Arts and Entertainment
June 16, 2025
From: Aston Magna Music FestivalAston Magna Music Festival 52nd Season!
Schedule of Events:
Program 1: Thursday, July 10, and Saturday, July 12
Music from Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Geminiani, Balbastre, Arne, Purcell, Mozart, Weber
Sylvia Berry, harpsichord and fortepiano;
Kristen Watson, soprano;
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin.
Program 2: Late Mozart Thursday, July 17, and Saturday, July 19
Adagio and Fugue, G Minor Viola Quintet, Clarinet Quintet
Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, violins;
Anne Black and Laura Jeppesen, violas;
Jacques Lee Wood, cello;
Thomas Carroll, basset horn.
Program 3: Thursday, July 24, and Saturday, July 26
From Castello to Canzano
Baroque Chamber Music – Into the 21st Century!
Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord;
Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins;
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola;
Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello;
Kelsey Burnham, traverso.
Works of
Dario Castello (1602-1631),
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1770),
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772),
Nathan Adam Mondry (b.1991),
Nicola Saraceni Canzano (b. 1991).
Program 4: Thursday, July 24, and Saturday, July 26
Fiddlers Four
Vivaldi’s "The Four Seasons"
and music by Purcell, Pachelbel, Legrenzi and Telemann
Julia Glenn, Cynthia Roberts, Gerald Elias, Daniel Stepner, baroque violins
Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola;
Jennifer Morsches, baroque cello;
Anne Trout, bass;
Peter Sykes, harpsichord;
Catherine Liddell, theorbo.
Date: July 10 - 26, 2025
Location:
Saint James Place, 352 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
Allen Center at Newton Cultural Alliance, 35 Webster Street Newton, MA 02465