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2nd Annual 2018
Mineral Point Opera House/photo: Michael J. Smith
Welcome to the Mineral Point
Chamber Music Festival!
The 2nd annual Mineral Point Chamber Music Festival will take place June 8-10, 2018. Three concerts by three young professional classical chamber music ensembles will be presented in the recently restored historic Mineral Point Opera House, an ideal chamber music venue with excellent acoustics. in addition, two free concerts will be held on saturday afternoon indoors, and Sunday afternoon outdoors, weather permitting.
Festival Program
Friday, June 8 7:30pm Artu Duo, University of Minnesota
FANTASIESTUCKE - Robert Schumann
CELLO SONATA No. 2 - Bohuslav Martinu
CELLO SONATA, Op. 5 No. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Artu Duo
Saturday, June 9 1:30pm Free Concert for All
Congregational UCC Church chapel, main level, 300 Maiden Street. Each ensemble will play 15 minutes of music, with time for questions from the audience.
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY ROSSINI – Bohuslav Martinu
IMMER LEISER WIRD MEIN SCHLUMMER, OP. 105, #2 – Johannes Brahms
EN VOYAGE - PAUL DESENNE
THREE BRIEF PIECES – Jacques Ibert
SERENADE, OP. 7 – Richard Strauss
Saturday, June 9 7:30pm Volante Winds, Indiana University
SUMMER MUSIC, Op. 31 -Samuel Barber
SERENADE - Karl Pilss
WIND QUINTET - Gyorgy Orban
POTPOURRI FANTASTICO SUL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - Giulio Briccialdi
Volante Winds
Sunday, June 10 12:30pm Festival Brass Ensemble Free Concert in Library Park
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC FANFARE – Richard Strauss
WEDDING CHORALE – Karl Pilss
BONES – Spiritual
ADAGIO FOR STRINGS – Samuel Barber
CANON – Johann Pachelbel
PRELUDE & FUGUE – Felix Mendelssohn
THREE PIECES FROM “WATER MUSIC” – G. F. Handel
Sunday, June 10 1:30pm Altino Duo, University of Wisconsin, Madison
DUO FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO, OP 7 (1914) - Zoltan Kodaly
SONATA POUR VIOLON ET VIOLONCELLE (1920-1922) - Maurice Ravel
PASSACAGLIA FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO (1894) - Johan Halvorsen
Ticket Pricing
Concert Tickets $20
Festival Pass (all 3 concerts) $49
concert underwriters
peter & nancy schmalz
festival sponsors
Donna Cook & David Richert
Dan's Plumbing
Dr. Aaron and Monica Dunn
Dan & Sue Ensrude
Farmers Savings Bank
Lorna Fillipini & Clyde Payton
John Fetters & Coleman
Dan Lloyd & Alan Gossett
Lands' End
Linda Marquardt
VOICE of the River Valley
Joe & Julie Witmer