Monadnock Music

Opening Concert — Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum

Tuesday, June 3, 7pm

The Park Theatre ~ 19 Main Street, Jaffrey, NH

 

Rosephanye Powell: The Word Was God
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich lasse dich nicht,  BWV 1164

Howard Helvey: I Will Lift Mine Eyes

Heinrich Schütz: Herr, bin ich du nicht habe, SWV 280

Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore: Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord

Aaron Copland: In the Beginning

Jake Runestad: Come to the Woods

Spritual, arr: Cedric Dent: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

Kieran Chung: Opening Remarks

Jerry Li: you, eternity

 

Monadnock Music opens its 60th anniversary season with a stunning concert of choral works by Harvard’s nationally recognized mixed-voice choir, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum.

 

The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, founded in 1971, is known for musical excellence and adventurous programming. Collegium performs a diverse repertoire—from choral masterworks and historical pieces to folk music, student commissions, and contemporary compositions. Under the direction of Dr. Andrew G. Clark and Dr. Hana J. Cai, the group has earned national acclaim for its “thrilling and deeply moving” sound (Boston Musical Intelligencer) and tours across the Northeast and internationally.

 

The student-run ensemble of 40 undergraduates represents a wide range of academic disciplines and is united by a shared passion for choral music and community. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Collegium is governed and financially managed by its student members, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum Foundation, and generous donors who support its mission to advance the choral arts.

 

Tickets: General $20 / Member $15 / Student $10

 

Listen & Lunch — The Monadnock Music String Sextet

Thursday, June 19, 12pm

Depot Park ~ 16 Depot Street, Peterborough, NH

 

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony #6 in F major “Pastoral”, arr. Michael Fischer

 

Our first chamber concert of the season features a sumptuous arrangement of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony for string sextet, crafted by a contemporary of the great master. Join us down by the banks of the Contoocook for an unforgettable performance of one of classical music’s greatest tributes to the beauty and power of the natural world.

 

Free and Open to the Public!

 

Supper Club — Martini Night

Thursday, June 19, 6-8pm

At the home of Artists Jay Mercado & Teresa Marchese, 236 Main St, Jaffrey, NH

 

Join us for an evening of Martinis with a martini-inspired menu!

 

Enjoy cocktail hour with nibbles while listening to the sophisticated sonorities of two cellos in serenade. From bubbly Boccherini to the smooth, rich sounds of Gliere, our duets are perfectly chosen to complement your libations.

 

Tickets: General $75

 

60s Go-Go Dance Party

8-10pm – following the Supper Club

 

Beer & Wine, 60s snacks, 60s Costume Contest. Dance Party is included with Supper Club ticket.

Dance Party only – $30

 

Jaffrey Village Concert — The Monadnock Music String Sextet

Sunday, June 22, 3pm

Jaffrey Meetinghouse ~ Jaffrey, NH

 

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony #6 in F major “Pastoral”, arr. Michael Fischer

Antonín Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, op. 48

 

The Monadnock Music String Sextet reprises Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony at the Jaffrey Meetinghouse, in the shadow of Mount Monadnock. Alongside this we present Dvořák’s rich and soulful Sextet in A major; his first work performed outside Bohemia, its enthusiastic reception launched Dvořák’s international career.

 

Free and Open to the Public!

 

Family Concert — Instrument Petting Zoo

Saturday, June 28, 1pm

The Friendly Farm ~ 716 Main Street, Route 101, Dublin, NH

 

Bruce Adolphe – The Nightingale

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate – Abitahánta’: The Hunter Who Was Not So Great

Alan Ridout – Ferdinand the Bull

 

Monadnock Music presents a thrilling afternoon of storytelling through music, with three playful stories set for violin and narrator in a program suitable for audiences of all ages. Following the performance, children will have the opportunity to try instruments in a “petting zoo” provided by Acoustic Strings of New England.

 

Dublin Village Concert — John McKean, harpsichord

Sunday, July 6, 3pm

Emmanuel Church ~ 924 Dublin Road, Dublin, NH

 

Matthias Weckmann – Toccata in d

Johann Jakob Froberger – Partita XVII

Dietrich Buxtehude – Suite in C Major, BuxWV 226

Johann Kaspar Kerll – Ciaccona

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer – Suite V from Musicalisches Blumen-Büschlein

Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904

 

We are delighted to present John McKean, acclaimed harpsichordist and chair of the Historical Performance Department at Cambridge’s Longy School of Music, in a solo recital. Dublin’s Emmanuel Church, with its intimate acoustics and warm wooden walls, is a perfect space to bring the delicate plectra and singing wood of the harpsichord to magical life.

