Performer Portrait: David McCarroll plays Bach & Bartók solo violin works

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

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: […]

$30.00

Now and Then

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

The Auréole Trio returns to offer a concert of consolation and celebration. The world-renowned chamber ensemble was founded by Artistic Director and flutist Laura Gilbert, with violist Mary Hammann and Stacey Shames, harp. They will be joined by soprano Ilana Davidson in an exhilarating program that ranges from Monteverdi to Lennon & McCartney.Monteverdi: Pur ti […]

$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

Mozart & Schubert: Sonatas & Sonatinas

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

David Breitman, fortepiano & Beth Wenstrom violin Sonata in A major, K. 305  (1778) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in A minor, op. 137 no. 2 (1816) Franz Schubert Sonata in C major, K. 303 (1778)  Mozart Sonata in G minor, op. 137 no. 3 (1816)   Schubert About this concert of music by the two […]

$25.00

Celtic Violinist Jamie Laval

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

Jamie Laval captures the soul of Scottish music on his fiddle, mixing his spellbinding mastery of its distinctive technique with deeply informed descriptions of an ancient musical style that was the source of much of the American folk tradition. His virtuosic performances of traditional Celtic music combine ancient village dance melodies, foot percussion, and even […]

$25.00

Trio 1816

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

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 […]

$25.00

Light and Shadow

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

A world of color, light and shadow emerge in three strings and a flute: music of  Mozart, Andrew Norman, Stephen Jaffe (World Premiere!), and Gunther Schuller, who will be the 2015 MacDowell Medal recipient. A concert of richness and depth set in one the region's premier venues. With violinist Gabriela Diaz, cellist Robert Burkhart, violist Jonathan […]

$25.00

ACRONYM baroque string band

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

“…the idiomatic performances and spacious recording by these young musicians are absolutely first-rate.” – Early Music America ACRONYM is a 12-member string band that is distinguished by an ambitious program to unearth and revive forgotten masterpieces of the baroque era. The concert on August 15 at the Francestown Meeting house will focus on Sonatas and […]