Festival Schedule

2017 BAR HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL

Francis Fortier, Artistic Director

51st Festival Season
July 2, 2017 – July 30, 2017
Bar Harbor, Maine

“…one of New England’s great music festivals” -Nan Lincoln, The Bar Harbor Times

“Maine’s Premier Music Festival” – WGBH Classical New England/Boston

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(artists and programs subject to change)

Janinah Burnett

Brass Venture

O P E N I N G D A Y
Sunday July 2 at 4:00 p.m.
TEA CONCERT
JANINAH BURNETT, SOPRANO
CARA CHOWNING, PIANIST
Music by Liszt, Marx, and Carter
Tea Served During Intermission The Maine Sea Coast Mission

Christopher Johnson

Friday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, PIANIST
Music by Chopin and Rachmaninoff
Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mount Desert Street

Christopher Johnson, Pianist
“To hear Christopher Johnson now, on the cusp of a great career, is to
believe. Posessing a Van Cliburn intensity, he deserves to have the career
of a true musical star.”
–Donald Palladino, The Westfield Leader, New Jersey

Janinah Burnett

Sunday, July 9 at 8:00 p.m.
POPS CONCERT
JANINAH BURNETT, SOPRANO
CARA CHOWNING, PIANIST

Pre-Concert Dinner served beginning at 6:00 p.m. (optional)

The Bar Harbor Club, 111 West Street

Edmund Cionek

Tuesday, July 11 at 5:30 p.m.
21st Annual “NEW COMPOSERS” FORUM
“Composition and Creativity in the Tech Age”
Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mount Desert Street

Allison Kriger

Wednesday, July 12 at 8:00 p.m.
34th Annual “NEW COMPOSERS” CONCERT
ALLISON KIGER, FLUTIST & FRIENDS
Music by Cody, Galante, Thomas, and ColemanBar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mount Desert Street
The audience is cordially invited to a reception following the concert at the Argosy Gallery II, 6 Mount Desert Street, to meet the Artists and Composers.

Christopher Johnson

Thursday, July 13 at 8:00 p.m.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, PIANIST
Music by Debussy, Joplin, and GershwinSt. Saviour’s Episcopal Church

Allison Kriger

Saturday, July 15 at 8:00 p.m.
ALLISON KIGER, FLUTIST
CHRISTOPHER LADD, GUITARISTBar Harbor Congregational Church

Antonio Galera-Lopez

Tuesday, July 18 at 8:00 p.m.
ANTONIO GALERA LOPEZ, PIANIST
Music by de Falla, Fauré, and Granados

“Galera Lopez represents all that we admire in a pianist: warm sound, artistic phrasing, and faultless technique.”
-Joseph Youngblood, Palm Beach Daily News

Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mount Desert Street

Claudia Schaer

Thursday, July 20 at 8:00 p.m.
CLAUDIA SCHAER, VIOLINIST
MAX LIFCHITZ, PIANIST

Music by Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartok, & Grieg
St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church

Fenlon Lamb

Friday, July 21 at 8:00 p.m.
BAR HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL OPERA THEATRE
Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale”Fenlon Lamb, Stage Director
Cara Chowning, Music Director
The historic Criterion Theatre

Ardelia Trio

Sunday, July 22 at 8:00 p.m.
THE ARDELIA TRIO
Music by Haydn, Bizet, and Mendelssohn

“…There is something very special and unique about the way they present classical music.”
– Korea’s EBS Network Evening News

JANEY CHOI, VIOLINIST
JENNIFER DEVORE, CELLIST
JIHEA HONG-PARK, PIANIST

Bar Harbor Congregational Church, 29 Mount Desert Street

Wolverine Jazz Band

Sunday, July 23 at 8:00 p.m.
JAZZ NIGHT
WOLVERINE JAZZ BAND
“New Orleans Dance Hall Memories”
Cash Bar AvailableJackson Laboratory Commons, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor

Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra

Wednesday, July 26 at 8:00 p.m. (rain date July 27, 8:00 p.m.)
45th ANNUAL ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
OUTDOOR CONCERT
BAR HARBOR FESTIVAL STRING ORCHESTRA
FRANCIS FORTIER, CONDUCTORBlackwoods Campground Amphitheatre, Otter CreekFREE! (VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION)

Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra

Friday, July 28 at 8:00 p.m.
13th Annual Bob Noonan Memorial Concert
BAR HARBOR FESTIVAL STRING ORCHESTRA
FRANCIS FORTIER, CONDUCTOR
ANTONIO GALERA LOPEZ, PIANO SOLOISTMusic by Mozart and DvorákSaint Savior’s Episcopal Church, 41 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor

Bar Harbor Festival String Orchestra

Sunday, July 30 at 8:00 p.m.
FESTIVAL GALA
BAR HARBOR FESTIVAL STRING ORCHESTRA
FRANCIS FORTIER, CONDUCTORPre-Concert Dinner served beginning at 6:00 p.m. (optional)The Bar Harbor Club, 111 West Street

Pre-Concert Dinner/Buffet: $45.00

Artists & Programs subject to change

The Bar Harbor Music Festival
741 West End Avenue, Suite 4-B
New York, New York 10025-6222
212-222-1026
Email: info@barharbormusicfestival.org
Web site: www.barharbormusicfestival.org

After June 13
The Rodick Building
59 Cottage Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609-1800
207-288-5744

TICKETS & INFORMATION

Tickets… $30 Students… $15
“Pops”, Jazz, & Gala….$45
Opera..$35; $45.00, $50.00, & $80.00
Pre-Concert Dinner $45 (includes tax & gratuity)
All tickets entitle you to a reserved seat