These three late Romantic Trios are steeped in “Amour.” Beginning with a work entitled “Romance Without Words,” we proceed to the voluptuous works of Lalo (famous for his Symphonie Espagnole) and Ernest Chausson. If you can, bring someone you like to hold hands with. Appassionato, Romance sans paroles – Félix... [Read More]
Dr. Peter Conroy: “Music and Revolution: 1789, 1848, 1917” Dr. Conroy's presentation is about the connection between music and revolutions. This is not, however, a close or tight connection. There is no direct link between music and politics except perhaps rock and roll as the Czech playwright Tom Stoppard maintained.... [Read More]
Mendelssohn’s 2nd Piano Trio is unsurpassed. The way he weaves a Bach chorale melody into the final movement is spellbinding and worth the ticket price alone. Two other trios, each involving the flute of Heather Zinninger, set the stage. Undine Smith Moore’s Suite is hauntingly evocative, while Weber’s Flute Trio... [Read More]
Dr. Maja Jurisic: Experience the Sound of the Fibonacci Sequence Using crystal alchemy bowls and tuning forks to create the intervals, Dr. Maja Jurisic invites you to experience the Fibonacci sequence as a sound journey at the Midsummer’s Music Coffee Talk at 1 PM on June 21st at the Unitarian Universalist... [Read More]
After her triumphant performances last season of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, Jeannie returns this season to offer Grieg’s magnificent romantic treasure. We’ve discovered a stunningly beautiful arrangement with string quartet that will feature Jeannie in all her radiance. Puccini’s hauntingly beautiful Crisantemi opens the program followed by Emilie Mayer’s G Minor... [Read More]
Coffee Talks are free, engaging, informal lectures on music topics by MM ensemble members, staff, and friends. We will examine the political and social situation in France from 1871 to 1914. This was the "Belle Epoque," a crucial period of progress, prosperity, and innovation in French technology, painting, and music.... [Read More]
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]