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Tickets: $350 (12 and up)
In the event that the 2020 Festival is cancelled, tickets are refundable or may be donated for tax credit.
If the 2020 Festival occurs, tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Should the trip to the Grotto be canceled due to circumstances beyond our control, the tax-deductible portion of your Grotto ticket is non-refundable, but you are eligible for a refund of the balance of your payment. The performance will take place at an alternate location.
$200 of your ticket price is tax-deductible.
Jet-boat down the Colorado River through spectacular red rock canyons to “nature’s own concert hall” (The New York Times)—a pristine, acoustically perfect wilderness grotto carved from the surrounding red rocks—to hear performances by the Festival’s world-class artists.
Celebrating Beethoven at 250, pianist Michael Brown performs Beethoven’s most demanding sonata known as the “Hammerklavier”. Deemed “unplayable” when first written, it is now among the greatest tests for classical pianists. The program opens with pieces by Schubert for piano four-hands.
Light hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served at a reception with the artists, followed by a glorious boat ride home.
Artists & Program
Artists:
Michael Barrett, piano
Michael Brown, piano
Program:
Robert Schumann: Bilder aus Osten, op. 66
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 29, in B-flat Major, op.106 (“Hammerklavier”)
Important Details
NEW IN 2020: Shuttles depart at 11:30 am, from Swanny City Park. Parking is available at HMK Elementary, 505 N Mivida Dr, Moab. Anticipated return time approximately 6 pm.
11:00 to 11:20 am check-in. Liability waiver forms will be signed and collected at check-in.
Please consider road construction when planning your arrival.
The jet boats are operated by Tex’s Riverways.
Comfortable outdoor clothing & footwear suitable for a desert environment is recommended. A camp chair for concert seating is provided. Patrons may bring a lunch to eat on the shuttle. Please arrive with a full water bottle and hydrate throughout the day.
Ages 12 and above.
Patrons with special needs please contact the box office well in advance to arrange accommodations.
No pets please.
This concert takes place in a sensitive wilderness setting and we must leave it as we found it.