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2011 SUMMER CONCERTS
  
Ticketed concerts are in Black. Village Concerts are in Purple.
Thursday,
July 7
7:30pm
Jaffrey Center,
Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse
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The Choir of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge: The English Renaissance
Works from the period of the King James Bible's creation by Weelkes, Tomkins and John Milton; and music that reflects the continuing vitality of the English choral tradition, by Jonathan Harvey and Gabriel Jackson.
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Friday,
July 8
7:30pm
Harrisville
Community Church |
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in C, K. 465 “Dissonance”
Charles Koechlin: Quintet for flute, harp and string trio, Op. 156 Primavera
John Tavener: To a Child Dancing in the Wind for soprano, flute, viola, and harp
Ilana Davidson, soprano; Gabriela Diaz, Eric Pritchard, violin; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Stacey Shames, harp; Laura Gilbert, flute
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Saturday, July 9
7:30pm
Peterborough
Peterborough Town House |
Essential Concerti
J. S. Bach: Concerto in c minor for oboe & violin BWV
1060
G.F. Handel: Selected arias with soprano
Ilana Davidson
Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in
C Major, Op. 48
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Sunday, July 10
4:00pm
Wilton Center
Unitarian Church
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W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in C, K. 465
“Dissonance”
Charles Koechlin: Quintet for flute, harp and string
trio, Op. 156 Primavera
John Tavener: To a Child Dancing in the Wind for
soprano, flute, viola, and harp
Ilana Davidson, soprano; Gabriela Diaz, Eric Pritchard, violin; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Stacey Shames, harp; Laura Gilbert, flute
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Tuesday, July 12
7:30pm
Jaffrey Center,
Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse
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Nicholas Kitchen plays Bach
First violinist of the Borromeo Quartet performs and comments on selections from the Six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, aided by projections of Bach’s original manuscripts.
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Wednesday, July 13
7:30pm
Hancock
Community Church |
Max Reger: Serenade in G, Op. 141a for flute, violin,
and viola
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in A, K 464
Amy Beach: Theme and Variations for flute and
String Quartet, Op 80
Borromeo String Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen, Kristofer Tong, violins, Mai Motobuchi, viola, Yeesun Kim, cello; Jonathan Bagg, viola, Laura Gilbert, flute
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Friday, July 15
7:30pm
Francestown
Old Meeting House |
Max Reger: Serenade in G, Op. 141a for flute, violin,
and viola
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in A, K 464
Amy Beach: Theme and Variations for flute and
String Quartet, Op 80
Borromeo String Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen, Kristofer Tong, violins, Mai Motobuchi, viola, Yeesun Kim, cello; Jonathan Bagg, viola, Laura Gilbert, flute
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Saturday, July 16
7:30pm
Peterborough
Peterborough Town House
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Chamber Masterpieces: Borromeo String Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen, Kristofer Tong, violins; Mai Motobuchi, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello
Claude Debussy: String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10
Daniel Brewbaker: String Quartet No. 2 (2006)
Dance for My Fathers
Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 74 “Harp”
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Thursday,
July 21
7:30pm
Deering
Community Church
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Mozart: String Quartet in d minor, K. 421
Béla Bartók: Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano
Carl Maria von Weber: Quintet in B-flat, Op. 34 for
clarinet and strings
Alan Kay, clarinet; Jesse Mills, Adela Pena, violin; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano
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Thursday, July 21
7:30pm
Keene
Ahavas Achim Synagogue |
Aureole Trio:
Selection of Celtic melodies
Laura Gilbert, flute, Mary Hammann, viola, Stacey Shames, harp
Jean-Phillipe Rameau: Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts
Kaija Saariaho: New Gates
Toru Takemitsu: And then I Knew T’was Wind
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
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Friday, July 22
7:30pm
Rindge
Franklin Pierce University |
Mozart: String Quartet in d minor, K. 421
Béla Bartók: Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano
Carl Maria von Weber: Quintet in B-flat, Op. 34 for clarinet and strings
Alan Kay, clarinet; Jesse Mills, Adela Pena, violin; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano |
Friday, July 22
7:30pm
Walpole
Unitarian Church |
CANCELLED
Tonight’s Monadnock Music concert scheduled for 7:30 at the Walpole Community Church has been cancelled due to the excessive heat and lack of air conditioning in the hall.
