Concerts
Location for All Concerts:
Church of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal 204 Monument Rd, Orleans MA |
Time for All Concerts:
7:30 p.m. |
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Sunday, June 18 Irina Muresanu, violin; Sergey Antonov, cello
Mendelssohn - Trio in D minor, Op.49
Remainder TBA |
Irina Muresanu, violin
Internationally renowned Romanian violinist Irina Muresanu continues to fearlessly stretch the boundaries of classical music. A sought-after soloist and chamber musician who has appeared throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South Africa, Ms. Muresanu has developed a reputation of a compelling and eloquent interpreter in the standard repertoire as well as in the contemporary music world. Acclaimed for her elegant, passionate performances, her concerts have frequently been cited by The Boston Globe as among the “Best of Classical Music Performances.”
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Sergey Antonov, cello
GRAMMY Nominated cellist Sergey Antonov enjoys a versatile career as a soloist and chamber musician. Critics throughout the world have hailed him as “destined for cello superstardom” -Washington Post, “combining formidable technique and an incredibly warm, penetrating and vibrant tone to a romantic musical sensibility to create music-making of a highest caliber” - Budapest Sun.
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Donald Enos, piano
Pianist Donald Enos, a native Cape Codder, is the founder and director of the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival. After having received extensive musical training at the New England Conservatory, Mr. Enos returned to his native Cape Cod, where he is known for his solo work and collaboration with the Chatham Chorale and the Cape Symphony, and presentations on the historically significant 1762 English chamber organ in South Dennis, Massachusetts.
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Monday, June 26 Clark Matthews, horn
Schumann - Adagio & Allegro, Op.7
Beethoven – Rondo: Allegro (from Sonata op.17) Eric Ewazen – Sonata for horn & piano (1992) Works by Jan Koetsier; Franz Strauss; Eugene Bozza; Alan Abbott |
Clark Matthews, horn
Clark Matthews is principal horn with the Cape Symphony Orchestra and is interim principal hornist with Symphony New Hampshire. He has also appeared with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, and is a member of the critically-acclaimed Walden Chamber Players. Before arriving in New England, he was a member of the Colorado Symphony and appeared at the Opera Festival of Manaus at the Teatro Amazonas in Brazil. Clark enjoys a diverse career, playing contemporary music with the Callithumpian Consort, as well as the music of J.S. Bach with the Marsh Chapel Choir and Collegium and the Bach Cantata series at the Emmanuel Church. Mr Matthews began his musical studies at the age of eight, starting on piano. At 12 he found his calling in the sound of the French horn. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Curtis Institute of Music, and is a graduate of the New England Conservatory.
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Donald Enos, piano
Pianist Donald Enos, a native Cape Codder, is the founder and director of the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival. After having received extensive musical training at the New England Conservatory, Mr. Enos returned to his native Cape Cod, where he is known for his solo work and collaboration with the Chatham Chorale and the Cape Symphony, and presentations on the historically significant 1762 English chamber organ in South Dennis, Massachusetts.
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Monday, July 3 Heather Goodchild Wade, violin; Laura Manko Sahin, viola; Bo Ericsson, cello
Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, op.60
Miguel del Aguila – Tango Trio Ahmedli Cafer - Sonata for solo viola Rebecca Clarke – Dumka Duo Concertante for violin & viola Saint-Saens – Allegro (final mvmt from Quartet op.41) |
Heather Goodchild Wade
Since 2007, violinist Heather Goodchild Wade has held the position of principal second violin with the Cape Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that appointment she lived in Chicago, where she played with the Illinois Philharmonic and South Bend Symphony. Heather has performed in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Mechanics Hall and Jordan Hall in Massachusetts, and at the Auditorium Theater, Millennium Park and Ganz Recital Hall in Chicago. She is a founding member of the newly formed string quartet, Quartett Giocosa. Now a mother of four, Ms. Wade maintains an active life at her home in western Massachusetts, well balanced by her orchestral and chamber music appearances throughout New England.
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Laura Manko Sahin
Violist Laura Manko Sahin has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. She was formerly principal violist of the Cape Symphony, violist with the Boston Harp Trio, and a member of the Bilkent (Ankara, Turkey), Knoxville, and Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestras. Dr. Sahin recently moved to New Jersey, where she is on the faculty at Skidmore College. During the summers, she serves on the faculty at Luzerne Music Center, and is violist for the Meeting House Festival.
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Bo Ericsson, cello
Bo Ericsson, cellist, a native of Sweden, graduated from the Gothenborg Conservatory of Music and studied at the Swedish Radio School in Stockholm. He has been principal cellist with both the Bergen (Norway) Philharmonic Orchestra and the Upsala (Sweden) Chamber Orchestra. As a cellist of the Berwald String Quartet he toured extensively throughout Europe. On Cape Cod he served as principal cellist with the Cape Symphony Orchestra for many years. Still an active chamber musician and teacher of cello, he is also a member of the Schultze-Ericsson Cello Duo. At his home in East Orleans, Mr. Ericsson is also an active instrument builder and repairer.
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Donald Enos, piano
Pianist Donald Enos, a native Cape Codder, is the founder and director of the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival. After having received extensive musical training at the New England Conservatory, Mr. Enos returned to his native Cape Cod, where he is known for his solo work and collaboration with the Chatham Chorale and the Cape Symphony, and presentations on the historically significant 1762 English chamber organ in South Dennis, Massachusetts.
