“Beautiful to watch, like a family in lively conversation at the dinner table: anticipating, interrupting, changing subjects” – NY Times. The Catalyst Quartet presents Viennese music by Haydn and Webern, West Coast mavericks John Cage and Terry Riley, plus their “CQ Minute” birthday tributes commissioned from 10 of their favorite composers. A co-commission of Electric […]

Pianist Mimi Solomon, violinist Nicholas DiEugenio, and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan & EEC directors Laura Gilbert and Jonathan Bagg present the Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60 by Brahms, plus a new work by Scott Lindroth for flute and strings, commissioned by EEC this year titled “Souvenirs”. David K. Garner’s “The Sky Was Good for […]

Midsummer begins with music that celebrates the natural world, including the classic Voice of the Whale by the late, great George Crumb (1929-2022); The Wind in High Places by John Luther Adams, who "brings the sense of wonder that we feel outdoors into the concert hall"; and a new piece by David Kirkland Garner, one […]

First Church in JaffreyBeethoven’s Septet, written in his early career, made him instantly famous in Vienna. Featuring six movements of symphonic string and wind sonorities, it will help us celebrate the arrival of high summer in grand fashion.Also on the program are a Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano by Gaetano Donizetti, composer of bel […]

DUE TO THE HEAT PREDICTED, THIS CONCERT IS MOVED TO BASS HALL AN AIR -CONDITIONED SPACE AT THE MONADNOCK CENTER FOR HISTORY & CULTURE, 19 GROVE STREET, PETERBOROUGH. A fresh take on early jazz with classical trimmings and soulful underpinnings. Mimi and the Podd Brothers (Carami Hillaire & Adam and Matt Podd) pride themselves on […]

Francestown Old MeetinghouseA 20th century masterpiece, Bartók’s 1943 Sonata comes vividly alive in the hands of David McCarroll. Two of JS Bach’s solo works complete an extraordinary evening of violin artistry.J.S. Bach - Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001       AdagioFuga: AllegroSicilianaPrestoBéla Bartók - Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117Tempo di ciacconaFuga: […]

First Church in JaffreyDavid McCarroll, violin; Angela Park, cello; Emely Phelps, piano join EEC’s artistic directors to bring Ravel’s spectacular duo, a stunning but little-known work of American composer Marion Bauer, and the most expansive of the Brahms piano quartets, Op 26 in A major, Schubertian in its open-hearted lyricism.Out of Doors: for this concert, […]

First Church in JaffreyJewish, Hungarian, and American folk influences pervade this wide-ranging program that features harp, clarinet, flute, strings, and piano. Ravel’s voluptuous Introduction and Allegro, along with music of Prokofiev, William Grant Still, and the Piano Quartet in G minor Op. 25 of Brahms. In partnership with the Sebago-Long Lake Festival & musicians.PROKOFIEV: Overture […]

Peterborough Town HouseDavid Breitman, fortepiano, Jaap ter Linden, cello & Gabriel Richard, violin. A constellation of period-instrument stars takes on Beethoven’s first published opus, a set of trios that were designed to astound the public with their revolutionary approach and virtuoso technique: No. 1 in E-flat Major, No. 2 in G Major, No. 3 in […]

First Church in JaffreyThe Horszowski Trio have delivered the most exquisite performances every time they’ve appeared at EEC. This, their eleventh trip to New Hampshire, will be as eagerly awaited as ever. Program will includeLeonard Bernstein: TrioScott Lindroth: “T120” (2021)Robert Schumann: Trio #1 in d minorOut of Doors: for this concert, weather permitting, bring a chair […]

Park Theatre, JaffreyThe unique duo Fire & Grace explores the connective musical elements of classical, folk, and contemporary traditions from around the world. Fire & Grace’s repertoire is vast, ranging from Bach to Vivaldi, tango to Celtic tunes, traditional Bulgarian to American fiddle tunes and waltzes, all played with a sense of discovery and commitment […]

EEC’s season will culminate on the Park Theatre’s generous stage in a concert of baroque concerti and other masterworks by the greatest composers of their age, performed by the young virtuosi of RELIC, an ensemble specializing in performance on period instruments. Alessandro Scarlatti: Sinfonia from Cain, overo Il primo omicidio, Part IAntonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins […]

With “tautness, flair, and precision”, this New England-based group opens the season with two masterpieces: Brahms’ Opus 8 Trio in B major, and the E-flat piano quartet of Mozart, joined by Artistic Director Jonathan Bagg on viola.

Duke University’s Quartet in Residence brings Schubert’s Quartet in D minor, “Death and the Maiden” to EEC for the first time, and a seminal 20th century work by Béla Bartók, his 4th String Quartet. The program opens with Anthony Kelley’s Sidelines, a playful tribute to his more athletically inclined siblings.

A concert of unique music and instrumentation: Bartók’s Contrasts, written for jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman in 1938; George Crumb’s Eleven Echoes of Autumn (1966); Undine Smith Moore’s Afro-American Suite.

Winds are center-stage in this concert, a crescendo starting with Paul Ben-Haim’s intimate Chamber Music for flute & strings, moving to Mozart’s grand Quintet for winds and piano, and culminating in Erno von Dohnanyi’s passionate Sextet for winds, strings, and piano.

Verona Quartet's return to NH is celebrated at Peterborough’s spacious Town House, with Mozart’s Quartet in E-flat K.160, the String Quartet No. 4 of Grazyna Bacewicz, and Verdi’s sole work in the genre, the dramatic String Quartet in E minor.

César Franck’s monumental Piano Quintet anchors this program deep in the French Romantic era. The concert includes Beethoven’s athletic, classical Serenade for flute, violin, and viola and one of Bartók's most beloved works, the Romanian Folk Dances.

Ieva Jokubaviciute and David McCarroll (piano & violin) sweeten the afternoon at the traditional German “cake and coffee” hour with Brahms’ G-major Violin Sonata. Cake and Coffee included!Generously sponsored by The Nicholas sisters and their mother in honor of Frieda Roessler Nicholas who immigrated from Germany in 1911.

Mieczysław Weinberg has recently taken his place as a major voice in 20th-century Russian music. The spectacular Piano Quintet from 1945 shows the full range of his imagination. Also on the program: Debussy’s Six Épigraphes Antiques for flute and piano.