JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING — May 28, 2019
In its 58th Summer season, the Grand Teton Music Festival proudly announces the addition of the Haberfeld Chamber Music Series—Tuesday nights at 6PM at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jackson. Responding to the community’s desire for classical music concerts in town, and the musicians’ interest in additional performance opportunities with their colleagues, the series complements the popular Thursday Chamber Music Series. Both spotlight the artistry of GTMF’s world-class Festival Musicians and mix core classical repertoire with rarely heard gems. The Haberfeld Chamber Music Series concerts are one-hour without an intermission.
Haberfeld Chamber Music Series: Beethoven and Liszt
Tuesday, July 9 at 6PM
Festival Musicians take the stage for this nature-inspired program. Beethoven’s enduring and pastoral “Spring” sonata is paired with solo works for piano, including an ocean-inspired piece by American composer Thomas Osborne. Pianist Jason Hardink concludes the program with virtuosic selections from Liszt’s Transcendental Études.
Haberfeld Chamber Music Series: Haydn, Pärt, and Bach
Tuesday, July 16 at 6PM
Festival Musicians delight with Bach’s Two-Part Inventions, a series of short compositions written for the composer’s son. The nature-inspired season continues with Haydn’s “Lark,” with its aviary impressions and unforgettable melodies. Arvo Pärt’s ethereal and hypnotic work, Spiegel im Spiegel, completes the program.
Haberfeld Chamber Music Series: Dvořák and Grieg
Tuesday, July 23 at 6PM
Festival Musician—and Boston-based cellist—Steven Laven evokes a sense of Jackson Hole pride and western wanderlust with his composition Moon Over Jenny Lake. The evening’s nature-filled program also includes Dvořák’s folk-inspired Terzetto and Grieg’s enchanting Lyric Pieces.
Haberfeld Chamber Music Series: Miyagi and Fauré
Tuesday, July 30 at 6PM
The program begins with a traditional Japanese folk melody. Anchoring the program is Gabriel Fauré’s celebrated First Piano Quartet in C minor.
Haberfeld Chamber Music Series: Poulenc and Stravinsky
Tuesday, August 6 at 6PM
Wind Quintet WindSync returns to GTMF for Marc Mellits’ Apollo, a 50th-anniversary commemoration of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. GTMF President and CEO Andrew Palmer Todd joins the group for a jovial jaunt in Poulenc’s sextet. A quartet of Festival Musicians finish the program with Stravinsky’s enigmatic Three Pieces.
Haberfeld Chamber Music Series: Messiaen and Mozart
Tuesday, August 13 at 6PM
Messiaen captured the essence of the blackbird’s melodious song for his Le Merle Noir. Next, Orion Weiss takes audiences to a glistening island with Debussy’s L’isle joyeuse. Later, Weiss joins Festival Musicians for Mozart’s ebullient Piano Quartet in E-flat.
The Haberfeld Chamber Music Series is free, but ticketed. Reserve tickets online at gtmf.org or by calling 307.733.1128. The Fritz Box Office at Walk Festival Hall opens June 19.
About the Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF)
Over seven weeks each summer, the Grand Teton Music Festival unites 228 celebrated orchestral musicians led by Music Director Donald Runnicles. These musicians represent 64 orchestras and 47 institutions of higher learning throughout Europe and North America.
As the single largest performing arts presenter in Jackson Hole with nearly 100 annual events, GTMF presents yearlong programming that includes monthly community concerts, a Winter Festival in February, the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series, and education programs for Teton County Students. The Festival has a 13-part national radio broadcast Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival, co-hosted by Donald Runnicles and Andrew Palmer Todd, now in its second season.
GTMF is a 4-star charity as rated by Charity Navigator and has a Platinum Seal of Transparency from GuideStar.
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