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Mostly Mozart at Monteux presents All-Classical Season
Ensemble Tremblay
Contact: Allison Kiger, Director
917-583-1291
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ensemble Tremblay Director Allison Kiger announces
Mostly Mozart and Brahms 2008 Concert Season in Hancock
The Ensemble Tremblay will present a chamber music festival,
“Mostly Mozart and Brahms at Monteux” Sunday, August 3rd to Sunday,
August 24th, with chamber music concerts Sundays at 5pm and
Wednesdays at 7.30pm at the Pierre Monteux School Forest Studio in Hancock,
Maine. More information is available at www.ensembletremblay.com or at
917-583-1291.
Tickets are $20 for Adults and Seniors. Concerts are always
FREE for students and children 18 and under. A full season subscription is $80.
Director and Flutist Allison Kiger put together a season
program that features works by Mozart, as well as by the great Romantic
composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Kiger says, “The emotional depth and
sublime beauty of Brahms’ music work well in contrast to the sparkling
perfection of Mozart.” This contrast will be featured in several of the
performances. On Sunday August 3rd, Christopher Johnson will play a
solo piano work by Mozart, and also the poetic Brahms Klavierstucke Op. 119,
his final piano works. Sunday, August 10th, Coloratura Soprano Megan
Weston will perform the infamous “Queen of the Night” aria from Mozart’s opera
the Magic Flute. This virtuosic aria is probably the most famous for the extra
high range of the Coloratura Soprano, and is uniquely difficult and rarely
performed in recital. Ms. Weston will also sing selections from Brahms’ canon
of Songs. On Sunday August 17th, Christopher Johnson will perform
Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 12 with strings, including his Mr. Johnson’s own
composed cadenzas, and will close the program performing Brahms’ Violins Sonata
in D Minor with Brennan Sweet.
Another exciting feature of the festival is the premiere of a new work by award-winning composer Darryl Kubian. While performing with the NJ Symphony, Director Kiger was a player for the world premiere of 3-2-1 for Electric Violin and Orchestra by Darryl Kubian, conducted by Neeme Jarvi. Kiger was immediately taken with the work, especially the second movement of the piece, Zeno's Paradox. The entire concerto is explores the theme of the expansion of the universe. The second movement, featuring the solo violin, flute, and accompanying strings, portrays light and dark elements of the universe in perfect balance and harmony. Kiger contacted Kubian and requested the transcription for a chamber music group of flute and string quartet. Kubian extended the movement and retitled it, "A Singularity Theme." Kiger will give the first performance of the transcription with another NJ Symphony member who played in the Premiere, NJSO Assistant Concertmaster Brennan Sweet, and his wife Christine Sweet, who also attended the performance. Kiger says, "We are very excited for the opportunity to play this beautiful and inspiring music, and very grateful to Darryl Kubian for his transcription."
Performing for the first time in Maine will be Coloratura
Soprano Megan Weston with pianist Michael Fennelly, and the Trio du Parc, a
piano trio with returning artists Alex Losowski, Gwendolyn Smith, and pianist
Angela Park, as well as Francois Vailleries, viola.
Returning to the festival are Flutist Allison Kiger, Pianist
Christopher Johnson, Violinists Tristan Lemieux and Brennan Sweet, Cellists
Gwendolyn Smith and Christine Sweet, the Acadian Chamber Players, led by
Jeffrey Ellenberger, and the Moonlight Duo, Karen Pinoci, cello, and Claudia
Lemmerz, piano.
All concerts take place at the Pierre Monteux School Forest
Studio on Old Track Rd., north of Route 1, in Hancock, Maine. The inspiring
history, warm acoustics, and pastoral charm of the Forest Studio make it ideal
for musical performance.
The Ensemble Tremblay was founded by Allison Kiger with other
alumni of the Pierre Monteux School.
