Wednesday . 17 June 2020 . 4:00 pm :: Children’s Concert
Wednesday
17 June 2020
4:00 pm
Children’s Concert
Performers from Halcyon Music Festival will present a children’s concert consisting of movements from string quartets. The visiting musicians, from institutions like the New England Conservatory and New York Philharmonic, will also explain the history of the quartet genre and answer questions. This free educational opportunity is a preview of Halcyon Music Festival’s seventh season, which starts June 18th at St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Portsmouth Public Library
175 Parrott Avenue
Portsmouth . New Hampshire
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Thursday . 18 June 2020 :: An Empire of Music
Thursday
18 June 2020
‘An Empire of Music’
• Zoltán Kodály | Szerenád (Serenade), Op. 12
• Anton Arensky | String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35
• Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Trio in Bb Major, Op. 97, ‘Archduke’
Friday . 19 June 2020 :: Memory and Music
Friday
19 June 2020
‘Memory and Music’
• Jean Sibelius | Duo in C Major, JS 66
• Dmitry Shostakovich | String Quartet No. 7, Op. 108
• Ludwig van Beethoven | String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Saturday . 20 June 2020 :: Anguish and Triumph
Saturday
20 June 2020
‘Anguish and Triumph’
• W. A. Mozart | Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
• Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
• Felix Mendelssohn | String Quintet No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 87
Thursday . 25 June 2020 :: Legends and Folklore
Thursday
25 June 2020
‘Legends and Folklore’
• Sergei Prokofiev | Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34
• Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1
• Charles Ives | Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano
• Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 29, ‘Rosamunde’
Friday . 26 June 2020 :: Street Music
Friday
26 June 2020
‘Street Music’
• Grażyna Bacewicz | String Quartet No. 4
• Ludwig van Beethoven | Trio in Bb Major, Op. 11, ‘Gassenhauer’
• Ernő Dohnányi | Serenade in C Major, Op. 10
• Gabriel Fauré | Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Saturday . 27 June 2020 :: Renewed Visions of the World
Saturday
27 June 2020
‘Renewed Visions of the World’
• Darius Milhaud | Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, Op. 157b
• J. S. Bach/Varga | Chaconne from Partita in D minor (arr. for four cellos)
• Samuel Barber | String Quartet in B Major, Op. 11
• Ludwig van Beethoven | Quartet No. 12 in Eb Major, Op. 127
Wednesday . 19 June 2019 . 2:00 pm :: Children’s Concert
Wednesday
19 June 2019
2:00 pm
Children’s Concert
Performers from Halcyon Music Festival will present a children’s concert consisting of movements from two string quartets. The first, Beethoven’s Op. 18, No. 4, is one of the first quartets the composer ever wrote. The listeners will be transported to the year 1800, when the work was completed. They will then be able to compare it to Janáček’s second quartet, written over a century later and using more contemporary timbral techniques. The visiting musicians, from institutions like New England Conservatory and New York Philharmonic, will also explain the history of the quartet genre and answer questions. The free educational opportunity is a preview of Halcyon Music Festival’s sixth season, starting June 20th at St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Portsmouth Public Library
175 Parrott Avenue
Portsmouth . New Hampshire
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Thursday . 20 June 2019 :: Manifesto on Love
Thursday
20 June 2019
‘Manifesto on Love’
• W. A. Mozart | Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548
• Leoš Janáček | String Quartet No. 2, ‘Intimate Letters’
• Johannes Brahms | String Sextet No. 1 in Bb Major, Op. 18
Friday . 21 June 2019 :: The Colors of Spain
Friday
21 June 2019
‘The Colors of Spain’
• Manuel de Falla | Siete canciones populares españolas
• Joaquín Turina | Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67
• Pablo de Sarasate | Carmen Fantasy
• Enrique Granados | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 49
Saturday . 22 June 2019 :: Tempest and Serenity
Saturday
22 June 2019
‘Tempest and Serenity’
• Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18
• Gabriel Fauré | Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
• Edward Elgar | Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
Wednesday . 26 June 2019 :: Fairy Tales
Wednesday
26 June 2019
‘Fairy Tales’
• Witold Lutosławski | Bucolics
• Robert Schumann | Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales)
• Maurice Ravel | Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)
• César Franck | Piano Quintet in F minor
Thursday . 27 June 2019 :: Vienna in Portsmouth
Thursday
27 June 2019
‘Vienna in Portsmouth’
• W. A. Mozart | Trio in Eb Major, K. 498, ‘Kegelstatt’
• Erich Korngold | Piano Trio, Op. 1
• Franz Schubert | String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163
Friday . 28 June 2019 :: The End of Time – and Back Again
Friday
28 June 2019
‘The End of Time – and Back Again’
• Hugo Wolf | Italian Serenade
• W. A. Mozart | String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575
• Olivier Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time
Saturday . 29 June 2019 :: Transformations
Saturday
29 June 2019
‘Transformations’
• Dmitri Shostakovich | Three Duets
• Sergei Prokofiev | String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50
• Paul Schoenfield | Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
• Richard Strauss | Metamorphosen (septet version)
Thursday . 21 June 2018 . 7.30 pm :: Souvenirs
Thursday
21 June 2018
7.30 pm
‘Souvenirs’
Bratton Recital Hall
(inside Paul Creative Arts Center)
University of New Hampshire
Durham . NH
• Bedřich Smetana | Piano Trio in g minor, Op. 15
• Dmitri Shostakovich | Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Souvenir de Florence
Friday . 22 June 2018 . 7.30 pm :: Nocturne and Tango
Friday
22 June 2018
7.30 pm
‘Nocturne and Tango’
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Portsmouth . NH
• Franz Schubert | Notturno
• Astor Piazzolla | Le Grand Tango
• Antonín Dvořák | Terzetto, Op. 74
• Johannes Brahms | String Quintet No. 2, Op. 111
Saturday . 23 June 2018 . 7.30 pm :: Accord and Contrast
Saturday
23 June 2018
7.30 pm
‘Accord and Contrast’
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Portsmouth . NH
• Robert Schumann | Piano Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 47
• Leoš Janáček | String Quartet No. 1, ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
• Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47, ‘Kreutzer’ (arr. for string quintet)
Wednesday . 27 June 2018 . 7.30 pm :: Flowers in the Ruins
Wednesday
27 June 2018
7.30 pm
‘Flowers in the Ruins’
Bratton Recital Hall
(inside Paul Creative Arts Center)
University of New Hampshire
Durham . NH
• Edgar Meyer | Concert Duo for Violin and Bass
• Edgar Meyer | Duet for Cello and Bass
• Maurice Ravel | String Quartet
• Antonín Dvořák | Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81