Sebago Long Lake Music Festival
Photos: Mahler Remembered — Susan Rotholz (flutist), Stephen Manes (pianist), Lisa Saffer (soprano); and Timothy Lees (concertmaster of Cincinnati Symphony), Mihae Lee (pianist of the Boston Chamber Music Society), and Bonnie Thron (cellist of the North Carolina Symphony).
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| Country and Region | United States — Maine |
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| Type of Festival | Music |
| Location of Festival | Harrison, Maine, USA |
| Festival Contact Information | Sebago Long Lake Music Festival |
| Festival Description | The musicians are all string, wind or keyboard artists of the highest caliber, experienced and respected professionals who come year after year because they enjoy playing chamber music together, and who communicate this enjoyment to a devoted audience which has heard them perform many times. Participating artists come from all over the country, and have, in recent years, included principal players from the Minnesota Orchestra, the Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit and Indianapolis and Portland Symphonies, the Orpheus and St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestras, and members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, in addition to many well-known chamber artists. The Festival presents a wide variety of chamber music. Every concert includes music for different, sometimes unusual instrumental combinations and from different periods ranging from the 17th century to the present. Familiar works are balanced with lesser known ones, and the programs are balanced within the season and from season to season to provide ongoing enjoyment and enrichment for the audience. Historic Deertrees Theatre, located at the top of Long Lake in Harrison, Maine, is the picturesque setting for the Festival’s five-concert series on the last three Tuesday evenings in July and the first two in August. Originally built for summer theater and opera productions in the early thirties, the restored Deertrees offers superb acoustics and proximity to the stage that combine to bring the audience into close rapport with the musicians. In addition to the regular series concerts, which have been broadcast during the winter over the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, the Festival offers popular Music for Kids concerts at several locations in the region, and outreach performances in outlying towns. |
| Festival Dates | July 16 - August 23, 2013 |
| Festival Links | http://www.sebagomusicfestival.org/ |
Festival Story:
The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival is an organization devoted to presenting and promoting high-quality chamber music performances in the lake region of Western Maine. Founded in 1972 by bassoonist Homer Pence and other professional musicians who summered in the region, and administered by a board of local volunteers, the festival has grown into a well-known and popular institution. Continuity has been maintained since the early years through the ongoing involvement of a core group of musicians. Laurie Kennedy, Principal Violist of the Portland Symphony, is the present Music Director.
Festival Events:
Programming 2012:
- Program I — Jerusalem Mix
July 17, 2012
- POULENC: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
- WILLIAM BOLCOM: Let Evening Come for Soprano, Viola and Piano
- AVNER DORMAN: Jerusalem Mix for Piano and Winds
- BEETHOVEN: Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 16 for Piano and Winds
- Program II — Café Music
July 24, 2012
- MOZART: Flute Quartet in D major, K.285
- BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op.60
- HUMMEL: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in A Major, Op. 78
- PAUL SCHOENFIELD: Café Music for Violin, Cello and Piano
- Program III — Debussy at 150
July 31, 2012
- GEORGE WALKER: Molto Adagio from String Quartet No.1
- DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
- Program IV — SLLMF 40th Anniversary
August 7, 2012
- SCHUBERT: Fantasie in F Minor for Piano 4-Hands, D.940
- COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring (13 instruments)
- GOLIJOV: Doina and Lullaby
- BRUCH: Octet for Strings
- Program V — Russian Finale
August 14, 2012
- PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, Strings and Piano
- KHACHATURIAN: Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
- SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No.11, Op. 122
- GLINKA: Grand Sextet for String Quartet, Bass and Piano
- Note — performances take place on Tuesday Evenings at 7:30pm, at the Deertrees Theatre, Harrison, Maine
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Practical Info:
Tickets 2012:
- Price
- $20.00 for individual series concerts
- Under 21 years of age are FREE
- Purchase at venue
- At the door (open seating, first come/first served)
- By mail
- Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival
P. O. Box 544
Harrison, Maine 04040
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