VALENCIA BARYTON PROJECT
TEMECULA PRESENTS PICK 5
CLASSICAL SERIES:
SUN, OCT 5, 2025 @ 2PM - Poulenc Trio
SUN, JAN 4, 2026 @ 2PM - Valencia Baryton Project
SAT, JUN 13, 2026 @ 2PM - Allakhverdyan Duo
DANCE SERIES:
SAT, NOV 8, 2025 @ 8PM - Lula Washington Dance Theatre
SAT, JAN 31, 2026 @ 8PM - Backhausdance
SAT, APR 25, 2026 @ 7PM - Versa-Style
BIG BAND SERIES:
SUN, JAN 11, 2026 @ 2PM - Rat Pack Birthday Celebration of Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack
SUN, MAR 29, 2026 @ 2PM - 14th Annual Jazz Festival
SUN, JUN 14, 2026 @ 2PM - Sinatra and Friends Tribute to Las Vegas with Nick D''''Egidio and Johnny Edwards
ALOHA SERIES:
SAT, OCT 4, 2025 @ 7:30PM - Amy Hanaiali''''i
SAT, NOV 1, 2025 @ 7:30PM - Spam and Egg
SAT, JAN 10, 2026 @ 2PM & 7:30PM - Puahi''s Polynesian Dancers Ho''ike
SAT, MAR 28, 2026 @ 7:30PM - Daniel Ho & Friends
LEGENDS SERIES:
OCT 2 & 3, 2025 @ 8PM - The Long Run (Eagles Tribute)
THU, JAN 8, 2026 @ 8PM - Bee Gees Fever (Bee Gees Tribute)
FRI, JAN 9, 2026 @ 8PM - Prince Again (Prince Tribute)
THU, FEB 26, 2026 @ 8PM - Britain''''s Finest (Beatles Tribute)
FRI, FEB 27, 2026 @ 8PM - The Graduates (Simon & Garfunkel Tribute)
SAT, FEB 28, 2026 @ 8PM - Pure Bread (Bread Tribute)
THU, MAR 26, 2026 @ 8PM - Fan Halen (Van Halen Tribute)
FRI, MAR 27, 2026 @ 8PM - Songbird (Barbra Streisand Tribute)
THU, JUN 11, 2026 @ 8PM - In the Air Tonight Celebrating the Music of Phil Collins & Genesis
FRI, JUN 12, 2026 @ 8PM - The Doobie Doubles (Doobie Brothers Tribute)
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL:
THU, NOV 13, 2025 @ 8PM - Blue Suede Christmas starring Scot Bruce as Elvis - The King of Cool
FRI, NOV 14, 2025 @ 8PM - Stone Soul (Motown Tribute)
SAT, NOV 15, 2025 @ 7:30PM - Ken Dahleen and His Big Band Staff
SUN, JAN 4, 2026 @ 2PM
Presented by Temecula Presents
VENUE: The Merc
What Jurassic Park did for the dinosaurs, the Valencia Baryton Project has done for an extinct instrument that once roamed the earth (or at least the concert halls of Europe in Haydn's day)! Haydn wrote 170 works for the baryton, including 126 for this combination. In addition VBP has commissioned accessible new works that breathe new life into the old instrument!
PROGRAM
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Baryton Trio No. 80 in G major, Hob. XI:80
Moderato
Minuet: Allegretto
Finale: Presto
John Pickup (b.1978)
Prelude I (2021)
Commissioned by and written for the Valencia Baryton Project
Franz Joseph Haydn
Baryton Trio No. 72 in D major, Hob. XI:72
Adagio
Allegro
Menuet
Steve Zink (b.1978)
The River (2020)
Commissioned by and written for the Valencia Baryton Project
Intermission
John Pickup
Dragonslayer’s Lament (2023)
Commissioned by and written for the Valencia Baryton Project
Luigi Tomasini (1741-1808)
Baryton Trio in C major, K. 19
Allegro spiritoso
Menuet
Finale: Rondo
John Jenkins (1592-1678) / David Gorton (b.1978)
How Sighs Resound (2025) (excerpts)
John Jenkins – Fantasia (arr. David Gorton)
David Gorton – Resonance
Commissioned by and written for the Valencia Baryton Project
Franz Joseph Haydn
Baryton Trio No. 57 in A major, Hob. XI:57
Adagio
Menuet
Finale - Presto
TICKETS:
$25 Regular
$20 Pick 5
$15 Students
CLASSICAL SEASON PACKAGE:
$65 for all three performances