A Night at the Opera
      - Without the Singers

The Eroica TrioWilliam Ransom

• Magic Flute Overture for Two Pianos,    Mozart
• Meditation from Thais,    Massenet
• Carmen Variations for Violin and Piano,    Sarasate
• Don Juan Fantasy for Two Pianos,    Liszt
• Porgy and Bess for Piano Trio,    Gershwin

Sunday, July 6       5:00pm

Carnegie Hall
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall but, when grown, the son prefers to play with Vaughan Monroe's orchestra. But Mama's wishes prevail and the son appears at Carnegie Hall as the composer-conductor-pianist of a modern horn concerto, with Harry James as the soloist. Frank McHugh is along as a Carnegie Hall porter and doorman, and Martha O'Driscoll is a singer who provides the love interest for Prince. Meanwhile and between while a brigade of classical music names from the 1940's appear; the conductors Walter Damrosch, Bruno Walter, Artur Rodzinski, Fritz Reiner and Leopold Stokowski; singers Rise Stevens, Lily Pons, Jan Peerce and Ezio Pinza, plus pianist Arthur Rubinstein, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and violinist Jascha Heifetz.

Tuesday, July 8       7:30pm

Free Movie about Music

Beethoven's Complete Works for Cello and Piano

Sara Sant’AmbrogioWilliam Ransom

• Sonata in F Major
• Sonata in D Major
• Sonata in A Major

Friday, July 11       7:30pm

Beethoven's Complete Works for Cello and Piano
Part II

Sara Sant’AmbrogioWilliam Ransom

• 7 Magic Flute Variations
• 12 Magic Flute Variations
• Sonata in C Major
• Sonata in G Major

Sunday, July 13       5:00pm

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
by Dr. Seuss
Directed by Roy Rowland

Bart has only one enemy in the world: his piano teacher Dr. Terwilliker. Dr. T has a mad plan to force 500 young boys to practice at his magnificent piano 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bart is the only hope to save these boys from being enslaved. Fantastic sets, screenplay, and even song lyrics were provided by Dr. Seuss. Features the only piano academy ever known to be equipped with cells and surrounded by an electric fence

Tuesday, July 15       7:30pm

Free Movie about Music

Edoardo CatemarioThe Vega String Quartet

• Sunrise String Quartet,    Haydn
• Quintet for Guitar and Strings,    Castelnuovo-Tedesco
• Five Pieces for Guitar,    Piazzolla

Friday, July 18       7:30pm

• String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95,    Beethoven
• String Quartet,    Debussy
• String Quartet in D Minor,    Tchaikovsky

Sunday, July 20       5:00pm

• Madrigals for Violin and Viola,    Martinu
• Violin Sonata in A,    Brahms
• F Minor Piano Variations,    Haydn
• Piano Sonata No.10
  Poem, Op. 32 No.1 and Vers la flamme,    Scriabine

Friday, July 25       7:30pm

• Violin Sonata in E Minor,    Mozart
• Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano,    Mozart
• Quartet for the End of Time,    Messiaen

Sunday, July 27       5:00pm

Tous les matins du monde
Directed by Alain Corneau

It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into which he moves. He dedicates his life to music and his two young daughters Madeleine and Toinette, avoiding the outside world. Rumor about him and his music is widespread, and even reaches to the court of Louis XIV, who wants him at his court in Lully's orchestra. But Monsieur de Sainte Colombe refuses. One day a young man, Marin Marais, comes to see him with a request. He wants to be taught how to play the viola.

Tuesday, July 29       7:30pm

Free Movie about Music

• Terzetto for Strings,    Dvorak
• Romance for Viola,    Bruch
• Elegie for Viola,    Vieuxtemps
• Archduke Piano Trio, Op. 97,    Beethoven

Friday, August 1       7:30pm

• Fantasie for Violin and Harp,    Saint-Saens
• Sonata for Harp and Cello,    Castelnuovo-Tedesco
• Quintet in G for Strings, Op. 77,    Dvorak

Sunday, August 3       5:00pm

Beethoven and Bluegrass

Blair String QuartetChris Thile and the Punch Brothers

Two award-winning groups - a classical string quartet and a bluegrass band - share the stage in an uplifting exploration of both genres.

Sunday, August 10       5:00pm

Fall Concert

Master Violinist Cecylia Arzewski performs the three great sonatas by Johannes Brahms.

Saturday, November 1       5:00pm

Christmas Benefit Concert

• Blanka Bednarzviolin
• Jessica Wuviolin
• Yinzi Kongviola
• Guang Wangcello

The Vega String Quartet plays

Santa's Favorite Chamber Music

Santa says he'll be “pretty busy” then, but even he's coming to this one!

Saturday, December 20       5:00pm