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Pianist Misha Dichter
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Haochen Zhang - Joint Gold Medalist of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 
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Korean pianist Soyeon Lee
First prize winner of 2010 Naumburg International Piano Competition


The Shanghai String Quartet


St. Petersburg String Quartet


The Juilliard String Quartet
LtoR: Joseph Lin, Joel Krosnick, Samuel Rhodes & Ronald Copes
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Music Mountain's Gordon Hall
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Misha Dichter & The St. Petersburg String Quartet
Kick off Music Mountain’s 83rd Anniversary Season
of acclaimed Chamber Music Concerts June 17^th!
Season will also feature performances by
Haochen Zhang (Van Cliburn Gold Medalist)
Soyeon Lee (Naumburg Award Winner)
The Shanghai String Quartet  plus
The Juilliard String Quartet among others
 
“America’s Oldest Continuing Summer Chamber Music Festival”

America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, Music Mountain will celebrate its 83rd anniversary season starting June 17th with a schedule featuring sixteen Chamber music concerts, a series of Jazz, Big Band and Country Music concerts, a unique evening devoted to Gilbert & Sullivan and a number of special events slated through September 9th. "This summer’s season will feature a composer’s “first,” “last” or “only” work in the genre,” stated Music Mountain's board president Nicholas Gordon. “One would think that in 83 seasons, we would have played just about everything! So it is surprising and exciting to present so many wonderful works in their Music Mountain debuts this summer. The Quartet repertory is so rich, varied and extraordinarily large, that even with 16 concerts a year, we still find new works to play by great and important composers.” Located in the northwest corner of Connecticut in the town of Falls Village, Music Mountain will showcase some of the most notable talent from around the globe -prompting The New Yorker Magazine to acknowledge the organization as “The summer shrine of the String Quartet.”

Concert enthusiasts will want to mark their calendars with the Opening Benefit and Reception slated for Sunday, June 17th (3PM) featuring the legendary pianist Misha Dichter in his second Music Mountain appearance and the acclaimed St. Petersburg String Quartet performing the Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34.The St. Petersburg String Quartet will also play the Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Opus 18 #4 and the Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus Post --- a Music Mountain debut!

Quartets and assisting artists to appear this coming summer will include the Arianna String Quartet (June 24 with Tanya Bannister, Piano); St. Petersburg String Quartet (June 17, July 1 with Robert Stallman, Flute in an all Schubert program & July 8 with Victoria Schwartzman, Piano, and Peter Askim, Bass, in an all Russian program); Cassett String Quartet (July 15 with Ursula Oppens, Piano & Mark Peskanov, Violin in an all French program); Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet, Steven Beck, Piano and Nicholas Canellakis, Cello (July 22 with Clarinet trios first played at Music Mountain by Benny Goodman and not performed at MM since, and the beautiful Beethoven Cello variations on the aria Bei Mannern from the Magic Flute); Colorado String Quartet (July 29 with Roger Tapping, Viola); Amernet String Quartet (August 4 with Yizhak Schotten, Viola in an all Dvorak Program); Hausmann String Quartet (August 5 with Lydia Artymiw, Piano); Voxare String Quartet (August 11 performing Haydn and Mendelssohn and a selection of the Beethoven Scotch, Irish and Welsh songs with William Compton, Tenor);  Avalon String Quartet (August 12 with Jonathan Yates, Piano); The Old City String Quartet (August 19 with Pamela Mia Paul, Piano); The Juilliard String Quartet (August 26 in an all Beethoven Program); The Shanghai String Quartet (September 1) and featuring pianist Haochen Zhang - Van Cliburn Gold Medalist (September 2); and the Daedalus String Quartet (September 9 with pianist Soyeon Lee - Naumburg Award Winner). See below for full schedule and check online: www.musicmountain.org.

Highlights of the season will include the following Music Mountain premieres: St. Petersburg String Quartet performs the Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus Post. (June 17),The Robert Stallman: transcription for clarinet and strings of the Schubert Piano Sonata #13 in A Major, D. 664, Opus 120 (July 1), and Glinka: Grand Sextet for Piano, String Quartet & Bass (July 8); Alexander Fiterstein and Steven Beck play a transcription for clarinet and piano of the  Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione, D. 821 and Nicholas Canellakis, cello and Steven Beck play the Beethoven: 7 Variations on Bei Mannern, weiche Liebe fühlen from Mozart’s Magic Flute, WoO 46 (July 22); and Hausmann String Quartet performs Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 50 #5 “The Dream” (August 5).

