Down Memory Lane….

PAST CONCERTS

2024

Sunday, April 7 at 4:00 pm – Historic Salem Courthouse

Ludwig van Beethoven      Quartet #2, in D Major, WoO 36, for piano and strings
(1770-1827)

Caroline Shaw                       Limestone and Felt  for violin and cello (b.1982)

Johann Sebastian Bach       Two-Part Inventions numbers, 1, 13, 8
(1685-1750)                               arranged for violin and cello

Johannes Brahms                  Piano Quartet in G Minor, Opus 25
(1833-1897)

Markus Placci, violin; Lila Brown, viola; Rhonda Rider, cello; Sally Pinkas, piano

Sunday, February 25 at 4:00 pm – Fort Salem Theater

Program:

John Harbison               Suite for Solo Cello
(b.1938)
I. Preludio

Luigi Boccherini            String Trio opus 47 #5 for violin, viola, and cello
(1743-1805)
I. Andante allegretto
II. Tempo di Menuetto

John Harbison               Suite for Solo Cello
(b.1938)
III. Sarabande

Maurice Ravel             Sonata for violin and cello, M.73
(1875-1937)
I. Allegro
II. Très Vif
III. Lent
IV. Vif, avec entrain

Intermission

Caroline Shaw      In Manus Tuas, for solo viola
(b. 1982)

Mieczyslaw Weinberg     String Trio, for violin, viola, and cello, Op.48
(1919-1996)
I. Allegro con moto
II. Andante
III. Moderato assai

Johann Sebastian Bach     from The Goldberg Variations
(1685–1750)                         (arranged for string trio by Dimitri Sitkovetzky)
Variation I a 1 Clavier

Saul  Bitran,violin; Lila Brown, viola; Jonathan Brin, cello

2023

Spring Concert

Saturday April 22 – 4 pm at Hubbard Hall

PROGRAM:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in G minor, K. 516
Caroline Shaw: Schisma for String Quartet

Intermission

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B flat Major

PERFORMERS:
The Julius Quartet: Helen Hyun Jeong Lee and David Do, violins; John Batchelder, viola; Sebastian Kozub, cello.
Lila Brown, viola

Pompanuck Farm Institute PopUp Concert Video

2023 Summer Season Concerts

Sunday, July 9 at 4:00 pm – Hubbard Hall

Joaquín Turina Andalusian Scene for solo viola, piano and string quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet in C Major, KV 515
César Franck Quintet in F Minor for piano and strings

The Julius Quartet (Hyun Jeong Helen Lee and David Do, violins, John Batchelder, viola, Sebastian Kozub, cello); Lila Brown, viola; Nina Tichman, piano

This concert was dedicated to the memory of Jurgen Kruger

Sunday, July 23 at 4:00 pm – Hubbard Hall

Gabriel Fauré Quintet in D Minor, Op. 89 for piano and strings
Scott Wheeler Sleeping on a Wire, for two violins
György Ligeti Ballad and Dance for two violins
Reena Esmail  Jhula Jhule (2013) for cello and piano
Ludwig Van Beethoven “Gassenauer” Trio Opus 11 arranged for viola, cello, and piano.

Calvin Wiersma & emerging artist Gaia Sbeghen, violins; Lila Brown, viola; Rhonda Rider, cello; Judith Gordon, piano

Sunday, July 30 at 4:00 pm – Hubbard Hall 

Arthur Foote Scherzo & A Night Piece for flute and string quartet
Aaron Copland Two Threnodies for flute and string trio
Joan Tower Rising for flute and string quartet
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 8 in E Major, Op. 80, B 57

Katie Lansdale & emerging artist Lily I. Holgate, violins; Lila Brown, viola; Myron Lutzke,cello; Sarah Brady, flute

Sunday, August 13 at 4:00 pm – Concert and Event at Beloved Farm
105 McKie Hollow Rd. Cambridge, NY

Combination tickets $75/person
Ticket includes concert admission and
fundraising event to follow 

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in G Major, Opus 18, #1
Jessie Montgomery Strum for string quintet
Antonín Dvořák String Quintet #2 in G Major, Opus 77

Markus Placci & emerging artist Mira Steenbrugge, violins; Lila Brown, viola; Katie Schlaikjer, cello; Joe Bongiorno, bass

Saturday, October 21 at 4:00 pm – Hubbard Hall

This concert will be a collaboration between Music from Salem and the Saratoga Chamber Players

Jill Levy, Helen Hyun Lee, Amanda Brin, Lily Holgate, violin; Lila Brown, John Batchelder, viola; Annabelle Hoffman & Erica Pikhardt, cello

