ECMS Summer Music Festival Mainstage Concert
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The Eureka Chamber Music Series presents its first-ever Summer Music Festival from Saturday, July 18th through Sunday, July 26th, featuring world-stage musicians and world premiere compositions by the celebrated American composer Elena Ruehr. Familiar faces will include two Avery Fisher Career Grant winners—the Balourdet Quartet and cellist Sophie Shao—as well as ECMS artistic director and violinist Tom Stone and violist Ethan Filner. Stone and Filner were one-half of the Cypress String Quartet, an early ECMS favorite ensemble. Newcomers include violinist Iris Stone, pianist Amy I-Lin Cheng, and the festival's composer-in-residence Elena Ruehr.
The festival will feature four Mainstage Concerts and two Concert and Conversation events over nine days. Rarely heard chamber works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Webern, Schoenberg, and Brahms will contrast with intriguing, contemporary pieces by Elena Ruehr, whose work has been described as "unspeakably gorgeous" by Gramophone magazine. Additionally, there will be two free outdoor "Bach Under the Canopy" concerts, the first at the Sequoia Park Gazebo in Eureka on Sunday, July 19th at 11:00 a.m. and the second at Fieldbrook Winery on Sunday, July 26th, also at 11:00 a.m.
ECMS is offering a Summer Musical Festival Pass that includes admission to all six formal concerts for the discounted price of $180. Individual Mainstage Concert tickets are $40 general and $10 for students. Concert and Conversation tickets are $20 general and $5 for students. Please visit eurekachambermusic.org and follow the "purchase tickets" link. There are no added fees or service charges when ordering tickets online. Tickets will also be available at the door.
On Sunday, July 19th at 7:30 p.m. at The Lutheran Church of Arcata, the Mainstage Concert begins with Tom Stone, Filner, and Shao performing "String Trio No. 1 in E flat Major, Op. 3" by Ludwig van Beethoven and ends with Filner, Shao, and the Balourdet Quartet playing the romantic "String Sextet No. 1 in B flat Major, Op. 18" by Johannes Brahms. Between these traditional chamber works, the Balourdet will share a performance of "Galaxy Back to You" by the Korean American composer Nicky Sohn, who wrote the quartet expressly for them. "The Balourdet Quartet is an ensemble I have admired for years, and it was an absolute delight to finally write for them. All four of them are ecstatic players with so much character and depth, and every performance of theirs has been electric. I wanted to write a piece that showcases their powerful dynamic as a group but also highlights their individuality, with a variety of textures, moods, and energy," writes Sohn.
The festival will feature four Mainstage Concerts and two Concert and Conversation events over nine days. Rarely heard chamber works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Webern, Schoenberg, and Brahms will contrast with intriguing, contemporary pieces by Elena Ruehr, whose work has been described as "unspeakably gorgeous" by Gramophone magazine. Additionally, there will be two free outdoor "Bach Under the Canopy" concerts, the first at the Sequoia Park Gazebo in Eureka on Sunday, July 19th at 11:00 a.m. and the second at Fieldbrook Winery on Sunday, July 26th, also at 11:00 a.m.
ECMS is offering a Summer Musical Festival Pass that includes admission to all six formal concerts for the discounted price of $180. Individual Mainstage Concert tickets are $40 general and $10 for students. Concert and Conversation tickets are $20 general and $5 for students. Please visit eurekachambermusic.org and follow the "purchase tickets" link. There are no added fees or service charges when ordering tickets online. Tickets will also be available at the door.
On Sunday, July 19th at 7:30 p.m. at The Lutheran Church of Arcata, the Mainstage Concert begins with Tom Stone, Filner, and Shao performing "String Trio No. 1 in E flat Major, Op. 3" by Ludwig van Beethoven and ends with Filner, Shao, and the Balourdet Quartet playing the romantic "String Sextet No. 1 in B flat Major, Op. 18" by Johannes Brahms. Between these traditional chamber works, the Balourdet will share a performance of "Galaxy Back to You" by the Korean American composer Nicky Sohn, who wrote the quartet expressly for them. "The Balourdet Quartet is an ensemble I have admired for years, and it was an absolute delight to finally write for them. All four of them are ecstatic players with so much character and depth, and every performance of theirs has been electric. I wanted to write a piece that showcases their powerful dynamic as a group but also highlights their individuality, with a variety of textures, moods, and energy," writes Sohn.
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The Lutheran Church of Arcata, 151 E 16th St, Arcata, CA 95521-6004, United States
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