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The Friends of Music at Emanuel chamber music series, now in its sixth year, was established by a group of individuals who wanted to share great chamber music with the Greater Hartford/Manchester community, especially those who cannot afford to experience the joy that music brings. We are a not-for-profit organization administered by a board of directors that receives no compensation.

We present a concert series of diverse musical performances of the highest quality. All the concerts are free because of the generous donations from music lovers who support the FME chamber music series. Our entire budget goes directly toward the performances to cover artist fees, promotion and publicity, operating costs and maintenance of on-site instruments.

Musicians and concert-goers alike acclaim Emanuel Lutheran Church as a premiere destination for chamber music. Emanuel’s acoustics are the perfect backdrop for its remarkable instrument collection, which includes a beautifully restored 1893 Steinway concert grand, David Jacques Ways harpsichord and Casavant pipe organ.

These concerts are for you, your family and friends and the community. We ask that you consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Friends of Music at Emanuel. Please write a check to Emanuel Lutheran Church with “FME” on the memo line, and mail it to the church address. Your donation will be used solely for the benefit of the concert series.

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Email: FriendsofMusicatEmanuel@gmail.com

Matthew Burry, Artistic Director

Phone: 860-643-1193www.FriendsofMusicAtEmanuel.org

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FMEFRIENDS OF MUSIC AT EMANUEL

EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH60 CHURCH STREET

MANCHESTER, CT 06040

2016 - 2017CHAMBER

MUSIC SERIES

Dear Music Enthusiast,

It gives me great pleasure to present the sixth annual Friends of Music at Emanuel chamber music series. These six concerts will bring dynamic artists to Manchester — some from distant parts of the world — who will share their artistry in the intimate and acoustically superb sanctuary of Emanuel Lutheran Church.

In 2016 - 2017, we will welcome back several memorable artists from past years. Sergey Antonov, the Russian cellist who astounded us in 2015 with his technical mastery and emotional range, will perform with compatriots Ilya Kazantsev and Misha Keylin as the Hermitage Piano Trio.

Another long-time friend of FME, pianist Corbin Beisner will take leave from his studies at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and an emerging European performing career to perform in FME’s series. Two other groups returning to the series are the beloved local ensemble, the CitySingers of Hartford, and the premiere early music group, the Sebastians.

New to this year’s series is the Alturas Duo with Gonzalo Cortes who joins us with an engaging performance of South American music.

We are eager to welcome two very young artists in April—Tyler Tan and Martim Almeida. These young musicians have reached an extraordinary level of accomplishment for their age, and they are sure to have a promising musical future.

I thank you for your past and continuing support and invite you to come along with us on this year’s musical journey. See you at the concerts.

Matthew Burry, artistic director

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EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH - 60 CHURCH STREET - MANCHESTER, CT

The SebastiansAlturas Duo with Gonzalo Cortes

FRIENDS OF MUSIC at EMANUEL 2016 - 2017 CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

The only group of its kind, the Alturas Duo brings together guitarist Scott Hill and charango/viola player Carlos Boltes. The duo will be joined by flutist and Andean woodwind specialist Gonzalo Cortes for a program of Latin American music that includes the Brazilian composers, Sergio Assad and Raimundo Penaforte, the Cuban composer, Leo Brouwer, the Argentine composer, Ariel, and folk music from Chile learned in the oral tradition. Performance will feature the guitar, charango, viola, pan flutes,

quena (Andean flute) and classical flute. www.alturasduo.com

MARCH 11 at 7 Martim Almeida and Tyler Tan APRIL 8 at 7Two remarkable young musicians, both in their early teens, will display their exceptional talent performing Grieg’s Violin Sonata in C minor for violin and piano, and other virtuosic solo works. Pianist Martim Almeida, a native of Portugal, began studying the piano at the age of seven and made his concert debut in November 2015 with

Orquestra Clássica do Centro (Coimbra, Portugal). Violinist Tyler Tan, a Connecticut native, won his first competition at the age of seven and has been soloist with Cheshire Symphony Orchestra and New England Youth Symphony. Both musicians are joint winners of the 2015 CT Virtuosi Institute Youth Competition.

MAY 14 at 4*

Corbin BeisnerReturning to the FME concert series by popular demand, Corbin Beisner will present a program of piano sonatas by Beethoven, including the famous Pathetique, Apassionata and Waldstein sonatas. Mr. Beisner is currently studying piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, having received his Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude from the Hartt School of Music in 2009. Mr. Beisner has performed to great acclaim throughout the United States and Europe, and was the first prize winner at international piano festivals in Obidos, Portugal, Barcelona, Spain, and Freiburg, Germany.

NOVEMBER 12 at 7 OCTOBER 8 at 7Descending from the renowned musical tradition of Russia, the Hermitage Piano Trio is distinguished by its exuberant musicality, interpretive range, and intensely sumptuous tonality. Described by critics as “three of Russia’s most spectacular young soloists,” the elite trio of violinist Misha Keylin, cellist Sergey Antonov, and pianist Ilya Kazantsev will perform trios by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Glinka and Suk. www.hermitagepianotrio.com

Hermitage Piano Trio DECEMBER 10 at 4*Celebrating joy and renewed hope for peace, CitySingers of Hartford presents a montage of seasonal motets from the Renaissance period to the present, as well as carols inspired by traditional folksongs. Along with a cappella choral arrangements and selections accompanied by harp, woodwinds, bells, percussion and pipe organ, the audience will be invited to join in singing unique arrangements of familiar carols. Featured works will be the winter segment of British composer Larry Ashmore’s Four Seasons and varied settings of In Dulci Jubilo. * The concert will take place on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. www.citysingers.org

CitySingers of Hartford

The New York City-based Sebastians are a dynamic and vital musical ensemble specializing in music of the baroque and classical eras. Music critics praise them for well-thought-out articulation and phrasing, immaculate tuning and balance, in conjunction with thoughtful expressivity and classical elegance. The group will present a grand program of music by J.S. Bach and his contemporaries, Handel and Telemann, and include Bach’s famous Musical Offering. We welcome their return to the series. *The concert will take place on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. www.sebastians.org

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