Scenes, Arias, & Ensembles

Britt Brown, Mezzo Soprano
Jason Budd, Bass Baritone
Jesse Darden, Tenor
Megan Roth, Mezzo Soprano
Stephen Salters, Baritone
Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano

Brian Moll, Piano
Directed by Antonio Ocampo Guzman
Music Direction by Susan Davenny Wyner

COVID-19 vaccination card or mask required

Jiayan Sun, pianist Beethoven

Sonata Op. 109
Sonata Op. 110
Sonata Op. 111

$20 sugested

Busoni: Duettino Concertante
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Poulenc: Sonata for Two Pianos

BARRIÈRE: Sonata for Two Cellos in G Major
AMY BEACH: Piano Quintet, Op. 67
BEETHOVEN: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29,

also streamed on demand

Thomas Sheehan

Mendelssohn: Overture to the Oratorio “St. Paul”, Op. 26 (1836) tr. Best
Fax: Three Organ Pieces (1963/55)
Cooman: Rhapsody, Op. 1075 (2014)
Dirksen: Overture to “Much Ado about Nothing” (1973, rev. 1991)
Portman: Monument (2018)
Lee: “Shepherd, Show Me How to Go”, Op. 105a (2003)
Sowerby: “Passacaglia” from Symphony in G-Major (1931)

also streaming via “ticket” link

FREE (donations encouraged)
A lone musician cannot play a trio sonata by herself–or can she? In this brilliant multi-tracked video project, Emily O’Brien plays her transcriptions of Bach’s sublime works using seven sizes of recorders from soprano to contrabass.
Emily O’Brien, recorders

SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor,

Eleanor Alberga (b.1949) Succubus Moon (2007)
Rebecca Saunders (b.1967) Disclosure (2008)
George Crumb (b.1929) Apparition, Elegiac Songs and Vocalises (1979)
Sebastian Currier (b.1959) Night Time (1998)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op.96

rain date August 1, Diva of Deliciousness Tinky Weisblat with Jerry Noble, piano, will perform a selection of delicious songs. The concert is at
5 pm on the East lawn of the Federated Church in Charlemont.

INDOORS
Violinist Sarah Whitney and cellist Ani Kalayjian go Beyond the Notes with an eclectic program of solos and duos that highlights the works of Black composers, also featuring a collaboration with experimental animator Sarah E. Jenkins.

Lisa Batiashvili, violin
SCHUMANN The Bride of Messina Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
STENHAMMAR Serenade

Mozart: String Quintet in G Minor, K.516
Libby Larsen: String Quartet No.4, “Emergence” (1991)
Brahms: String Quintet in G Major, Op.111

Old Meetinghouse of Francestown
1 New Boston Rd, Francestown, NH

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Sonata in e minor, F. 54
Binnette Lipper: Trialogue for flute, clarinet, and bassoon
Erwin Schulhoff: Divertissement for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
Frank Bridge: Divertimenti for wind quartet, H. 189
Karl Goepfart: Quartet for winds, op. 93

Free Bring Your Own Chair

Mozart: String Quintet in G Minor, K.516
Libby Larsen: String Quartet No.4, “Emergence” (1991)
Brahms: String Quintet in G Major, Op.111

James MacMillan (b.1959) …as others see us…,
Gubaidulina (b.1931) Hommage à T.S. Eliot Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.130

BRAHMS: Sonata in F Minor (2nd mvt)
FINZI: Five Bagatelles (Nos. 1, 2 and 5)
CHOPIN: Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49
VON WEBER: Grand Duo Concertant in E-flat Major,

Geoffrey Wieting
Bach, Rheinberger, Sowerby

Free will offering.

Sowerby: Comes Autumn Time
Sowerby: from Sonatina
Price: Suite No. 1 for Organ
Hampton: Five Dances for Organ
Shearing: Selections from “Twelve Hymn Tune Preludes”
Wilson: Toccata

also streaming via “ticket” link

FREE (donations encouraged)
Visit the 17th-century London pub scene with drinking songs and tales of pickpockets, punks, tobacco, and unrequited love. Works by Wilbye and Ravenscroft celebrate the joy of gathering with friends. Raise your glass and sing along!
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Matthew Leese, baritone; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto; Dan Meyers, winds, percussion, baritone; David H. Miller, bass viol, baritone; Matthew Wright, lute, cittern, tenor

