Monadnock Music Summer Festival - Westmoreland Village Concert

Thursday, Jul 17, 2025 at 7:00pm

Park Hill Meeting House and Historical Society
603-924-7610

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: Westmoreland Village Concert

Location: Park Hill Meeting House - Park Hill Common, Westmoreland, NH

An evening of string quartet music inspired by poetry, literature, and folk song. Kian Ravei's glittering string quartet describes the natural world as seen through seven poems by Emily Dickinson. Zhou Long's "Old Fisherman" reflects on a Chinese poem from the 9th century; Libby Larsen's energetic Sorrow Song and Jubilee draws inspiration from the spiritual "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." We conclude with a rarely heard quartet by Venezuelan-French composer Reynaldo Hahn, whose two-year love affair and lifelong friendship with Marcel Proust shaped both artists profoundly.

Program:
- Kian Ravei - The Little Things
- Zhou Long - Old Fisherman, from "Poems from Tang"
- Libby Larsen - Sorrow Song and Jubilee
- Reynaldo Hahn - String Quartet #2 in F major
- Running time: approximately 80 minutes including intermission.
- Free and Open to the Public!

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