Program I : Spring into Summer

"Anniversary Waltz", honoring MEE's 25th                                    Ronald Arnatt

Trio Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp                                           Claude Debussy

Duo in B Flat for Violin and Viola, K. 424                Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"And Then I knew 'twas Wind" (Flute, Viola, Harp)                    Toru Takemitsu

Serenade in D Major for Flute, Violin and Viola              Ludwig Van Beethoven

Lisa Hennessy, Flute; Maria Benotti, Violin
Mark Berger, Viola; Barbara Poeschl-Edrich, Harp

Tuesday June 20, 2 PM. Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers

Friday June 23, 8 PM. New England Biolabs, Ipswich

Saturday, June 24, 8 PM. Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn, Swampscott

 

Program II : Painting the Sounds of Summer

New Work (tone painting the North Shore coast)                              Mark Berger

Piano Quartet in G Minor                                           Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Divertimento for String Trio in E Flat                                                 W.A. Mozart

Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 45                                                     Gabriel Fauré

Eda Mazo-Shlyam, Piano; Maria Benotti, Violin
Mark Berger, Viola; Sarah Freiberg, Cello

Tuesday, July 11, 2 PM. Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers

Friday, July 14, 8 PM.  East India Hall, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

Saturday, July 15, 8 PM. Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester

 

Program III : Timeless High Summer

Sonata for Violin and Piano                                                                Leos Janácek

Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano in D Major, Op. 58:            Felix Mendelssohn

Trio in E Flat, Op. 70, No.2                                                Ludwig Van Beethoven

Maria Benotti, Violin; Paul Orgel, piano; Marc Moskovitz, Cello

Tuesday, August 1, 2 PM. Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers

Friday, August 4, 8 PM. Hamilton Community House, Hamilton

Saturday, August 5, 8 PM. Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn, Swampscott

 

Program IV : Painting August at Sea

Première Performance, MEE 25^th Anniversary Commission                 Howard Rovics

Journey: A Seagoing Narrative with Music                                        
Inspired by the paintings of Fitz Hugh Lane and
"Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Dana

Suite No. 3 in C Major for Unaccompanied Cello             Johann Sebastian Bach

Trio Sonata from Op. 3                                                                 Arcangelo Corelli

Trio for Violin, Oboe and Cello                                                 Alessandro Besozzi                                                                                                                   1702 - 1775

Three Dances for Oboe and Percussion                                    Wilhelm Killmayer

Bong-O for solo bongos                                                                     Roberto Sierra

Teeth of the Sea for solo conga drums                                                       Eric Moe

Charlyn Bethell, Oboe; Sarah Freiberg, Cello
Robert Schulz, Percussion; Maria Benotti, Violin

Tuesday, August 22, 2 PM. Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers

Friday, August 25, 8 PM. East India Hall, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

Saturday, August 26, 8 PM. Fitz Hugh Lane Gallery, Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester

 

Program V : The Ultimate September Romance

Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4  "Transfigured Night"                          Arnold Schönberg
After a poem by Richard Demel

String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36                                                 Johannes Brahms

Eric Rosenblith and Maria Benotti, Violins
Joan Ellersick and Jennifer Stirling, Violas
Lynn Nowels and Marc Moskovitz, Cellos

Tuesday, September 26, 2 PM. Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers

Friday, September 29, 8 PM. New England Biolabs, Ipswich

Saturday, September 30, 8 PM. Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn, Swampscott