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Jonathan Bagg & Laura Gilbert, Artistic Directors

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Paths of the Yogi – An Afternoon of Indian Classical Music, Meditation and Movement

Reynolds Hall, Peterborough 51 Concord Street, Peterborough, United States

We warmly invite you to attend this special afternoon concert and yoga class. It begins with Indian classical music performed by George Ruckert on sarod and Jerry Leake on tabla, followed by a group meditation and gentle chair yoga class led by Tanja Short. (Chair Yoga is gentle stretches—no mats required.) George Ruckert Yoga has […]

$25.00

Borromeo String Quartet

Peterborough Town House 1 Grove St., Peterborough, United States

Please join us at the Fry Gallery, 36 Grove Street, Peterborough, for a post concert reception. The masterful ensemble brings its magic to EEC: Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue, K. 546, Ned Rorem’s Quartet No. 3 & Mendelssohn's String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 This concert marks the seventh year the Quartet appears at Electric […]

$25.00

Members of ACRONYM with Fiona Gillespie, Soprano

Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse Blackberry Lane, Jaffrey, NH, United States

The Last Rose of Summer A Celtic music craze that gripped Europe in the time of Haydn, Beethoven & Weber produced wondrous Scottish and Irish inspired songs in a chamber setting, performed here by Fiona Gillespie, soprano with Emi Ferguson, flute & soprano and members of ACRONYM, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Edwin Huizinga, and Elliot Figg. Enjoy a […]

$25.00

Weather Vest

Dublin Community Church 1125 Main St, Dublin, NH, United States

Weather Vest, direct from New York, is a mixed ensemble of winds & brass that mingles the common elements of classical chamber music, small group jazz, and folk music, for a concert liberated from traditional boundaries.

$25.00

Fall Finale: Tesla Quartet with Jonathan Bagg

First Church in Jaffrey 14 Laban Ainsworth Way, Jaffrey

Praised for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style or technical demand” (The International Review of Music), the Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess to both new and established repertoire. Dubbed “technically superb” by The Strad, the Tesla Quartet recently took Second Prize as well as the Haydn […]

$25.00

Gala Fundraiser: Auld Lang Syne

Reynolds Hall, Peterborough 51 Concord Street, Peterborough, United States

Please join us for our annual Gala fundraising afternoon, celebrating the end of our 7th season and looking ahead to season 8! Pianist, Emely Phelps (Trio Cleonice) will play an hour long recital curated for our EEC audience, with a special performance by mezzo-soprano Jazimina MacNeil. Holiday snacks and our yearly Prosecco toast will follow. […]

Catalyst Quartet

First Church in Jaffrey 14 Laban Ainsworth Way, Jaffrey

Hailed by the New York Times at their Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished…playing with earthy vigor,” Catalyst Quartet is comprised of top Laureates and alumni of the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Competition. Known for “rhythmic energy, polyphonic clarity and tight ensemble-playing,” the quartet has toured throughout the United States and abroad, including […]

$30.00

ModernMedieval Trio of Voices

Congregation Ahavas Achim, Keene, NH 84 Hastings Ave., Keene

A versatile a cappella trio that combines medieval chant and polyphony with music from later eras, including new works written for the ensemble. “... an evening of gloriously clear voices singing exquisitely wrought music spanning centuries.” (Steven Pisano, Feast of Music) This program, titled Words of Love and Wisdom, features some of Hildegard of Bingen’s […]

$30.00

Fire & Grace & Ash

Unitarian Universalist Church, Peterborough 25 Main St, Peterborough, NH, United States

Fire & Grace is an eclectic collaboration between guitarist William Coulter and violinist Edwin Huizinga. Appalachian traditional, jazz, Celtic fiddling, and virtuoso Bach are just a few corners of the musical world that this massively talented group explores in their programs. Their repertoire is vast, ranging from Bach to Vivaldi, tango to Celtic tunes, traditional […]

$30.00

The Color of There Seen from Here

Bass Hall, Monadnock Center for History and Culture 19 Grove St, Peterborough

EEC has commissioned composer Eric Moe and visual artist Barbara Weissberger to create a mixed-media piece for strings, flute, and piano, to be presented and with a succession of video tableaux that are synchronized with the performance. The premiere is complemented by Faure’s Piano Quartet, Op. 45, and Mario Davidovsky’s Quartetto for flute and strings. […]