 

Free and Open to the Public!

 

Supper Club — Glamping at Aldworth Manor — The Monadnock Music Piano Trio

Thursday, July 10, 5:30-7pm

Aldworth Manor ~ 184 Aldworth Manor Road, Harrisville, NH

 

Join us for a cocktail hour and preview concert featuring Sweet & Savory S’mores, a Ghost Story Open Mic (come with your wildest tale), and a teaser of the weekend trio concerts.

 

Be the first to preview our weekend concerts with excerpts from Brian Raphael Nabors’ phantasmagoric, jazzy trio based on the classic Gothic horror tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as Mary Howe’s haunting Elegy.

 

Tickets: Per Person $45 / 2 for $80

 

Deering Village Concert — The Monadnock Music Piano Trio

Saturday, July 12, 7pm

Deering Community Church ~ 763 Deering Center Road, Deering, NH

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Trio in G major, K. 564

Jungyoon Wie – In a Fog

Mary Howe – Elegy for piano trio

Brian Raphael Nabors – Piano Trio “Jekyll and Hyde”

Shostakovich – Piano Trio #1 in c minor, op. 8

 

In this eclectic recital for piano trio, we explore a kaleidoscope of emotional and psychological landscapes. Brian Nabors’ “Jekyll and Hyde” trio examines the extremes of the human psyche; Jungyoon Wie’s “In A Fog”, written as an artistic response to a recent ADHD diagnosis, invites the listener to consider larger questions of identity and perception. Contrasting these: the effortless grace of Mozart’s final piano trio, the lush intensity of Mary Howe’s Elegy, and Shostakovich’s youthful, darkly passionate early piano trio (his first published chamber music!)

 

Free and Open to the Public!

 

Rindge Village Concert — The Monadnock Music Piano Trio

Sunday, July 13, 3pm

Cheney Hall, Franklin Pierce University ~ Rindge, NH

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Trio in G major, K. 564

Jungyoon Wie – In a Fog

Mary Howe – Elegy for piano trio

Brian Raphael Nabors – Piano Trio “Jekyll and Hyde”

Shostakovich – Piano Trio #1 in c minor, op. 8

 

The Monadnock Music Piano Trio reprises Saturday’s concert.

 

Free and Open to the Public!

 

Westmoreland Village Concert — String Quartet

Thursday, July 17, 7pm

Park Hill Meeting House ~ Park Hill Common, Westmoreland, NH

 

Kian Ravei – The Little Things

Zhou Long – Old Fisherman, from “Poems from Tang”

Libby Larsen – Sorrow Song and Jubilee

Reynaldo Hahn – String Quartet #2 in F major

 

An evening of string quartet music inspired by poetry, literature, and folk song. Kian Ravei’s glittering string quartet describes the natural world as seen through seven poems by Emily Dickinson. Zhou Long’s “Old Fisherman” reflects on a Chinese poem from the 9th century; Libby Larsen’s energetic Sorrow Song and Jubilee draws inspiration from the spiritual “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” We conclude with a rarely heard quartet by Venezuelan-French composer Reynaldo Hahn, whose two-year love affair and lifelong friendship with Marcel Proust shaped both artists profoundly.

 

Free and Open to the Public!

 

Bass Hall Concert — Light and Shadow — Mezzo-soprano, string quartet, and piano

Sunday, July 20, 3pm

Bass Hall, The Monadnock Center for History and Culture ~ 19 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH

 

Joseph Jongen – Three Songs for mezzo, string quartet, and piano

Ottorino Respighi – Il tramonto

Antonin Dvorak – Piano Quintet in A major op. 81

Guillaume Lekeu – Nocturne from Trois Poèmes

 

A resplendent afternoon of Romantic music for mezzo-soprano, string quartet, and piano. Features the lushly evocative French songs of Jongen and Lekeu alongside Respighi’s lyric poem Il Tramonto (“The Sunset”) and Dvorak’s sunny, ebullient piano quintet.

