Aug 14: Chamber Music from Glimmerglass Orchestra

The Pierstown Grange Presents:

The 16th Annual Florence High Memorial Chamber Music Concert

Pierstown Grange, Cooperstown, NY

  • August 14, 7:30 pm
  • Chamber Music presented by members of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
  • Pierstown Grange, 137 Wedderspoon Rd., Cooperstown, NY 13326 (click here for directions)
  • Admission is free.
  • For more information, call 547-1347 or 264-3069.

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Aug 13: Ensembles Large & Small

Ensembles Large and Small from the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra

Cherry Valley Star Theatre: Artworks Concert Series

  • August 14, 2016, 7:30 pm
  • Star Theatre, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley, NY
  • Admission: $15 for general public, $10 for Artworks Members, $8 for Glimmerglass Festival Members, free for patrons under 18

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Aug 8: Big Galut(e)

Glimmerglass Festival Presents:

  • August 8, 2017, 5:00 pm
  • Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion, Springfield Center, NY

Winners of the Simcha Prize at the 2017 International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam, this crossover quintet will engage your mind and heart, and they might even make you laugh. Described as “a real treat for open minds,” Big Galut(e) presents a dazzling variety of music from the Jewish Diaspora’s many homelands: rare classics, rollicking Klezmer dances, sizzling tangos, heartfelt folk songs and Yiddish-flavored takes on classic opera.

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Big Galut(e)

Aug 6: Fenimore String Quartet

Cherry Valley Star Theatre: Artworks Concert Series

  • August 6, 2017, 7:30 pm
  • Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley, NY
  • Admission: $20 general public, $15 Artworks Members, $8 Glimmerglass Festival Members, free for patrons under 18

The Fenimore String Quartet

  • Ruotao Mao, violin
  • Jennifer Reuning Myers, violin
  • Dee Dee Fancher, viola
  • Ruth Berry, cello

The Fenimore Quartet blends the experience of seasoned chamber players with the richness of long friendships to create a perfect backdrop for the exciting musical collaborations which are fast becoming an eagerly awaited summer treat at the Cherry Valley New York Artworks Concert Series and the surrounding area communities in beautiful upstate New York.

Guest Artist

  • Michael Leopold, theorbo and baroque guitar

Program – Music of Smetana, Gershwin, and Early Baroque Masters

Sinfonia No. 8G. Girolamo Kapsperger (1580-1651)

Canzon Seconda Sopra Romanesca

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Fantasia (In G)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Canzon a 4 La Zaneta

Giovanni Battista Riccio (?1570 – ?)

PassacalleAndrea Falconieri (1585– 1656)
  
Intermission 
  
String Quartet No. 1 in e minor ("From My Life")
I. Allegro vivo appassionato
II. Allegro moderato alla polka
III. Largo sostenuto
IV. Vivace
Bedrich Smetana (1824 -1884)

By George!

George Gershwin/arr.Michael Braz (1898-1937)

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2015 Fenimore String Quartet
Ruotao Mao, Jennifer Myers, Violins: Dee Dee Fancher, Viola; Ruth Berry, Cello

Michael Leopold