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For Immediate Release: 

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

* Special Preview Broadcast on Classical 105.9FM WQXR June 15th * 

(Falls Village, CT) America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, Music Mountain will celebrate its 82nd anniversary season starting , Sunday, June 19^th  (3PM)with an Opening Benefit and Reception featuring the legendary pianist Mischa 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.”

As a special preview to the opening concert, a taped "live" performance will be broadcast on Wednesday evening, June 15th at 9PM EST featuring Mr. Dichter and the Harlem Quartet. Hosted by Robert Sherman, the program will air on  105.9 FM WQXR and will  be available as a live webstream at www.wqxr.org.

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.”

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.

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 2011 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.

Located in Falls Village, Connecticut, Music Mountain is located at 225 Music Mountain Road, where a short scenic drive will bring music lovers to Gordon Hall with ample & free parking. Beer and wine are available and, as is the Music Mountain custom, audience members are invited to picnic before the concerts on the scenic grounds.

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 “Shepard 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, 225 Music Mountain Rd, Falls Village, CT 06031


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