Midsummer’s Music earns high praises for presenting works by lesser-known composers – especially composers of color and women composers – often alongside household names like Bach and Mozart. With its Grieg Piano Concerto program, audiences will hear a thrilling quartet by a relatively obscure female composer, backed up by sumptuous… [Read More]

We have just finished four wonderful programs (15 performances in all), and most of the music has been from the German/Austrian tradition. While we included a splendid work by the Englishwoman, Alice Verne Bredt, and an under-appreciated masterpiece by Dvořák, the meat of these programs was music by Haydn, Mozart,… [Read More]

Midsummer Music’s New York City-based Composer-in-Residence Will Healy returns to Door County in mid-July for three concerts highlighting works by Johann Sebastian Bach, plus additional pieces inspired by Bach and the world premiere of Healy’s 2023/2024 “Root Position” commissioned by Midsummer’s Music. The free-wheeling program includes selections from The Musical… [Read More]

Midsummer’s Music hosts “Coffee Talk” lectures on music topics by its ensemble members, staff, and friends during the summer season and occasionally throughout the year. The free lectures often relate to Midsummer’s Music concert themes, music pieces, composers, and to Griffon String Quartet activities. Composer-in-Residence Will Healy, who returns in… [Read More]

“Fairy Tales and Ghosts.” Our upcoming program that includes music of Beethoven, Schumann, and Haydn seems pregnant with story lines. This is true but maybe with more wrinkles than meet the eye. The Fairy Tales part comes from a work by the same title (Märchenerzählungen) by Robert Schumann written in… [Read More]