Concerts

Location for All Concerts:
Church of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal
204 Monument Rd, Orleans MA

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Monday, June 20, 7:30 Clark Matthews, horn

Ferdinand Ries – Sonata, Op. 34, mvmt I
Camille Saint-Saens – Morceau de Concert, Op. 94
Franz Strauss – Nocturno, Op. 7
Alan Abbott – Alla Caccia
Eugene Bozza – En Foret, Op. 40
Alexandre Scriabine – Romanze
Jan Koetsier – Scherzo Brillante, Op. 96
Vaclav Nelhybel – Scherzo Concertante
Eric Ewazen – Sonata, mvmts II and IV

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.

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.

Monday, June 27, 7:30 Alexander Velinzon, violin; Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp

Antonio Soler – Concerto in C Major, for harp and piano
Amy Beach – A Hermit Thrush at Morn (solo harp)
Johannes Brahms – Sonata in G Major, Op. 78 for violin and piano
Johann Strauss – Hohzeitspraludium, Op. 469, for violin, harp and piano
Saint-Saens – Fantasie, Op. 124, for violin and harp
Jean-Michel Damase – Sonata, mvmt III, for harp and piano
Johanna Selleck – Spindrift (solo harp)

Alexander Velinzon, violin

Alexander Velinzon is Associate Concertmaster for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. During the recent years he has appeared as a guest Concertmaster with the London Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Royal Opera Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic and WDR Symphony Orchestra among others. Mr. Velinzon has served as the concertmaster for the Seattle Symphony from 2012 until 2015.
An avid chamber musician, Mr. Velinzon has performed with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Seattle Chamber Music Society; in Boston he is a long-standing member of the Walden Chamber Players and a co-founder of the LiveArts string quartet. In New York, he performs frequently with the Jupiter Chamber Players. In 2010 Mr. Velinzon made his critically acclaimed debut at London’s Wigmore Hall with the Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Having served as an affiliate professor at the University of Washington between 2014 and 2017, Mr. Velinzon is now a faculty member at the Longy School of Music. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Alexander Velinzon graduated from the Leningrad School for Gifted Children. After moving to the United States, he studied with the renowned pedagogue Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School, where he earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp

Elisabeth Remy Johnson grew up on Cape Cod, commuting to Boston for her studies with Ann Hopson Pilot and spending summers in Camden, Maine, at the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony for study with Alice Chalifoux. She was a fellow in harp at the Tanglewood Music Center in 1994 and 1995 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in Music and French from Harvard University in 1995. That same year she was appointed principal harpist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. With the Atlanta Symphony, Ms Remy Johnson has performed concertos by Debussy, Handel, Mozart and Ginastera. Winner of first-place awards in competitions of the American Harp Society and the American String Teachers Association, she is also a NFAA/ARTS awardee. She teaches harp privately and is artist affiliate at Emory University, along with several other universities in the Atlanta area. Ms Remy Johnson recorded Britten’s Ceremony of Carols with Robert Shaw and his Chamber Singers for the Telarc recording "A Robert Shaw Christmas: Angels on High". Her first solo CD, “Whirlwind”, was released in fall 2000. Her newest recording, "Quest", showcases a substantial collection of new works for solo harp by women composers, along with gems from the 19th and 20th centuries, transcribed by her for solo harp.

Donald Enos, piano

Friday, July 1, 7:30 Amit Peled, cello

(Program to be announced)

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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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.

Donald Enos, piano

Tuesday, July 12, 7:30 Joyce Hammann, violin; Matthias Naegele, cello

Germaine Tailleferre – 2nd Sonata, for violin and piano
Enrique Granados – Intermezzo, for cello and piano
James MacMillan – Piano Trio #2 (2013)
Arvo Part – Spiegel im Spiegel, for cello and piano
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70 #1, “Ghost”

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).

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.

Donald Enos, piano

Tuesday, July 19, 7:30 Irina Muresanu, violin; Sergey Antonov, cello

Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8
Johan Halvorsen - Passacaglia, for violin and cello
(other to be announced)

Irina Muresanu, violin

Internationally renowned Romanian violinist Irina Muresanu continues to 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 also developed a reputation as a compelling and elegant interpreter 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.”