Program:

Johann Strauss               Capriccio (string sextet from the opera)(1864-1949)

Alexander Borodin        String Sextet in D minor
(1833-1887)
I. Allegro
II. Andante

Richard Wagner              Prelude to “Tristan und Isolde” (for string sextet)
(1813-1883)                      arr. Sebastian Gürtler

Dmitri Shostakovich     Prelude and Scherzo
(1906-1975)

Intermission

Felix Mendelssohn       String Octet in E flat Major, op. 20
(1809-1847)
I. Allegro Moderato ma con fuoco
II. Andante
III. Scherzo. Allegro leggerissimo
IV. Presto

Garage Lawn Concert

Friday, August 11 at 6:00 pm – Brown Farm
(rain date Saturday August 12 at 6:00 pm)

Ticket Price $20

The Brown Farm – 154 Priest Road, Salem, NY

Emerging Artists Concert

 

 

 

 

Viola/Violin Seminar Performance
at Hubbard Hall Ticket Price $15

Viola/Violin Seminar performance Sunday June 4 at 4:00 pm.

2020 Online Cello Seminar Concerts

If you have missed the live presentations by alums, and final concerts from all the participants of the Music from Salem‘s online 2020 Cello Seminar you can still enjoy them on the following YouTube channel.
It contains the two concerts, 4 presentations by alums and the video piece by Jen Bewerse:

This is the link to the concerts:

2020 Cello Seminar Online Presentations and Concerts

 

2021 Online Cello Seminar Concerts

Online Cello Seminar concert Thursday June 3, 2021, 7pm EDT

Please join us on our YouTube channel The Cello Seminar at Music from Salem

2022

Cello Seminar Performance
at Hubbard Hall

Sunday June 12

Summer Series

Sunday July 10 at Hubbard Hall

Program:

Elena Ruehr  (b.1963)
Prelude Variations for cello and viola

Florence Price (1887-1953)
Piano Quintet

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Sextet in A major, Op. 48

Hyun Jeong Helen Lee and David Do, violins; Lila Brown and John Batchelder, violas; Sebastian Kozub and David Bender, cellos; Sally Pinkas, piano

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Sunday, July 24 at Hubbard Hall

Program:

Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849)
Grad Septet in E flat Major, Opus 62

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Septet in E flat Major, Opus 20

Sharan Leventhal, violin; Lila Brown, viola; Matthias Naegele, cello; Joe Bongiorno, bass; Neil Godwin, horn; Rachel Juszczak, bassoon; Eric Thomas, clarinet

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Sunday, July 31 at Hubbard Hall

Program:

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in A Major, Hob. VI:2 for violin and viola

Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931)
Rejoice! for violin & cello

John Harbison  (b. 1938)
Viola Sonata

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Trio in A Minor, Opus 50

Saul Bitran, violin; Lila Brown, viola; Rhonda Rider, cello; Judith Gordon, piano.

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Sunday August 14 at Beloved Farm

Program:

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in C Major, Opus 20, #2

Byron Hogan
4 Bops for 12 Strings

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quintet in C Major, Opus 163

Markus Placci & Calvin Wiersma violins; Lila Brown, viola; Scott Kluksdahl & Byron Hogan, cellos

Fall Concert

Sunday October 23rd at Hubbard Hall 

Music and Poetry: “Affirmations and Resolutions“.

Music by Bloch, Clarke, Schumann, Montgomery, Bach, and others.

Performed by:
Lila Brown, viola; Judith Gordon,  piano; John Hadden, actor; Margaret Lloyd, poet.

Open Rehearsals at Brown Farm

Thursday July 21 at  6:00 pm for July 24th concert at Hubbard Hall

Thursday August 11 at 6:00 pm for August 14th concert at Hubbard Hall

Garage Lawn Concerts at Brown Farm

 

Friday July 8 (rain date Saturday July 9)

Friday July 29 (rain date Saturday July 30)

 

2021

THE FALL CONCERT WRAPPED UP OUR 2021 GARAGE LAWN SEASON

These are some images from those inspiring moments

2020

Outdoor Concerts Schedule

at the Brown Farm

All events started at 6 PM and were held at the Brown Farm, 154 Priest Rd., Salem, NY 12865 EXCEPT August 16 which was held at Beloved Farm, 105 McKie Hollow Rd. Cambridge, NY 12816

Tuesday, 7/7, event with:
Jay Cosmos Lee, violin; Lila Brown, viola; Marc Ryser, piano

Sunday, 7/12 event with:
Katie Lansdale, violin; Lila Brown, viola; Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch, pianos

