Sundays on the Hill Concert Series
location: Church on the Hill (Community Church)
Lawrence Hill Road (just up the hill from the Weston, VT village green)
location: Church on the Hill (Community Church)
Lawrence Hill Road (just up the hill from the Weston, VT village green)
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JULY 10, 2022 4:00 PM
TACONIC CHAMBER PLAYERS www.taconicmusic.org Taconic Chamber Players is the resident ensemble of Taconic Music in Manchester, VT, with violinist Joana Genova and violist Ariel Rudiakov at the core. The ensemble presents regular concerts, as well as music in schools, libraries, nursing and veterans’ homes, museums and galleries, and other less-traditional venues. |
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Cancelled due to COVID outbreak
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JULY 17, 2022 4:00 PM
COUNTERPOINT ENSEMBLE www.counterpointchorus.org Founded by legendary choral director and arranger Robert De Cormier in 2000, and based in Montpelier, Vermont, Counterpoint is dedicated to performing choral chamber music. Their repertory ranges all over the map, including folksongs from around the world, African-American spirituals, sacred music of many traditions and concert works by classical composers of the past and our own age. |
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AUGUST 7, 2022 4:00PM
AMPHION BAROQUE Ensemble The Amphion Trio is made up of world class musicians who specialize in music of the baroque. Using historically informed techniques and instruments of the period, Amphion inspires to capture the true spirit and sounds of the 18th century, music of passion and style. Amphion’s program seeks to interest an audience by performing a variety of national high baroque styles.
AUGUST 14, 2022 4:00PM INTERNATIONAL STRING TRIO www.internationalstringtrio.com This SOTH favorite features Russian-born guitarist Slava Tolstoy, virtuoso violinist and singer from Chicago, Rob Flax, and Boston based bassist Max Ridley who embody their cosmopolitan aesthetic. The trio's riveting performances encompass a breathtaking range of styles, including Gypsy swing, old-time Appalachian laments, traditional Irish reels, celebratory klezmer, passionate tango, graceful French musette, and burning bluegrass. While steeped in jazz, they play intricately arranged music that leaves room for improvisation without focusing on it. They have appeared on the popular NPR show "Says You", performances at the Gypsy Jazz in Paradise Festival, Crested Butte CO, Yoshi's San Francisco, Regattabar and Scullers Jazz Clubs in Boston MA. AUGUST 28, 2022 4:00PM FLUTE AND HARP DUO Anne Janson, flute www.edu/cas/music/profiles/anne-janson Rebecca Kauffman, harp www.rebeccakauffman.com Vermont Symphony Orchestra flutist Anne Janson and Rebecca Kauffman, a Burlington-based harpist who is the principal harpist of Pennsylvania's Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, pair up for this one-hour program. "For both of us, this program is a celebration of the joys of live music. Perhaps we will hear François-Joseph Gossec's jaunty "Tambourin" and Maurice Ravel's "Pièce en forme de habanera." |
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