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Press Releases OSKNMKNO j çå~ÇåçÅâ=j ì ëáÅ Home Contact Calendar Tickets About Us Concerts Press Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Visitor’s Guide CONTACT: Joyce Linehan, [email protected], 617-282-2510 News & Links Press Releases New Monadnock Music artistic director Gil Rose brings rising Links stars and renowned artists in debut season; makes MM In the Press conducting debut Highlights include a season-long examination of the works of Virgil Thomson; the return of opera; Make a Donation Sanford Sylvan and Appalachian Spring (Peterborough, NH – May 7, 2012) As it closes in on a half century of presenting exceptional classical music to New England, the Monadnock Music Festival is already beginning a new era with the announcement of its 2012 season. “We’ve been energized by the appointment of our new artistic Join Our Email List director Gil Rose, who comes to us with a stellar resume as artistic director of Boston Modern Email: Orchestra Project and Opera Boston,” said William Chapman, executive director of Monadnock Join Music. A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Rose is reinvigorating the festival’s programming in harmony with the vision of the festival’s founder James Bolle. “I am thrilled to begin my inaugural season as Monadnock Music’s artistic director following in the great tradition of the last 46 years,” said Rose. “I am looking forward to a fabulous season with great repertory, incredibly gifted artists, and unforgettable performances. We have a wonderful artistic legacy here in New Hampshire, and an exciting future.” “What has always made Monadnock Music special is the intimacy of our venues and the quality and range of offerings across a spectrum of periods, styles, and genres,” said Chapman. Highlights of the 2012 season include the Monadnock Music conducting debut of artistic director Rose at the opening event of the festival season on July 6 at the Peterborough Town House. Rose will lead the Monadnock Sinfonietta in a program of music commissioned by Martha Graham for her dance company, including Aaron Copland’s masterpiece, Appalachian Spring. Opera will return to Monadnock Music with two one-act chamber operas The Boor and A Water Bird Talk by American composer Dominick Argento on July 29 at the Colonial Theatre in Keene, New Hampshire. Grammy and Emmy award-winning baritone Sanford Sylvan will appear in Schubert’s beloved Winterreise on Aug. 4 at the Peterborough Town House. The Lorelei Ensemble, rising stars in the classical music scene, will make its first appearance with Monadnock Music, performing new and early music for women’s voices in the historic stone ambiance of Peterborough’s All Saints’ Church on Friday, Aug. 10. "This season, and in coming seasons, we intend to focus on the chamber music repertory of important American composers, with a featured composer each season,” said Rose. “This year we are thrilled to present a comprehensive look at often-overlooked chamber works of American icon Virgil Thomson." This year the festival will also debut the Monadnock Quartet, comprised of renowned and highly- accomplished Monadnock Music regulars: cellist Raphael Popper-Keizer, violinist Gabriela Diaz, violinist Charles Dimmick and violist Wenting Kang. The season will also feature distinguished artists and ensembles such as acclaimed Romanian violinist Irina Muresanu, the Claremont Trio, baritones James Maddalena and Aaron Engebreth, tenor Frank Kelley, and soprano Heather Buck. Internationally acclaimed pianist (and former Monadnock Music Artistic Director) Alan Feinberg will return to the Peterborough Town House in a recital that ranges from Scarlatti to Kagel. Building on the contribution to music of the neighboring MacDowell Colony, Monadnock Music will also feature works composed by current MacDowell colonists such as Stewart Wallace, Sebastian Currier and others. As it has for nearly half a century, Monadnock Music will continue to present its free Village Concert series of chamber music in the historic meeting houses of the Monadnock region throughout the summer. For a complete schedule of Monadnock Music Festival’s 2012 season, go to www.monadnockmusic.org. Subject to change. ã çå~ÇåçÅâã ì ëáÅKçêÖLåÉï ë| áíÉã ëLã ã | ëÉ~ëçå| ~ååÅã í| OMNOJMRJMUKÜíã ä NLR OSKNMKNO j çå~ÇåçÅâ=j ì ëáÅ Friday, July 6 – Peterborough Town House OPENING NIGHT Monadnock Sinfonietta performs music commissioned by Martha Graham Norman Dello Joio - Diversion of Angels Paul Hindemith - Herodiade Huang Ro - Chamber Concerto No. 4 "Confluence" *MacDowell Colony Fellow Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring (complete original ballet) Sunday, July 8 – Harrisville Community Church Monadnock Players Virgil Thomson - Portraits for Violin Alone Virgil Thomson - In a Bird Cage for Solo Cello Reza Vali - Persian Folk Songs Set #9 Virgil Thomson - Sonata for Flute Alone Max Reger - String Trio No. 2 in d minor, Op141b Virgil