Saturday, Jul 26, 2025 at 7:00pm
Monadnock Music is a 501(c)3 non-profit that has been making exceptional music accessible to all in intimate and informal settings in the towns and villages of the Monadnock region since 1966. Through a commitment to varied and imaginative performances and teaching, Monadnock Music keeps a sense of musical daring and discovery alive.
Schedule of Events:
7:00 pm: Harrisville Village Concert
Location: Harrisville Community Church - 13 Canal Street, Harrisville, NH
Featuring three luxurious works for harp and string quartet: a transcendent Adagio by Tchaikovsky, a darkly exotic tone poem in miniature by Mikhael Gnessin, and Andre Caplet's dramatic setting of Edgar Allen Poe's Masque of the Red Death. These are bookended by two works for string quartet which feature harplike plucking: Jesse Montgomery's wildly popular Strum, and Beethoven's exuberant "Harp" Quartet.
Program:
- Jessie Montgomery - Strum
- Mikhail Gnessin - Song of the Knight Errant, op. 28
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Adagio molto
- Andre Caplet - Conte fantastique
- Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in E-flat, op. 74 "Harp"
- Running time: approximately 88 minutes including intermission.
- Free and Open to the Public!