Aureole Trio: Selection of Celtic melodies
Laura Gilbert, flute, Mary Hammann, viola, Stacey Shames, harp
Jean-Phillipe Rameau: Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts
Kaija Saariaho: New Gates
Toru Takemitsu: And then I Knew T’was Wind
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
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| Saturday,
July 23
7:30pm
Peterborough
Peterborough Town House
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Setting Emily: Dickinson’s poetry in music and dance
Dance by Cherylyn Lavagnino, with Ilana Davidson,
soprano
Introduction by Susan Snively, poet
Andre Previn: Three Dickinson Songs
Eric Moe: She Goes Her Spacious Way
Toru Takemitsu (with Lavagnino dance):
And Then I Knew ‘twas Wind
A Bird Came Down the Walk for viola and piano
Melinda Wagner: Four Settings for soprano and
ensemble
Jesse Mills, Adela Pena, violin; Mary Hammann, Jonathan Bagg, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano; Alan Kay, clarinet; Laura Gilbert, flute; Stacey Shames, harp; Deb Spohnheimer, bass
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Sunday, July 24
4:00pm
Jaffrey Center
Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse
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Chamber Masterpieces: Chiara Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet Op. 54, No. 2 in C
Pierre Jalbert: Icefield Sonnets
(with poet Anthony Hawley)
Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2 in a minor
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Thursday, July 28
7:30pm
Rindge
Franklin Pierce University |
Elizabethan songs for voice and guitar
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in E-flat, K. 428
Andrew Earle Simpson: Six Mosaics of Ancient Rome
for flute, viola, and guitar
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet in A, Op. 18
Krista River, mezzo; Curtis Macomber, Adela Pena, violin; Jonathan Bagg, Miranda Sielaff, viola; Greg Hesselink, cello; Dan Lippel, guitar; Laura Gilbert, flute
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Friday, July 29
7:30pm
Temple
Community Church |
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in E-flat, K. 428
Andrew Earle Simpson: Six Mosaics of Ancient Rome
for flute, viola, and guitar
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet in A, Op. 18
Krista River, mezzo; Curtis Macomber, Adela Pena, violin; Jonathan Bagg, Miranda Sielaff, viola; Greg Hesselink, cello; Dan Lippel, guitar; Laura Gilbert, flute
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Saturday,
July 30
7:30pm
Peterborough
Peterborough Town House
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Vox Americana
Amazing Grace, arranged for cello and soprano
William Billings: music for chamber choir
Robert Beaser: Mountain Songs for flute and guitar Ben Johnston: String Quartet No. 4, Amazing Grace
Antonin Dvorák: String Quintet, Op. 97 “American”
Krista River, mezzo; Curtis Macomber, Adela Pena, violin; Jonathan Bagg, Miranda Sielaff, viola; Greg Hesselink, Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Dan Lippel, guitar; Laura Gilbert, flute; Dan Perkins and members of NH Master Chorale
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Sunday, July 31
4:00pm
Peterborough
Peterborough Town House
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Emily and New England
Krista River, mezzo and Virginia Eskin, piano
Amy Beach:
Hermit Thrush at Morn, at Eve, Op. 92, Nos. 1 & 2
By the Still Waters
Theme and Variations on a Balkan Melody
Aaron Copland: Poems of Emily Dickinson;
Cat and Mouse for piano
Gordon Getty: Songs from The White Election
Marion Bauer: Star Trysts; From New Hampshire woods
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Wednesday, August 3
7:30pm
Wilton
High Mowing School
change in venue from
Milford Town House |
Olivier Messiaen: Theme and Variations for violin
and piano
Gabriel Fauré: Sonata for violin and piano in A
Major, Op.13
Toru Takemitsu: Distance de Fee
Franz Schubert: Fantasie for violin and piano,
D. 934
Jesse Mills, violin; Rieko Aizawa, piano
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Thursday, August 4
7:30pm
Peterborough
