Musicians

 

2010 SEASON SCHEDULE                                 

Ticketed concerts are in Black.   Free concerts are in Purple. *= Music for the Mountain

Thursday, July 8
7:30pm

Rindge
Pierce Hall,
Franklin Pierce University

Mozart Trail I

Luigi Boccherini: String Sextet in f, Op. 23, No. 4
Frank Bridge: String Sextet in E-flat
Mozart: String Quintet in C, K. 515

Joel Pitchon, Liza Zurlinden, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, violas; Gregory Hesselink, Marie-Volcy Pelletier, cellos

Free concert --- Open to the public.

Thursday, July 8 *
7:30pm

Hancock
Community Church

Paul Ben-Haim: Chamber Music for flute, viola,
     and harp
Jonathan Elliot: Between the Blossom and the
    Fruit Time

Poetry by Marcia Falk
Gabriella Smith: Earth
Earl Kim: Now and Then for soprano, flute, viola,
    and harp
Beethoven: String trio in D major, Op 9, No 2

Marcia Falk, poet; Ilana Davidson, soprano; Laura Gilbert, flute; Stacey Shames, harp; Jesse Mills, Adela Pena, violins; Mary Hammann, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Friday, July 9
7:30pm

Marlow
Jones Hall

Mozart Trail I

Luigi Boccherini: String Sextet in f, Op. 23, No. 4
Frank Bridge: String Sextet in E-flat
Mozart: String Quintet in C, K. 515

Joel Pitchon, Liza Zurlinden, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, violas; Gregory Hesselink, Marie-Volcy Pelletier, cellos

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Friday, July 9 *
7:30pm

Peterborough
All Saints' Church

Paul Ben-Haim: Chamber Music for flute, viola,
    and harp
Jonathan Elliot: Between the Blossom and the
    Fruit Time

Poetry by Marcia Falk
Gabriella Smith: Earth for soprano and strings
Earl Kim: Now and Then for soprano, flute, viola,
    and harp
Beethoven: String trio in D major, Op 9, No 2

Marcia Falk, poet; Ilana Davidson, soprano; Laura Gilbert, flute; Stacey Shames, harp; Jesse Mills, Adela Pena, violins; Mary Hammann, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Free concert --- Open to the public.

Saturday, July 10
7:30pm

Peterborough
Peterborough Town House

Essential Concerti

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major,
    K. 414
, for piano and string quartet
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5,
    for soprano and 8 cellos
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

Ilana Davidson, soprano; Laura Gilbert, flute; Adela Pena, violin; Rieko Aizawa, piano; Larissa Blitz, Jesse Mills, Joel Pitchon, Liza Zurlinden, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Mary Hammann, Tawnya Popoff, violas; Gregory Hesselink, Sarah Joyce, Jacob MacKay, Catherine McHale, Caoimhin Ó Briain, Marie-Volcy Pelletier, Rafael Popper-Keizer, cellos; Jered Egan, doublebass

Sunday, July 11
4:00pm


Jaffrey Center
Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse

Chamber Music Masterpieces I
with guest speaker
Pulitzer Prize winner Melinda Wagner

Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G,
    “Military”
chamber version
Melinda Wagner: Pan Journal, for harp and
    string quartet
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34

Laura Gilbert, flute; Rieko Aizawa, piano; Jesse Mills, Adela Pena, Joel Pitchon, Liza Zurlinden, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Mary Hammann, Tawnya Popoff, violas; Gregory Hesselink, Marie-Volcy Pelletier, Rafael Popper-Keizer, cellos

Monday, July 12
7:30pm


Keene
The Starving Artist

Hexnut

*A co-presentation with The Walden School and
The Starving Artist Collective
.

Wednesday, July 14
7:30pm


Rindge
Cathedral of the Pines

Mark Erelli, guitarist, singer

*A co-presentation with Cathedral of the Pines.