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Monday, July 10 Amit Peled, cello
Concert featuring American Composers including:
George Gershwin 3 Preludes Florence Price Adagio Copland Waltz & Celebration Samuel Barber Sonata Broadway Famous Themes arr. for cello & piano (premiere) |
Amit Peled, cello
Praised by The Strad magazine and The New York Times, internationally renowned cellist Amit Peled is acclaimed as one of the most exciting and virtuosic instrumentalists on the concert stage today. Having performed in many of the world’s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., Salle Gaveau in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Konzerthaus Berlin, Peled has released over a dozen recordings on the Naxos, Centaur, Delos, and CTM Classics labels. Musical America named Peled one of the Top 30 Influencers of 2015.
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Donald Enos, piano
Pianist Donald Enos, a native Cape Codder, is the founder and director of the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival. After having received extensive musical training at the New England Conservatory, Mr. Enos returned to his native Cape Cod, where he is known for his solo work and collaboration with the Chatham Chorale and the Cape Symphony, and presentations on the historically significant 1762 English chamber organ in South Dennis, Massachusetts.
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Monday, July 17 Joyce Hammann, violin; Matthias Naegele, cello
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, mvmt I for cello & piano
Gaspar Cassado Trio (1926) Andre Previn “Vineyard” Sonata (1996) mvmt II for violin & piano Andrzej Panufnik Trio, mvmt III Presto Mendelssohn Trio in C minor, Op.66 |
Joyce Hammann, violin
Violinist Joyce Hammann’s distinctive versatility and virtuosity have won her praise and a loyal following whether appearing on the concert stage, in a jazz club, or before 17,000 screaming rock concert fans. Hailed for "splendid soloing" and a "sweet, rich tone" by The New York Times, she has performed and recorded with such artists as Paul McCartney, Sting, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen. Joyce's discography includes John Zorn's String Quartets, Sam Zyman's Bashe, Uri Caine's Wagner and Venezia, Mozart Re-imagined and The Othello Syndrome, Michael Breckers' Grammy award winning Wide Angles, Gil Goldstein’s Under Rousseau's Moon, Ted Nash's Double Quartet and Mark Feldman's Book of Tells. Currently Concertmaster for Broadway's longest running show, The Phantom of the Opera, Joyce continues to perform with The Harlem Chamber Players, The Craftsbury Chamber Players (Vermont) and The Meeting House Players (Cape Cod).
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Matthias Naegele, cello
Matthias Naegele has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician in Europe, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and Asia. He has participated in the Marlboro, Apple Hill, Dubrovnick, Jerusalem, Curagao, California State Summer Arts, Aspen, International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove, and Edinburgh music festivals. Many of Mr Naegele’s performances are regularly broadcast over National Public Radio and Public Television. He has also appeared on Dutch, French, Austrian, BBC radio, and BBC television. He performs regularly with numerous chamber music ensembles, including the Kaleidos String Quartet, the Prometheus Piano Quartet, the Music Project, the Chamber Music Society of New York University, Anthony Newman’s Brandenburg Collegium, the Chamber Music Society of New Jersey, Sergio Luca’s Context, An Die Musik, and the microtonal group New Band. He has performed on the Lincoln Center Great Performers Series. Mr Naegele plays on a Mateo Goffriller cello made in Venice in 1735. He resides in the Netherlands with his wife and two daughters.
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Donald Enos, piano
Pianist Donald Enos, a native Cape Codder, is the founder and director of the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival. After having received extensive musical training at the New England Conservatory, Mr. Enos returned to his native Cape Cod, where he is known for his solo work and collaboration with the Chatham Chorale and the Cape Symphony, and presentations on the historically significant 1762 English chamber organ in South Dennis, Massachusetts.
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Monday, July 24 Katie Lansdale, violin; Danielle Farina, viola
Shostakovich - Five Pieces for violin & viola
Frank Bridge Pensiero & Allegro Appassionato for viola & piano Benjamin Britten Suite, op.6 for violin & piano Telemann Sonata Fantasia Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K. 364 |
Katie Lansdale, violin
Violinist Katie Lansdale has been widely lauded as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. She has performed as soloist and chamber artist in South America and Europe, and on numerous North American concert series, including the Phillips Collection, the Caramoor Series, and Lincoln Center’s Rose Room. Winner of Grand Prizes at the Fischoff and Yellow Springs national chamber competitions, she has collaborated in chamber concerts with artists such as Yo Yo Ma, Felix Galimir, Donald Weilerstein, the Miami Quartet, Robert MacDonald, and Charles Neidich. Lansdale's concerto appearances have included with the National Symphony, the Austin Mozart Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Schroeder Classical Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and the NY Spectrum and Repertory Orchestras.
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Danielle Farina, viola
Violist Danielle Farina enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher and recording artist. Formerly with the Lark Quartet, the Elements Quartet and the Manhattan Quartet, Danielle currently performs with a number of ensembles in the New York area and around the country.
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Donald Enos, piano
Pianist Donald Enos, a native Cape Codder, is the founder and director of the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival. After having received extensive musical training at the New England Conservatory, Mr. Enos returned to his native Cape Cod, where he is known for his solo work and collaboration with the Chatham Chorale and the Cape Symphony, and presentations on the historically significant 1762 English chamber organ in South Dennis, Massachusetts.
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