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Weekend Concerts Run from June 4 – September 17, 2023


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Mailing Address: PO Box 738, Lakeville, CT 06039
Festival Address: 225 Music Mountain Road, Falls Village, CT 06031

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Concerts at Music Mountain are in air-conditioned Gordon Hall. Sunday afternoon concerts have additional lawn seating (audio only). Bring your own picnic. The Music Mountain Concessions Stand opens 1 hour prior to each concert and serves coffee, tea, ice cream and more. Free Parking. You will be able to purchase best available seats within the section of your choice when buying tickets for Gordon Hall (see Seating Chart with Seating Sections below). You may call the box office to see if specific seats are still available. Gordon Hall offers pristine acoustics from the front to the last row. While the front rows offer higher volume and a close view of the musicians, the back rows are loved by many concertgoers who appreciate the better blend in the back. Lawn Tickets are General Admission. All tickets are “Will Call,” which means that your tickets will be ready for you to pick up at the Box Office when you attend each concert. No need to print e-tickets at home.

TICKET PRICING:

Chamber Music Concerts on Sundays at 3 PM: $25-55*
*Opening Benefit Concert & Reception on June 4: $40-75 
($15 Lawn Tickets; Free for ages 18 and under)

Jazz Concerts on Saturdays at 7 PM: $25-35* 
*Paul Winter (June 24), Brazilian Trio (July 15), and Bill Charlap Trio (Aug 5): $35-45
No Lawn tickets. Patrons are welcome to picnic before the concert.
(Free for ages 18 and under)

Sunday Chamber Music Ticket Packages:
Season Pass: $330-720
6-Concert Pass: $130-280
3-Concert Pass: $68-150

Saturday Jazz Ticket Packages:
Season Pass: $240-320
6-Concert Pass: $150-200
3-Concert Pass: $70-100


Chamber Music Seating Chart

Jazz Seating Chart

2023 Chamber Music Concerts: Celebrating ‘Home and Belonging’
16 Consecutive Sundays at 3 PM Starting June 4


JUNE 4
94TH SEASON OPENING BENEFIT CONCERT & RECEPTION
Mozart & Bach Concerti with Benjamin Hochman, Piano & Friends
Benjamin Hochman, Piano; Nancy Wu, Kobi Malkin, Violins
Jessica Thompson, Viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, Cello
Leigh Mesh, Double Bass

BACH Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056
BACH Keyboard Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053
BACH (arr. Mozart) Two Fugues for string quartet from the Well-Tempered Clavier
MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546
MOZART Piano Concerto #14 in E Flat Major, K. 449

Please join us at the free reception with the artists immediately following the concert, on the Great Lawn, in front of Gordon Hall

*Underwritten by the Smart Family Foundation of New York, A. Douglas Stone and Barbara Bechtolsheim


JUNE 11  
Eleora Piano Quartet 
J Freivogel, Violin; Che-Hung Chen, Viola; Rachel Henderson Freivogel, Cello; Natalie Zhu, Piano

L. van BEETHOVEN Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 16
Fanny MENDELSSOHN HENSEL Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11
Tina DAVIDSON Tremble for Piano Trio    
C. SAINT-SAËNS Piano Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 41

*Underwritten in part by Michelle Duffy and Robert Connell


JUNE 18
Misha Dichter, Piano
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet 
DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque
BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120
BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata in E Flat Major, Op. 120
LISZT Funèrailles, La lugubre gondola No. 2, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A Minor, “Rákóczi March”


JUNE 25 – FAMILY CONCERT AT 2 PM: SCHUBERT’S “TROUT” QUINTET FOR MUSIC LOVERS OF ALL AGES 
Horszowski Trio
Jessica Thompson, Viola
Gregg August, Double Bass  

B. SMETANA Trio in G Minor, Op. 15
Paul CHIHARA Fantasy "Red Dragonfly" - Homage to R. Schumann (2022)
F. SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667, “The Trout”

