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Mendelssohn was 16 when he wrote his Sextet for Piano and Strings. Mozart was 10 years older when he penned his 2nd Piano Quartet. Both composers wrote them to show off their own amazing piano virtuosity, creating breath-taking masterpieces. We begin the program with a Phantasy for piano trio by... [Read More]
Coffee Talks are free, engaging, informal lectures on music topics by MM ensemble members, staff, and friends. From time immemorial, people have intuitively felt that sound promotes healing. For centuries, chants, songs, and various instruments have been used to restore harmony of body, mind and spirit. Nowadays, Midsummer’s Music lovers... [Read More]
Midsummer's Music Executive Director and Assistant Artistic Director Allyson Fleck will perform during the morning service at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim. Services are held in-person and streaming live. Visit https://uufdc.org/sunday-services/ for more information. The Griffon String Quartet was originally scheduled to perform.
A season like this needs a concluding celebration! The pyrotechnics begin with Dora Pejačević’s romantically sumptuous Piano Quartet followed by our most requested piece, Schoenfield’s outrageous Café Music. Our program and season conclude with music for piano and strings by the great Richard Strauss, coming from the same period as... [Read More]
Please note: An error in the Pulse's "Literature Events" calendar gives the concert location as Write On, Door County. The concert is at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim and is correct in the Pulse's "Performance Events" calendar. What if the two greatest French organists at the end of the... [Read More]
Written just before his untimely death, Schubert’s Piano Trio in B-flat is one of two monumental trios he wrote at the height of his creativity. It is a mountain to climb, but the view is worth it! Ukrainian composer Dmytro Klebanov’s 2nd Piano Trio prepares the way with its heart-rending... [Read More]
SOLD OUT (tickets may be available at the door) Our reigning Queen, pianist Jeannie Yu, takes on The Emperor, a match made in heaven! This Beethoven arrangement for piano and strings by Vincent Lachner, a friend of Schubert, is sumptuously introduced by our virtuoso flutist, Heather Zinninger, in a chamber... [Read More]
“One of my finest works,” is what Brahms said to Clara Schumann about his String Quintet, Opus 88. Brahms was also the inspiration for the masterful Clarinet Quintet by Sir Arthur Somervell. These two works are introduced by the hauntingly beautiful, African American Spiritual-inspired Movements for String Quartet by Nkeiru... [Read More]
On the occasion of Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday, we celebrate with his Trio élégiaque, dedicated to his mentor, Tchaikovsky, with the inscription, “In Memory of a Great Artist.” The “Great Artist” is represented on this program by his First String Quartet. Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, “Accordion” •... [Read More]
Too long denied sufficient hearings, these three women present contrasting styles and convincingly moving musical statements, full of power and élan, demanding that they be heard. Musica Larga • llse Fromm-Michaels Clarinet and String Quartet Quartet in E-flat Major • Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel String Quartet String Quintet in A Minor,... [Read More]
Written only 15 years apart, these two powerfully romantic masterpieces are full of melody, emotion, and flair. They represent the impetuous Bartók in his romantic youthfulness and Fauré in his masterful maturity. Quintet in C Major • Béla Bartók Piano and String Quartet Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op.... [Read More]
Originally scheduled for 11:00am, this concert time has changed to 10:00am. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you miss this concert, it will play again at 3:00pm at Christ the King Episcopal Church in Sturgeon Bay. An all-Bach concert features solo violinist Roy Meyer This is not a ticketed event.