Schedule Of Events:

Mainstage Concerts

MMF Mainstage Concerts take place at the Southern Vermont Arts Center's Arkell Pavillion and will have opportunities for outdoor, audio-only seating.  Our Mainstage Chamber Concerts will also be broadcast to our DIGITAL CONCERT HALL.

June 29, 2023

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Season Opener Mainstage Chamber Concert

Featuring the Emerson String Quartet
Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violins
Lawrence Dutton, viola
Paul Watkins, cello

Program:
George Walker: Lyric for Strings

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12
I. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante
II. Canzonetta:  Allegretto
III. Andante espressivo
IV. Molto allegro e vivace

July 6, 2023

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Mainstage Chamber Concert 2

Program:
Giacomo Puccini: Crisantemi for String Quartet

Qing Hou & Brian Hong, violins
Lawrence Neuman, viola
Astrid Schween, cello

Frank Bridge: Piano Quintet in D minor, H. 49
I. Adagio; Allegro moderato
II. Adagio ma non troppo; Allegro con brio
III. Allegro energico

Brian Hong & Qing Hou, violins
Lawrence Neuman, viola
Astrid Schween, cello
Adam Neiman, piano

Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
I. Allegro moderato con fuoco
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
IV. Presto

July 13, 2023
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM:Mainstage Chamber Concert 3

Program:
Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1941-1942)
I. Grazioso
II. Andantino

Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet Orion Weiss, piano

Walter Rabl: Quartet in E-flat Major for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, & Piano, Op. 1
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio molto
III. Andantino un poco mosso
IV. Allegro con brio

Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet Hye-Jin Kim, violin
Alexander Hersh, cello  Orion Weiss, piano

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Poco adagio
III. Scherzo: Poco allegro
IV. Finale: Allegro

Hye-Jin Kim, violin
Ara Gregorian, viola
Alexander Hersh, cello
Orion Weiss, piano

July 20, 2023

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Mainstage Chamber Concert 4

Program:
Mikhail Glinka: Sonata in D minor for Viola and Piano
I. Allegro moderato
II. Larghetto, ma non troppo

Rimbo Wong, viola
Jeewon Park, piano

Camille Saint-Säens: Piano Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 41
I. Allegretto
II. Andante maestoso ma con moto
III. Poco allegro più tosto moderato
IV. Allegro

Emily Daggett Smith, violin
Rimbo Wong, viola
Amit Peled, cello
Jeewon Park, piano
Bela Bartok: Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz.98, BB 104
16. Burleszk (Burlesque)
19. Mese (Fairy Tale)
38. Forgatós (Romanian Whirling Dance)
37. Preludium és kanon (Prelude and Canon)
42. Arab dal (Arabian Dance)
43. Pizzicato
28. Bankodas (Sorrow)
44. "Erdelyi" tanc (Transylvanian Dance)

Philip Setzer and Emily Daggett Smith, violins

Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
I. Allegro appassionato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro con fuoco

Emily Daggett Smith, violin
Rimbo Wong, viola
Amit Peled, cello
Jeewon Park, piano

July 27, 2023

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Mainstage Chamber Concert 5

Program:
Nino Rota: Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Allegro vivace con spirito

Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
Axel Strauss, violin
Ran Dank, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2
I. Poco sostenuto; Allegro ma non troppo
II. Allegretto
III. Allegretto ma non troppo
IV. Finale: Allegro

Axel Strauss, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Ran Dank, piano

Franz Liszt: Tristia (La Vallée d’Obermann) for Piano Trio

Axel Strauss, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Ran Dank, piano

Carl Maria von Weber: Trio in G minor for Flute, Cello, & Piano, Op. 63
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
III. Schäfers Klage: Andante espressivo
IV. Allegro

Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
Edward Arron, cello
Ran Dank, piano

August 31, 2023

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM: An Orchestral Evening

Featuring The Knights

Program:

Traditional Nordic Folk Songs
Minuet
Dromer

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Anna Clyne: "Shorthand"

Featuring Karen Ouzounian, cello

Antonin Dvorak: American Quartet arranged for Orchestra

Young Artists Concerts

MMF Young Artists Concerts take place at the Southern Vermont Arts Center's Arkell Pavillion.  Our Young Artists Concerts will also be broadcast to our DIGITAL CONCERT HALL.

July 9, 2023
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Young Artists Concert 1

July 16, 2023
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Young Artists Concert 2

July 23, 2023
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Young Artists Concert 3

July 30, 2023
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Young Artists Concert 4

Date: June 29 - July 30, 2022

Location:
Southern Vermont Arts Center
860 Southern Vermont Arts Center Drive
Manchester, VT 05254

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