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The Weekend of Chamber Music
2009 Schedule of Events and Concerts
Music Up Close & Personal
2010 Archive
 March
March 14
Early Spring Benefit. WCM’s annual musical soiree to benefit the Artist Coaching Project work with the Sullivan County public school music students is at 4 pm set to a backdrop overlooking the city lights of Manhattan and New York Harbor at a private home in Brooklyn.
For the first time at this spring event, we have the harpsichordist Kenneth Hamrick performing on and talking about his beautiful instrument — a 1990 Earl Russell replica of the French 1764 Blanchet-Taskin double manual harpsichord. The orginal instrument is in the famous Edinburgh Collection of Historical Keyboard Instruments in Scotland. An imaginative performer, musicologist and committed teacher, Ken has added enormously to WCM’s work since he joined us in 2000. Flutist Judith Pearce joins Ken in this program of music by Vivaldi, Bach, Telemann & Mozart. Click here to see the complete program.
Please join us for this very special concert in Brooklyn, and meet the musicians afterwards at the delicious buffet and wine reception. Reservations are required for this important fundraiser, and the suggested minimum donation is $75 per person.
Seating is limited so please call today! To reserve a seat and get directions, call 718-638-8962.
March 21
“BOLD BAROQUE – Secrets from a Musical Volcano!” launches the Weekend of Chamber Music’s 17th season in the Catskills at 2:30 pm at Hortonville Presbyterian Church on Hankins Road.
As the title suggests, WCM’s first concert focuses on music of the period that represents “a bold new direction in contemporary Baroque music.” Jean-Féry Rebel's "Chaos," for example, is the striking first movement from his last work, the ballet suite “Les Elémens.” Aware of the shocking sound of the work for the time, the composer wrote his own explanatory program notes, cautioning listeners that “I hazarded to make heard first all sound together or rather all of the notes of the octave united as a single sound.”
The program also features avant-garde pieces of the period by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and Haydn, performed by harpsichordist Kenneth Hamrick, flutist Judith Pearce, violinist José Pietri–Coimbre and cellist Nina Lee. Click here for complete concert details.
Reservations are not necessary. Tickets are $20 at the door; cash or check only please. Admission is free for students 18 and under. Handicapped access at the church is through the rear door, and directions are available here.
For more information, E-mail, or call 845-932-8527.
June
Saturday June 12 – 6pm
 “Music in the Barn,” is our annual early summer benefit at the Bethel country home of a WCM patron and board member. The benefit for our work in area public schools offers music by Schubert, Chopin Beethoven & Ibert. Perfomers are flutist Judith Pearce, baritone Anthony Turner, bassoonist Leonard Hindell, and Kenneth Hamrick on the pianoforte. For concert details, click here.
This popular evening begins with an al fresco supper of home-cooked, gourmet dishes with wine, continues with the concert in the restored barn, and ends with coffee & dessert on the terrace under the stars. Reservations are required, and are $75 per person, cash or check. To make a reservation, email WCM or call 845–932–8527.
July
Summer Festival 2010 – Chaos, Color & Contrast
July 11 to 24
 Chaos, Color & Contrast marks the WCM's 17th summer in the Catskills, and in the rural New York countryside, this extraordinary music festival is an unexpected treasure. Our world-class musicians perform concerts, engage audiences in interactive, up-close rehearsals, and inspire the Festival high school interns with intensive hands-on coaching sessions at the idyllic Eddie Adams Farm. New this year are the artists' pre-concert talks an hour before each Saturday concert, and WCM's appearance at the beautifully restored The Old North Branch Inn.
Intimate. Lively. Passionate. These are just a few of the reasons the annual Festival has become a “must see” event for WCM’s audience every summer. Mark your calendar today — join us!
Sunday July 11 – 3 pm
Opening Day Concert on the Lawn/Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Jeffersonville.
American vocal & instrumental music by Gershwin, Fine, Porter & Barber. Singing & performing are vocalists Annie Hat & David Trombley; flutist Judith Pearce; oboist Matt Sullivan; clarinetist Pavel Vinnitsky; hornist Daniel Grabois & bassoonist Leonard Hindell. Click here for program details. Free.
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Friday July 16 – 7 pm
At Work & Play Behind the Notes / Eddie Adams Farm, North Branch Road, Jeffersonville.
Come behind the scenes for an open rehearsal with the WCM artists for Saturday’s concert. Free.
Saturday July 17
4 pm – Pre–concert talk with the artists.
5 pm – Tea Time Concert with music by Haydn, Bartók, de Falla, Haydn & Rebel.
Click here for program details. / Adams Farm, Jeffersonville.
Tickets $25; free 18 & under. Order tickets online. Sponsored by Starbucks of White Plains.
Thursday July 22 – 7:30 pm
MusicTalks! / North Branch Inn, North Branch
Virtuoso violinists Nurit Pacht and Yuval Waldman in conversation and performance about Bartók's "44 Duos" and more. Click for details.
Admission $15; free 18 & under. Refreshments for sale. Sponsored by Victoria Lesser & The Old North Branch Inn. Order tickets online
Friday July 23 – 7 pm
At Work & Play Behind the Notes / Adams Farm, Jeffersonville
Come behind the scenes for an open rehearsal, & watch as 2010 Summer Festival High School Interns coach with the WCM artists & perform a short work. Read more about WCM's Festival Interns and Arts-in-Education work here. Donations welcome.
Saturday July 24 – 8 pm
7 pm – Pre–concert talk with the artists.
8 pm – Grand Finale Concert with music by Haydn, Bartók, Debussy, Dutilleux & Fauré. Click here for program details. Gala Meet–the–Artists reception follows on the barn porch. Sponsored by Janet & Peter White in Memory of Lois Burrill.
Adams Farm, Jeffersonville.
Tickets $30; free 18 & under. Order tickets online.
GET DIRECTIONS TO OUR FESTIVAL EVENTS HERE!
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