Thursday, July 15 *
7:30pm

Jaffrey Center
First Church of Jaffrey

Mozart Trail II

Penderecki: String Trio
Respighi: Il Tramonto
Poetry by Elizabeth Willis
Nicholas Stoia: Three Short Songs [Willis]
Mozart: String Quintet in E-flat, K. 614

Elizabeth Willis, poet; Krista River, soprano; Adela Pena, Eric Pritchard, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, violas; Gregory Hesselink, cello; Laura Gilbert, flute

Free concert --- Open to the public.

Friday, July 16
7:30pm

Temple
Community Church

Mozart Trail II

Penderecki: String Trio
Respighi: Il Tramonto
Poetry by Elizabeth Willis
Nicholas Stoia: Three Short Songs [Willis]
Mozart: String Quintet in E-flat, K. 614

Elizabeth Willis, poet; Krista River, soprano; Adela Pena, Eric Pritchard, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, violas; Gregory Hesselink, cello; Laura Gilbert, flute

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Saturday, July 17
7:30pm

Peterborough
Peterborough Town House

Borromeo String Quartet

Post-concert Q & A with Borromeo members.

J.S. Bach: St. Anne’s Fugue BWV 552
    (arranged by Nicholas Kitchen)
Lera Auerbach: String Quartet No. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat,
    Op. 127

The Borromeo String Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen, Kristofer Tong, violins; Mai Motobuchi, viola;
Yeesun Kim, cello

Sunday, July 18
4:00pm

Walpole
Unitarian Church

Mozart Trail II

Penderecki: String Trio
Hindemith: Melancholie
Nicholas Stoia: Three Short Songs [Willis]
Mozart: String Quintet in E-flat, K. 614

Elizabeth Willis, poet; Krista River, soprano;
Adela Pena, Eric Pritchard, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, violas; Gregory Hesselink, cello;
Laura Gilbert, flute

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Wednesday, July 21
7:30pm

Peterborough
Mariposa Museum

Monadnock Music at the Mariposa

Indian classical musicians Samir and Sanghamitra Chatterjee will present an hour-long program.

Thursday, July 22 *
7:30pm

Milford
Milford Town Hall

Mozart Trail III

Maurice Ravel: Chansons Madecasses
Shirish Korde: Lalit for solo instrument and tabla
Poetry by Suzanne Cleary
Nathan Currier: Falling Stars at MacDowell for voice,
   flute, viola, cello and piano
Mozart: String Quintet in g minor, K. 516

Suzanne Cleary, poet; The Chiara Quartet: Rebecca Fischer, Julie Yoon violin; Jonah Sirota, viola;
Gregory Beaver, cello; Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Samir Chatterjee, tabla, Orlando Cela, flute;
Margaret Kampmeier, piano; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Friday, July 23 *
7:30pm

Deering
Community Church

Mozart Trail III

Samuel Barber: Cello Sonata 
Ravel: Chansons Madecasses 
Poetry by Suzanne Cleary 
Nathan Currier: Falling Stars at MacDowell for voice, 
   flute, viola, cello and piano 
Mozart: String Quintet in g minor, K. 516 

Suzanne Cleary, poet; The Chiara Quartet:
Rebecca Fischer, Julie Yoon violin; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello; Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Samir Chatterjee, tabla, Laura Gilbert, flute;
Margaret Kampmeier, piano; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Saturday, July 24
7:30pm

Peterborough
Peterborough Town House

Battery Dance Company with soloists
    
Oliver Tobin and Jane Sato

J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue from
    Well-Tempered Clavier
Rabindranath Tagore: Songs
Fugues for string trio by Cage and Mozart
Lukas Foss: Capriccio, for cello and piano

Samir and Sanghamitra Chatterjee, tabla and voice; Laura Gilbert, flute; Margaret Kampmeier, piano;
Adela Pena, violin; Jonathan Bagg, viola;
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

Sunday, July 25
4:00pm

Jaffrey Center
Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse

A Liszt Recital with Virginia Eskin, piano

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 (arr. Liszt)
Consolation in A-flat; Csardas; Hungarian Rhapsody No 6;
     Malediction;
Valses by Lizst, Chopin, Beach
Tangos by Robert Smith, Barber, Stravinsky

Wednesday, July 28
7:30pm

Rindge
Cheney Hall
Franklin Pierce University

Recital by Leslie Amper, piano

Schumann: Fantasiestucke opus 12
Three American Women
      Amy Beach: Honeysuckle
      Ruth Crawford: Study in Mixed Accents
      Florence Price: Nimble Feet
Chopin: Waltzes, Preludes, and Fantasie- Impromptu

Free concert --- Open to the public.

