MUSICFEST

All Performances Fridays 8:00 PM at Crooker Theatre, Brunswick High School. Concert dates for 2009 are: July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and August 7.

Tickets

Individual Tickets are $35; season tickets (6 concerts) $175.

2009 Season tickets are on sale now. 

      For more information, please call (207) 725-3895

      or email info@bowdoinfestival.org.

2009 concert information will be posted in March, 2009.

The following program information is from our very successful 2008 season.

Program Notes

For the notes to each concert, click on the words "Program Notes" next to each concert's date.  Our deepest gratitude to Will Hertz for his incomparable notes.

Beethoven

Our 2008 season provided a comprehensive look at the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, including the 9th Symphony, the Emperor piano concerto, all of the trios, six of his greatest piano sonatas, all of the violin and cello sonatas, and related 20th century and contemporary works.

We featured many returning Bowdoin Festival faculty and guest artists in our three concert series, including violinists Lewis Kaplan, Joel Smirnoff, Joan Kwuon, Mikhail Kopelman, Sergiu Schwartz, Ani Schnarch, Maria Schleuning, Dennis Kim, and Rene Jolles; violists Michael Klotz and Rami Solomonow; cellists Steven Doane, Rosemary Elliott, Yehuda Hanani, and Andre Emelianoff; woodwind artists Igor Begelman (clarinet), Eric Ruske (horn), Katherine Needleman (oboe), and bassoonists Ben Kamins and Larisa Gelman; pianists Emma Tahmiziàn, Peter Basquin, Julian Martin, Olivier Gardon, Constance Moore, and Alberto Nosé; guitarist Ricardo Iznaola; double bassist Kurt Muroki; and harpist June Han.

New performers for the 2oo8 season included the Juilliard String Quartet; the Shanghai Quartet, the Amernet String Quartet; cellist Amir Eldan; pianist Edward Auer; violinists Cyrus Forough, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Stephan Hempel, and Maria Alanen; and flutist Christina Smith.

The 2008 MusicFest concert program:

June 27       Program Notes

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

Divertimento a sei in C Major, Hob. II:11, "The Birthday"

Maria Schleuning, violin

Maria Alanen, violin

Katrina Chrichton, cello

Kurt Muroki, double bass

martha Long, flute

Andrew Koch , oboe

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"

Emma Tahmiziàn, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, "The Ghost"

Ani Schnarch, violin

Amir Eldan, cello

Olivier Gardon, piano

July 4         Program Notes

(dress rehearsal July 3)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonata in E Major, Op. 109

Olivier Gardon, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, “Choral”

Lisa Graf, soprano

Alison Tupay, mezzo soprano

Brandon McReynolds, tenor

Sidney Outlaw, baritone

Rachmaninov Festival Chorus, Tony Antolini, director

Bowdoin Festival Orchestra; Lewis Kaplan, conductor

July 11       Program Notes

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”

Peter Basquin, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6

Shanghai String Quartet

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60, “Werther”

Joan Kwuon, violin

Joel Smirnoff, viola

Steven Doane, cello

Constance Moore, piano

July 18      Program Notes

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Quintet for Piano and Winds in E Flat Major, Op. 16

Katherine Needleman, oboe

Igor Begelman, clarinet

Larisa Gelman, bassoon

TBA, horn

Constance Moore, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2

Sergiu Schwartz, violin

Amir Eldan, cello

Peter Basquin, piano

FRANZ SCHUBERT

String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

Lewis Kaplan, violin

Dennis Kim, violin

Rami Solomonow, viola

Yehuda Hanani, cello

Andre Emelianoff, cello

July 25         Program Notes

ROBERT SCHUMANN

Fantasy Pieces for Horn and Piano, Op. 73

Eric Ruske, horn

Constance Moore, piano

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

String Quartet in B Flat Major, K. 589

Muneko Otani, violin

Artur Kaganovsky, violin

Rami Solomonow, viola

Andre Emelianoff, cello

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Trio in B Flat, Op. 97, "Archduke"

Mikhail Kopelman, violin

Yehuda Hanani, cello

Emma Tahmiziàn, piano

August 1          Program Notes

FERDINAND RIES

Sextet for Harp, Piano, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, and Bass, Op. 142 

June Han, harp

Suzanne Westbrook , clarinet

Matt Searing , horn

David Richmond , bassoon

Kurt Muroki, double bass

Emma Tahmiziàn, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonata in A Flat Major, Op. 110

Edward Auer, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto in in E Flat Major, Op. 73 , “The Emperor”

Alberto Nosé, piano

Bowdoin Festival Orchestra; Lewis Kaplan, conductor