Electric Earth Concerts
Great Music All Year Round for the Monadnock Region
Jonathan Bagg & Laura Gilbert, Artistic Directors
Electric Earth Concerts presents its annual fall foliage concert with chamber music of Josef Haydn, Johannes Brahms, and featuring Mobius Percussion, a quartet that specializes in presenting fresh contemporary voices. The concert takes place on October 10 at 7:30 pm, at the First Church in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The concert begins with masterpieces of classic […]
Electric Earth Concerts presents Metropolitan Opera rising star Jennifer Johnson Cano performing with pianist-husband Christopher Cano. Ms. Cano is currently appearing in the role of Emilia at the Met, which will air live in HD on October 17. She has also bowed at The Metropolitan Opera as Mercedes, Emilia, Hansel, Nicklausse, Wellgunde and Waltraute and […]
Electric Earth Concerts presents its season finale. Trio Cleonice will return to the EEC stage along with Artistic Director Jonathan Bagg, and Francestown native Jacob MacKay, in his first Electric Earth Concerts appearance. This is the last in a season of 13 concerts spread across the seasons and in different venues throughout the Monadnock region. The […]
Donate to Electric Earth A minimum donation of $50 per person is requested. Electric Earth Concerts is a 5013 not-for-profit organization. Your donation is tax-deductible. This special concert is our only fund raising event in 2015. We will also be celebrating a significant milestone at EEC: our 100th performance since our founding 4 years ago! On […]
We are delighted to announce the return of Indra to open our 2016 in Bass Hall. Electric Earth Concerts is delighted to present Indra, the jazz-folk-traditional trio that showcases the stellar vocal talent of singer Indra Rios-Moore. After winning the Danish Music Award, the highest national recognition in Denmark, Indra relocated to the U.S. a […]
Hailed as “thoughtful, impressive musicians” (Cleveland Classical), the Verona Quartet - Jonathan Ong, violin, Dorothy Ro, violin, Abigail Rojansky, viola and Warren Hagerty, cello - is winner of the 2015 Concert Artists Guild Competition, along with several other international prizes. The Verona has performed across four continents in venues such as Wigmore Hall in London, Izumi […]
7:30 pm First Church, Jaffrey 14 Laban Ainsworth Way Jaffrey, NH 03452 Renowned pianist Mihae Lee and her husband, distinguished horn player William Purvis, are joined by violinist Jessica Lee in a concert of trios featuring the noblest brass instrument, including Brahms Trio Op. 40, and “Twilight” by American master John Harbison. A rare […]
The charismatic piano trio from Boston plays its final concerts this summer. Hear them performing some of their favorite repertoire, and wish them well in their future endeavors! Program: Mozart trio in G, K. 496; Donald Martino, Piano Trio; Mendelssohn, Trio in C minor, Op. 66. Trio Cleonice, the dynamic Boston-based piano trio, is one […]
EEC ushers in summer with a program for flute and strings that spans a century of music and four countries, including a new piece by award-winning young composer David Garner. Performers are: Laura Gilbert, flute; Gabriela Diaz, violin Jonathan Bagg, viola; Caroline Stinson, cello Program: Erno von Dohnanyi: Serenade Op. 10 for string trio (1904) Paul Ben […]
TRIO 1816 brings to life the period two hundred years ago when music's urbane classicism gave way to the grand passions of the romantic period. No two composers dramatize this shift more than Franz Schubert the songwriter and Ludwig van Beethoven the innovator. Trio members Jesse Blumberg, baritone, David Breitman, fortepiano, and Johanna Novom, violin—each one a masterful […]
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 […]
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