Electric Earth Concerts
Great Music All Year Round for the Monadnock Region
Jonathan Bagg & Laura Gilbert, Artistic Directors
The Borromeo Quartet makes its appearance at Electric Earth for the fifth year in a row, offering masterpieces of the baroque, classical, and modern eras, including several preludes and fugues by J. S. Bach transcribed by violinist Nicholas Kitchen. The Borromeo is known for unconventional programs that are both satisfying and stimulating; in this case, Mr. […]
Electric Earth Concerts will present a mixed–media concert at the Jaffrey Meetinghouse on Sunday, August 7 at 4pm. Renaissance scholar Claire Preston and the musicians of LeStrange Viols will draw upon rich connections between literature and music to conjure a fascinating view of the 17th century English cultural landscape. Preston will place music of composers […]
Electric Earth Concerts' ensemble-in-residence since 2012, the Horszowski Trio brings their powerful music making back to the Electric Earth stage this summer. The program will present three of the most important and compelling works in the repertoire: Beethoven’s Trio Op 11, Shostakovich’s Trio No. 2, Op. 7, and Schumann’s Trio #3 in g minor. The […]
A concert that combines readings by Novelist Richard Powers with the music of Olivier Messiaen and composer Scott Lindroth, inspired by Powers’ 2014 novel “Orfeo”. Richard Powers (“The Time of our Singing” and “The Echomaker”) joins composer Scott Lindroth, the Horzsowski Piano Trio, clarinetist Benjamin Fingland, Artistic Directors Laura Gilbert , flute and Jonathan Bagg, viola, […]
Electric Earth Concerts celebrates autumn with a concert by the Aureole Trio and mezzo-soprano Jazimina MacNeill. Artistic Director Laura Gilbert is a founding member of Aureole, whose distinguished career has brought them to such places as the Metropolitan Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the chamber music societies of Chicago and St. Louis. The […]
Renowned Swiss-Italian pianist returns to EEC for its season finale, in a concert that features Mr. Cavé in Mozart's piano concerto in C-major, K 415, along with solo works by Haydn and Scarlatti. The concert begins with Mozart's late masterpiece, the Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat K 563. Performers include Gabriela Diaz and Jennifer Elowitch, […]
The Horszowski Trio will celebrate with us as we bring our 5th season to a close. A $75 donation will give us a boost toward meeting our end-of-year goals and give you a seat at an intimate musical gathering with this wonderful group, followed by a holiday reception and conversation with musicians and EEC fellow-travelers. The program […]
Laser-sharp intensity and total commitment have gained the Verona a place atop the new generation of string quartets. Their program includes Beethoven’s Quartet in c-sharp minor, Op. 131, Shostakovich’s 7th string quartet, and Mozart’s C major Viola Quintet, K. 515. Electric Earth Artistic Director Jonathan Bagg will join the Verona Quartet in Mozart’s magnificent quintet, […]
Virtuoso Violin meets Celtic Guitar Fire & Grace takes its audience on a journey that connects the elements of classical, folk, and contemporary musical traditions from around the world. A Prelude by Bach is followed by an Irish reel; a tango by Piazzolla transitions to a Spanish love song; Vivaldi’s “Winter” moves seamlessly into a […]
Three of Cleveland’s top musicians will perform for the first time at Electric Earth. The husband-wife duo of Daniel Gilbert and Donna Lee, with cellist Keith Robinson will play music ranging from Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms to a trio by the film composer Nino Rota, who is perhaps best known for his music to “The […]
Jamie Laval captures the soul of Scottish music on his fiddle, mixing his spellbinding mastery of its distinctive technique with deeply informed descriptions of an ancient musical style that was the source of much of the American folk tradition. His virtuosic performances of traditional Celtic music combine ancient village dance melodies, foot percussion, and even […]
MUSIC OF BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT with David Breitman, fortepiano: Six Bagatelles, op, 126 (1823-24) Ludwig van Beethoven Four Impromptus Op. 90 (1827) Franz Schubert Sonata in E major, op. 109 (1820-21) Beethoven Eminent fortepianist David Breitman is equally at home on the modern piano, and enjoys […]
The Septet in E-flat Op 20 of Beethoven, and Brahms’ Serenade in D major Op 11, are both peak achievements from each composers’ youth. We present them on a concert that highlights the glorious sonority of winds and strings, filling the stage of the Jaffrey Meetinghouse in celebration the arrival of midsummer. The cast of […]
NOTE: CONCERT MOVED TO PETERBOROUGH TOWN HOUSE (NEXT DOOR TO BASS HALL) Electric Earth Concerts regulars know The Horszowski Trio well from their electrifying performances at EEC. Their violinist Jesse Mills moonlights as a jazz musician. Here’s your opportunity to hear another side of Jesse's brilliant musical persona, with his other band, the Hope Quartet. Joining Jesse […]
Frequent appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestra, and this year as Carmen at the Boston Lyric Opera, do not keep Jennifer Johnson Cano from offering one of her lovingly crafted programs to the EEC audience. Her velvety mezzo voice will shine in a program that includes Arianna a Naxos by […]
The always-revelatory Borromeo Quartet brings its powerful magic to Peterborough, with Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 and César Franck’s rarely-heard masterpiece, the String Quartet in D major. This concert is generously sponsored by Grove Street Fiduciary in Peterborough. Winner of the […]
The miraculous talents of the Horszowski (Hor-SHOV-ski) Trio are well-known to EEC audiences. Their 2017 program comprises the three trios by the arch-romantic, Robert Schumann. Hailed by The New Yorker as “destined for great things,” when the members of the trio– Jesse Mills, Raman Ramakrishnan, and Rieko Aizawa – played together for the first time, they immediately […]
Works by two great 17th century composers, Heinrich Biber and Johann Schmelzer along with modern premieres of long forgotten music make up ACRONYM’s typically fascinating and resourceful program. It concludes with two famous works of “battle” music from the Viennese baroque.
The charismatic Greek guitar virtuoso takes inspiration from her native region in this collaborative program for solo guitar, flute, and strings, with music evoking the Greek world and other folk traditions. Cello-Percussion Duo, New Morse Code, returns to EEC for the second half of this program. Works for solo guitar, flute & viola by Mikis Theodorakis, […]
Two wonderfully contrasting voices join together in great moments from three centuries of music for soprano, mezzo and strings: J.S. Bach: Cantata 209 Frank Martin: Sonnets à Cassandre Dvorak: Terzetto for 2 violins & viola Vivaldi & Bach duets Ilana Davidson, soprano & Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo Laura Gilbert, flute Gabriela Diaz & Jennifer Elowitch, violins Jonathan […]
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