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SALT BAY CHAMBERFEST 2023 FESTIVAL
GODDESS
Four Festival Concerts: August 8, 11, 15, 19
Festival Concerts begins at 7:30 pm
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
Season Subscription $150
Includes admission to four evening concerts and pre-concert lectures
Single Concert Ticket $40 General Admission / $25 First-time attendee / Students free
Includes admission to concert and pre-concert lecture
Festival Concert 1
August 8, 2023
Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
ÉLISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE: Sonata No. 1 in D minor for Violin and Continuo
JULIE PINEL: Rossignols vous chantez
ANTONIA BEMBO: Passan veloci l’hore
BARBARA STROZZI: Che si può fare, Op. 8, No. 6
TONIA KO: Still Life Crumbles
BARBARA STROZZI: Hor che Apollo, Op. 8, No. 3
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Mark Steinberg, violin
Riccardo Minasi, violin
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
Festival Concert 2
August 11, 2023
Friday at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
HENRY PURCELL: “Dido’s Lament” from Dido and Aeneas
FANNY MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in E-flat major, H. 277
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Brentano String Quartet:
Mark Steinberg, violin
Serena Canin, violin
Misha Amory, viola
Nina Lee, cello
Festival Concert 3
Two locations!
August 15, 2023
Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
August 16, 2023
Wednesday at 7:30 pm
Strand Theatre in Rockland, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
DAWN AVERY: Iethi’sotha Ahsonthehnéhka Karáhkwa (Grandmother Moon) (commissioned by SBC)
OTTORINO RESPIGHI: Il tramonto
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano
Susie Park, violin
Sean Lee, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Natalie Loughran, viola
Oliver Herbert, cello
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Festival Concert 4
August 19, 2023
Saturday at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm
PAULINE OLIVEROS: A Fluting Moment
LIZA LIM: “Throat Song” from Sex Magic
SUZANNE FARRIN: The Stimulus of Loss
DU YUN: An Empty Garlic
FRANZ SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”
Claire Chase, flute
Sean Lee, violin
Susie Park, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
July Benefit Concert
Wilhelmina Smith & Jennifer Koh
Benefit Concert with Jennifer Koh & Wilhelmina Smith - SOLD OUT
July 23, 2023
Sunday at 4:00 pm
Home of George & Susan Weiser Mason in Damariscotta Mills, ME
$150
Duets for violin and cello performed by Grammy-award winner Jennifer Koh and SBC Artistic Director Wilhelmina Smith fill the airy church-turned-art studio home in Damariscotta Mills. Enjoy music, art, wine, and hor d’oeuvres at this special event.
FREE Community Events
Home Within. Photo by Piotr Połoczański, courtesy of The Festival of World Cultures in Gdańsk
Lecture/Demo with Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
August 7, 2023
Monday at 3:00 pm
Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Jennifer Koh, photo by Juergen Frank
Family Concert with the Brentano String Quartet
August 10, 2023
Thursday at 3:00 pm
Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
“Fanny & Fannie”
Lecture/Demo on Fanny Mendelssohn with the Brentano String Quartet
August 10, 2023
Thursday at 5:00 pm
Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Music on the River with Sean Lee, violin
August 13, 2023
Sunday at 5:00 pm
Riverside in Newcastle, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Composer Talk & Performance with Dawn Avery
August 17, 2023
Thursday at 1:00 pm
Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness in Bangor, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.
Master Class with Sean Lee, violin
August 19, 2023
Saturday at 1:00 pm
Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta, ME
This event is open to the public free of charge.