2024 Season in List Form
Chamber Music - Jazz - Community Events
June 2 - September 15, 2024
2024 Chamber Music Concerts
16 Consecutive Sundays at 3 PM Starting June 2
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT
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JUNE 2
95TH SEASON OPENING BENEFIT CONCERT & RECEPTION
Including the Presentation of Music Mountain’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Ann McKinney
Benjamin Hochman & Friends from the Met Opera
Ben Bowman, Violin
Joel Noyes, Cello
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in C Minor, Opus 1 #3
Rebecca CLARKE Piano Trio
Franz SCHUBERT Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Opus 100, D. 929
Underwritten by the Smart Family Foundation of New York, A. Douglas Stone and Barbara von Bechtolsheim
JUNE 9
Balourdet Quartet
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
Come early for a free Family Concert at 2 PM (See Community Events)
Season Concert at 3 PM
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421, “Haydn”
Anna WEESNER The Eight Lost Songs of Orlando Underground for clarinet quintet
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 #1
Underwritten by Michelle Duffy and Robert Connell
JUNE 16
Euclid Quartet
Hugo KAUDER String Quartet #4
William BOLCOM Graceful Ghost Rag
Benjamin BRITTEN String Quartet in D Major, Opus 25
Franz SCHUBERT String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
Underwritten by the Hugo Kauder Society
JUNE 23
Simone Dinnerstein Plays Bach and Keith Jarrett
Alexis Pia Gerlach, Cello
Johann Sebastian BACH 15 Sinfonias for keyboard, BWV 787-801
Keith JARRETT (arr. Uwe Karcher) Encore from Tokyo
Johann Sebastian BACH Cello Suite #1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Johann Sebastian BACH Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard in D Major, BWV 1028
Underwritten by Ann McKinney
JUNE 30
Misha and Cipa Dichter Play Schubert
Franz SCHUBERT Sonata in C Major for Piano Four-Hands, D. 812, “Grand Duo”
Franz SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960 (Opus posth.)
JULY 7
Arianna String Quartet
Come early for a free Poetry Reading by Antoinette Brim-Bell, Connecticut’s Poet Laureate, at 2 PM (See Community Events)
Season Concert at 3 PM
Max BRUCH String Quartet #1 in C Minor, Opus 9
Bohuslav MARTINU String Quartet #3
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet #2 in F Major, Opus 22
JULY 14
Dior Quartet
Kevin LAU String Quartet #3
Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Opus 74, #1
Franz SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703
Robert PATERSON String Quartet #3
Dinuk WIJERATNE The Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini
JULY 21
Penderecki String Quartet
Anya Alexeyev, Piano
Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Opus 20, #2, “Sun”
Sergei PROKOFIEV String Quartet in F Major, Opus 92
Edward ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor, Opus 84
Underwritten by Thomas and Sarah Morrison
JULY 28
American String Quartet
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 18, #6, “La Malinconia”
Johannes BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Opus 115
Antonín DVORAK String Quartet in F Major, Opus 96, "American"
Underwritten by William Gillers
AUGUST 4
Erinys Quartet
Victoria Schwartzman, Piano
Kaija SAARIAHO Terra Memoria
Béla BARTOK String Quartet #3, Sz. 85
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet in B Flat Major, K. 589
Antonín DVORAK Piano Quintet in A Major, Opus 81
Underwritten by Thomas C. Ragan
AUGUST 11
Daedalus Quartet
Andrew DAVIS Deep Summer Folklore
Niloufar NOURBAKHSH Logic Run Wild
Béla BARTOK String Quartet #4
Maurice RAVEL String Quartet in F Major
AUGUST 18
Lysander Trio
Come early for a free Pre-Concert Talk with Anne Liebling at 2 PM. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge: How one woman contributed to the history of chamber music and of Music Mountain. (See Community Events)
Season Concert at 3 PM
Sergei RACHMANINOFF Trio élégiaque #1 in G Minor
Bongani NDODANA-BREEN Two Nguni Dances
Udi PERLMAN Nostos
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Trio in B Flat Major, Opus 97, "Archduke"
Underwritten by Mike Abram and Vivian Garfein Abram
AUGUST 25
Ulysses Quartet
Nicholas Tzavaras, Cello
Caroline SHAW Plan & Elevation
Leoš JANACEK String Quartet #1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Franz SCHUBERT Cello Quintet in C Major, Opus 163, D. 956
Underwritten by Anne Liebling, friends and family
SEPTEMBER 1
Ying Quartet
Elinor Freer, Piano
Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 50, #1, “Prussian”
Carter PANN Love Letters
Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Opus 44
Underwritten by Peter Schuyten
SEPTEMBER 8
Merz Trio
"Alma Mahler Goes West"
