Electric Earth Concerts
Great Music All Year Round for the Monadnock Region
Jonathan Bagg & Laura Gilbert, Artistic Directors
Sir John Tavener’s “To a Child Dancing in the Wind” a gorgeous, dramatic setting of W.B. Yeats’ poetry that brings to music the poignance and transparency of this amazing poetry. Ilana Davidson, soprano, Laura Gilbert, flute, Jonathan Bagg, viola and Stacey Shames, harp. Donations at the door – come enjoy great music with the Plowshare […]
Electric Earth proudly presents a performance of Sir John Tavener’s mini oratorio, “To a Child Dancing in the Wind” to benefit Shelter from the Storm, a vital community organization in Jaffrey that “gives homeless families the help they need to get back on their feet, with dignity.” “To a Child Dancing in the Wind”, composed for […]
Oren Fader, virtuoso guitarist and Elizabeth Anderson, EEC resident cellist, joined Laura Gilbert and Jonathan Bagg in a performance of the Schubert/Matiegka ebullient quartet, music of Dusan Bogdanovich and some Piazzola Tangos.
Horszowski Trio returned to Lukas to play a new work by Joan Tower, “For Daniel” and Tchaikovsky’s blockbuster Trio. Jesse Mills, violinist of EEC’s resident trio said “I wish I could give near the 150% I give when I play at Lukas when I’m on a formal concert stage”. Lucky Lukas Community audience!
Trio Cleonice played Beethoven and Dvorak Piano Quartet, with EEC’s Jonathan Bagg on viola, for Lukas’s Family Day. The house was packed and it was a beautiful day!
EEC, Metropolitan Museum Mentor, Nitza Horner and Avaloch Farm Music Institute partnered to present Paint the Music, an adventure in listening and painting the music, for people of all ages. This was a free concert and part of “Peek into Peterborough” day. Bass Hall had its doors open wide to the entire community and over […]
Electric Earth Concerts is thrilled to announce the return of Jennifer Sheehan. When we introduced Jennifer to the Monadnock Region last January, she instantly won the hearts of the audience with her engaging and dynamic performance of the American Songbook. This year she will be performing a new program, I Know A Place, a musical […]
Oren Fader and Ilana Davidson joined EEC directors Gilbert and Bagg for a concert of “Music from the Heart”, including music by Franz Schubert (Arpeggione Sonata, played by Bagg and Fader), Villa Lobos’s haunting Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5, Ned Rorem’s Romeo and Juliet Suite and some solo Bach.
Electric Earth Concerts will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, February 18th, at 12:00 p.m., at the Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will provide the opportunity to elect new board members, and to conduct such other business as may come before the board. For more information please call 646-522-3352.
Music from the Heart Ilana Davidson Oren Fader On Tuesday, February 18th, Electric Earth Concerts presents “Music from the Heart”, a broad and breathtaking view of the classical music realm, heard up-close in a chamber music setting. Electric Earth’s Artistic Directors Laura Gilbert, flute, and Jonathan Bagg, viola, share the program with two frequent […]
Swiss-Italian Pianist Olivier Cave has a reputation in Europe but is only now making his name known in the US. His New York debut is in March 2014, part of the tour that brings him to New Hampshire and Electric Earth Concerts. Cave’s reputation is as a refined yet highly imaginative interpreter whose superb […]
Auréole Trio comes to Lukas to play Debussy’s revolutionary work for flute, viola and harp and music from Israel by Paul Ben-haim and Lior Navok.
Auréole stops in to play a mid morning concert for the students and staff at Crotched Mountain in their beautiful auditorium.
Auréole plays Debussy Sonate and Ibert’s Deux Interludesafter lunch in the beautiful common room at Plowshare.
The celebrated Borromeo Quartet returns to Electric Earth Concerts in April and May to present one of the artistic milestones of the twentieth century: the cycle of six string quartets by Béla Bartók, in a two concert sequence. Sunday, April 13, 4 p.m. First Church, Jaffrey: Bartok Quartets nos 1, 2 and 4 Sunday, May […]
The celebrated Borromeo Quartet returns to Electric Earth Concerts in May to present the second concert in their cycle of six string quartets by Béla Bartók.
SAT JUNE 21: EQUESTRIAN FNATASY Seats for the 6pm show are still available and can be purchased at the event: $25 for adults, $10 for 16 and under. EEC takes up residence at the Grand View in June for a mini-festival in and around the wonderful town of Jaffrey. FIVE concerts and community events, including 'Equestrian […]
Violinist Nicholas Kitchen will illuminate Bach's solo violin works in this concert at Grand View Barn in Jaffrey. Kitchen's eloquence as a speaker and his penetrating mastery of the violin will make this an absorbing event for those who want to get to know Bach's masterpieces on a deeper level. Viewing a projection of the original […]
Tim Eriksen, celebrated interpreter of old ballads, love songs, shape-note and dance tunes, gets everyone involved, so come and add your voice! One of the most recognizable voices and distinguished performers in American folk music, Tim Eriksen knows how to evoke the long and mysterious history of America’s roots, the secret record of our trials and loves, handed down over generations.
Members of the Horszowski Trio in an open rehearsal at Rivermead
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