Schedule of Events

June 2, 2024

3pm: 95th Season Opening Benefit Concert & Reception

Benjamin Hochman & Friends from the Met Opera
Ben Bowman, violin
Joel Noyes, cello

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in C Minor, Opus 1 No 3
Rebecca CLARKE Piano Trio
Franz SCHUBERT Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Opus 100, D. 929

Including Presentation of Music Mountain's Lifetime Achievement Award to Ann McKinney.

Please join us at the free reception with the artists immediately following the concert, on the Great Lawn, in front of Gordon Hall.

June 9, 2024

3pm: Balourdet Quartet & Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421, "Haydn"
Anna WEESNER The Eight Lost Songs of Orlando Underground for clarinet quintet
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 No 1

2 PM Free Family Concert. 45-minute Event. All welcome. Including brief engaging presentations, short performances, and Q&A with the Balourdet Quartet and Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
3 PM Season Concert

June 16, 2024

3pm: Euclid Quartet

Hugo KAUDER String Quartet No 4
William BOLCOM Graceful Ghost Rag
Benjamin BRITTEN String Quartet in D Major, Opus 25
Franz SCHUBERT String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

June 22, 2024

7pm: Jazz At Music Mountain Opening Concert

Bobby Sanabria Quartet: Afro Cuban Jazz Night

June 23, 2024

3pm: Simone Dinnerstein Plays Bach and Keith Jarrett

Simone Dinnerstein, Piano
Alexis Pia Gerlach, Cello

Johann Sebastian BACH 15 Sinfonias for keyboard, BWV 787-801
Keith JARRETT (arr. Uwe Karcher) Encore from Tokyo
Johann Sebastian BACH Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Johann Sebastian BACH Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard in D Major, BWV 1028

June 29, 2024

7pm: Bob Parker Tribute Concert

Featuring Wanda Houston, Chris Parker, Scott Heth, Joe Salamone, David Spinozza, Kris Jensen, Peter McEachern, and Jack Brandfield

June 30, 2024

3pm: Misha and Cipa Dichter Play Schubert

Franz SCHUBERT Sonata in C Major for Piano Four-Hands, D. 812, "Grand Duo"
Franz SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960 (Opus posth.)

July 6, 2024

7pm: Maucha Adnet & Duduka Da Fonseca Trio

"Bossa Always Nova"

July 7, 2024

3pm: Arianna String Quartet

Max BRUCH String Quartet No 1 in C Minor, Opus 9
Bohuslav MARTINU String Quartet No 3
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No 2 in F Major, Opus 22

2 PM Free Poetry Reading by Antoinette Brim-Bell (See Community Events)
3 PM Season Concert

July 13, 2024

7pm: Harry Allen Quartet

The Genius of Duke Ellington

"Sheer Excellence" (Gene Lees)

July 14, 2024

3pm: Dior Quartet

Kevin LAU String Quartet No 3
Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Opus 74, No 1
Franz SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703
Robert PATERSON String Quartet No 3
Dinuk WIJERATNE The Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini

July 20, 2024

7pm: Paul Winter: NEW JOURNEY

7-time Grammy Award winner Paul Winter performs "New Journey," featuring his soprano sax and the groundbreaking piano playing of Henrique Eisenmann.

July 21, 2024

3pm: Penderecki String Quartet & Anya Alexeyev, Piano

Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Opus 20, No 2, "Sun"
Sergei PROKOFIEV String Quartet in F Major, Opus 92
Edward ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor, Opus 84

July 27, 2024

7pm: Swingtime Big Band

Swingin' on the Silver Screen

Music Mountain's favorite swing band returns for their 16th annual concert in Gordon Hall with a fun new program of cinematic hits from the Great American Songbook! Swingtime will shine the spotlight on the timeless melodies & meaningful lyrics introduced or featured in Hollywood movies, including special 100th birthday tributes to legendary film composer Henry Mancini and prolific big band composer/arranger Sammy Nestico.