Thursday, July 29
7:30pm

Harrisville
Community Church

Mozart Trail IV

Stravinsky: Three Pieces for clarinet solo
Jamie Keesecker: Fashionable Chamber Events
Villa Lobos: Quintette Instrumental
Mozart: String Quintet in D major, K. 593

Stacey Shames, harp; Laura Gilbert, flute; Garrick Zoeter, clarinet; Gabriela Diaz, Adela Pena, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Stephanie Fong, violas; Jing Li, cello

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Friday, July 30
7:30pm

Sullivan
United Congregational Church

Mozart Trail IV

Stravinsky: Three Pieces for clarinet solo
Jamie Keesecker: Fashionable Chamber Events
Villa Lobos: Quintette Instrumental
Jamie Keesecker: Evening on the Rise
Mozart: String Quintet in D major, K. 593

Stacey Shames, harp; Laura Gilbert, flute; Garrick Zoeter, clarinet; Gabriela Diaz, Adela Pena, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Stephanie Fong, violas; Jing Li, cello

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Saturday, July 31
4:30pm & 7:30pm

Peterborough
Peterborough Town House

American Spiritual @ 7:30pm

Stephen Foster: Songs
Andrew Norman: Sabina for solo viola
Mark Kuss: Medley of American Spirituals
James Primosch: Four Sacred Songs
Folk artists Rani Arbo & Indra: new renditions of
    traditional songs

Stacey Shames, harp; Laura Gilbert, flute; Garrick Zoeter, clarinet; Gabriela Diaz, Adela Pena, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Stephanie Fong, violas; Jing Li, cello; Mihae Lee, piano; Douglas Perkins, percussion; Rani Arbo, Indra vocalists; Benjamin Traerup, saxophone; Thomas Sejthen, bass

Sunday, August 1
4:00pm

Peterborough
Peterborough Town House

Chamber Music Masterpieces II

Beethoven: Trio for clainet, cello and piano
   in B-flat major, Op. 11
Robert Schumann: Scenes from Fairyland, Op. 132
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57

Laura Gilbert, flute; Garrick Zoeter, clarinet; Gabriela Diaz, Adela Pena, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Stephanie Fong, violas; Jing Li, Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Douglas Perkins, conductor

Thursday, August 5
7:30pm

Keene
Unitarian Universalist Church

Mozart Trail V

San Francisco Guitar Quartet: works TBA*
Paul Ben-Haim: Serenade
Percussion solo: TBA
Mozart: String Quintet in c minor, K. 406

San Francisco Guitar Quartet; Laura Gilbert, flute; Gabriela Diaz, Gerry Itzkoff, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, violas;
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; John Ferrari, percussion

*A co-presentation with The Walden School

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Thursday, August 5 *
7:30pm

Wilton Center
Unitarian Church

Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Poetry of Chana Bloch
David Fulmer: Song [Bloch]
Bolle: 8 Pieces in the Form of a Clump for two violins

Chana Bloch, poet; Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano; Ole Bohn, David Fulmer, violins; Eric Nowlin, viola; Chris Gross, cello; Robert Black, doublebass

Free concert --- Open to the public.

Friday, August 6 *
7:30pm


Dublin
Dublin School

San Francisco Guitar Quartet: works TBA
Bolle: 2 Sea Monsters: Games for cello and double bass 
Poetry of Chana Bloch
David Fulmer: Song [Bloch]
Lourie: Concerto da camera, selections

Chana Bloch, poet; Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano; Ole Bohn, David Fulmer, violins; Eric Nowlin, viola; Chris Gross, cello; Robert Black, doublebass

*A co-presentation with The Walden School

Free concert --- Open to the public.