All Saints' Church |
W.A. Mozart: Quartet in C major for flute and
strings, K 285b
Alfred Schnittke: Hymn No. 2 for cello and
double bass
Paul Brantley:
Tombeaux: Two Songs
(Dickinson premiere)
L. van Beethoven: String trio in c minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Tony Arnold, soprano; Gabriela Diaz, Jonathan Bagg, Rafael Popper-Keizer, Robert Black, bass; Laura Gilbert, flute
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Thursday, August 4
7:30pm
Washington
Congregational Church |
Antonín Dvořák: Terzetto, Op. 77 for two violins and
viola
Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre for clarinet, violin, and
cello
W.A. Mozart: String Quartet in G major, K. 387
Curtis Macomber, Adela Pena, violin, Tawnya Popoff, viola; Elizabeth Anderson, cello; Steve Jackson, clarinet
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Friday, August 5
7:30pm
Sullivan
United Congregational Church
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W.A. Mozart: String Quartet in G major, K. 387
Paul Brantley:
Tombeaux: Two Songs
(Dickinson premiere)
Alfred Schnittke: Hymn No. 2 for cello and
double bass
Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre for clarinet, violin, and
cello
Tony Arnold, soprano; Laura Gilbert, flute; Steve Jackson, clarinet; Curtis Macomber, Gabriela Diaz, Adela Pena, violin, Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, Elizabeth Anderson, cello; Robert Black, bass; Steve Jackson, clarinet |
Saturday, August 6
7:30pm
Peterborough
Peterborough Town House
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Mahler and Wagner
Hugh Keelan, conductor; Jenna Rae, soprano and James Anderson, tenor
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll for chamber
ensemble
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Keelan)
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Sunday, August 7
4:00pm
Jaffrey
Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse
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Chamber Masterpieces III
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello
György Kurtág: Scenes from a Novel, Op. 19,
for soprano, violin, bass, and cimbalom
Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36
Tony Arnold, soprano; Curtis Macomber, Gabriela Diaz, Jesse Mills, Adela Pena, violin, Jonathan Bagg, Tawnya Popoff, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, Elizabeth Anderson, cello; Robert Black, bass; Petra Berenyi, cimbalom
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Thursday, August 11
7:30pm
Nelson
Congregational Church |
Yu-Hui Chang: Binge Delirium
Alberto Ginastera:
Impresiones de la Puna
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat, K. 458
Bryan Christian: Airs No Oceans Keep (Premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn:
String Quintet in B- flat, Op. 87
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Friday, August 12
7:30pm
Dublin
Emmanuel Church |
Yu-Hui Chang: Binge Delirium
Alberto Ginastera: Impresiones de la Puna
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat, K. 458
Bryan Christian: Airs No Oceans Keep
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B- flat, Op. 87 |
Saturday, August 13
7:30pm
Jaffrey Center
First Church in Jaffrey Center
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Yu-Hui Chang: Binge Delirium
Alberto Ginastera: Impresiones de la Puna
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat, K. 458
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B- flat, Op. 87 |
Sunday, August 14
5:00pm
Peterborough
Peterborough Town House |
Chamber Masterpieces IV
Henry Purcell: Three Songs for soprano, harp and cello
Fairest Isle
If Music Be the Food of Love
Music for a While
Kaija Saariaho: New Gates (1996)
J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen
Landen!
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C with two cellos,
D. 956
Ilana Davidson, soprano; Hugh Keelan, piano; Richard Watson, trumpet; Gerry Itzkoff, David Fulmer, violins; Jonathan Bagg, Stephanie Fong, Mary Hammann, violas; Rafael Popper-Keizer, Jing Li, cellos; Stacey Shames, harp
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