Led by Artistic Director Steve Shaiman, this dynamic 20-piece jazz ensemble will bring to life the music of Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, and Woody Herman. Plus, Swingtime's two entertaining vocalists salute the greatest singers of all time, including Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Steve Lawrence, and the immortal Frank Sinatra.

July 28, 2024

3pm: American String Quartet & Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 18, No 6, "La Malinconia"
Johannes BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Opus 115
Antonin DVORAK String Quartet in F Major, Opus 96, "American"

August 3, 2024

7pm: The Curtis Brothers Trio

Tribute to Ralph Peterson

Zaccai Curtis, Piano; Luques Curtis, Bass; Jerome Jennings, Drums

August 4, 2024

3pm: Erinys Quartet & Victoria Schwartzman, Piano

Kaija SAARIAHO Terra Memoria
Béla BARTOK String Quartet No 3, Sz. 85
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet in B Flat Major, K. 589
Antonín DVORAK Piano Quintet in A Major, Opus 81

August 10, 2024

7pm: New Black Eagle Jazz Band

The very best in New Orleans style Jazz, Gospel & Blues

August 11, 2024

3pm: Daedalus Quartet

Andrew DAVIS Deep Summer Folklore
Niloufar NOURBAKHSH Logic Run Wild
Bela BARTOK String Quartet No 4
Maurice RAVEL String Quartet in F Major

August 17, 2024

7pm: New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players

Pirates of Penzance in One Act, plus Audience Requests

August 18, 2024

3pm: Lysander Trio

Sergei RACHMANINOFF Trio elegiaque No 1 in G Minor
Bongani NDODANA-BREEN Two Nguni Dances
Udi PERLMAN Nostos
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Trio in B Flat Major, Opus 97, "Archduke"

2 PM Free Pre-Concert Talk by Anne Liebling. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge: How one woman contributed to the history of chamber music and of Music Mountain.
3 PM Season Concert

August 24, 2024

7 pm: Bill Charlap Trio

Grammy Award winning pianist "Bill Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved…no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence" (Time Magazine)

August 25, 2024

3 pm: Ulysses Quartet & Nicholas Tzavaras, Cello

Caroline SHAW Plan & Elevation
Leos JANACEK String Quartet No 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Franz SCHUBERT Cello Quintet in C Major, Opus 163, D. 956

August 31, 2024

7 pm: Kellin Hanas Quintet

"One of the best up and coming jazz musicians on the globe" (International Trumpet Guild Journal)

September 1, 2024

3 pm: Ying Quartet and Elinor Freer, piano

Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 50, No 1, "Prussian"
Carter PANN Love Letters
Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44

September 7, 2024

7 pm: Silent Film & Live Music

Songs, Slapstick, And Sherlock: A 1920's Spectacular!

Internationally acclaimed silent film musicians Donnie Sosin and Joanna Seaton create a live score for Buster Keaton’s hilarious silver screen comedies SHERLOCK JR. (100th anniversary!) and his 1922 short COPS.

PLUS, an audience singalong (with words on the screen, of course!) - popular songs from the silent era and beyond. Films and fun for everyone!

September 8, 2024

3 pm: Merz Trio

"Alma Mahler Goes West"

Works by Alma MAHLER, Alban BERG, Johannes Maria STAUD, Charles IVES, Benjamin BRITTEN, Chris ROGERSON, Anton WEBERN, Daniel TEMKIN, Thelonious MONK, Antonín DVORAK, and Alexander ZEMLINSKY, plus Arnold SCHOENBERG Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

2 PM Free Pre-Concert Talk by Joseph Horowitz, author of The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York
3 PM Season Concert

September 15, 2024

3 pm: Cassatt String Quartet & Magdalena Baczewska, Piano

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Opus 18, No 1
Victoria BOND Blue and Green music (inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe)
Johannes BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34

2 PM Free Pre-Concert Talk by Georgia O'Keeffe biographer Roxana Robinson and composer Victoria Bond
3 PM Season Concert

Date:
June 2 - September 15, 2024

Location:
Music Mountain - Gordon Hall, 225 Music Mountain Road
Falls Village, CT 06031

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