Come early for a free Pre-Concert Talk with Joseph Horowitz at 2 PM (See Community Events)
Season Concert at 3 PM
Works by Alma MAHLER, Alban BERG, Johannes Maria STAUD, Charles IVES, Benjamin BRITTEN, Chris ROGERSON, Anton WEBERN, Daniel TEMKIN, Thelonious MONK, Antonín DVORAK, and Alexander ZEMLINSKY, plus Arnold SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
SEPTEMBER 15
Cassatt String Quartet
Magdalena Baczewska, Piano
Come early for a free Pre-Concert Talk with Georgia O’Keeffe biographer, Roxana Robinson, and composer Victoria Bond at 2 PM (See Community Events)
Season Concert at 3 PM
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Opus 18, #1
Victoria BOND Blue and Green music (inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe)
Johannes BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34
2024 Jazz at Music Mountain
12 Consecutive Saturdays at 7 PM Starting June 22
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT
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JUNE 22
JAZZ AT MUSIC MOUNTAIN OPENING CONCERT
Bobby Sanabria Quartet: Afro Cuban Jazz Night
Underwritten by Michael W. Klemens and Juan Alberto Cárdenas
JUNE 29
BOB PARKER TRIBUTE CONCERT
Featuring Wanda Houston, Chris Parker, Scott Heth, Joe Salamone, David Spinozza, Kris Jensen, Peter McEachern, and Jack Brandfield
JULY 6
MAUCHA ADNET & DUDUKA DA FONSECA TRIO
“Bossa Always Nova”
(See Community Events for details about Painting Music in the morning)
JULY 13
HARRY ALLEN QUARTET
The Genius of Duke Ellington
“Sheer Excellence” (Gene Lees)
Underwritten by Roxann & Warren Whitaker and Julie & Steve Brandfield
JULY 20
PAUL WINTER
7-time Grammy Award winner Paul Winter performs "New Journey," featuring his soprano sax and the groundbreaking piano playing of Henrique Eisenmann.
JULY 27
SWINGTIME BIG BAND
Music Mountain’s favorite swing band returns for their 16th annual concert in Gordon Hall with a fun new program of cinematic hits from the Great American Songbook!
AUGUST 3
THE CURTIS BROTHERS TRIO
Tribute to Ralph Peterson
Zaccai Curtis, Piano; Luques Curtis, Bass; Jerome Jennings, Drums
AUGUST 10
NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND
The very best in New Orleans style Jazz, Gospel & Blues
AUGUST 17
NEW YORK GILBERT & SULLIVAN PLAYERS
Pirates of Penzance in One Act, plus Audience Requests
Underwritten by an Anonymous Donor
AUGUST 24
BILL CHARLAP TRIO
Grammy Award winning pianist “Bill Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved…no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence” (Time Magazine)
AUGUST 31
KELLIN HANAS QUINTET
“One of the best up and coming jazz musicians on the globe” (International Trumpet Guild Journal)
Underwritten by Rick and Rachel Robbins
SEPTEMBER 7
SILENT FILM & LIVE MUSIC
SONGS, SLAPSTICK, AND SHERLOCK: A 1920’s Spectacular!
Internationally acclaimed silent film musicians Donnie Sosin and Joanna Seaton create a live score for Buster Keaton’s hilarious silver screen comedies SHERLOCK JR. (100th anniversary!) and his 1922 short COPS.
2024 Community Events
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT
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JUNE 9, Sunday at 2 PM
Family Concert
Balourdet Quartet & Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
Free 45-minute Event. All welcome. Including brief engaging presentations, short performances, and Q&A. The Balourdet Quartet and Oskar Espina Ruiz will play selections from the 3 PM Season Concert Program, with works by W. A. MOZART, Anna WEESNER, and L. van BEETHOVEN. All attendees get free ice cream!
JULY 6, Saturday at 11:30 AM
Painting Music
Free multigenerational event for artists, amateurs, and beginners to paint individually, as well as jointly, while listening to live music. Guided by Vincent Inconiglios and Oskar Espina Ruiz. Materials provided. Register online.
JULY 7, Sunday at 2 PM
Poetry Reading
Antoinette Brim-Bell, Connecticut’s 8th State Poet Laureate
(Season Concert featuring the Arianna String Quartet starts at 3 PM).
AUGUST 18, Sunday at 2 PM
Pre-Concert Talk
Anne Liebling: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. How one woman contributed to the history of chamber music and of Music Mountain. (Season Concert featuring the Lysander Trio starts at 3 PM).
SEPTEMBER 8, Sunday at 2 PM
Pre-Concert Talk
Joseph Horowitz: Alma Mahler
Free 45-minute Pre-Concert Talk by Joseph Horowitz, author of The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York. All welcome. (Season Concert featuring the Merz Trio starts at 3 PM).
SEPTEMBER 15, Sunday at 2 PM
Pre-Concert Talk
Roxana Robinson and Victoria Bond: Georgia O’Keeffe
Free 45-minute Pre-Concert Talk by Georgia O’Keeffe biographer, Roxana Robinson, and composer Victoria Bond. All welcome. (Season Concert featuring the Cassatt String Quartet and Magdalena Baczewska, Piano, starts at 3 PM).