Friday, August 6
7:30pm

Washington
Congregational Church

Mozart Trail V

Paul Ben-Haim: Serenade
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Serenade
Percussion solo: TBA
Mozart: String Quintet in c minor, K. 406

Laura Gilbert, flute; Gabriela Diaz, Gerry Itzkoff, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, violas; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; John Ferrari, percussion

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Saturday, August 7
7:30pm

Peterborough
Peterborough Town House


This project has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

The Sound of Wild Imagining:

No Strings Attached

Claude Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis
Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir
Edgard Varese : Octandre
Frank Zappa: The Black Page
John Supko: Without Stopping

Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano; Laura Gilbert, Jessi Rosinski, flute; Steve Jackson, clarinet; Richard Watson, trumpet; Robert Couture, trombone; Ole Bohn, David Fulmer, violins; Eric Nowlin, viola; Christopher Gross, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano and celeste; Bridget Kibbey, Stacey Shames, harp; John Ferrari, percussion; John Supko, composer

Sunday, August 8
5:00 pm

Peterborough
Peterborough Town House


This project has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

The Sound of Wild Imagining:

Paris of the Senses

Ernest Chausson: Chanson Perpétuelle for voice,     strings, and piano
André Caplet: Conte Fantastique after Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death” for harp and strings
Manuel de Falla: Psyche for voice and ensemble
Ernest Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano, and
    String Quartet

Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano; Gabriela Diaz, solo violin; Randall Hodgkinson, solo piano; Laura Gilbert, Jessi Rosinski, flute; Steve Jackson, clarinet; Ole Bohn, David Fulmer, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Eric Nowlin, Tawnya Popoff, viola; Christopher Gross,
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Robert Black, doublebass; Bridget Kibbey, Stacey Shames, harp; John Ferrari, percussion; John Supko, composer

Thursday, August 12 *
7:30pm

Nelson
Congregational Church

Mozart Trail VI

J.S. Bach: Sonata in E-flat, BWV 1031
Saint Saens: Fantasie for violin and harp
Philippe Boivin: Domino V
Yu-hui Chang: Oh! On An April Morning [Shepard]
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581

Tony Arnold. soprano; Stacey Shames, harp;
Gerald Itzkoff, Curt Macomber, violins; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Elizabeth Anderson, cello; Steve Jackson, clarinet; Douglas Perkins, Todd Meehan, percussion; John Supko, composer

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Friday, August 13 *
7:30pm

Francestown
Old Meeting House

Mozart Trail VI

Saint Saens: Fantasie for violin and harp
Philippe Boivin: Domino V
Yu-hui Chang: Oh! On An April Morning [Shepard] Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581

Tony Arnold. soprano; Stacey Shames, harp;
Gerald Itzkoff, Curt Macomber, violins; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Elizabeth Anderson, cello; Steve Jackson, clarinet; Douglas Perkins, Todd Meehan, percussion; John Supko, composer

Free concert -- Open to the public.

Saturday, August 14
7:30pm

Peterborough
Peterborough Town House


This project has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

The Sound of Wild Imagining:

Moonstruck: Myth, Poetry, and Percussion
with
Tony Arnold, soprano

Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Milton Babbitt: Philomel
Luciano Berio: Circles

Tony Arnold, soprano; Stacey Shames, harp; Laura Gilbert, flute and piccolo; Steve Jackson, clarinet; Curtis Macomber, violin and viola; Elizabeth Anderson, cello; Donald Berman, piano; Douglas Perkins, Todd Meehan, percussion

Sunday, August 15
4:00pm


Jaffrey
Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse

Chamber Music Masterpieces III
with Steven Mackey, guest speaker

Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms: F-A-E Sonata
     movements
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C major,
    Op. 29

Steven Mackey, Indigenous Instruments
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro

Stacey Shames, harp; Laura Gilbert, flute; Steve Jackson, clarinet; Gerald Itzkoff, Curtis Macomber, violins; Jonathan Bagg,Stephanie Fong, violas; Elizabeth Anderson, Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Donald Berman, piano

Friday, August 27
7:30pm

Rindge
Cathedral of the Pines

Free concert --- Open to the public.

Repertoire: TBA