Electric Earth Concerts
Great Music All Year Round for the Monadnock Region
Jonathan Bagg & Laura Gilbert, Artistic Directors
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 […]
EEC greets summer with a concert of grand chamber music. Jennifer Elowitch, violin will join the Horszowski Trio and EEC Artistic Director Jonathan Bagg in Brahms’ Piano Quintet in f minor, op.34. Horszowski violinist Jesse Mills and pianist Reiko Aizawa will perform Franz Schubert's monumental Fantasie in C, D. 934. The concert begins as Artistic Director […]
The cello is the beating heart of classical chamber music, and these superb artists bring us some of its best solo music. Keith Robinson & Mihae Lee have spent their careers mastering the subtleties of the cello-piano repertoire. Their mature artistry and subtle collaborative skills will be on full display and should provide a riveting […]
Pianist Molly Morkoski joins EEC's Artistic Directors, Laura Gilbert & Jonathan Bagg in a concert that brings together classic romantic gems, French post-impressionism and Jazz-inspired works from present moment: the trio will perform "Peacock Fantasia" by Jonathan Elliott, a new piece inspired by the Jimmie Rowles tune that jazz pianist Bill Evans made famous. Morkoski will play Chopin and Gershwin works for solo […]
A quartet the New York Times calls “…cohesive yet full of temperament... vibrant, intelligent...”, Verona starts the season in high gear with three quartet masterworks: Léos Janacek, Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”; Brahms: Quartet No. 2 in A minor; and Mozart, Quartet in F major, K 590.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A diverse and dynamic program built around the superb Horszowski Trio: Mendelssohn’s Trio in d minor, Shostakovich's 1940 Quintet for Piano and Strings, and Mozart's string quartet, in E-flat major, k. 428. Hoszowski members Rieko Aizawa, piano, Jesse Mills, violin & Raman Ramakrishnan, cello will be joined by Jonathan Ong, violin and Jonathan Bagg, viola. […]
This season the world-renowned Borromeo Quartet traverses works by two great Russians. Once again they bring the fruit of their labor, and their genius for making the greatest quartet repertoire vivid and meaningful, to our New Hampshire audience and the EEC stage. The Program: Haydn Quartet Op. 77 #2 Shostakovich Quartet No. 12 Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1 The […]
The program features the return of Trio Cleonice, the brilliant young ensemble from Boston, joined by Ellen de Pasquale and Benjamin Hoffman, violins; Jered Egan, bass, and the young flutist Jane Carpenter. Electric Earths co-directors Laura Gilbert, flute and Jonathan Bagg, viola will also perform. The concert starts on a passionate note, with a trio […]
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 […]
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 […]
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