$30.00

Mihae Lee & the Sebago-Long Lake Festival

Bass Hall, Monadnock Center for History and Culture 19 Grove St, Peterborough

EEC collaborates with pianist Mihae Lee and musicians from Maine’s Sebago-Long Lake Festival to present Antonin Dvořák's Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 87; Theme and Variations for Flute and Strings, Op. 80 by Amy Beach; and Igor Stravinsky’s iconic L’Histoire du Soldat (Soldier’s Tale) in his version for piano trio. Performers: Mihae Lee, piano […]

$30.00

Schubert’s Winterreise

Francestown Old Meetinghouse 1 New Boston Rd, Francestown, NH, United States

Schubert’s profound and tragic late song cycle is a concert-length setting of 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller. Baritone Thomas Meglioranza joins EEC favorite David Breitman, fortepianist in the acoustically & aesthetically gorgeous meetinghouse in Francestown. Thomas Meglioranza graduated from Grinnell College and the Eastman School of Music. He was a winner of the Walter W. […]

$30.00

Borromeo String Quartet

Peterborough Town House 1 Grove St., Peterborough, United States

This year the Borromeo presents a classic quartet program. Josef Haydn: Quartet Op. 20, No. 2, Charles Ives: String Quartet No. 2, and Beethoven: Quartet Op. 130. Each visionary performance of the award-winning Borromeo String Quartet strengthens and deepens its reputation as one of the most important ensembles of our time. Admired and sought after […]

$30.00

A New Country, with Jennifer Johnson Cano & Longleash Trio

First Church in Jaffrey 14 Laban Ainsworth Way, Jaffrey

Pulitzer winner Paul Moravec’s A New Country (2018) celebrates the aspirations of immigrants to America, using poetry by Walt Whitman and Emma Lazarus, among others. Young Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano is joined by the dynamic Longleash Piano Trio, Laura Gilbert, flute & Jonathan Bagg, viola in a program that includes American works for voice and […]

$30.00

Danika the Rose, with Odds Bodkin

Bass Hall, Monadnock Center for History and Culture 19 Grove St, Peterborough

Melding song and storytelling, Danika the Rose weaves together Dvorak's sublime Moravian Duets with an original fable written and narrated by Odds Bodkin, to create a musical fairytale for our tumultuous time. Featuring Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Shafer, soprano; pianist Emely Phelps, and renowned storyteller Odds Bodkin. This concert is generously sponsored by People's United […]

$30.00

The Sarajevo Haggadah

First Church in Jaffrey 14 Laban Ainsworth Way, Jaffrey

"Powerful music. An incredible story. Haunting images..." The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bosnian-Dutch accordionist–composer Merima Ključo and pianist Seth Knopp perform The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book, Ključo’s riveting musical depiction of Jewish heroism through the ages in the face of violence. Performed with visual accompaniment, The Sarajevo Haggadah features original paintings digitally animated by […]

$30.00

Holiday Gala: Horszowski Trio

First Church in Jaffrey 14 Laban Ainsworth Way, Jaffrey

Electric Earth Concerts is delighted to announce its annual fundraising concert, celebrating the end of its 8th season and looking ahead to season 9! The Horszowski Trio, perpetually an EEC favorite, will be playing as only they can. Their program includes Haydn's "Gypsy Trio" in G, Hob. XV:25; Babajanian's Piano Trio; and Shostakovich's Piano Trio […]

Videocast: Love Songs From Around the World

Electric Earth Concerts kicks off its 9th season with the first of our Videocast performances—“Lume—Love Songs from Around the World,” with Bosnian-Dutch accordionist–composer Merima Ključo and singer Jelena Milušić.

Free

Canceled: Dinner and a Show: The American Songbook with Jazimina MacNeil

Singer Jazimina MacNeil and pianist Gordon Peery team up for a concert of songs from the American Songbook. Beloved jazz standards and show tunes from the early to mid 1900’s represent a golden age of melody, and continue to be interpreted in many different styes by a wide range of musicians.

Free

Canceled: Verona String Quartet

The brilliant quartet returns to EEC with a perfectly balanced program: Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op. 18 No.1; Donnacha Dennehy: “The Weather Of It”; Dvorak: String Quartet in G, Op. 106

Free

Supported by

The Putnam Foundation  |  The Gilbert Verney Foundation  |  The National Endowment for the Arts  |  The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation  |  The JWK Trust  |  Terra Nova Trust