Thomson - Sonata for Flute & Violin Dan Welcher - Zephyrus *MacDowell Colony Fellow Wednesday, July 11 – Deering Community Church Guest Artists: Irina Muresanu (violin), Rob Auler (piano) Johannes Brahms - Scherzo Virgil Thomson - Waltz Virgil Thomson - Five Ladies Ludwig van Beethoven - “Kreutzer” Sonata Franz Liszt - Mephisto-Waltz Virgil Thomson - Sonata William Bolcom - Graceful Ghost Griforas Dinicu – Skylark Friday, July 13 – Peterborough Town House Guest Artist: Claremont Trio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Trio in C Major, K. 548 Daniel Crockett - Night Scenes Johannes Brahms - Trio in B Major, Op. 8 Sunday, July 15 – Wilton Center Unitarian Church Monadnock Players Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata in F Major for Horn and Piano Op. 17 Arnold Bax - Clarinet Sonata in Bb Major George Antheil - Sonata for Trumpet and Piano Stjepan Sulek - Sonata for Trombone and Piano Johannes Brahms - Sonata for Viola and Piano in F Minor Virgil Thomson - Sonata da Chiesa for Clarinet, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone & Viola Wednesday, July 18 - Keene Ahavas Achim Synagogue Guest Artists: Evan Hirsch, Sally Pinkas (pianos), Jonathan Hess, Robert Schulz (percussion) Johannes Brahms - Variation on a Theme by Haydn for Two Pianos Bela Bartok - Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion John Bergamo - Piru Bowle Stewart Wallace - Gorilla In a Cage *MacDowell Colony Fellow Friday, July 20– Peterborough Town House Guest artist: Alan Feinberg (piano) Domenico Scarlatti - 4 Sonatas Frederic Chopin - Andante Spinato and Grande Polonaise, 3 Etudes Franz Schubert - Impromptu Op. 90 #3 Mauricio Kagel - An Tasten Franz Schubert - Wanderer Fantasy Sunday, July 22 – Francestown Old Meeting House Monadnock Players Michael Gandolfi - Preludes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Five Divertimenti for Winds in Bb Major Samuel Barber - Summer Music ã çå~ÇåçÅâã ì ëáÅKçêÖLåÉï ë| áíÉã ëLã ã | ëÉ~ëçå| ~ååÅã í| OMNOJMRJMUKÜíã ä OLR Gunther Schulller - Suite for Woodwind Quintet Heitor Villa-Lobos - Quinteto em forma de chôros John Harbison - Wind Quintet Wednesday, July 25 – Temple Community Church Guest artists - Terry Everson (trumpet), Scott Jarett (organ) Johann Sebastian Bach - "Zurücke, zurücke, geflügelten Winde" from Cantata 205 Georg Frideric Handel - Suite in D major Georg Phillip Telemann - Concerto in D major David MacDonald - Voices * MacDowell Colony Fellow Petr Eben - Okna Franz Josef Haydn - Concerto in Eb Major Thursday, July 26 – Sullivan Congregational Church Guest Artists, F. A. E. Duo: Nicholas DiEugenio (violin), Chi-Chen Wu (fortepiano) Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano and Violin in D major, op. 12, no. 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Sonata in E-flat major, K. 282 Franz Schubert - Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major D. 384 Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano and Violin op. 30, no. 2 Sunday July 29 – Keene Colonial Theatre Guest Artists: Heather Buck (soprano), James Maddalena (baritone), Frank Kelley (tenor), Aaron Engebreth (baritone); directed and conducted by Gil Rose Dominick Argento - A Water Bird Talk Dominick Argento - The Boor Wednesday, Aug. 1 – Hancock Community Church Monadnock Players with Krista River Kate Moore - Red Flame, Blue Flame *MacDowell Colony Fellow Virgil Thomson - Four Songs to the Poems of Thomas Campion Luciano Berio - Chamber Music Paul Ben-Haim - Chamber Music Arthur Berger - Words for Music, Perhaps: Three Poems of Yeats Frank Martin - Quatre Sonnets a Cassandre Claude Debussy - Trio for Flute, Viola & Harp Thursday, Aug. 2 – Washington Congregational Church Monadnock Players Ben Hjertmann - Bhyxe *MacDowell Colony Fellow Franz Danzi - Trio in E Minor Ingolf Dahl - Concerto a Tre Zoltan Kodaly- Duo for Violin & Cello Saturday, Aug. 4 – Peterborough Town House Guest Artists: Sanford Sylvan (baritone), David Breitman (fortepiano) Franz Schubert - Winterreise Sunday, Aug. 5 – Walpole Unitarian Church Monadnock Players Luigi Boccherini - Trio in d minor, G. 117 Paul Hindemith - String trio #1 op. 34 Andrew Norman - A Companion Guide to Rome (2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist) *MacDowell Colony Fellow Wednesday Aug. 8 – Jaffrey Center Monadnock Quartet Virgil Thomson - String Quartet #1 Sebastian Currier - Quiet Time *MacDowell Colony Fellow Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - String Quartet #3 Friday, Aug. 10 – Peterborough All Saints’ Church Guest Artists: Lorelei Ensemble Kassiane - I en polles amarties (The Fallen Woman, 9c. Greece) Sungji Hong - Kyrie, from Missa Lumen de Lumine Francisco Guerrero - "O Virgen" from Villanescas y Canciones Espirituales OSKNMKNO j çå~ÇåçÅâ=j ì ëáÅ Cristóbal Morales - O Magnum Mysterium Robert Kyr - "Song of the Virgin to Her Son (upon his death and resurrection)" from From the Circling Wheel Sungji
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