"ORGANIC, BARE KNUCKLES PLAYING..." ~ Boston Globe 6/23/14
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Coming up July 3-5: Music from a Turbulent 17th Century England

 

WINDS OF ROMANTICISM

June 26-28, 2014  
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Boston | Hudson Valley | Berkshires

Stephen Hammer
classical oboe
Guy Fishman
cello
Eric Hoeprich
19th century clarinet

The Program
 ~
Brahms' Clarinet Quintet
Crusell's Divertimento for oboe and strings
  Mendelssohn's Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13  

The Musicians
~ 
Eric Hoeprich, 19th-century clarinet 
Stephen Hammer, classical oboe 
Daniel Stepner, Julie Leven, violins 
David Miller, viola 
Guy Fishman, cello  

The Evening
~
Pre-concert talks
1 hour before each concert 
with Artistic Director
Daniel Stepner 
  
Bottle, cheese and glasses of wine
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Great Barrington concerts
are followed by a wine and cheese reception  
with the artists!
 
 
June 26, 2014 @ 8 PM

Slosberg Auditorium
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA
02454

or
800-595-4849
June 27, 2014 @ 8 PM

Olin Hall
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
12571
or
800-595-4849
June 28, 2014 @ 6 PM

Daniel Arts Center
Bard College
at Simon's Rock
84 Alford Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

or
800-595-4849
Program Notes: Winds of Romanticism

This evening's program takes Aston Magna into the future, relatively speaking, and, in the first instance, abroad. Bernhard Henrik Crusell was from early 19th-century Finland. Finnish music dating before Sibelius is virtually unknown. Finland was a bit off the beaten track, though less so than one would imagine, but the nation celebrates its culture with a rich repertoire of song and poetry. [Read more on the Aston Magna blog]
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Coming Up!

July 3-5
Music from a Turbulent
17th Century England

Dowland, Lawes, Lanier, Purcell, Blow

July 10-12
Vice Squad:
Baroque Skirmishes
with Alcohol, Tobacco, Coffee and Love

Bach, Hume,
Ravenscroft, Bernier

July 17-19
Italian Trio Sonatas and
a new work
-"Aston Magna"-
by Nico Muhly

Vivaldi, Corelli, Rossi, Stradella, Pernucio
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Reviews and Previews

"This was organic, bare-knuckle playing, with pulsing tempos and intonation that has little in common with today's digitally mastered uniformity. The audience responded with chuckles at impish movement endings, and gasps at virtuosic flourishes."[Read more]
Boston Globe, 6/23/14 
      Boston Musical Intelligencer, 6/2/14  
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P.O. Box 28 Great Barrington, MA 01230
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