*Underwritten in part by Thomas and Sarah Morrison


JULY 2
Arianna String Quartet
Judith Gordon, Piano
A. DVORAK String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 51, “Slavonic”
Gabriela LENA FRANK Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
R. SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44


JULY 9
Ariel Quartet
WOLF Italian Serenade
HAYDN String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20 #5
SCHUBERT String Quartet in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887


JULY 16 – PRE-CONCERT TALK AND FILM AT 2 PM: THE ODYSSEY OF A PIANO PRODIGY FROM HOLOCAUST TO MUSIC MOUNTAIN 
Penderecki String Quartet
Anya Alexeyev, Piano
J. BRAHMS String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51 #1
Erwin SCHULHOFF Five Pieces
B. BARTOK Piano Quintet in C Major, Sz. 23

*Underwritten by Mike Abram and Vivian Garfein Abram


JULY 23 – PRE-CONCERT TALK AT 2 PM: DISCOVER THE MUSIC OF HUGO KAUDER
Euclid Quartet 
F. J. HAYDN String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 76 #4, “Sunrise”
Hugo KAUDER String Quartet #2
G. PUCCINI I Crisantemi
L. van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, #4

*Underwritten by the Hugo Kauder Society


JULY 30 
American String Quartet
F. SCHUBERT String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 29, D. 804, “Rosamunde”
Vivian FUNG Pizzicato
Caroline SHAW Blueprint
L. van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135


AUGUST 6  – PRE-CONCERT SPECIAL EVENT AT 2 PM: TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN STORYTELLING BY DARLENE KASCAK OF THE SCHAGHTICOKE TRIBAL NATION
Ulysses Quartet
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
Seth GROSSHANDLER Suite for Clarinet Quintet
L. van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59 #3
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet in F Sharp Minor, Op. 10

*Underwritten in part by an Anonymous Donor


AUGUST 13  – PRE-CONCERT TALK AT 2 PM: ELEANOR ALBERGA AND THE MUSIC OF THE JAMAICAN NIGHTS 
Lydian String Quartet 
Victoria Schwartzman, Piano 
Eleanor ALBERGA String Quartet #2 
W. A. MOZART String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 10 #3, K. 428, "Haydn" 
J. BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 


AUGUST 20 
Balourdet Quartet
Simone Dinnerstein, Piano
F. MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44 #2
Karim AL-ZAND Strange Machines
L. van BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
J-P. RAMEAU Gavotte and Six Doubles
J. S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052

*Underwritten by Ann McKinney


AUGUST 27 – PRE-CONCERT TALK AT 2 PM: A CONVERSATION WITH LEON BOTSTEIN
Parker Quartet
Orion Weiss, Piano
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 18 #6
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
MOZART Piano Concerto #12 in A Major, K. 414

*Underwritten in part by William Gillers


SEPTEMBER 3
Borromeo String Quartet
Henry Kramer, Piano
Eleanor ALBERGA Remember
L. van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 127
A. DVORAK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 

*Underwritten by Harold and Deko Klebanoff


SEPTEMBER 10 – FAMILY CONCERT AT 2 PM: MIGUEL DEL AGUILA’S “CLOCKS” PIANO QUINTET FOR MUSIC LOVERS OF ALL AGES
Dali Quartet
Vanessa Perez, Piano
J. C. ARRIAGA String Quartet #3 in E Flat Major
A. PIAZZOLLA Tango Ballet
Clarice ASSAD Sonic Landscapes for Piano Quintet
Simón DIAZ Becerrito for Piano Quintet
Willie COLON La Murga de Panamá for Piano Quintet
Miguel DEL AGUILA Clocks for Piano Quintet, Op. 58

*Underwritten by Thomas C. Ragan


SEPTEMBER 17
Cassatt String Quartet
Ursula Oppens, Piano
Fanny MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E Flat Major, H. 277
W. A. MOZART String Quartet in F Major, K. 590, “Prussian”
D. SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

*Underwritten in part by an Anonymous Donor


2023 Jazz at Music Mountain
11 Consecutive Saturdays at 7 PM Starting June 24


JUNE 24
Paul Winter: Jazz at Music Mountain Opening Concert
This Glorious Earth

JULY 1
New Black Eagle Jazz Band
The very best in New Orleans style Jazz, Gospel & Blues.
A world touring band since 1971.