 

Tickets: General $20 / Member $15 / Student $10

 

Pie Picnic

following the Bass Hall Concert

Join us for fellowship as we honor the early days of Monadnock Music with a Pie Picnic!

Pie & Ice Cream with Iced Coffee – $10

 

Supper Club — “Big Night” with Puccini

Friday, July 25, 6-9pm

Reynolds Hall at All Saints Church ~ 51 Concord Street, Peterborough, NH

 

An evening of Italian Music with full seated dinner.

 

Our resident string quartet takes you to Italy with music by legendary grand Romantic opera composer Giacomo Puccini. His coy, graceful Three Minuets are the perfect pairing for Puccini’s celebrated Crisantemi, a gorgeous wordless aria of sorrowful remembrance.

 

Enjoy the menu from the iconic film BIG NIGHT! A screening of the film will take place in partnership with MONIFF digitally so you can stream the film at home! Clips will also be shown at the event.

 

Italian wines will be served.

 

Tickets: General $125

 

Harrisville Village Concert — Harp and String Quartet

Saturday, July 26, 7pm

Harrisville Community Church ~ 13 Canal Street, Harrisville, NH

 

Jessie Montgomery – Strum

Mikhail Gnessin – Song of the Knight Errant, op. 28

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Adagio molto

Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane

Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in E-flat, op. 74 “Harp”

 

Featuring three luxurious works for harp and string quartet: a transcendent Adagio by Tchaikovsky, a darkly exotic tone poem in miniature by Mikhael Gnessin, and Claude Debussy’s ravishing Danses sacrée et profane. These are bookended by two works for string quartet which feature harplike plucking: Jesse Montgomery’s wildly popular Strum, and Beethoven’s exuberant “Harp” Quartet.

 

Free and Open to the Public!

 

Candlelit Concert with Supper Club — Piano & Vocal Performance

Friday, August 1 | Supper Club – 7pm | Concert – 8pm

Spring Hill Studio ~ 358 Spring Hill Road, Sharon, NH

 

Tommy Barth presents a heartfelt concert of love songs, ballads, and lullabies in a candlelit ambiance. Joined by the vocal stylings of Liz Mongrello, this performance will feature works by an array of iconic composers from Gershwin and Sondheim to Adele, Billy Joel, Sara Bareilles, and more — promising an evening of timeless romance and musical artistry.

 

Tickets: Concert & Supper Club – $50 / Concert – General $25 / Concert – Student/Child $15

 

Nelson Village Concert — Tenor and Soprano Vocal Recital

Wednesday, August 6, 7pm

Nelson Congregational Church ~ 830 Nelson Road, Nelson, NH

 

Augusta Holmes – Three Songs

Franz Schubert – Licht und Liebe, D. 352

Johannes Brahms – So lass uns wandern, op. 75 #3

Adolphus Hailstork – Four Romantic Love Songs

Ernest Chausson – Four Mélodies, op.13

Ian Venables – Venetian Songs, op. 22 “Love’s Voice”

Robert Schumann – In der Nacht, op. 74 #4

 

Closing our season where it all started 60 years ago…

 

Our final village concert of the season is a celebration of love featuring some of the greatest composers of art song over the past two centuries. From the sultry to the chaste, from joyful innocence to deepest sorrow, our musicians will take you on a journey through the innermost recesses of the heart.

 

Free and Open to the Public!

 

Monadnock Music 60th Anniversary Gala

Saturday, August 23, 6pm

Milliken Manor ~ 580 Mountain Road, Jaffrey, NH

 

Step back in time to when it all began…

THE SIXTIES!

 

Join us for an evening of elevated 60s nibbles, drinks, and music featuring Live Jazz, Passed Appetizers, a Seated Classical Concert, Dessert, Dance Instruction, and more! Dress to impress, inspired by the decade!

 

Seated Concert:

Johann Neruda – Trio Sonata #6 in D major, 1st and last movements

Karl Goldmark – String Quartet andante

Brahms – String Quartet #1 finale

Mancini – The Days of Wine and Roses

 

Tickets: General $95 / Member $75

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Monadnock Music is devoted to promoting access to world-class live classical music performances in intimate and informal settings around the Monadnock region. Through a commitment to varied and imaginative performances and teaching, Monadnock Music keeps a sense of musical daring and discovery alive. Headquartered in beautiful and historic Peterborough, NH, we have the honor of presenting remarkable musical talent from all over the world.