‘First’ and ‘lasts’ are also included in the summer season. St. Petersburg String Quartet plays the last Schubert Quartet (July 1) and the first and last Shostakovich Quartets (July 8); the Amernet String Quartet plays the last Dvorak Quartet (August 4); The Avalon String Quartet plays the last Beethoven Quartet, Opus 135 (August 12); the Old City String Quartet plays Schumann: String Quartet in A Major, Opus 41 #3 - the last of the Schumann string quartets (August 19); the Daedalus String Quartet plays Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K590. – the last of Mozart’s quartets (September 9). 

Another underlying theme of the summer is the performance of the only works in the genre.  St. Petersburg Quintet will perform Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34 and the Scherzo from the Shostakovich Piano Quintet (June 17); Arianna String Quartet performs Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor (June 24); St. Petersburg String Quartet will perform Robert Stallman’s : transcription for flute and strings of the Schubert  Sonata #13 in A Major, D. 664, Opus 120 (July 1); The St.Petersburg Quartet plays the Glinka: Grand Sextet for Piano, String Quartet & Bass (July 8); Cassatt String Quartet performs an entire program of each composers’ only work in this genre: Franck, Debussy, and Chausson (July 15); Alexander Fiterstein, Steven Beck and Nicholas Canellakis  play the only clarinet trios that Beethoven and Brahms ever wrote and Fiterstein and Beck play the transcription for clarinet of the Schubert “arpeggione” sonata which remains  the only one of its kind (July 22); and the Hausmann String Quartet plays Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 47 - the only piano quartet that Schumann wrote (August 5).

In addition to the Chamber Series, The Jazz, Big Band and Country series on Saturday nights at 6:30 will present The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in their Music Mountain debut (June 23), The South Shore Syncopators (June 30), The Jackie Mclean Institute of Jazz of the Hartt School in their Music Mountain debut (July 7), Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks (July 14), Gunsmoke with dancing (July 21); Swingtime Big Band (July 28), The Galvanized Jazz Band will return for their 19th appearance at Music Mountain (August 18) and The Whiskey Boys with dancing (August 25).

Hailed by the New York Times --- “for string quartets, Music Mountain is the Place to be,” the festival has attracted a long list of famous string quartets and soloists since its founding in 1930 by Jacques Gordon, founder and first violinist of the Gordon String Quartet. With its primary mission of education through the performance of the chamber music literature, specifically, the music for the string quartet, the list of artists who have performed in Gordon Hall reads like a veritable 'who's who' of the chamber music world. Over the years, Music Mountain has gained a reputation for presenting stellar chamber music capturing the attention of thousands of music lovers to enjoy superb work at "America's Oldest Continuing Summer Chamber Music Festival."  In addition, the live performances in Gordon Hall are recorded for radio and heard in all parts of the United States and around the world. The broadcasts of the Chamber Music concerts are made possible by the generous support of Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller, Falls Village, CT.

Ticket prices for the 83rd season of chamber music concerts are $35 at the door, $30 in advance.  (Admission is FREE for those 18 and under  for all concerts when accompanied by a ticket holder). There are also three specially priced concerts in 2012 --- The Opening Benefit Concert & Reception and the Closing Benefit Concert & Reception are $75. Tickets for the concert on Sunday, August 26th with the Juilliard String Quartet in an all-Beethoven program are $50. Tickets for the Big Band, Jazz and County concerts are $30 at the door and $27 in advance. Concert times are 6:30pm on Saturdays and 3pm on Sundays. Group rates and pre season ticket vouchers are available. Discounts apply through participating organizations. For a complete summer schedule, special ticket prices, and to download a ticket order form visit www.musicmountain.org or call 860-824-7126. 

Music Mountain is located in Falls Village, Connecticut on Music Mountain Road, where a short scenic drive will bring you to Gordon Hall atop Music Mountain. Free parking and picnic facilities are available.


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More on Music Mountain

Music Mountain and its awe-inspiring setting is a special place for musicians and audience alike. The centerpiece is Gordon Hall - one of the finest chamber music facilities in the country. With seating for 344 and legendary acoustics, Gordon Hall not only provides resonant and full-bodied sound, but commanding views of the gardens, grounds and hills from every seat or from the lawn; permitting listeners to savor music and nature as one. In addition to the concert hall, the Mountain has four houses, each named for an instrument the string quartet. These are used to house musicians and students in residence at Music Mountain. Gordon Hall and the Music Mountain residences were built by Sears Roebuck during the summer of 1930. The property and the buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


MUSIC MOUNTAIN ---2012 Schedule (subject to change)
 Theme: Featuring the First , Last or Only Work in that Composer’s Genre.

