione

dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Francis Poulenc
Sonata for flute and piano (1957)

IV. Allegro malincolico

V. Cantilena: Assez lent

VI. Presto giocoso

dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Mieczys?aw Weinberg
Piano Quintet, Op. 18 (1944)

VI. Moderato con moto

VII. Allegretto

VIII. Presto

IX. Largo

X. Allegro agitato

Location: Cappella Performing Arts Center 721 King Street La Crosse, WI 54601

August 23, 2025

2pm - Beethoven and Bridge

Frank Bridge
Sonata for Violin and Piano, H183 (1932)

III. Allegro

IV. Andante con espressione

dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59/1 (1808)

I. Allegro

II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando

III. Adagio molto e mesto

IV. Theme Russe. Allegro

commissioned by Andrey Razumovsky

Location: Cross of Christ Lutheran Church 204 S Chase Street Houston, MN 55943

August 24, 2025

2pm - Beethoven’s Razumovsky String Quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59/1 (1808)

V. Allegro

VI. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando

VII. Adagio molto e mesto

VIII. Theme Russe. Allegro

commissioned by Andrey Razumovsky

Location: Rochester Art Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE Rochester, MN 55904

Date: August 14 - 24, 2025

Location: Various Venues 

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