2016 Connecticut Virtuosi Summer Music Festival Held in Farmington

From the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra:

FARMINGTON, CT - The 2016 Connecticut Virtuosi Summer Music Festival will run August 10-27. Performance lineup is as follows:

Wednesday, August 10

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT – 7:30 p.m. “Harmonic Inspirations” Antonio Vivaldi: Concertos for 4 violins from op. 3 (L’Estro Armonico): Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in D major, RV 549, Concerto for 4 Violins in E minor, RV 550, Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in F major, RV 567, Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor, RV 580. Adrian Sylveen, Eckart Lorenzen, Brunilda Myftaraj, Katalin Viszmag – violins, with members of the Institute Faculty Ensemble

Thursday, August 11

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT – 7:30pm Recital by pianist Luiz de Moura Castro.

Friday, August 12

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT – 7:30pm

Johannes Brahms: Sonatas for Violin and Piano: Adrian Sylveen, violin and Blake Hansen, piano. In Program: Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 for violin and piano, Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 for violin and piano.

Saturday, August 13

Cyril and Methodius Church, 55 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford, CT 06106 – 7:30pm

Giovianni Baptista Pergollesi: Stabat Mater for Soprano & Alto. Jurate Svedaite, soprano, Allison Lindsay, alto with Virtuosi Summer Institute Faculty Ensemble

Tuesday, August 16

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT

5:30pm - Student’s Chamber Music Performance Review

7:30pm - Chamber Music Program with cellist Nadine Wharton pianist Bridget de Moura Castro. Concert Program for this event will be announced soon.

Wednesday, August 17

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT – 7:30pm

Recital: Brunilda Myftaraj, Violin, Blake Hansen, Piano. In Program selections from “An American in Paris” and ” Porgy & Bess” by Gershwin/Heifetz, “Romance” by Amy Beach, “I Feel Pretty” from “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein, selection from the “Four Souvenirs” by Paul Schoenfield.

Thursday, August 18

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT - 5:30pm

Student’s Chamber Music Performance Review - 7:30pm

Performance by the students of the Opera Institue, Jurate Svedaite – Opera Institute Director

Friday, August 19

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT – 7:30pm

Institute Orchestra: “Harmonic Inspriations” Selection of Concertos from op. 3. Performance of the selections from the Vivaldi’s Concertos op.3 by the Virtuosi Institute Festival Orchestra, Adrian Sylveen, conductor

Saturday, August 20

Cyril and Methodius Church, 55 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford, CT 06106 – 7:30p

Chamber Music Program: Piano Quartet in G Minor, K.478 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus), Piano Quintet in a Major, D.667 (Schubert, Franz). Batia Lorenzen, piano, Eckart Lorenzen, violin, Adrian Sylveen, viola, Nadine Wharton, cello, Douglas Lemke, double bass.

Tuesday, August 23

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT - 5:30pm

Student’s Chamber Music Performance Review - 7:30pm

Brazilian mezzo-soprano Rebecca Batista de Almeida Performs South American Samba, Tango, and Bass-Nova, accompanied by the Institute Ensemble.

Wednesday, August 24

Tunxis Community College, Scott Swamp Road, Farmington, CT – 7:30pm

Institute Orchestra: “Harmonic Inspirations” Selection of Concertos from op.3. Performance by the Virtuosi Institute Festival Orchestra, Adrian Sylveen, conductor.

Thursday, August 25

Tunxis Community College, 271 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT

5:30pm - Student’s Chamber Music Performance Review

7:30pm - Opera: Orfeus & Euridice. Summer Institute Opera students present staged performance of the Christoper Gluck’s masterpiece. Stage direction by Jurate Svedaite, choreography by Jairo Alejandro Ulloa Zepeda, accompanied by Institute Opera Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Sylveen.

Saturday, August 27 (NOTE: This is a ticketed event)

Jewish Federation Auditorium, 444 Main St N, Southbury, CT – 7:30pm

Opera: Orfeus & Euridice. Summer Institute Opera students present staged performance of the Christoper Gluck’s masterpiece. Stage direction by Jurate Svedaite, choreography by Jairo Alejandro Ulloa Zepeda, accompanied by Institute Opera Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Sylveen.

For more information about the Festival and the Institute please visit www.institute.thevirtuosi.org, or call us at (860) 325-CVCO (2826). Admission to all events by free will offering, unless indicated otherwise.

Image courtesy of Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra.