Upcoming Events with Apple Hill
Fall/Winter Concerts and Events
Apple Hill on YouTube Download Season Flyer (PDF)Sunday, January 24, 3pm
Scenes from Apple Hill: The Gardens
Right when we’ll need it most, time-travel back to August to join the Apple Hill String Quartet and Director Lenny Matczynski for a behind-the-scenes tour of Apple Hill’s luxurious and bountiful gardens. We’ll talk to board member Emily Carr, one of the grounds’ most dutiful caretakers, and to Emily Hartshorne, responsible for the vegetable garden’s 90s renaissance. We’ll also hear from cellist and summer alumnus Joshua Perkins, whose love of Apple Hill’s natural world inspired him to pursue a career in Environmental Education, currently at The North Carolina Arboretum. The Apple Hill String Quartet plays a Jeff Louie arrangement of Claude Debussy’s The Little Shepherd. Spring is coming. In a few months.
Sunday, February 7, 3pm
Virtual Concert III
This afternoon’s concert features Summer Workshop faculty and alumna Jennifer Morsches, with her cello duo partner Tim Merton; and guitarist and alumnus Oscar Somersalo, joined by the Apple Hill String Quartet.
Program:
D Gabrielli Canon for 2 Cellos
F Couperin XIIIe Concert from Les goûts réünis Vivement – Air – Sarabande – Chaconne
Solo Guitar
Castelnuovo-Tedesco Quintet, op. 143, mvt. 1
Sunday, February 21, 3pm
Scenes from Apple Hill: 50 Years of The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music
The Apple Hill String Quartet performs Aleksandra Vrebalov’s virtuosic Pannonia Boundless.
Sunday, March 7, 3pm
Virtual Concert IV
The first of two virtual concerts by the Apple Hill String Quartet, featuring F.J. Haydn’s B minor String Quartet Op. 64 no. 2, Reena Esmail’s String Quartet Ragamala, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet no. 3.
Program:
F.J. Haydn: B minor String Quartet Op. 64 no. 2
Reena Esmail: String Quartet Ragamala
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 3
Sunday, March 21, 3pm
Scenes from Apple Hill: The Playing for Peace Show
For many years, Director Lenny Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet have traveled the world presenting a practical demonstration of the skills of chamber music. From panels of corporate executives, to college leadership classes, to primary schools in Jordan and Ireland, these five musicians show how these skills, applied to everyday life, form the core of Apple Hill’s Playing for Peace program and show a path to creating a more loving, successful society. The quartet concludes the lecture with a reading of Beethoven’s life-affirming Cavatina from Beethoven’s late quartet, Op. 130.
Sunday, April 4, 3pm
Virtual Concert V
Summer alumni Matthew Smith and Peipei Song present works for cello and piano and are joined by Apple Hill String Quartet violinist Jesse MacDonald for trio works.
Program:
Beethoven, Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1, for cello and piano
Jacob do Bandolim, Doce de Coco
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Trio Elegiaque No. 1
Sunday, April 18, 3pm
Scenes from Apple Hill: The Return of Lenny’s Listening Club
Join Apple Hill Director Lenny Matczynski LIVE for an hour of listening and a live chat discussion.
Sunday, May 2, 3pm
Virtual Concert VI
The second concert featuring resident ensemble the Apple Hill String Quartet, featuring George Walker’s String Quartet No. 2, Caroline Mallonee’s The Butterfly Effect for string quartet and electronics, and Leoš Janáček’s Intimate Letters String Quartet.
Sunday, May 16, 3pm
Scenes from Apple Hill: Summer Preview
We look ahead to a summer of concerts and chamber music; the Apple Hill String Quartet performs Jeff Louie arrangements of Claude Debussy and Heinrich Schütz.
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Past Events
Sunday, December 27, 3pm
Scenes from Apple Hill: Year in Review, the 50th year to come
Join Director Lenny Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet to revisit highlights of a uniquely challenging year, and what we are looking forward to in 2021: Apple Hill’s 50th anniversary. The Quartet performs two arrangements by summer guest faculty Jeff Louie: Danza del gaucho matrero (“Dance of the Outlaw Cowboy”) by Alberto Ginastera, and the exquisite slow movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5. We’ll end the year in style with a world premiere K-pop arrangement by the Quartet’s own Jesse MacDonald! As we continue to showcase local businesses, the recordings will take place at the stately elegant Aldworth Manor and the cozily intimate Harrisville Inn.
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Sunday, January 10, 3pm
Virtual Concert II
This afternoon’s concert features Summer Workshop faculty Pei Lu, cello; Jean Schneider, piano; and Apple Hill String Quartet violinist Elise Kuder.
Program:
Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata in C Major, K. 159, Sonata in d minor, K. 213, and Sonata in A Major, K. 113
Tchaikovsky, Pezzo Capriccioso, op. 62
Paganini, Variations on a Theme by Rossini
Chopin, Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Mendelssohn D minor trio, op. 49, Molto allegro ed agitato
Summer Concert Series
The Summer Concert Series features the Apple Hill String Quartet and Summer Chamber Music Workshop faculty artists. Each Tuesday night concert begins with an introduction by Director Leonard Matczynski.
Committed to fulfilling our mission, but with safety concerns of paramount importance, Apple Hill shifted to hosting an abbreviated, online summer program in 2020. Open to all, this combination of concerts, lectures, and discussions embodied the unique and diverse music-making of the Apple Hill community.
Our 2020 concerts and virtual summer events, beginning with the May 3 Monadnock Region Concert Series concert, are available on our YouTube channel.
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