Door County lineup of chamber music concerts

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SISTER BAY, Wis. (WFRV) Midsummers Music wraps up its July performances and reads for much more chamber music in its sultry summer concert series. Info: midsummersmusic.com.

According to a press release: The Midsummer Musics early summer concert series concludes with the passionate Diversions and Excursions program featuring Ludwig van Beethovens Serenade in D major, Op. 25, Piotr Tchaikovskys Souvenir de Florence in D minor, opus 70 and Katherine Hoovers Divertimento (1975).

This series will take place July 23 at 7 p.m. at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor, July 24 at 7 p.m. at SWY231 in Sturgeon Bay and July 25 at 4 p.m. at the Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor.

Featured musicians are Heather Zinninger Yarmel, flute, David Perry and Ann Palen, violins, Allyson Fleck and Ria Hodgson, violas, and Paula Kosower and James Waldo, cellos.

The Sultry summer concert series of late summer events includes four unique programs in 13 performances. Starting August 20 and ending on Labor Day, the concerts feature composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Ferdinand Reis, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, John Harbison, Libby Larsen, Joachim Raff and composer in residence 2021 Quinn Mason.

Highlights include an opening night celebration on August 20 at St. Lukes Episcopal Church in Sister Bay; the world premiere of Quinn Mason’s Door County Concerto on August 26 in St. Lukes; the only Concert Show of 2021 on September 2 at a private residence in Sister Bay; and a festive fundraising benefit concert on the afternoon of September 6 at Bjrklunden in Baileys Harbor, with special guest and host John Clare of SiriusXM and St. Louis 107.3. The full schedule is posted at midsummersmusic.com.

A Coffee Talk, a free, informal presentation on musical topics by musicians and friends of Midsummers Music, will feature 2021 composer-in-residence Quinn Mason at 10 a.m. on August 28 at a location to be determined.

Before planning or purchasing tickets, spectators should review Midsummers’ COVID-19 policy on the website.

Midsummers Music was co-founded in 1990 by Jim and Jean Berkenstock, longtime summer residents of Door County and principal orchestral players of the Lyric Opera in Chicago.

Forward:

Diversions and excursions

Music by Katherine Hoover, Ludwig van Beethoven and Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky

July 23: 7 p.m. Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor, WI

July 24: 7 p.m. SWY231, Sturgeon Bay, WI

July 25: 4 p.m. Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI

The Beethoven sphere

Music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Ferdinand Reis

August 20: 7 p.m. St. Lukes Episcopal Church, Sister Bay, WI

August 22: 4 p.m. Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI

Don’t make small plans

Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and 2021 Composer-in-Residence Quinn Mason

August 26: 7 p.m. St. Lukes Episcopal Church, Sister Bay

August 27: 7 p.m. Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor

August 28: 7 p.m. Hope United Church of Christ, Sturgeon Bay

August 29: 4 p.m. Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor

Sex! (as in Six)

Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Strauss and Arnold Schoenberg

September 1: 7 p.m. Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor

Sep 2: 7 p.m. Concert Salon, private residence, Sister Bay

September 5: 4 p.m. Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor

Let’s celebrate our first 30 years!

Music by John Harbison, Libby Larsen and Joachim Raff

September 3: 7 p.m. Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor

September 4: 7 p.m. SWY231, Sturgeon Bay

Sep 6: 3 p.m. Bjrklunden, Baileys Harbor

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