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Category Archives: Concerts
August 26 – Tempo del Fuoco – Tango Como Arte
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
August 19 – Silent Movies with Live Music
Friday, August 19, 8:00 p.m.
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
“The top-of-the-line of film pianists!” — Leonard Maltin, film critic, author, historian
“Donald Sosin eschewed a traditional score in favor of a mix of blues, boogie-woogie, stride and swing that perfectly matched the film’s jumping tempo and brought much of the crowd to its feet at the end.” — Michael Schlesinger, SONY Classics
August 20 Galvanized Jazz Band
Saturday, August 20, 6:30 p.m.
The Galvanized Jazz Band
** with Dancing**
A Music Mountain Regular. High energy renditions of New Orleans blues, stomps and spirituals.
The Galvanized will be joined by guest trombonist Jerry Zigmont, Woody Allen’s trombonist.
Bob Price on banjo is back by popular demand, and will play Rhapsody in Blue – a number that brought down the house last year.
Since 1971, The Galvanized Jazz Band has thrilled audiences of all ages, performing at jazz festivals from Maine to New Orleans and will be the final offering of our summer 2011 popular jazz series. One of New England’s most sought-after bands, The Galvanized Jazz Band is renowned for their high-energy renditions of New Orleans blues, stomps, Dixieland, and spirituals. Bring your dancing shoes for the Saturday evening concert and find out why Connecticut Magazine named The Galvanized Jazz Band the “best jazz band in the state!”
August 21 St Petersburg with Alexander Mekinulov
Sunday, August 21, 3:00 p.m.
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Alexander Mekinulov, Piano
Brahms: Cello Sonata # 2 in F Major, Opus 99 (1886)
Shostakovich: String Quartet # 9 in E Flat Major, Opus 117 (1940)
Schnittke: Piano Quintet (1972-1976)
Considered by many to be one of the world’s most esteemed chamber ensembles, the St. Petersburg String Quartet was founded in 1985 and has steadily risen to fame performing all over the world and the US including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A native of Leningrad, now once again St. Petersburg, Russia, Alexander Mekinulov won the First Prize in the All-Russian Chamber Music Competition. Since emigrating to the United States, he is currently a distinguished faculty member at the MILI (Music Institute of Long Island) and has extensively performed throughout the United States, Austria, Italy and Brazil with various soloists.
August 14 Voxare Quartet with Eugenia Zukerman
Sunday, August 14, 3:00 p.m.
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 with the Grosse Fuge, Opus 130 (1825) (9)
Post Concert Discussion: Schubert and the Flute
The acclaimed Voxare Quartet will present the Beethoven B Flat Major Quartet, Opus 130, in its original form with the enormously difficult Grosse Fuge, Opus 133, as the final movement rather than the one Beethoven was persuaded to substitute by his publisher. As far as Music Mountain records show, this is the first time that Music Mountain will offer this Quartet as it was originally conceived by Beethoven.
Guest artist, Eugenia Zukerman has been called one of the finest flutists of our time by the Boston Globe, She has performed throughout North America, Europe and Asia for over 25 years.
The Voxare, formed in 2008, has received considerable critical praise. For example, the New York Times declared that this Quartet “plays with such penetrating tone and lucid textures” that it has named the quartet the Classical Pick of the Week numerous times. (Visit their website!)
