Electric Earth Concerts 2014 Season
Saturday, January 18: Cabaret star Jennifer Sheehan returns to Bass Hall with her new “sensational 60s” show, called I Know a Place.
Tuesday, February 18: Music from the Heart. A romantic spirit imbues works from the 18th to 21st centuries. Schubert, Bach, Villa-Lobos, Rorem, and brand new works written for the artists. Electric Earth’s Laura Gilbert, flute, and Jonathan Bagg, viola are joined by Ilana Davidson, soprano and Oren Fader, guitar.
Saturday, March 8: Swiss-Italian pianist Olivier Cave A virtuoso with a unique voice, presents “Il Pianoforte Italiano” in Bass Hall. Hear one of Europe’s most interesting pianists in Bach, Scarlatti, Clementi, Da Pistoia, and Dallapiccola
Borromeo Quartet: The Six String Quartets of Béla Bartók
Sunday April 13, 4pm First Church, Jaffrey (Quartets #1, 2 & 4)
Sunday May 4, 4pm Ahavas Achim synagogue, Keene (Quartets #3, 5 & 6)
Tickets $25 per concert
June in Jaffrey!
June 13 – June 29: The Grand View hosts EEC in a mini-festival in and around the wonderful town of Jaffrey: classical & folk concerts, contra dancing, open rehearsals, and other community events, including a Friesian horse dressage benefit for EEC! Artists include the Horszowski Trio & friends, violinist Nicholas Kitchen on Bach, contra dancing with Trip to Nelson, and more than we can list here, so see our website for details.
Friday June 13, 7:30 pm: Nicholas Kitchen master violinist and communicator illuminates Bach solo violin works. Grand View, $20
Tuesday June 17, 7:30 pm: Tim Eriksen, celebrated interpreter of old ballads, love songs, shape-note and dance tunes, gets everyone involved, so come and add your voice! Grand View, $20
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Saturday June 21, 5:30 pm: Friesian Fantasy, a rare performance by gorgeous Friesian horses with equestrian master Rebecca Eccard at Mead Brook Equestrian Center. Fundraiser for Electric Earth includes a dinner by Sunflowers at the Grand View barn, plus a short concert. Tickets for the evening are $125; for the show only, $25.
Sunday June 22, 4:00 pm: Schubert on the green. Performance begins at the First Church and continues at the Meetinghouse, with refreshments outdoors. Featuring the stunning Horszowski Trio and friends, a world premiere by Eric Moe, and Franz Schubert’s joyous Trout Quintet. $25
Friday June 27, 6 p.m.: Contra dance with the band Trip to Nelson at the Grand View Barn. Picnic in the Grand View field at 6; at 7 move indoors for a concert by this extraordinary group; at 8 the dancing begins with Lisa Sieverts teaching and calling. $15
Sunday June 29, 4 pm: “Quintetsential” Brahms & Mendelssohn! String Quintets by these two composers are among the most deeply moving in the repertoire. Performers include Adela Pena and Lilit Gampel, violins; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Gregory Hesselink, cello. Hear them in the concert finale of June in Jaffrey at the Grand View Barn. $25
Wednesday July 16, 7:30pm: Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem. Deep roots in the American folk tradition, originality, plus real vocal & instrumental virtuosity make this one of the best groups of their kind. Grand View Barn. $25
Sunday, August 10, 5pm: Jennifer Sheehan & her quintet, Night of the Shooting Stars Celebrate the August Pleiades meteor shower at its peak with a brand new show built around songs about and inspired by stars and the heavens. This concert will be presented in a cabaret setting with wine and hors d’oeuvres. Peterborough Town House.
Friday, August 15, 7:30pm: ACRONYM baroque chamber orchestra. An historically informed, energized approach breathes life into music of baroque masters for strings, winds, and keyboard instruments. A string band of twelve young virtuosos devoted to resurrecting music of the past by giving modern premieres of long-lost music by forgotten composers. In collaboration with Avaloch Farm Music institute. Francestown Old Meetinghouse. $25
Saturday, September 6, 7:30pm: Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano and Christopher Cano, piano with EEC musicians, in a program of chamber music for voice by Brahms, Frank Martin, and others. Jennifer Cano returns to EEC after a banner year when she shone on the stage of the MET (Falstaff) and in competitions abroad. Bass Hall, Peterborough $25
Sunday, October 12, 4pm: Fall Foliage Concert
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 pm: Season Finale
On the horizon in 2015 is Si Dice in Italia, an opera by NH composer Lawrence Siegel. We will share more about this exciting undertaking with you as planning proceeds.
Electric Earth is fueled by gifts from music lovers like you. Our first two seasons brought 30 concerts and 21 outreach performances, for a total of 51 events. We partner with group homes for the disabled, rehabilitation centers, schools and philanthropic charities. These have had inspiring mutual rewards: with each visit, EEC musicians and residents forge stronger bonds of friendship around the shared experience of the music’s power.