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Summer Concert Series 2007
Program I : Essentially Spanish June
Intriguing music of Spain and Latin America for Soprano, Violin, Guitar and Cello. Sense the heat of the new summer within haunting melodies and temperamental displays of musical passion and excitement. The music includes Albeniz “Asturias”; Traditional Sephardic Songs; de Falla Songs; Villa-Lobos “Bachianas Brasilieras No.5”; Cassado Solo Suite for Cello; Nín “Seguida Espagnol”; Songs of Granados; Händel “Spanish Cantata”.
Friday, June 22, 8 PM, New England Biolabs, Ipswich
The art collection displayed in public spaces at New England Biolabs will be open to MEE audiences.
Saturday, June 23, 8 PM, Endicott College Chapel, Beverly
Program II : Echoes of Our Age
Beloved classics and poetic new discoveries for harp, flute and viola. At the Peabody Essex Museum, the special “Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination” exhibit will be open to MEE’s audience. Savor Afternoon Tea and Cape-Ann inspired paintings by Heather Reid at the Community House of Hamilton and Wenham. Experience the 20th Century in an extraordinary visual and musical odyssey.
Ravel Sonatine en trio; Amlin “Encomium”; Gubaidulina “Garden of Joys and Sadness”; Beethoven Duo in F Major; Young “The Song of the Lark”; Navok “Veiled Echoes”.
Friday, July 13, 8 PM, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem -
The Annual Norbert and Francesca Benotti Memorial Concert
The renowned Joseph Cornell's Navigating the Imagination exhibit will be open to all concertgoers free of charge as part of the evening's performance.
Sunday, July 15, 5 PM, Community House of Hamilton and Wenham, South Hamilton
Afternoon tea will be served at 4 PM before the concert.
Press release for Echoes of Our Age
Program III : High Summer Strings
The exuberant string trio engages in music of Martin: String Trio, Martinu: Three Madrigals; and Beethoven Trio in E Flat, Op 3. The Event of the Summer: World premiere of MEE’s 2007 commission: String Trio No.2, “Sea Voices” by Mark Berger, a meditation on the late poem “The Dry Salvages” by T. S. Eliot, who spent his childhood summers on Eastern Point in Gloucester. This moving testimony to a poignant Cape Ann experience is a must both for visitors and also for residents of the North Shore.
Friday, August 3, 8 PM, New England Biolabs, Ipswich
A portion of New England Biolabs' famous art collection will be open for viewing as part of the evening.
Saturday, August 4, 8 PM, Endicott College Chapel, Beverly
Program IV : The 18th Century Grand Tour in August
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A musical journey of Sonatas and Suites of of the 18th Century Baroque performed on period violins, cello and harpsichord. Rarely heard works of Le Roux, Marais, Couperin, Laurenti, Mondonville, and Purcell combined with more familiar offerings by Corelli, J.S. Bach and Telemann. Savor the sounds and sights of the 18th Century in the American Handcrafts Gallery and the Maritime Galleries of the Peabody Essex Museum, open to MEE’s audience.
Friday, August 24, 8 PM, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
The American Handcrafts and Maritime Galleries, featuring art and artifacts of the 18th Century, will be open to MEE’s audience at the PEM.
Saturday, August 25, 8 PM, Endicott College Chapel, Beverly
Program V : European Roots, American September
Celebrating the artistic coming of age in America, works of Harvard professor John Knowles Paine and Salem-born Arthur Foote are juxtaposed with the deft French musical hand of Lili Boulanger and the giant of chamber works, the “Archduke Trio” of Beethoven, from which Americans drew their inspiration. The Fitz Henry Lane Gallery of the Cape Ann Historical Museum will be open for our audience to experience some of the visual art of America’s artistic self-realization.
Friday, September 14, 8 PM, Community House of Hamilton and Wenham, South Hamilton
Saturday, September 15, 8 PM, Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester
The Fitz Henry Lane Gallery will be open to MEE’s audience.