MUSIC MOUNTAIN ---2011 Schedule ---updated June 14, 2011


SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 3PM
The 82nd Season Opening Benefit
Concert & Reception
All tickets $75
Harlem String Quartet
Misha Dichter, Piano
Mozart: String Quartet # 15 in D Minor, K 421 (1783) *(11)
Borodin: String Quartet # 2 in D Major (1881) *(16)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44 (1842)(38)
Strayhorn: Take the “A”Train (1939) (2)
This concert is dedicated to the Memory
of Ilene Rothschild (1930-2010)
Misha Dichter and Harlem Quartet appear by arrangement with Sciolino Artist Management.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 6:30PM
South Shore Syncopators, with Dancing
Long Island’s Premiere Dance Orchestra
Specializing in the music of the 1920’s & 1930’s

SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 3PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Victoria Schwartzman, Piano
Mikhal Bugaev, Viola
Adrian Daurov, Cello
Brahms: Violin Sonata # 3 in D Minor, Opus 108 (1888) *(7)
Shostakovich: Quartet # 4 in D Major, Opus 83 (1949) *(6)
Brahms; String Sextet in G Major, Opus 36 (1864) *(7)


SATURDAY, JULY 2, 6:30PM
Swingtime Big Band, with Dancing
Jukebox Saturday Night:
The Greatest Hits and Hidden Gems of the
Big Band Years

SUNDAY, JULY 3, 3PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Victoria Schwartzman, Piano
Brahms: Viola Sonata in F Minor, Opus 120 # 1 (1894) *(3)
Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonant” (1785) *(21)
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Opus 15 (1879) *(10)


SATURDAY, JULY 9, 6:30PM
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, with Dancing
(Underwritten by Norman Fields)
The finest of Big Band Jazz and Swing
with this great and popular band

SUNDAY, JULY 10, 3PM
Cassatt String Quartet
Ursula Oppens, Piano
Barber: String Quartet, Opus 11 (1936) *(7)
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Opus 131 (1826) *(14)
Brahms: Quintet for Piano & Strings in F minor, Opus 34 (1864) *(42)


SATURDAY, JULY 16, 6:30PM
Daedalus String Quartet
Horne: String Quartet #3: Flight from the Labyrinth (2004)
*(Music Mountain Premiere)
Wernick: String Quartet # 8 (2010)
*(Music Mountain Premiere)
Dillon: String Quartet # 4:
The Infinite Sphere (2009)
*(Music Mountain Premiere)
(All 3 quartets written for and
premiered by the Daedalus String Quartet)

SUNDAY, JULY 17, 3PM
Mid Summer Special Benefit
All Tickets: $60
Daedalus String Quartet
Benjamin Hochman, Piano
Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet (Avery Fisher Career Grant Winner)
Karl Kramer, French Horn
Peter Kolkay, Bassoon (Avery Fisher Career Grant Winner)
Kurt Muroki, Bass
Ariana Zukerman, Soprano
All Schubert Program
Shepherd on the Rock, Opus 29 (1828)) *(Music Mountain Premiere)
Piano Quintet in A Major, Opus 114, D. 667, the “Trout” (1819) *(15)
Octet in F Major for Winds & Strings, Opus 166, D 803 (1824) *(3)


SATURDAY, JULY 23, 6:30PM
The Bushwhack Band, with Dancing
Classic Country. A Jambalaya of Cajun,
Zydeco and Country

SUNDAY, JULY 24, 3PM
Arianna String Quartet
Jonathan Yates, Piano
Mozart: String Quartet in A Major, K. 464 (1785) *(5)
Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Opus 18 # 5 (1798-1800) *(16 )
TBA


SATURDAY, JULY 30, 6:30PM
Penderecki String Quartet
All Beethoven Program
String Quartet in F Major, Opus 135 (1826) *(24)
String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132 (1825) *(19)

SUNDAY, JULY 31, 3PM
Penderecki String Quartet
Pamela Mia Paul, Piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 18 # 6 (1798-1800) *(29)
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Opus 95 "Serioso" (1810)  (28))
Shostakovich: Piano Quartet Opus 57 1940 *(24)


SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 6:30pm
Amernet String Quartet
Yehuda Hanani, Cello,
All Schubert Program
String Quartet in G Major, Opus 161, D.887 ((1826) *(9)
Schubert: Cello Quintet in C Major, Opus 163, D.956 (1828) *(24)
Post Concert Discussion:
The String Quartets of Schubert

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 3PM
Colorado String Quartet
Melvin Chen, Piano
Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 77 # 2 *(4)
Mendelssohn: String Quartet F Minor, Opus 80. (1847) *(3)
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, Opus 81 (1887) *(41)


SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 6:30PM
The Whiskey Boys, with Dancing
David Delaney, Fiddler, Vocals,
Mark Kilianski, Guitar & Vocals
With guests Maggie Mackay,Banjo,
Vocals & Ben Kopf, Double Bass
Bluegrass and Old Time Country Music
played by this Young, Energetic and
widely traveled Quartet, all trained
at the Berklee College of Music


SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 3PM
Voxare String Quartet
Eugenia Zukerman, Flute
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Opus 18 # 4 (1798-1800) *(22) 
Schubert: Violin Sonata in G Minor, D 408, Opus 137 # 3 (1816) *(3)
Transcribed for Flute and String Trio by Robert Stallman (2002)
*(
Music Mountain Premiere)
Beethoven: String Quartet in B Flat Major, 130 (1825-6) (14)
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, Opus 133 (1825) *(9)


THE NEW FRIDAY NIGHT SERIES
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 8PM
Silent Movie Night with Live Music
All tickets: $18 at the door $15 in advance
Harold Lloyd: Grandma’s Boy (1922)
Buston Keaton: The High Sign (1921)
with live music by Donald Sosin, keyboard
and Joanna Seaton, voice & percussion

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 6:30PM
The Galvanized Jazz Band, with Dancing
A Music Mountain Regular. High energy
renditions of New Orleans blues, stomps and spirituals.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 3PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Alexander Mekinulov, Piano
Brahms: Cello Sonata # 2 in F Major, Opus 99 (1886) *(5)
Shostakovich: String Quartet # 9 in E Flat Major, Opus 117 (1940) *(24)
Schnittke: Piano Quintet (1972-1976) *(6)


FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 8PM
Tempo del Fuoco
Nick Cutroneo, Guitar
Sarah Larsen, Violin
Piazzolla: L’Histoire du Tango
Wallace: El Primero
Schuttenhelm: “When the surface would suffice”
Riley: Cantos Desiertos
Pujol: Suite Buenos Aires


SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 6:30PM
Gunsmoke, Country, with dancing
Authentic Country & Western
Multi-Award Winning Band


SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 3PM
Daedalus String Quartet
Soyeon Lee, Piano (Naumburg Award Winner)
Schubert: Quartetsatz in C Minor, D703 (1820) *(8)
Beethoven: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 74 (1809)   (20)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Opus 25 (1861) *(25)


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 6:30PM
Shanghai String Quartet
All Beethoven
String Quartet in D Major Opus 18 # 3 (1798-1800) *(15)
String Quartet in F Major, Opus 18 # 1 (179801800) *(24)
String Quartet in C Major, Opus 59 # 3 ((1806) *(30)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 3PM
82nd Season Anniversary Celebration
Concert & Reception
All Tickets: $75
Shanghai String Quartet
Haochen Zhang, Piano.(Van Cliburn Gold Medalist),
Schubert: String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” (1824) *(23)
Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor (1878-1879) *(38)


Note:(38) This will be the (number) of this performance of this work at Music Mountain