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Pianist Misha Dichter
 photo credit: J. Mulligan
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Harlem String Quartet


Haochen Zhang - Joint Gold Medalist of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 
photo credit :  Credit 2009 Altré Media Van Cliburn Foundation


Korean pianist Soyeon Lee
First prize winner of 2010 Naumburg International Piano Competition


The Shanghai String Quartet


St. Petersburg String Quartet


Eugenia Zukerman


Music Mountain's Gordon Hall
 photo credit: Joan Walden

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For Immediate Release: 

Misha Dichter & The Harlem String Quartet
Kick off Music Mountain’s 82^nd Anniversary Season
of acclaimed Chamber Music Concerts June 19^th!

Season will also feature performances by
Haochen Zhang (Van Cliburn Gold Medalist)
Soyeon Lee (Naumburg Award Winner)
The Shanghai String Quartet  plus
St. Petersburg 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 82nd anniversary season starting June 19th.  The season will feature sixteen Chamber music concerts, a series of Jazz and Country Music concerts, and a number of special events slated through September 4th. "This summer is about two things - great music and extraordinary quality of performance" stated Music Mountain's board president Nicholas Gordon. "The concerts will feature memorable works that range from those never before played at our yearly festival to audience favorites, heard many times over the years.”  Located in the northwest corner of Connecticut in the town of Falls Village, Gordon has again arranged for some of the most exciting talent from around the world to grace the Music Mountain stage-prompting The New Yorker Magazine to acknowledge Music Mountain 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 19th (3PM) featuring the legendary pianist Misha Dichter in his Music Mountain debut and the acclaimed Harlem String Quartet performing the Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44 (1842). The Harlem String Quartet will also play the Borodin: String Quartet #2 in D Major (1881)and their spectacular piano quintet arrangement of Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the ‘A’ Train.” 

The overriding theme of the 82nd season will be the music of Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms:  Beethoven, perhaps the greatest of all composers; Schubert, divine melodist and poet of song; and Brahms, the successor to Beethoven, a true immortal, who created music of extraordinary beauty which has never lost its power to move audiences. 

Quartets to appear this coming summer will include the St. Petersburg String Quartet (June 26, July 3, August 21), The Shanghai String Quartet (September 3) & featuring pianist Haochen Zhang - Van Cliburn Gold Medalist (September 4), and The Penderecki String Quartet (July 30 & 31). Other string quartets scheduled include Cassatt (July 10),The Daedalus (July 17) and with pianist Soyeon Lee - Naumburg Award Winner (August 28), Arianna  (July 24),The Amernet (August 6), Colorado (August 7), and Voxare (August 14).  See below for full schedule and check online: www.musicmountain.org.

Assisting artists to be welcomed this season include pianists Misha Dichter (June 19), Pamela Mia Paul - her 21st consecutive year - (July 31), Melvin Chen (August 7), Jonathan Yates (July 24) as well as Music Mountain debut artists Victoria Schwartzman (June 26, July 3), Benjamin Hochman (July 17) and Ursula Oppens (July 10). In addition, cellist Yehuda Hanani will make his Music Mountain debut (August 6) and the brilliant young clarinetist and Avery Fisher Career Grant Award-winner Alexander Fiterstein, will return (July 17). Others to appear include Avery Fisher Award-winning bassoonist Peter Kolkay, horn player Karl Kramer, and bass player Kurt Muroki (July 17). Music Mountain will also welcome soprano Ariana Zukerman (July 17) and later in the season, her acclaimed mother flutist Eugenia Zukerman (August 14).

Highlights of the season will include two “all Schubert” concerts. The first will feature the glorious “Shepherd on the Rock,” "Trout" Quintet and the Octet (July 17), and the other offering will include the magnificent Schubert Cello Quintet and the G Major String Quartet, Opus 161 (August 6).  Another highlight will be the music of Nancarrow, Scelsi and Gosfield played by the Flux Quartet (July 16). Beethoven will frequently be represented with two concerts devoted to his quartets (July 30 & September 3) with more featured in three other concerts. The summer will conclude with Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" played by the Shanghai Sting Quartet at the final concert of the season (September 4).

In addition to the Chamber Series, The Jazz series on Saturday nights at 6:30 will present The South Shore Syncopators in their Music Mountain Debut (June 25), Swingtime New York (July 2) and Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks in their first Music Mountain appearance (July 9). The Galvanized Jazz Band will return for their 18th appearance at Music Mountain (August 20).

The 2010 Season will also see Music Mountain welcome Country Music to its stage for the very first time.  The inaugural season of Country Music brings the Cajun sensation The Bushwhack Band (July 23) followed by The Whiskey Boys (August 13^th) and the award-winning group Gunsmoke (August 27) now celebrating their 25th season.

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 82nd season of Music Mountain are $30 at the door, $27 in advance.  (Admission is FREE for those 18 and under.)  There are also three specially priced concerts in 2011.  The Opening Benefit Concert & Reception and the Closing Benefit Concert & Reception are $75.  The concert on Sunday, July 17 with Schubert’s “Shepherd on the Rock,” “The Trout” Quintet and the Schubert Octet is $60. 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 in a 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 ---2011 Schedule


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



 

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