James MacMillan (b.1959) Horn Quintet (2007)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major,
Szymanowski: Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin,
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op.70 No.2

Escher Quartet with Jon Manasse (clarinet); Jon Nakamatsu (piano)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Quintet in F-sharp Minor,
SCHUMANN: Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

STILL: Lyric Quartette
DEREK BERMEL: Passing Through
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60

Liza Lim (b.1966) The Incandescent Tongue (2020)
Crumb: An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III)
Strauss: Metamorphosen (arr. Rudolf Leopold,
James MacMillan (b.1959) Why is this night different? (String Quartet No. 2) (1998)
Schuber: Fantasie in C Major, D.934

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Strum (2006)
CAROLINE SHAW: The Evergreen (2020)
FLORENCE PRICE: Andante Moderato from String Quartet in G major (1929)
DVORAK: String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Strum (2006)
CAROLINE SHAW: The Evergreen (2020)
FLORENCE PRICE: Andante Moderato from String Quartet in G major (1929)
DVORAK: String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106

Karin Rehnqvist (b.1957) Dådra – en sprängd koral
Rehnqvist Davids nimm (1984)
James MacMillan (b.1959) Cumnock Fair (1999)
Roger Tapping (b.1960) Reverberations (2021)
Britten: String Quartet No. 2, Op.36
Bach: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!

Alexis Walls, violin, and Lynelle James, piano

Handel -Violin Sonata No. 4 in D Major HWV 371
Fauré – Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13
Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro
Kreisler: Schon Rosemarin
Kreisler: Sicilienne et Rigaudon
Gershwin: 3 Preludes for Violin and Piano (tr. Heifetz)
Piazzolla: Libertango

$20 suggested

BARTOK: Romanian Folk Dances
YSAYE: Solo Sonata No. 4 in E minor, Op. 27
SCHUBERT: Fantasy
SCHUBERT/KREISLER: Ballet Dance 2 from Rosamunde
DVORAK/KREISLER: Songs My Mother Taught Me
KREISLER: Praeludium & Allegro

Escher Quartet and Brian Zeger (piano)
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 16 in F Major,
DVOŘÁK: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87

Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Boston Ballet II
Boston String Academy
Jean Appolon Expressions
Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion
Urbanity Dance

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Smetana: Dance of the Comedians
Saint-Saëns: The Swan
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Danse nègre
Duke Ellington: The River
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2

FREE (donations encouraged)
Irish folk music, traditional Québécois music and Cape Breton fiddle music all have Celtic roots, yet oral traditions in varied geographical areas developed unique sounds. BFC explores connections of this lively, foot-tapping music with their signature gutsy sound.
Berwick Fiddle Consort: Lydia Becker, Julia Connor, Sarah Douglass, fiddles; Antoine Chabot-Cout

with Dina Vainshtein, piano

VERDI/PIATTI (arr): Rimembranze del “Trovatore” di Verdi
ROSSINI/HAINL (arr): Fantasie on themes from William Tell
TCHAIKOVSKY/BUKINIK (arr): “Lensky’s Aria” from Eugene Onegin
DONIZETTI/SERVIAS (arr): La Fille du Regiment, Op. 16

VALERIE COLEMAN: Umoja
RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER: Suite for Wind Quintet
REENA ESMAIL: The Light is the Same
VALERIE COLEMAN: “Afro-Cuban” Concerto

KEVIN PUTS: Home (co-commissioned by Rockport Music) New England premiere
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 w Anthony McGill

KEVIN PUTS: Home (co-commissioned by Rockport Music) New England premiere
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 w Anthony McGill

A concert version of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte

Tamino – Christopher Eaglin
Papageno – James C. S. Liu
Queen of the Night – Robin Farnsley
Monostatos – Timothy Ayers-Kerr
Pamina – Alyssa Doggett
Speaker – Max Rydqvist
Sarastro – Michael Prichard
Papagena – Stephanie Mann

Sung in German with English supertitles and English dialogue, with the Opera51 Orchestra
Conductor – Alan Yost

A concert version of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte

Tamino – Kartik Ayysola
Papageno – James C. S. Liu
Queen of the Night – Robin Farnsley
Monostatos – Timothy Ayers-Kerr
Pamina – Kim Lamoureux
Sarastro – Michael Prichard
Papagena – Melanie Salisbury