FULL CALENDAR:
Sunday, August 3rd at 5pm. Mostly Mozart and
Brahms at Monteux. Audience favorite Christopher Johnson performs a solo piano
recital of dynamic and virtuosic works by Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Opus
119 by Brahms and “Islamei” by Balakirev. Tickets are $20 for Adults and
Seniors, $10 for Student, and FREE FOR KIDS under 18. Pierre Monteux School
Forest Studio, Route One, Hancock. www.ensembletremblay.com
917-583-1291.
Wednesday, August 6th at 7.30pm. Mostly Mozart
and Brahms at Monteux. Classical Chamber Music for Strings and Piano with the
Acadian Chamber Players in their 16th Downeast season. Tickets are
$20 for Adults and Seniors, $10 for Student, and FREE FOR KIDS under 18. Pierre
Monteux School Forest Studio, Route One, Hancock. www.ensembletremblay.com
917-583-1291.
Sunday, August 10th at 5pm. Mostly Mozart and
Brahms at Monteux. "MOZART, BEL CANTO AND BRAHMS" Vocal Recital by Soprano Megan Weston and Pianist Michael
Fennelly. Beloved Opera Arias by Mozart, Donizetti, and a selection of songs by
Brahms. Tickets are $20 for Adults and Seniors, $10 for Student, and FREE FOR
KIDS under 18. Pierre Monteux School Forest Studio, Route One, Hancock. www.ensembletremblay.com
917-583-1291.
Wednesday, August 13th at 7.30pm. Mostly Mozart
and Brahms at Monteux. “The Lonely Flute-“ Allison Kiger performs music for
flute alone as well as Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata and the “Carmen” Fantasy.
Tickets are $20 for Adults and Seniors, $10 for Student, and FREE FOR KIDS
under 18. Pierre Monteux School Forest Studio, Route One, Hancock. www.ensembletremblay.com
917-583-1291.
Sunday, August 17th at 5pm. Mostly Mozart and
Brahms at Monteux. Classical Chamber Music for Piano, Strings and Flute.
Christopher Johnson plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 12 with string quartet,
as well as the Brahms D Minor violin sonata with Brennan Sweet. Also on the
program “Delicate Songs” by Aaron Jay Kernis and a premiere for Flute and
Strings by award-winning composer Daryl Kubian. Meet the Artists Reception
following the concert at Hancock Point with suggested donation. Concert tickets
are $20 for Adults and Seniors, $10 for Student, and FREE FOR KIDS under 18.
Pierre Monteux School Forest Studio, Route One, Hancock. www.ensembletremblay.com
917-583-1291.
Tuesday, August 19th at 10am. FREE KIDS CONCERT.
The Moonlight Duo presents “THEIRstory”-the music and stories of women
composers and their famous male colleagues throughout history. Cellist Karen
Pinoci and Pianist Claudia Lemmerz perform. Recommended for ages 5-12. Pierre
Monteux School Forest Studio, Route One, Hancock. www.ensembletremblay.com
917-583-1291.
Wednesday, August 20th at 7.30pm. Mostly Mozart
and Brahms at Monteux. MOSTLY BRAHMS Program with Trio du Parc. Brahms B Major
Piano Trio Op. 8 and F Minor Piano Quintet Op. 88. The Moonlight Duo also performs. Tickets are $20 for Adults
and Seniors, $10 for Student, and FREE for students under 18. Pierre Monteux
School Forest Studio, Route One, Hancock. www.ensembletremblay.com
917-583-1291.
Sunday, August 24th at 5pm. Mostly Mozart and
Brahms at Monteux. “HERstory” Concert-Lecture by the Moonlight Duo. A program
about women composers planning three centuries. The Moonlight Duo, cello and
piano, shares their lives through inspiring music, interesting stories and
unique facts. Tickets are $20 for Adults and Seniors, $10 for Student, and FREE
for students under 18. Pierre Monteux School Forest Studio, Route One, Hancock.
www.ensembletremblay.com
917-583-1291.
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