New Hampshire Music Festival Season 64: Wanderlust

We are so excited to match up this Thursday's blog posting with the New Hampshire Music Festival (NHMF) season announcement! This classical music festival, set in Plymouth, had a partnership with us last year to offer shuttle rides to orchestra goers. The NHMF continues to expand its musical concerts each year, and we are so glad to be able to call them our friends and partners. We're sharing some excerpts from their press release from this week so you can start planning your summer early!

This season of the NHMF is centered around cultural richness and diversity. The programming explores music and art from places like Germany, Uruguay, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Vienna, Italy, and then back to our native soil with composers like Aaron Copland. The NHMF has even taken back ownership of the Make Music Plymouth event which will be happening on July 23rd. Plymouth welcomes performers of all genres to busk on Main Street from 11am to 4pm. In previous years, they have held mass events for ukulele, guitar, and harmonica players as well as jam sessions on the Town Common to bring musicians together after a long day of music making. This season looks like a great opportunity to enjoy the warm weather in tandem with the talented performers who will be flocking up to central New Hampshire this summer.

NEW HAMPSHIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016 SUMMER SEASON HIGHLIGHTS — Paul Polivnick, Conductor Laureate

2016 THURSDAY ORCHESTRA CLASSICS SERIES

Hanaway Theatre – Silver Center for the Arts

114 Main Street, Plymouth, NH

Tickets: $22‐$75; Youth get 50% off

Classical Conversations

Free pre‐concert lectures start at 6:30 PM

Paul Polivnick and other presenters host free lectures/discussions at 6:30 PM prior to Thursday concerts at Silver Center Recital Hall.

OPENING NIGHT: CLASSIC BEAUTY

THURSDAY, JULY 7 at 7:30 PM

Festival Orchestra

HANDEL Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 2

HAYDN Symphony No. 98 in B‐flat Major

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”

George Lopez, piano

BRAZILIAN IMPRESSIONS

THURSDAY, JULY 14 at 7:30 PM

Festival Orchestra

RESPIGHI Brazilian Impressions

DEL AGUILA Concierto en Tango

Roman Mekinulov, cello

REVUELTAS Colorines

VILLA LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras

COMPOSER PORTRAIT: DAVID AMRAM

THURSDAY, JULY 21 at 7:30 PM

Festival Orchestra

FOSS Night Music for John Lennon

NHMF Brass Quintet

LIEBERMANN Piccolo Concerto

Mary Kay Robinson, piccolo

COPLAND Music for the Theater

AMRAM American Dance Suite, Movements 1 & 3

AMRAM En Memoria de Chano Pozo

David Amram, piano

EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM

THURSDAY, JULY 28 at 7:30 PM

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn

BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)

Tami Petty, soprano

Paul Max Tipton, baritone

SEASON FINALE: SLAVIC ICONS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 at 7:30 PM

BORODIN In the Steppes of Central Asia

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1

In Mo Yang, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Swan Lake

TUESDAY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

JULY 5, 12, 19, 26 & AUGUST 2 at 7:30 PM

Smith Recital Hall

Plymouth State University

Adults $25; Youth $10

WOLFEBORO CHAMBER SERIES

JULY 11, JULY 25, AUGUST 1 at 7:30 PM

Anderson Hall

205 South Main Street, Wolfeboro, NH

Tickets: $25; Youth $10

FAMILY CONCERT WITH DAVID AMRAM

SATURDAY, JULY 23—10 AM to 11 AM

Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theatre NHMF musicians and world‐renowned composer and multi‐instrumentalist, David Amram, will blow on, strum and shake ancient ethnic instruments (like the Pakistani flute, Indian Shenai, conch shells and more), while demonstrating their contemporary cousins in the modern orchestra. Adults $5; Children 18 and under are FREE

MAKE MUSIC PLYMOUTH

SATURDAY, JULY 23—11 AM to 4 PM

Following our Family Concert, NHMF will host the third annual Make Music Plymouth event in downtown Plymouth. With activities for kids like instrument making and an instrument petting zoo, food for the family from local stores, and over 75 different performers, this day of music making has brought thousands of people to town to enjoy our community.

MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS

Our Music in the Mountains Series is inspired by the “Hut Concerts” of the 1970s era NHMF. Sunrise and Sunset Concerts in the mountains and Lakes Region will be announced throughout the summer. These events include Campground Concerts in collaboration with the White Mountains Interpretive Association and the White Mountain National Forest.

Visit www.nhmf.org for full season details and updates. All programs and artists subject to change.