Saturday, 7/18 event with:
Lila Brown, viola; William Laney, cello; Judith Gordon, piano

Monday, July 7/20 event with:
Lila Brown, viola; William Laney, cello; Judith Gordon, piano

Thursday, 7/30 event with:
Sharan Leventhal and Saul Bitran, Violins; Lila Brown, viola

Saturday 8/1 event with:
Sharan Leventhal and Saul Bitran, Violins; Lila Brown, viola

Friday, 8/14 event with:
Sarah Kim, violin; Lila Brown, viola; David Russell, cello; Joe Bongiorno, bass

Sunday 8/16 at The Beloved Farm, indoor/outdoor event. Limited, distanced seating in the barn with:
Sarah Kim, violin; Lila Brown, viola; David Russell, cello; Joe Bongiorno, bass

Fall Concert

Garage Lawn Concert at the Brown Farm Thursday September 3rd in honor of Suzy Edwards

Made possible in large part by her family, we are delighted to celebrate Suzy’s love of music and her many years in the Cambridge community as a friend and generous supporter of Music from Salem.

Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch, piano (also known as the Hirsch-Pinkas Duo); Lila Brown, viola

Photos from August 16th Concert at Beloved Farm Courtesy of James Dilley

Photos from 7/7/20 performance Courtesy James Dilley and Lila Brown

PAST EVENTS

2023

Heart of Winter Party

2022

Celebrating Summer & Music from Salem

Children/Youth Workshops

2023 Children Workshop at the Historical Salem Courthouse Video

2021 Children Workshop at the Historical Salem Courthouse Video

Summer Fundraising Bash!

Thursday September 8, 2022

At Beloved Farm

2021

Garden Party Picnic & Silent Auction

2020

No- Show Gala Event

Heart of Winter Party

2019

Gala Event

Heart of Winter Party

2018

Festeggiamo!

Summer Sicilian Serata

Heart of Winter Party

2017

Mid-Summer Mardi Gras

Benefit Gala

Heart of Winter Party

2016

“Célébrez le Jour de la Bastille en Provence”

 Summer Benefit Gala

Heart of Winter Party

2015

Those Roaring Twenties

Summer Benefit Gala

 

Past Listening Clubs

2020

A reprise of The Music that Makes the Movies

Breathing: The Life of Music

Music and the Earth: The Musical Connection to our Gardens

2019

Music of the Movies

The “Music of the Movies” Listening Club will explore the history of music in films. We’ll look at the what a music score seeks to add to the movie and some specific techniques used to accomplish these goals. Along the way we will hear numerous examples of movie music, some famous, some less so – all of them special!

Presented by MfS Director David deVries:

David deVries has produced, directed, written and often photographed television dramas and documentaries in thirty-one countries for American and international networks. He is a two time Emmy Nominee who lives in Argyle.

2017

Opera Listening Club

L’Elisir D’Amore (The Elixir of Love)

by Gaetano Donizetti

Presented by Peter Subers and members of the Hubbard Hall Opera Theater cast performing live excerpts

2016

The Luthier’s Workbench

Saturday, October 1

Robbie McIntosh and Geoff Ovington will illustrate the creative process behind their instruments’ construction. Geoffrey makes violins, violas, and celli. Robert McIntosh makes and restores double basses. They will talk about what inspires them to build their instruments, and the materials and tools they use. This workshop is limited to 25 people, so advanced reservations are invited.

Madama Butterfly

Saturday, July 30 at Hubbard Hall

Presented by Peter Subers and the cast from the Hubbard Hall Opera Theater performing live excerpts.

Music About Nature: Works Inspired by Petrified Forest National Park

Saturday, March 19 at Hubbard Hall Lovejoy Building

MfS cellist Rhonda Rider was named an artist-in-residence at Petrified Forest National Park in 2015. For her residency last October, ten celebrated composers have written works for solo cello inspired by an aspect of the Park. From Native American chants to flora and fauna to ancient ruins, the pieces are as magical as the Park itself. Join Rhonda, Lila Brown, and composers John McDonald and Ian Gottlieb in a talk about the creative process and in an open rehearsal of their works.

 

2015

Verdi’s “Rigoletto”

Sunday, July 26, 2015 at Hubbard Hall “Blackbox”:

Mark Buckholz and Peter Subers will provide an overview of Rigoletto, supported by members of the Hubbard Hall Opera Theater cast performing thrilling live excerpts. Following the presentation will be a Q&A session where, together, the directors, performers, and audience can further explore this great music.

This Music from Salem Listening Club event is offered in collaboration with Hubbard Hall Opera Theater