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Classics Series Week 1: Return to Loon Lake
Thursday July 7th, 2022 & Friday July 8th, 2022
7:30 PM – Hanaway Theatre at the Silver Center for the Arts
Mozart- Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven-Violin Concerto, Charles Dimmick-Concertmaster/Soloist
Hovhaness-Loon Lake Symphony
In 1988, the Festival premiered Loon Lake, a symphony that it and the Loon Preservation Society, commissioned from the American composer Alan Hovhaness. Join us for our first return to this symphony that celebrates the sounds and beauty of the New Hampshire lakes. The program opens with Mozart’s lively Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, followed by the Festival’s concertmaster, Charles Dimmick, playing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
Classics Series Week 2: Water Music and a Premiere
Friday July 15th, 2022
7:30 PM- Hanaway Theatre at the Silver Center for the Arts
Handel-Water Music
Handel-Va Tacito, Sam Higgins-Vocalist
Stephenson-Piano Concerto, Jeffrey Biegel-Pianist
Dvorak-Eighth Symphony
George Frederick Handel’s Water Music had its premiere in the summer of 1717, with musicians playing from barges on the River Thames. This summer, the Festival will be presenting selections from this most popular work, indoors on this program and, bringing music to nature, outdoors from a barge anchored in a cove on Squam Lake. The program also features a new piano concerto by James Stephenson, co-commissioned by the Festival and premiered by Jeffrey Biegel, and concludes with Dvorak’s sunny and tuneful Eighth Symphony.
Classics Week 3: American Creations and a Tchaikovsky Masterpiece
Friday July 22nd, 2022
7:30 PM- Hanaway Theatre at the Silver Center for the Arts
Dukas-Fanfare
Mazzoli-River Rouge
Williams-Tuba Concerto, Velvet Brown-Principal Tuba
Tchaikovsky-Fourth Symphony
The smokestacks of industrial Detroit and their resemblance to the pipes of a giant organ inspired the young American composer Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transformation, which she says reflects the influence of minimalism, 19th Century Romanticism, techno and indie rock. John Williams (of movie soundtrack fame) and our own Velvet Brown team up for Williams’ Tuba Concerto. Tchaikovsky’s beloved Fourth Symphony concludes the program.
Classics Week 4: Carmina Burana
Thursday July 28th & Friday July 29th
7:30 PM- Hanaway Theatre at the Silver Center for the Arts
Orff-Carmina Burina
Featuring Soloists:
Mary Wilson-Soprano
Robert Breault-Tenor
Brandon Hendrickson-Baritone
For his final season as Music Director of the Festival, Maestro Polivnick has chosen to conclude with Carmina Burana, one of the most popular choral works of the 20th century with wild primitivism, repetitive rhythmic forces, and blazing orchestration. Come join us for a musical farewell to Paul, with a stage packed with a mass of choristers, large orchestra, and three vocal soloists of international acclaim!
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Check out our Special Events!
Sunday mornings starting July 10th – Caffeinated Classics Returns!
10:30 AM –Cafe Monte Alto, Plymouth
Wednesday, July 13th 2022
*You MUST provide your own boat and be on the water in order to hear this concert, listening from shore is NOT possible and we are unable to provide boats, although private charters may be available by contacting the Squam Lakes Science Center directly. To book your private charter, please contact Operations Manager Erick Amero at [email protected] or call 603-968-7194 x 110.
Wednesday July 20th 2022
Events at The Curious George Cottage of the Rey Cultural Center, Waterville Valley
Friday, July 1st 2022
11:00 AM-Musical Petting Zoo
Wednesday, July 13th 2022
Saturday, July 23rd 2022
