Music Mountain, America's Oldest Continuing Summer Chamber Music Festival, continues its 86th anniversary season tonight, September 19 (6:30pm) with Jive By Five performing the final concert of the popular Saturday Evening Twilight series. The music continues on tomorrow, September 20 (3PM) with Borromeo String Quartet performing Bach, Beethoven, and Shostakovich. Music lovers have one week remaining of Music Mountain's extended summer season! Concerts are scheduled to play thru September 27!
Dust off your dancing shoes for Jive By Five! The jazz series concludes on Saturday evening with this hard-driving Connecticut favorite playing the sizzling dance music of the Jazz Age. From the Charleston to the Two Step & the Fox Trot, this jazz-loving, rhythmic trio, led by the charming drummer Robert Parker, is sure to get audiences on their feet!
The remarkable and captivating Borromeo String Quartet come to Gordon Hall on Sunday afternoon. Sunday afternoon's concert will feature Bach: Fugue in C# Minor from the Well Tempered Klavier, Book 1, BWV 849 - a Music Mountain premiere! Plus Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D-Flat Major, Op. 133; and Beethoven: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Opus 130/133.
The visionary performances of the Borromeo String Quartet have established them as one of the most important string quartets of our time. Now celebrating their 25th anniversary, the Borromeo have performed a vast repertoire worldwide and collaborated with many of today's great composers and performers.
Audiences and critics alike have championed the Borromeo's ability to bring back the contemporary fire to often-heard repertoire, while making even the most challenging new music approachable. Highlights of their 2014-15 season include concerts at Carnegie Hall, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Terra di Siena Chamber Music
Festival in Tuscany, and a tour of China with stops in Beijing, Xi'an, and Tianjin. They are the faculty ensemble-in-residence at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Music Mountain is located in Falls Village, Connecticut on Music Mountain Road, where a short scenic drive will bring you to Gordon Hall atop Music Mountain. Free parking and picnic facilities are available. Food, locally baked cookies, coffee, and spring water are available for purchase.
Music Mountain's 86th season will conclude with Amernet String Quartet (September 27).
Chamber Music Concerts are $35 at the door/$30 in advance. Twilight Series Concerts are $30 at the door/$27 in advance. Children ages 5-18 are admitted FREE for ALL CONCERTS when accompanied by a ticket holder. Saturday Twilight Concerts are at 6:30pm. Chamber Music concerts are at 3pm on Sundays, unless otherwise noted. Group rates and pre season ticket vouchers are available. Discounts apply through participating organizations. For a complete summer schedule, special ticket prices, and to download a ticket order form visit
www.musicmountain.org or call
860-824-7126.
