Music Mountain 90th Anniversary Season Opens on June 9

May 29, 2019 -- The illustrious Connecticut-based Music Mountain concert series opens its 90th season on June 9 with a special benefit concert and reception to celebrate this milestone year. Pianist Benjamin Hochman* joins violinist Alexi Kenney, cellist Fred Sherry, and clarinetist Kristyna Petišková in a program of Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven. Also appearing in June to kick off the star-studded four-month festival are three outstanding quartets (the first of 14 string quartets to appear at this summer's festival): the Escher Quartet, Arianna Quartet and Cuarteto Latinamericano.
*Peter Serkin, who was originally scheduled, is unable to perform due to illness.

On June 15, the Twilight Series, which reflects the diversity and versatility of artistic programming at Music Mountain, opens with a vibrant performance of the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet.  The series continues in June with the inimitable New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players and the incomparable singer and pianist Steve Ross. 

Marking 90 continuous years of presenting outstanding artists and beloved repertoire to East Coast concertgoers, Music Mountain is now the oldest running chamber music series in the nation.  Concerts continue through September 22. 

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JUNE 2019

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 3 PM
90TH SEASON OPENING BENEFIT CONCERT & RECEPTION

Benjamin Hochman, Piano
Alexi Kenney, Violin
Fred Sherry, Cello
Kristyna Petišková, Clarinet
Mozart: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, K.502
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70 #1 “Ghost”

*Please note that this concert has changed, and this is the updated listing 

SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 5 PM
Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet

This “dynamic ensemble explores the affinities between modern jazz and the
Afro-Latin continuum in Perú” -The New York Times

SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 3 PM
Escher Quartet
Soyeon Kate Lee, Piano

Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 5 PM
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

“Well paced and extremely entertaining” -Talk Entertainment
Underwritten by an Anonymous Donor

SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 3 PM
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Sally Pinkas, Piano

Villa-Lobos: String Quartet #5*
Philip Glass: String Quartet #5*
Amir Bitran: Piano Quintet “Kol Haneshama (Psalm 150)”*
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44

SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 5 PM
Steve Ross: The Songs of Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin

“Astaire style with wry aside striking comic” -The New York Times

SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 3 PM
Arianna Quartet
Richard Young, Viola

Wolf: Italian Serenade
Schubert: String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”
Mendelssohn: Viola Quintet in B Flat Major, Op. 87

JULY 2019

SATURDAY, JULY 6, 5PM
Jive by Five

The sizzling dance music of the jazz age: from the Charleston to the Two-Step and the Fox Trot.

SUNDAY, JULY 7, 3 PM
American String Quartet
Oskar Espina-Ruiz, Clarinet

Shostakovich: String Quartet #7 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 108
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59 #3

SATURDAY, JULY 13, 5 PM
Peter & Will Anderson Quartet: 
The Magic of Benny Goodman

“These guys flood the room with joy” -Seattle Times

SUNDAY, JULY 14, 3 PM
Penderecki String Quartet
Stewart Goodyear, Piano

Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76 #5
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 12
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

SATURDAY, JULY 20, 5 PM
New Black Eagle Jazz Band

The very best in New Orleans Jazz, Gospel and Blues. 

SUNDAY, JULY 21, 3 PM
Ariel Quartet
Victoria Schwartzman, Piano

Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 71 #2*
Shostakovich: String Quartet #4 in D Major, Op. 83
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Opus 25

*Including a Silent Auction, beginning at 2 PM 

SATURDAY, JULY 27, 5 PM
Swingtime Big Band

Big Band classics from the Great American Songbook

“Musicians who make the sounds of the pre-rock era rock” -The New York Times 

SUNDAY, JULY 28, 3 PM
Harlem String Quartet
Francine Kay, Piano

Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Gabriela Lena Frank: Milagros (Miracles) for string quartet*
William Bolcom: Three Rags for String Quartet
Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor 

AUGUST 2019

SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 5PM
Michael Berkeley & No Tune Like a Show Tune: The Envelope, Please

A celebration of award-winning songs from the Tonys, Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, and Country Music Awards
Underwritten by an Anonymous Donor 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 3 PM
Emerson String Quartet

Mozart: String Quartet in D Major, K. 575 “Prussian”
Dvorák: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 51
Shostakovich: String Quartet #5 in B Flat Major, Op. 92 
Underwritten by Harold and Deko Klebanoff 

SATURDAY, AUG. 10, 5 PM
Wolverine Jazz Band

Kings of Swing, Ragtime and Hot Dance

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 3 PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Tao Lin, Piano

Turina: La oración del torero (The bullfighter’s prayer), Op. 34
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Sofia Gubaidulina: Piano Quintet* 

SATURDAY, AUG. 17, 5 PM
Barbara Fasano & Eric Comstock: Busy Being Free

“Meet the new fun couple on the cabaret block. Mr. Comstock and Ms. Fasano are turning the neighborhood into a hotbed of pleasure.” -The New York Times 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 3 PM
St. Petersburg String Quartet & Piano Quartet

Glazunov: String Quartet #1 in D Major, Op. 1*
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47 

SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 5 PM
Galvanized Jazz Band

The “best Jazz Band in the State” (Connecticut Magazine) “gets your blood running” (Jazzbeat) with hot Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz, and more 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 3 PM
Cassatt String Quartet
Paul Katz, Cello
Pei Shan, Piano

Mozart: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, K. 493
Beethoven: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 18 #6
Brahms: Cello Quintet in F Minor (precursor of Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34, arr. Anssi Karttunen)* 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 5 PM
Shanghai Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77 #1
Penderecki: String Quartet #3 “Leaves of an unwritten diary”
Beethoven: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 

SEPTEMBER 2019

SUNDAY, SEPT 1, 3 PM
LABOR DAY BENEFIT CONCERT & RECEPTION

Shanghai Quartet
Todd Crow, Piano

Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 #2
Frank Bridge: Novelletten*
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26

SUNDAY, SEPT 8, 3 PM

Daedalus Quartet
Tanya Bannister, Piano

Bach: Selections from ‘Art of the Fugue’ BWV 1080
Beethoven: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84

SUNDAY, SEPT 15, 3 PM
Dover Quartet
“Bound by Brahms”

Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546
Hindemith: Quartet No. 3
Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67
Underwritten by Joyce Schwartz 

SUNDAY, SEPT 22, 3 PM
Juilliard Quartet

Mozart: String Quartet in B Flat Major, K. 458 “The Hunt” 
Britten: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94
Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2

*Denotes Series Premiere

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