Manchester Music Festival

Festival Events:

Thursday evening performances 2011:

• The performance takes place on Thursday Evenings from July 7 through August 18, 2011 at 7:30pm, at the Arkell Pavillion at the Southern VT Arts Center, Manchester VT. Note: All seats are reserved. Doors open at 7:00pm
• Thursday July 7, 2011 — OPENING NIGHT
  
  • Featuring 2009 Van Cliburn competition finalist, pianist Di Wu
    Haydn - String quartet Op. 64, no.6 in E Flat
    Liszt - Anneés de Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année ~ Italie
    Franck - Quintet for piano and strings in f minor
    Tickets: $45
• July 14, 2011 — Heading East: Bohemia and Beyond
  
  • With guest pianist Adam Neiman
    Dvorak - Quartet for piano and strings no.2 in E Flat, Op. 87
    Vladigerov - Song and Humoresque for violin and piano
    Dohnanyi - Quintet for piano and strings no.1 in c minor
    Tickets $35
• July 21, 2011 — Across the Pyrenees
  
  • Featuring violinist Joana Genova
    Turina - Quartet for piano and strings in a minor, Op.67
    Farrenc - Trio for flute, cello and piano in e minor, Op. 45 (1862)
    Ravel - Trio for piano and strings in a minor (1914)
    Tickets: $35
• July 28, 2011 — Marimba and More
  
  • With 2008 Young Concert Artists Guild Winner Pius Cheung, marimba
    Mozart - Quartet no. 1 for piano and strings in g minor, K.478
    David P. Jones - Legal Highs duo for violin and marimba
    Pius Cheung - Etude in e minor for solo marimba
    J.S. Bach - Keyboard Concerto no.1 in d minor
    Tickets: $35
• August 4, 2011 — Masterpieces: Known and Unknown
  
  • Featuring cellist Nathaniel Rosen
    Beethoven - Septet in E Flat Major, Op. 20
    Jacob Weinberg - Trio on Hebrew Themes, Op. 28 Brahms - Quartet for piano and strings in c minor, Op.60
    Tickets: $35
• August 11, 2011 — Manchester 250
  
  • The Manchester Festival Orchestra with guest pianist and host of NPR’s From The Top, Christopher O’Riley
    Copland - Hoe Down from his ballet “Rodeo”
    Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
    Dvorak - Symphony no.9 in e minor “From the New World”
    Tickets: $45 (Inside seating SOLD OUT)
• August 18, 2011 — Metropolitan Opera
  
  • Singers from the MET’s Lindemann Young Artists Development Program
    Andrew Bidlack, tenor; Layla Claire, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo soprano; Edward Parks, baritone; Accompanied by pianist, Caren Levine
    Tickets: $45

Monday evening erformances 2011:

• The performance takes place on Monday Evenings from July 11 - August 15, 2011 at 7:30pm, at Riley Center for the Arts, Burr & Burton Academy, Manchester VT. Tickets $10 Adults / $5 Students. All concerts Festival Seating. Doors open at 7:00pm
  
  • The Young Artists of the Manchester Music Festival, ranging in age from 19 to 30, present six chamber music concerts to the public during their six-week intensive study session in Manchester. The Young Artists hail from conservatories and colleges in the USA and abroad, and are coached by a staff of distinguished musicians. MMF encourages families to attend our Young Artists concerts. Students participating in MMF’s educational programs are admitted free of charge.

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