Music Mountain, America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, continues its 86th anniversary season with the Calidore String Quartet and guest artist Daniel Phillips, viola on Sunday, June 21st (3PM) performing Schubert, Caroline Shaw, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Also this weekend, America's foremost Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, honors their 40th anniversary season on Saturday, June 20th (6:30PM) including a special pre-concert dinner at The Falls Village Inn (5PM). This weekend also marks the beginning of the new Distinguished Artist Recital Series - a series of three evening recitals on Fridays (7:30pm) featuring the talents of this summer's visiting faculty. Music Mountain has a long-standing tradition of bringing musicians of all ages to Gordon Hall. This weekend is a glowing example of this mission - the young Calidore String Quartet is embarking on their 4th year as an ensemble, while The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players are celebrating their 40th year! Chamber music, country, jazz, and folk concerts will continue thru September 27th.
The weekend begins on Friday with the first installment of the Distinguished Artist Recital Series. This summer's visiting faculty will each offer a recital performance featuring the masterpieces of classical music. Music Mountain will welcome Daniel Phillips, violin, and Jonathan Yates, piano for a recital program featuring Mozart: Violin Sonata in E Flat Major, K.380 - a Music Mountain premiere!; Bach: Sonata # 1 for Solo Violin in G Minor, BWV 1001; Eugene Phillips: Fantasy Étude (2013) - Music Mountain premiere!; Brahms, Sonata for Violin & Piano #1 in G Major, Opus 78; and Wieniawski: Polonaise de Concert in D Major, Opus 4 - Music Mountain premiere!
Daniel Phillips, a member of the Orion String Quartet, enjoys a versatile career as an established chamber musician, solo artist and teacher.
Mr. Phillips has performed as soloist with many of the country's leading symphonies (Pittsburgh, Houston, Yakima), regularly appears at chamber music festivals around the country (Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Chesapeake Music Festival), and as a member of the renowned Bach Aria Group.
Mr. Phillips is Professor of Violin at the
Aaron Copland School of Music of Queens College, and on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music and the Bard Conservatory.
Jonathan Yates, pianist, is the fourth Musical Director of Music Mountain in its eighty-six year history. He is also
Music Director of both the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra and the Norwalk Youth Symphony. He has collaborated with many of the country's most respected musicians, including Midori, Kim Kashkashian,
David Finckel, Gilbert Kalish, Ida Kavafian, Colin Carr, Paul Neubauer, Joseph Lin, and Anthony McGill. Mr. Yates made his professional orchestral conducting debut at 23, leading the National Symphony Orchestra in a Millennium Stages Concert, and made his
Carnegie Hall debut (Stern Auditorium) as a pianist in the following year. He has also served on the faculty of
Sarah Lawrence College.
The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players -- celebrating four decades of fun, frivolity and fearless performances -- inaugurate the Saturday evening twilight series! The Wandr'ing Ministrels, five of NYGASP's top singers, perform a condensed version of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic, HMS Pinafore with costumes, props and staging followed by an elegant concert of favorite G&S scenes and songs!
Concertgoers will have the opportunity to attend a pre-concert dinner at The Falls Village Inn at 5PM prior to Saturday evening's performance. $65 ticket price includes dinner and the Gilbert & Sullivan performance. Seating is Limited. Reservations for dinner must be made by Friday, June 21.
860-824-7126.
The Calidore String Quartet comes to Falls Village for their Music Mountain debut! Accompanied by guest artist Daniel Phillips, viola, Sunday afternoon's program will include Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703 (this piece was first played at Music Mountain during its inaugural season in 1930!); Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte (2011) - a Music Mountain premiere!; Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F Minor Opus 80; and Brahms: Viola Quintet in G Minor, Opus 111.
The Calidore String Quartet has established an international reputation for its informed, polished and captivating performances. Formed at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles in 2010, the Calidore String Quartet is now based in Manhattan. Within two years of their inception, the Calidore String Quartet quickly won the grand prize in virtually all major American chamber music competitions. They have collaborated with many esteemed artists and ensembles, including Jean-Yves Thibaudet,
Joshua Bell, Paul Coletti and Quatuor Ebéne among others. The Calidore String Quartet aims to present performances that share the passion and joy of the string quartet chamber music repertoire.
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.
Upcoming quartets scheduled to perform include Juilliard String Quartet (June 28); Arianna String Quartet with Colin Carr, cello (July 5); Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu, piano, 4 hands (July 12); Enso String Quartet with Soyeon Kate Lee, piano (July 19).
The Saturday Evening Twilight Series will continue with Cantata Profana (June 27); Jeff Newell's New-Trad Quartet (July 4);
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks (July 11); The New Black Eagle Jazz Band (July 18).
The Distinguished Artist Recital Series will continue on Friday, June 26th with Kim Kashkashian, Viola and conclude on Friday, July 3rd with Colin Carr, Cello and Jonathan Yates, Piano.
Tickets for the Labor Day Benefit Concert & Reception on Sunday, September 6 are $75 and include a voucher for any regularly priced 2015 or 2016 concert. Two specially priced concerts on Sunday, June 28 with the Juilliard String Quartet and on Sunday, July 12 with Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu are $60.
Chamber Music Concerts are $35 at the door/$30 in advance. Twilight Series Concerts are $30 at the door/$27 in advance. Great Artist Recital tickets are $35 at the door/$30 in advance. Children ages 5-18 are admitted FREE for ALL CONCERTS when accompanied by a ticket holder. Friday Evening Recitals are at 7:30pm; 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.
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