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SUMMARY:30th Annual Chamber Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, OPA's Chamber Music Festival has featured an ongoing partnership with Boston Chamber Music\, which every year puts together a special trio or quartet for the Ogunquit concerts\, unique to OPA.\n\nThis year\, in celebration of 30 years of OPA Chamber Music Festivals\, pianist/leader Randall Hodgkinson has brought together an ensemble of eight musicians (piano and seven strings)\, for a concert extraordinaire.\n\nTheir program will include the premiere performance of the brilliant overture to Rossini's opera\, Semiramide\, transcribed by Hodgkinson especially for this occasion\, and the first-ever transcription for this group of instruments!\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe Program:\n\nRossini: Overture to Semiramide for piano and string ensemble\, transcribed by Randall Hodgkinson.\n\nThis popular Overture is celebrated for its dramatic tension and brilliant climaxes\, often performed as a standalone concert piece. Composed in 1823\, Semiramide opens with a 12-minute orchestral showcase of suspense\, melodic richness\, and Rossini's signature crescendo techniques. Although it contains material from the opera\, this bright Overture hardly suggests the blood and gore of the story that follows!\n\nMozart: Chamber version of Concerto in A\, K. 488 (arranged for string quintet and piano)\n\nOne of Mozart's finest and most lyrical concertos\, this 1786 work is admired for its lyricism\, emotional range\, and formal perfection. It is a staple of the classical piano repertoire\, frequently performed by major pianists and orchestras worldwide. Critics often single out the second movement as a sublime exemplar of Mozart's genius for expressing deep feeling with utmost simplicity and grace.\n\nBrahms: String Sextet in Bb\, No. 1\, Op. 18\n\nThe Sextet is notable for its symphonic sound\, with Brahms utilizing the two cellos and two violas to create rich\, dark timbres. Written in 1860\, it is a masterpiece of chamber music\, blending youthful romantic lyricism with mature classical structure\, and is renowned for its warm\, orchestral textures\, tender melodies\, and the expansive emotional arc across its four movements.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe Players:\n\nRandall Hodgkinson\, piano\n\nOmar Chen Guey\, violin\n\nAlice Hallstrom\, violin\n\nMark Berger\, viola\n\nPeter Sulski\, viola\n\nNicholas Johnson\, cello\n\nDavid Russell\, cello\n\nNathan Varga\, bass\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nJoin us for this concert of celebration! Seating is limited\, so reserve your tickets today!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In recent years\, OPA&rsquo\;s Chamber Music Festival has featured an ongoing partnership with Boston Chamber Music\, which every year puts together a special trio or quartet for the Ogunquit concerts\, unique to OPA.
\n\nThis year\, in celebration of 30 years of OPA Chamber Music Festivals\, pianist/leader Randall Hodgkinson has brought together an ensemble of eight musicians (piano and seven strings)\, for a concert extraordinaire.
\n\nTheir program will include the premiere performance of the brilliant overture to Rossini'\;s opera\, Semiramide\, transcribed by Hodgkinson especially for this occasion\, and the first-ever transcription for this group of instruments!
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\n\nThe Program:
\n\nRossini: Overture to Semiramide for piano and string ensemble\, transcribed by Randall Hodgkinson.
\n\nThis popular Overture is celebrated for its dramatic tension and brilliant climaxes\, often performed as a standalone concert piece. \; Composed in 1823\, Semiramide opens with a \;12-minute orchestral showcase of suspense\, melodic richness\, and Rossini'\;s signature crescendo techniques. \; Although it contains material from the opera\, this bright Overture hardly suggests the blood and gore of the story that follows!
\n\nMozart: Chamber version of Concerto in A\, K. 488 (arranged for string quintet and piano)
\n\nOne of Mozart&rsquo\;s finest and most lyrical concertos\, this 1786 work is admired for its \;lyricism\, emotional range\, and formal perfection. \; It is a \;staple of the classical piano repertoire\, frequently performed by major pianists and orchestras worldwide. Critics often single out the second movement as a sublime exemplar of Mozart&rsquo\;s genius for expressing deep feeling with utmost simplicity and grace.
\n\nBrahms: String Sextet in Bb\, No. 1\, Op. 18
\n\nThe Sextet is notable for its symphonic sound\, with Brahms utilizing the two cellos and two violas to create rich\, dark timbres. \;Written in 1860\, \;it is a masterpiece of chamber music\, blending youthful romantic lyricism with mature classical structure\, and is renowned for its warm\, orchestral textures\, tender melodies\, and the expansive emotional arc across its four movements.
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\n\nThe Players:
\n\nRandall Hodgkinson\, piano
\n\nOmar Chen Guey\, violin
\n\nAlice Hallstrom\, violin
\n\nMark Berger\, viola
\n\nPeter Sulski\, viola
\n\nNicholas Johnson\, cello
\n\nDavid Russell\, cello
\n\nNathan Varga\, bass
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\n\nJoin us for this concert of celebration! \; Seating is limited\, so reserve your tickets today!
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LOCATION:Barn Gallery\, Bourne Lane at Shore Road\, Ogunquit
UID:e.882.58694
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DTSTAMP:20260529T184827Z
URL:https://chamber.ogunquit.org/events/details/30th-annual-chamber-music-festival-58694
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