JULY 8
The Wanda Houston Project

JULY 15
Maucha Adnet with The Brazilian Trio
“Bossa Always Nova”

*Underwritten by Julie & Steve Brandfield and Roxann & Warren Whitaker

JULY 22
Barbara Fasano Trio
Featuring Eric Comstock, piano/voice
With Boots Maleson, Bass

JULY 29
Swingtime Big Band

AUGUST 5
Bill Charlap Trio

AUGUST 12
Kellin Hanas Quintet 
*Underwritten by Rick and Rachel Robbins

AUGUST 19
The Curtis Brothers

AUGUST 26
NYGSP: H.M.S. Pinafore in One Act, with an Evening of G&S Favorites
*Underwritten by an Anonymous Donor

SEPTEMBER 2
Galvanized Jazz Band

2023 Pre-Concert Talks Celebrate ‘Home and Belonging’
All Pre-Concert Talks take place on Sundays at 2:00 PM, Free Admission


JULY 16
On July 16, Greg and Candy Dawson will tell the story of Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson, who escaped Nazis in her native Ukraine and made her way to America, the Juilliard School and Music Mountain where David Dawson, then violist in residence, proposed marriage. The talk will be preceded by a short film made in Ukraine in 2006 to trace Zhanna’s journey, which includes many of the cities destroyed during the ongoing war. 

JULY 23
On July 23, Helen Kauder, granddaughter of Hugo Kauder, members of the Hugo Kauder Society, and the Euclid Quartet will do a presentation on the music of Hugo Kauder (1888-1972), whose nineteen string quartets were championed by the Gordon String Quartet, Music Mountain’s founding quartet. The Euclid Quartet will perform excerpts from Kauder’s String Quartet #2. 

AUGUST 6
On August 6, Darlene Kascak, Education Director for The Institute for American Indian Studies Museum and Research Center in Washington, Connecticut, will facilitate through storytelling a new understanding of the Schaghticoke, descendants of the indigenous peoples who lived and worked since time immemorial on the land now called Music Mountain. 

AUGUST 13
On August 13, composer Eleanor Alberga will talk about Home and Belonging in her music, in preparation for the performance of her String Quartet No. 2. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Alberga is a highly-regarded British composer with commissions from the BBC Proms and The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. 

AUGUST 27
On August 27, the last pre-concert talk of the season features Leon Botstein, eminent conductor, music historian, and leader in education reform, serving as the President of Bard College since 1975, home to the Bard Music Festival, Bard SummerScape, Bard College Conservatory of Music, The Orchestra Now, and numerous other prestigious programs. He is music director of the American Symphony Orchestra and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. “When it comes to ambitious, fearless orchestral programming there is Leon Botstein . . . and then there is everyone else,” wrote Steve Smith for The New York Times. Leon Botstein will talk about how composers bring a sense of Home and Belonging into their music.

2023 Family Concerts
All Family Concerts take place on Sundays at 2:00 PM, Free Admission


JUNE 25
On June 25, the Horszowski Trio, Jessica Thompson, Viola, and Gregg August, Double Bass, will introduce Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet to music lovers of all ages.

AUGUST 6
On August 6, the Traditional Native American Storytelling by Darlene Kascak of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation will give children and adults the opportunity to have a new understanding of Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples lives both in the past and in the present.

SEPTEMBER 10
On September 10, the Dali Quartet and Vanessa Perez, Piano will introduce Miguel Del Aguila's Clocks for Piano Quintet to music lovers of all ages. The work is a suite in six movements portraying an imaginary visit to a clock museum. The final movement takes place after the museum closes and the clocks come to life in an exuberant jam session. The program will include engaging music from Latin America.