Sung in German with English supertitles and English dialogue, with the Opera51 Orchestra
Conductor – Alan Yost

Wm. Grant Still: Summerland
Philip Glass: “Opening” from Glassworks (1981)
Peteris Vasks: Castillo Interior (2013)
Couperin: Les barricades mysterieuses
Fred Hersch: Nocturne, from Three Character Studies (2004)
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
Chopin: Nocturne in B-flat, Op.62 No.1
Rachmaninov: Prelude in D, Op.23 No.4
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev: Intermezzo from The Nutcracker

RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor
CONRAD TAO: Piano Trio No. 2

Justin Murphy-Mancini
Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Tunder

Free will offering.

Rosalind Mohnsen plays
Dupré: Final (from Suite, Op. 39)
Schumann: A-flat Major (from Studies in the Form of Canon, Op. 56)
Mendelssohn: Allegro, Chorale and Fugue
Cochereau: Boléro (sur un thème de Charles Raquet) tr. Cochereau
Vierne: Allegro (from Deuxième Symphonie,
James: Méditation à Ste. Clotilde
Saint-Saëns: Final (from Symphonie 3 arr. Scott

also streaming via “ticket” link

Fall River Heritage State Park, 200 Davol Street

Michael Tabak, flute; Hannah Staudinger, oboe
Danby Cho, clarinet; Jessica Appolinario, French horn; Shu Satoh, bassoon

ALFORD (arr. Kenneth Abeling): Colonel Bogey (march)
BIZET (arr. David Walter): Suite from Carmen
GERSHWIN (arr. David Schorr): Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So, I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin (from Porgy and Bess)
DVORAK (arr. Darrell Goforth): Serenade in D minor for winds, Op. 44

FREE. Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy music out of doors.

Rain date: Sunday, August 22, (time TBD)

Carolyn Craig
Bach, Duruflé, Muffat, Whitlock

Free will offering.

Jennifer McPherson plays
Guilmant: Marche religieuse
Bolcom: Just As I Am
Walker: Beside the Still Waters
Tournemire: Cantilène Improviseé tr. Duruflé
Tournemire: Improvisation sur le “Te Deum”
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in D-Major, BWV 532
Salomé: Èglogue (from 12 Pièces)
Wammes: Miroir
Dupré: Prélude et Fugue en si majeur, Op. 7

also streaming via “ticket” link

Sir John Falstaff – Sebastian Catana
Mrs. Alice Ford – Tamara Wilson
Ford – Thomas Glass
Mrs. Meg Page – Joanna Evans
Mrs. Quickly – Alissa Anderson
Nannetta – Jasmine Habersham
Fenton – Jonas Hacker
Bardolfo – Keith Jameson
Pistola – Jeremy Harr
Dr. Caius – Lucas Levy

And featuring the Berkshire Opera Festival Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor – Brian Garman
Stage Director – Joshua Major

Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Brianna Robinson, soprano
Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano
David Coleman, piano

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
George Chadwick: Jubilee
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2
Priscilla Alden Beach: City Trees
Francine Trester: A Walk in Her Shoes (World Premiere)

Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio
Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 67
Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 62
Chopin: Ballade, No. 1
Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses

with Stewart Goodyear, piano

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 5, “Spring”
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 9, “Kreutzer”

Director Barry Shiffman, and former St. Lawrence Quartet member, for Osvaldo Golijov’s K’va Karat. Tickets: $59, $49 | Virtual: $20
HAYDN: String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 4 “The Sunrise”
GOLIJOV: K’va Karat w Barry Shiffman
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet, Op. 132, No. 15 in A Minor, Mvmt III (Heiliger Dankgesang)

with solos from rising violin stars and competition winners.
J. B. CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGES: Quartet Concertante No. 5
VIVALDI: Four Seasons

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 70 “Ghost”
DVORAK: Piano Trio Op. 90 “Dumky”

BACH: Prelude in F minor, BWV 881, arranged for quartet by Mark Steinberg
HAYDN: String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 5
GEORGE WALKER: Molto adagio from String Quartet No. 1
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet, Op. 135

COUPERIN: Les Barricade Mystérieuses
SCHUMANN: Arabesque, Op. 18
GLASS: Mad Rush
COUPERIN: Tic Toc Choc
SATIE: Gnossienne No. 3
SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16