Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music

  • Date: July 29, 2014 - August 19, 2014 (Tuesday)
  • Time: 08:15 PM - 10:15 PM
  • Location: The Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor

The Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music is proud to announce its 51st year of 5 Tuesday evening summer concerts at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor, Maine. 

 

New to the Festival, DECODA will open the series on July 22nd with Mozart - Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, K. 452;  Ligeti - Six Bagatelles; Barber - Summer Music and Op. 31 and Poulenc - Sextet for piano and wind quintet accompanied by TODD CROW, pianist and music director. 

 

On July 29th SHAINGHAI QUARTET performs Beethoven - String Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5 and String Quartet in F major, Op. 135; Bridge - Piano Quintet in D minor, H. 49 with TODD CROW, pianist and music director.  

 

On August 5th DOVER QUARTET also new to the Festival will perform Mozart - String Quartet in E flat major, K. 428; Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2; Dvořák - Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 accompanied by TODD CROW, pianist and music director.           

 

On August 12th MIAMI STRING QUARTET will return with TODD CROW, pianist and music director along with guest artist MARK SHUMAN, Cello performing Haydn - Piano Trio in E major, Hob. XV/28; Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117 and Schubert - String Quintet in C major, D. 956.

 

The series will close on August 19th once again with BRENTANO STRING QUARTET and TODD CROW, pianist and music director performing Mozart - String Quartet in B flat major, K. 458; Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 and Elgar - String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83.

 

The festival aims to present chamber music at its best in an intimate setting.  Much of the aura, which is both informal and serious, is due to the ambiance of the Neighborhood House, whose fine acoustics and old world charm add much to the intimacy of communication upon which chamber music thrives.

 

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Venue

The Neighborhood House

1 Kimball Road (end of Main Street)
Northeast Harbor  ME  04662 

Organization

Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music

Margo Bailey, Festival Coordinator
207/266-2550
moc.rennurdaor@yeliabogram
www.mtdesertfestival.org