Concerts
Summer Concert Series
For over thirty years, the Summer Concert Series has nourished audience members from New Hampshire and beyond. Each Tuesday evening performance features the Apple Hill String Quartet and renowned guest faculty--hosted in Apple Hill's Louise Shonk Kelly Barn in Nelson, New Hampshire. All concerts are free and open to the public. To reserve a seat, the suggested donation is $25 or more. Reserve online or call 603-847-3371 for more information. Programs are subject to change.
2009 SCHEDULE:
JUNE 23 - 7:30 pm
J.S. Bach, Sonata for Oboe and Harpsichord
Pamela Epple, oboe
Myra Huang, harpsichord
Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Clarinet Quintet
Movses Pogossian, violin
Sarah Kim, violin
Kate Holzemer, viola
Greg Hesselink, cello
Eric Thomas, clarinet
Johannes Brahms, Trio in B Major
Elise Kuder, violin
Greg Hesselink, cello
Myra Huang, piano
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JUNE 30 - 7:30 pm
Young Artist Program Concert
Apple Hill’s Young Artist Piano Quartet, performing works by Faure and Brahms
Apple Hill's Young Artist Program brings together advanced young instrumentalists for a rigorous and exciting 10-day chamber music experience. Participants receive intensive study with the artist faculty at Apple Hill and one public performance. This year’s young artists are former Playing for Peace scholarship recipients from Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. They will be coached and mentored by Apple Hill’s director Lenny Matczynski and Elise Kuder, violinist with the Apple Hill String Quartet.
JULY 7 - 7:30 pm
Igor Stravinsky, L'Histoire du Soldat
Varty Manoulian, violin
Gilad Harel, clarinet
Myriam Teie, piano
Dan Sedgwick, String Quartet (world premiere commission)
The Apple Hill String Quartet:
Elise Kuder, violin
Sarah Kim, violin
Michael Kelley, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 #4
The Apple Hill String Quartet
JULY 14 - 7:30 pm
A French program of works by Debussy and Ravel with Rupert Thompson, cello, and Jean Schneider, piano
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JULY 21 - 7:30 pm
J.S. Bach, Selected arias for tenor from Cantatas
Frank Kelley, tenor
Marilyn Coyne, oboe
Vanessa Holroyd, flute
Mike Kelley, viola
Katie Schlaikjer, cello
Jeff Louie, harpsichord
Zoltan Kodaly, Serenade for string trio, Op. 12
Cenovia Cummins, violin
Jesse Holstein, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
John Harbison, Piano Quintet
Jesse Holstein, violin
Cenovia Cummins, violin
Mike Kelley, viola
Katie Schlaikjer, cello
Jeff Louie, piano
JULY 28 - Gala Benefit
Special fundraising event not included in the season pass package
Join the Apple Hill String Quartet, Playing for Peace alum Tony Rymer, and Director Lenny Matczynski for an inspired evening of food, drink, and music. The program will include Schubert’s masterpiece, the Cello Quintet, and a Playing for Peace demonstration.
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Kareem Roustom, BUHUR, a quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
Sarah Kim, violin
Michael Kelley, viola
Troy Stuart, cello
Robert Schumann, Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
Rohan Gregory, violin
Jennifer Morsches, cello
Jean Schneider, piano
Claude Debussy, String Quartet
The Apple Hill String Quartet
AUGUST 11 - 7:30 pm
The award-winning Firebird Ensemble performs two world premieres
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Beethoven, Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Archduke
Gabriela Diaz, violin
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Yi-Heng Yang, piano
W. A. Mozart, Duet
John Steinmetz, bassoon
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
Antonin Dvorak, Bass Quintet
Gabriela Diaz, violin
Salley Koo, violin
Kate Vincent, viola
Rupert Thompson, cello
Max Zeugner, string bass
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AUGUST 25 - 7:30 pm
The Dirt Road Ensemble with Leonard Matczynski, conductor, and Elise Kuder, violin
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Monadnock Region Concert Series
The Monadnock Region Concert Series features the Apple Hill String Quartet and guest artists in historic New Hampshire churches.
Stay tuned for the 2009-2010 season!
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