Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music

Concerts

Summer Concert Seriesbassoonist

The Summer Concert Series features the Apple Hill String Quartet and Summer Chamber Music Workshop guest faculty artists. Each Tuesday night concert is preceded by a buffet dinner and listenUP, a pre-concert lecture series by Director Leonard Matczynski.

 

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Open rehearsals, coachings, and classes. Free and open to the public. Five Sunday evenings at 7:30 pm, hosted by Apple Hill Director, Lenny Matczynski.

Sunday, June 16 Open rehearsal: Session 1 faculty rehearsing the Dvorak String Sextet
Sunday, June 30 Open rehearsal: The Apple Hill String Quartet rehearsing the Ligeti String Quartet No. 1
Sunday, July 7 Master class: Collaborative Piano Seminar with Jean Schneider and Summer Workshop Participants
Sunday, July 28 Open coaching: Director Leonard Matczynski and the Fellowship String Quartets
Sunday, August 11 Alexander Technique and its benefits to musicians with Robyn Avalon, Alexander teacher from Santa Fe, NM

listenUP! Weekly before each Tuesday concert, 6:45 – 7:15pm. Take your music-listening to the next level in this pre-concert series by Director Lenny Matczynski and featured faculty.

 

TUESDAY NIGHT SUMMER CONCERT SERIESdaffodils

JUNE 18 – Featuring the Session 1 Faculty

Francis Poulenc, Sonata for oboe and piano

Clara Schumann, Trio for violin, cello, and piano in G minor, Op. 17

Antonin Dvorak, String Sextet in A major, Op. 48

JUNE 25 - A violin recital by Elise Kuder of the Apple Hill String Quartet

Performing works by Heinrich Biber, Johannes Brahms, and a world-premiere composition for violin, viola and electronic sounds by Apple Hill String Quartet violist Mike Kelley and his sister, Bevin Kelley, based on the Ray Bradbury story "Terms of Addition."

JULY 2 – Featuring the Session 2 FacultyApple Hill String Quartet

W. A. Mozart, String Duo No. 2 in B-flat Major for violin and viola, K. 424

Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 38 (Septet) arranged for clarinet, cello, and piano

György Ligeti, String Quartet No. 1, Métamorphoses nocturnes

The Apple Hill String Quartet:

JULY 9 – Young Artist Fellowship concert #1 - featuring the Boston Public String Quartet

Apple Hill's Young Artist Fellowship Program brings together advanced young instrumentalists for a rigorous and exciting 14-day chamber music and teaching experience. The program includes intensive study with Apple Hill’s director Leonard Matczynski and the Apple Hill String Quartet. It also includes teaching support and practice help for regular workshop participants, and one public performance.

Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 5

Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 7

Gabriel Faure, Quintet No. 2 for piano and strings, Op. 115

 

JULY 16 – Featuring the Session 3 Faculty2009 Fellowship Quartet

Benjamin Britten, Two Insect Pieces

Antonin Dvorak, Trio No. 4 for violin, cello, and piano, Op. 90, "Dumky"

John Deak, Lucy and the Count

JULY 23 –Gala Fundraiser!

An evening celebrating Apple Hill’s commitment to great teaching and learning. We’ll celebrate with good food and drink and a special night of music-making featuring our summer faculty and student musicians performing side-by-side in works by Bach, Telemann, Lutoslawski, Ginastera and others.

July 30 – Featuring the Session 4 Faculty

Max Bruch, Pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 83

Maurice Ravel, Trio for violin, cello, and piano in A minor

Johannes Brahms, String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2

The Apple Hill String Quartet:

AUGUST 6 The Young Artist Fellowship concert #2 featuring the Boston Conservatory Honors String Quartet and the Apple Hill Fellowship String Quartet.

Maurice Ravel, String Quartet in F Major

Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 3

Boston Conservatory Honors String Quartet:

Leos Janacek, String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"

The Apple Hill Fellowship String Quartet:

AUGUST 13 – Featuring the Session 5 FacultySummer concert

J. S. Bach, Sinfonias and Arias from the Cantatas of J.S. Bach

Alberto Ginastera, Impresiones de la Puna

Robert Schumann, Trio in G minor for violin, cello, and piano, Op. 110

AUGUST 20 – Final Summer Concert, featuring the Dirt Road Ensemble
Leonard Matczynski, conductor

John Dowland, Lacrimae antiquae
Benjamin Britten, Simple Symphony, Op. 4

Benjamin Britten, Songs
John Dowland, Songs

Antonin Dvorak, Romance in F minor for violin and piano, Op. 11

Dessert and Dance, Hoffman Auditorium

 

 

Monadnock Region Concert SeriesSpring at Apple Hill

The Monadnock Region Concert Series features the Apple Hill String Quartet and guest artists in historic New Hampshire churches. With pre-concert remarks by Director Lenny Matczynski.

Coming soon.