Wednesday, July 9, 8pm
Peterborough Town House |
Leslie Amper, Piano Recital:
The Sound of Color- Debussy and the Visual Arts
With discussion by Ann Allen, Art Historian
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Saturday, July 12, 8pm
Peterborough Town House
This concert will be recorded for later broadcast by WGBH 89.7, Boston. |
Serenades:
James Bolle, conductor
Monadnock Music Festival players
Mozart: Wind Serenade in c minor K. 388
Stravinsky: “Dumbarton Oaks” Concerto
Debussy: “Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane” for harp and strings (with Stacey Shames, harp)
Brahms: Serenade in A, Op. 16
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Sunday, July 13, 4pm
Peterborough Town House
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Borromeo Quartet:
Schumann: String Quartet in a minor, Op. 41 #1
Bartok: 3rd String Quartet
Bruckner: String Quintet in F (with Jonathan Bagg, viola)
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Saturday, July 19, 8pm Peterborough Town House |
Birth of the Modern:
Antheil: 2nd Violin Sonata
Dvorak: f minor Piano Trio, Op. 65
Lourié: Duo for violin and viola
Schoenberg: Verklaerte Nacht for string sextet
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Sunday, July 20, 4pm Peterborough Town House
This concert will be recorded for later broadcast by
WGBH 89.7, Boston. |
Rieko Aizawa, Piano Recital:
Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 485
Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II
Chopin: Bolero, Op.19
Chopin: Fantasie, Op.49; Messiaen: Preludes (1929)
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Saturday, July 26, 5pm Peterborough Town House |
Pre-concert:
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Honoring Olivier Messiaen’s 100th Birthday
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Saturday, July 26, 8pm Peterborough Town House
The Monadnock Music Ancient Voices concert is supported in part by a grant from New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Ancient Voices:
Messiaen: “Petites Esquisses d’Oiseaux” for piano
Celtic flute and guitar
Music for oud and string quartet (Rahim AlHaj, oud)
Crumb: “Vox Balenae”
Vali: Folk Songs
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Sunday, July 27, 3pm Peterborough Town House |
Konstantin Lifschitz, Piano Recital:
Bach: English Suite Nr.5
Franke: works for piano
Scriabin: Sonata #8
Chopin: 12 Etudes Op. 25
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Wednesday, July 30, 8pm Peterborough Town House |
Parthenia (a consort of viols):
“When Music and Sweet Poetry Agree: the Musical Worlds of Shakespeare, Donne and Blake.”
With actor Paul Hecht and soprano Ellen Hargis.
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Saturday, August 2, 8pm Peterborough Town House |
James Bolle, Conductor, and The Festival Orchestra:
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Grieg: Piano Concerto (Konstantin Lifschitz)
Kuss: Rhapsody for cello and orchestra
(Rafael Popper-Keizer)
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6, “Pastoral”
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Sunday, August 3, 4pm Peterborough Town House |
Chamber Masterpieces:
Britten: Phantasy, Op 2
Debussy: String Quartet
Schubert: Trout Quintet
(Ciompi Quartet and Monadnock musicians)
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Friday, August 8
Peterborough Town House
Pre-concert discussion with Lloyd Schwartz 7pm
Concert 8pm
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Through the Mirror:
James Bolle, Conductor
Tony Arnold, soprano
Elizabeth Shammash
Creature
Martino: Trio, 2004
Carter: A Mirror on Which to Dwell
Bolle: Sinfonia III
This is a FREE concert with open seating.
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Saturday, August 9, 5pm Peterborough Town House |
Percussion Discussion:
David Schotzko
Douglas Perkins
Nathan Davis
Percussion demonstration with audience participation
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Saturday, August 9, 8pm Peterborough Town House
The Monadnock Music On the Beaten Path concert is supported in part by a grant from New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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On The Beaten Path, All-Percussion Concert:
David Schotzko, Doug Perkins, Nathan Davis, percussionists Donald Berman, prepared piano
Laura Gilbert, electric flute
Introduction by Joseph Schwantner
Thierry de Mey: Table Music
Cage: Interludes
Schwantner: Velocities
Crumb: Idyll for the Misbegotten
Xenakis: Okho
Davis: Diving Bell
Takemitsu: Rain Tree
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Sunday, August 10, 5pm Peterborough Town House |
Virginia Eskin, Piano Recital:
Bach: French Suite in G major
Foote: Five Poems of Omar Khayyam, Op. 41
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Bartok: Petite Suite
Grofe: Shades of Blue Suite
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Saturday, August 16 5pm Peterborough Town House
This concert will be recorded for later broadcast by
WGBH 89.7, Boston.
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Pre-concert, iO Quartet:
(2008 Fellowship Ensemble)
Mozart: String Quartet in Eb K. 428
Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C
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Saturday, August 16, 8pm Peterborough Town House
This concert will be recorded for later broadcast by
WGBH 89.7, Boston. |
Philippe Castagner, tenor
Jane Hawkins, piano
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin |
Sunday, August 17 4pm Peterborough Town House
The Monadnock Music Dreams and Prayers concert is supported in part by a grant from New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Dreams and Prayers:
Ilana Davidson, soprano
Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo soprano
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Schoenfield: “In Memoriam”
Bach: Cantata 115 aria “Bete aber auch dabei”
Shapey: “O Jerusalem”
Brahms: Two Alto songs
Golijov: “The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” for Klezmer clarinet and strings
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