CHAMBER SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 3PM
The 83rd Season Opening
Benefit Concert
& Reception
All Tickets: $75
The St Petersburg String Quartet
Misha Dichter, Piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Opus 18#4 (1798-1800) *(22)
Tchaikowsky: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus Post.1865) *(1)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34 (1864) *(43)


SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 3PM
Arianna String Quartet
Tanya Bannister, Piano
Mendelssohn: Andante and Scherzo for String Quartet, Op. 81. (1847) *(2)
Tchaikowsky: String Quartet # 3 in E Flat Minor, Opus 30 (1876) *( 3)
Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor (1878-9) *(39)
Post Concert Discussion:
Nicholas Gordon, president, Music Mountain:
“The String Quartet Literature through
The Lens of the Music Mountain Repertory”
(First of three)


SUNDAY, JULY 1, 3PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Robert Stallman, Flute
(Music Mountain Debut)
All Schubert Program
Schubert: String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 29, D.804 “Rosamunde” (1824) *(16)
Schubert-Stallman:Piano Sonata # 13 in A Major, D. 664, Opus 120(1819) *(1)
Transcribed for Flute and Strings by Robert Stallman (2005)
Schubert: String Quartet in G Major, Opus 161, D 887 (1826) *(10)


SUNDAY, JULY 8, 3PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Victoria Schwartzman, Piano
Peter Askim,, Bass,
All Russian Program
Shostakovich: String Quartet # 1, Opus 49 (1938) *(9)
Shostakovich: String Quartet # 15, Opus 144 (1974) *2)
Glinka: Grand Sextet for Piano, String Quartet & Bass (1832) *(1)
Intermission Feature: Performance by the students of the
St. Petersburg International Music Academy


SUNDAY, JULY 15, 3PM
Cassett String Quartet
Ursula Oppens, Piano
Mark Peshkanov, Violin
All French Program &
each composer’s only work in this genre
Franck: Sonata for Violin & Piano (1886) *(8)
Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, Opus 10 (1893) *(35)
Chausson: Concerto in D for Violin, Piano &
String Quartet, Opus 21 (1891) *(13)


SUNDAY, JULY 22, 3PM
Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet
Steven Beck, Piano
Nicholas Canellakis, Cello
(Music Mountain Debut
Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B Flat Major, Opus 11 (1796) *(2)
Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione& Piano, D. 821, (1824) *(1)
Transcribed for Clarinet & Piano by Alexander Fiterstein
Beethoven: 7 Variations on Bei Mannern,,welche Liebe fühlen
for cello & Piano from Mozart’s Magic Flute, WoO 46 (1801) *(1)
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Opus 114 (1891) *(6)


SUNDAY, JULY 29, 3PM
Colorado String Quartet
Roger Tapping, Viola
(Music Mountain Debut)
Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, K. 157 (1772) *(3)
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 # 1 (1806) *(25)
Brahms: Viola Quintet in G Major, Opus 111 (1890) *(15)
Post Concert Discussion:
Nicholas Gordon, president, Music Mountain:
“The String Quartet Literature through
The Lens of the Music Mountain Repertory”
(Second of three)


SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 6:30PM
Amernet String Quartet
Yizhak Schotten, Viola
(Music Mountain Debut)
All Dvorak Program
String Quartet in E flat Major, Opus 51 (1878-9) *(5)
String Quartet in A Flat Major, Opus 105 (1895) *(5)
Viola Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 97 (1893) *(4)
Pre-Concert Czech Dinner*
at the Falls Village Inn (limited to 70)
*Dinner (5pm) & Concert: $60
Concert only: $35 at the door, $30 in Advance
Must reserve for dinner by August 3. 860-824-7126


SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 3PM
Hausmann String Quartet
(Music Mountain Debut)
Lydia Artymiw, Piano
Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 50 # 5 “The Dream” (1787) *(1)
Beethoven: String Quartet in E Minor, Opus 59 # 2 (1806) *(21)
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 47 (1842) *(12)


SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 6:30PM
Voxare String Quartet
William Compton, Tenor
(Music Mountain debut)
Victoria Schwartzman, Piano
Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Opus 20 # 2 (1772) *(4)
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A Major, Opus 13 (1827) *(9)
Beethoven: Scotch, Irish, Welsh Songs (1809-1816) *(3)


SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 3PM
Avalon String Quartet
Jonathan Yates, Piano
Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance” (1785) *(21)
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 135 (1826) *(25)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Opus 60 (1875) *(17)


SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 3PM
The Old City String Quartet
(Music Mountain Debut)
Pamela Mia Paul, Piano
Ravel: String Quartet in F (1903) *(42)
Schumann: String Quartet In A Major, Opus 41 # 3 (1842) *(12)
Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in C Minor, Opus 1 (1895) *(21)
Post Concert Discussion:
Nicholas Gordon, president, Music Mountain:
“The String Quartet Literature through
The Lens of the Music Mountain Repertory”
(Third of three)


SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 3PM
The Juilliard String Quartet
(Music Mountain Debut)
(Underwritten by an Anonymous Donor)
All Tickets: $50
All Beethoven Program
String Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Opus 131 (1826) *(14)
String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132 (1825) *(20)


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 6:30PM
Shanghai String Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Opus 18 #2 (1798-1800) *(19)
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 95 “Serioso” (1810) *(31)
Smetana: String Quartet in E Minor “From My Life” (1876) *(14)


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 3PM
83rd Season Anniversary Celebration
Concert & Reception
All Tickets: $75
The Shanghai String Quartet
Haochen Zhang, Piano
Van Cliburn Gold Medalist
Haochen Zhang Plays Chopin
Mozart: String Quartet B Flat Major, K. 589 (1790) *(15)
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, Opus 81 (1887) *(42)


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 3PM
Daedalus String Quartet
Soyeon Lee, Piano
Naumburg Award Winner
Haydn: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 33 # 2 “the Joke” (1781) *(9)
Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K. 590 (1790) *(14)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Opus 26 (1861) *(14)

*Note: (number) The number of this performance of this work at Music Mountain)

Jazz, Big Band, Country and Gilbert & Sullivan Schedule

SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 6:30PM
The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
(Music Mountain Debut)
(Underwritten by an anonymous donor)
Take Gilbert & Sullivan and
Add a Twist of Broadway
and Stir!
Pre-Concert 1885 British Dinner*
at the Falls Village Inn (limited to 70)
*Dinner and Concert: $60
Concert Only: $30 at the door
$27 in Advance
Must Reserve for Dinner by June 22


SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 6:30PM
South Shore Syncopators
Long Island’s Premiere Dance
Orchestra. Specializing in the Music
Of the 1920’s & 1930’s
Pre-Concert 1920’s Speakeasy Dinner*
at the Falls Village Inn (limited to 70)
*Dinner and Concert: $60
Concert Only: $30 at the door,
$27 in Advance
Must Reserve for Dinner by June 29


SATURDAY, JULY 7, 6:30PM
The Hartt School’s Jackie Mclean
Institute of Jazz
A Jazz Exrtravaganza:
ExtraordinaryCombos
performing Great Standards.
& Contemporary Jazz


SATURDAY, JULY 14, 6:30PM
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, with dancing
(Underwritten by Norman Fields)
The finest of Big Band, Jazz
And swing. You’ve seen them on
HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. You’ve heard them
On A Prairie Home Companion,
Now, enjoy then in person


SATURDAY, JULY 21, 6:30PM
Gunsmoke with Dancing
(Music Mountain Debut)
AMERICA’S MUSIC
Classic Country, Rockabilly, Western Swing,
Pre-concert country & western Bar-b-q*
at the Falls Village Inn (limited to 70)
*Dinner and Concert: $60
Concert Only: $30 at the door,
$27 in Advance
Must Reserve for Dinner by July 20 All in one package.


SATURDAY, JULY 28, 6:30PM
Swingtime Big Band
“Swingin’ the Classics”
For its fifth annual visit to Music Mountain,
Long Island’s premier Swing Era Band
led by Steve Shaiman, plays the music of such
stellar bands as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington,
Tommy Dorsey & Count Basie, plus a special
100th Birthday Tribute to Les Brown and
his Band of Renown!


SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 6:30PM
The Galvanized Jazz Band
Voted Connecticut's number one Jazz Band
by the readers of CT Magazine.
High energy Dixieland, Blues and Stomps
for listening and dancing!


SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 6:30PM
The Whiskey Boys with Dancing
The Whiskey Boys with Dancing
Fiddle, a Guitar and two voices.
With David Delaney, Fiddle and Mark
Kilianski, Guitar and guests
Lukas Pool, Guitar and Michael Warren, Bass
The Whiskey Boys play original and traditional
Old Time, Bluegrass and Country music
re-harmonized with Jazz, Rock, and wit.
“Often rowdy, sometimes tender, The
Whiskey Boys are always a crowd pleaser."


 

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