2008 Calendar

Edmund Cionek Composer in Residence

2008 Bar Harbor Music Festival
the maritime beacon for musical excellence

42nd Season
July 2, 2008 - July 27, 2008

"…one of New England's great music festivals"
Nan Lincoln, The Bar Harbor Times



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Brass Venture	Opening Night WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 at 8:15 PM BRASS VENTURE Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mt. Desert Street Music by: Giovanni Gabrieli, Shostakovich, Brahms, Victor Ewald, Wilke Renwick, Debussy, Gershwin, and George M. Cohan ". . . Combining virtuosity and good humor with super ensemble playing . . . the talented Boston - area group had it's audience entranced." - Peter Friend, Mount Desert Islander
Adele Karam Cara Chowning	SUNDAY, JULY 6 at 4:00 PM Tea Concert: "Shades of Spain" Balance Rock Inn 1903 21 Albert Meadow Adele Karam, soprano Cara Chowning, pianist Allan Santos, double bass Festival newcomer and red-hot redhead, Adele Karam sings a scintillating selection of songs by Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, De Falla, Brahms, Granados and Bizet.  Pianist Cara Chowning accompanies and Allan Santos joins them on the double bass for an afternoon of colorful collaboration and all the Shades of Spain. "Karam proved a revelation. Her soprano mixes silver with cream and moves easily about the registers . . . as poignant as it was lilting." Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tatiana Goncharova Igor Begelman	FRIDAY, JULY 11 at 8:15 PM. Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mt. Desert Street Tatiana Goncharova Igor Begelman Music by: Lutoslawski, Debussy, Verdi - Loreglio, Krasotov, Martinu, and Gershwin. Igor Begelman , Clarinetist " . . . remarkable display of music making." - Daniel Webster, The Philadelphia Inquirer Tatiana Goncharova, Pianist " . . . a musician on the threshold of a brilliant career." - The Washington Post
Christopher Johnson	SATURDAY, JULY 12 at 8:15 PM CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, PIANIST Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mt. Desert Street "To hear Christopher Johnson now, on the cusp of a great career, is to believe. Possessing a Van Cliburn intensity, he deserves to have a career of a true musical star." - Donald Palladino, The Westfield Leader, New Jersey
Amy Mahoney David Adam Moore Allan Santos	SUNDAY, JULY 13 at 8:15 PM Pops Concert:  "Passion's Prism" Parkside Restaurant 185 Main Street, Bar Harbor Optional Pre-concert dinner begins at 6:00PM Amy Mahoney, soprano Fenlon Lamb, mezzo-soprano Eric Fennell, tenor David Adam Moore, baritone Cara Chowning, pianist Allan Santos, double bass A rainbow of popular songs that express the full spectrum of love's many emotions.  Featuring works by Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and Oscar Hammerstein. A quartet of singers including Amy Mahoney, Fenlon Lamb, Eric Fennell, and David Adam Moore are joined by bassist Allan Santos and pianist Cara Chowning for an evening of ardent and passionate music in all its' colorful array. "Amy Mahoney is radiant." - Margaret Cross, BroadwayWorld.Com
Elliott Schwartz	TUESDAY, JULY 15 at 5:30 PM 'NEW COMPOSERS' FORUM Reflections on 25 Years Edmund Cionek Guest composers: Edmund Cionek and Peter Michael von der Nahmer Francis Fortier, Artistic Director New Piano Quartet Elliott Schwartz, Moderator Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mt. Desert Street Admission Free (Voluntary Contribution)
New Piano Quartet	WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 at 8:15 PM 25th Anniversary "NEW COMPOSERS CONCERT" NEW  PIANO QUARTET Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mt. Desert Street The dynamic ensemble in residence ot the New School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts Music by: Peter Michael von der Nahmer, Elliott Schwarts, Edmund Cionek (World Premiere), and William Bolcom in clebration of his 70th birthday.
