Boscobel Chamber Music Festival

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Boscobel House and Gardens is proud to announce the second annual Boscobel Chamber Music Festival in partnership with the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, led by Artistic Director and violinist, Arnaud Sussmann.

Over the course of nine days, from September 1st to 10th, the Festival presents Boscobel experiences of some of the most sought-after chamber musicians in the world, including five public performances, patron events, and wide-ranging engagement and educational offerings for audiences of all ages.

The festival’s international roster of artists include violinists Jennifer Frautschi and Benjamin Beilman, violists Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt and Jonathan Vinocour, cellists David Requiro and Nicholas Canellakis, pianist Michael Stephen Brown, and the Ehnes String Quartet.

 

Festival Concerts

 

Friday, September 1st, 7PM

CHAUSSON – Poème, Op. 25

• Jennifer Frautschi, violin soloist

YSAŸE – Rêve d’enfant, Op. 14

• Arnaud Sussmann, violin
• Michael Stephen Brown, piano

CHAUSSON –  Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21

• Benjamin Beilman, violin soloist
• Michael Stephen Brown, piano soloist

 Artists

• Benjamin Beilman, violin
• Jennifer Frautschi, violin
• Arnaud Sussmann, violin
• Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt, viola
• Nicholas Canellakis, cello
• Michael Stephen Brown, piano

West Meadow Pavilion
Indoor unassigned seating
Adult: $65 | Child 4-18: $45
Members: 20%OFF

Saturday, September 2, 2PM

A Talk with Master Violin Maker Sam Zygmuntowicz

What makes a Stradivarius a Stradivarius, and can a modern violin capture the magic of the past? How does craft become art?  Violinmaker Sam Zygmuntowicz explores the mystery and science of the violin.

Festival artists will join to demonstrate a genuine Stradivari and a modern “Strad-style” violin.

West Meadow Pavilion
Indoor unassigned seating
Adult: $25 | Child 4-18: $15
Members: 20%OFF

Monday, September 4, 6PM

DVOŘÁK SEXTET – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48

TCHAIKOVSKY – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

Artists

• Arnaud Sussmann, violin
• Jennifer Frautschi, violin
• Jonathan Vinocour, viola
• Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt, viola
• Nicholas Canellakis, cello
• David Requiro, cello

The Great Lawn
Outdoor unassigned seating
Adult: $55 | Child 4-18: $25
Members: 20%OFF

Saturday, September 9, 6PM

Ehnes String Quartet

HAYDN – String Quartet Op. 77, No.1 

SCHUBERT – Rondo in A Major, D. 438

MENDELSSOHN – String Quintet in B-flat, Op. 87

• Ehnes String Quartet
• James Ehnes, violin
• Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
• Brian Chen, viola
• Edward Arron, cello
• Arnaud Sussmann, viola

West Meadow Pavilion
Indoor unassigned seating
Adult: $65 | Child 4-18: $45
Members: 20%OFF

Sunday, September 10, 2PM

Family Concert with Ehnes Quartet and Arnaud Sussmann

 

Getting to the Boscobel Chamber Music Festival.
A FREE SHUTTLE is available from Cold Spring’s MetroNorth Train Station before/after each public performance.
Tickets are non-refundable. Please see our ticketing policy for more info.
Performers and repertoire subject to change. 

 

Led by artistic director, Arnaud Sussmann, the festival’s international roster of artists include violinists Jennifer Frautschi and Benjamin Beilman, violists Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt and Jonathan Vincour, cellists David Requiro and Nicholas Canellakis, pianist Michael Stephen Brown, and the Ehnes String Quartet.

(Artist Press Photos courtesy of Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach)