The grand opening of Grand Teton Music Festival’s chamber music series will take place today with “Opening Fanfare,” a concert poised to start the chamber series off with a bang.
“Historically, a ‘fanfare’ signals an important event or a grand entrance,” said pianist and singing coach Adelle Eslinger, who runs the chamber music series. The music selected for this first chamber concert is supposed to signal the start of a diverse new series this year.
The concert will showcase 17 different musicians grouped into four different ensembles, some of whom are new to the festival this summer. The ensembles include a brass quintet, two string-based duets, and a final, string octet. Together, the musicians will present a total of five pieces, which range from a contemporary-classical fanfare by Jennifer Higdon to Mozart’s “Sonata No. 24 in F Major.”
Chamber concerts consist of music written for smaller ensembles, sometimes with only one musician representing a whole group of instruments. According to the 2023 season program, “Featuring a small ensemble of players, [chamber concerts] showcase core classical repertoire — and a few surprises.” In general, audience members can expect a more intimate and condensed musical experience in chamber concerts than from other performances.