Fenlon Lamb Eric Fennell	FRIDAY, JULY 18 at 8:15 PM CARMEN by Georges Bizet Criterion Theatre  |  35 Cottage Street BALCONY SELECT: SOLD OUT Fenlon Lamb: Carmen Eric Fennell: Don Jose Amy Mahoney: Micaela David Adam Moore: Escamillo Antoni Mendezona: Frasquita Ryu-Kyung Kim: Mercedes Weldon Gan: Remendado Mt. Desert Summer Chorale: Soldiers, Gypsies and Smugglers Cara Chowning: Music Director A beautiful gypsy seduces a naïve soldier.  Her interest fades as his obsession grows.  Love and death collide from their first fateful meeting to their final showdown.  Watch as their passionate and deadly romance unfolds in this sultry and seductive opera classic. Carmen has bewitched audiences since it's premier in 1875.  Though it shocked Paris audiences with it's exotic setting and musical language, the opera quickly became a favorite the world over. The pulsating score is full of gypsy rhythms and some of opera's most memorable tunes-from the Habanera to the Toreador song.  Join us for a fiery evening at the opera with the original femme fatal. "In the title role of Carmen, Fenlon Lamb . . . a singer with a wonderful resonant voice that packs plenty of punch in all the right places in the score." - OperaOnLine.Com
Wolverine Jazz Band	SUNDAY, JULY 20 at 8:15 PM JAZZ NIGHT WOLVERINE JAZZ BAND John Clark, leader, clarinet and saxophone Special Guest Artist: Jimmy Mazzy, banjo Jackson Laboratory Commons, 610 Main Street Pre-Concert Dinner served beginning at 6:00 p.m. (optional) Music by: Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, W.C. Handy, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, and Bing Crosby Returning by popular demand One of Boston's finest Dixiland, Traditional Jazz, and Swing Bands
Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra	WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 at 8:00 PM (rain date July 24 at 8:00 p.m.) 36 th ANNUAL ACADIA NATIONAL PARK OUTDOOR CONCERT BAR HARBOR FESTIVAL STRING ORCHESTRA Francis Fortier, Conductor Blackwoods Campground Amphitheatre, Acadia National Park/Otter Creek Admission Free (voluntary contribution) " . . . a little bit of civilization in the woods. It was truly a great evening." - Audience Member Music by: Mozart, J.S. Bach, Edmund Cionek, and Grieg
Francis Fortier	FRIDAY, JULY 25 at 8:15 PM Fourth Annual Bob Noonan Memorial Concert BAR HARBOR FESTIVAL STRING ORCHESTRA Francis Fortier, Conductor Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mt. Desert Street Francis Fortier, conductor Gerard Reuter, oboe soloist Jeffrey Ellenberger, violin solist "Conducted since 1984 by internationally renowned violinist Francis Fortier, the String Orchestra is a masterful group of musicians." - Millerbrook Round Table, New York "The superb oboist Gerard Reuter" - The Boston Globe Music by: Mozart, J.S. Bach, Edmund Cionek, and Grieg
Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra	SUNDAY, JULY 27 at 8:15 PM FESTIVAL GALA BAR HARBOR FESTIVAL STRING ORCHESTRA Francis Fortier, Conductor Pre-Concert Dinner served beginning at 6:00 p.m. (optional) The Bar Harbor Club / 111 West Street Francis Fortier, conductor Gerard Reuter, oboe soloist Jeffrey Ellenberger, violin solist "Master conductor Francis Fortier . . . Master's touch resounds." - York Daily Record, Pennsylvania Music by: Mozart, J.S. Bach, Edmund Cionek, and Grieg with dancing to Strauss waltzes.

(artists and programs subject to change)

Tickets - $25
Student - $15
Pops, Jazz, Gala - $35
Opera - $25/$35/$45/$75

Pre-Concert Dinners - $35.00
(includes tax& gratuity)

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