Schedule of Events:

10am: Music on the Green: Erinys String Quartet

Join us every Wednesday morning this summer for our weekly free concert series, co-presented by the Yampa River Botanic Park. With concerts lasting just 45 minutes, it’s the perfect way to enjoy a summer morning.

Joining us this week is Erinys Quartet! Named for the Erinyes (a.k.a. the Furies) from the Greek tragedy Oresteia by Aeschylus, and with roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, the United States and Finland, the Erinys Quartet was founded in 2018 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki where they worked closely with cellist Marko Ylönen. Since Autumn 2023 Erinys has been the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, PA (USA).

In 2023-2024 season, the Erinys Quartet will present concerts around the world, including the United States, Spain, Austria, and Finland. In addition to their studies at Curtis with the Dover Quartet, Erinys is pursuing a diploma in chamber music at Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain under the tutelage of Professor Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartett).

7pm: Twilight Yoga

Bring your yoga mat and bug spray to sunset classes in our beautiful Festival Park. Teachers from Harmony Yoga lead all-levels classes to the sounds of Strings’ classical evening concert. Harmony classes focus on breath for grounding, movement for alignment of energy and extra long savasana for embodiment of our practice. Following the event, join your fellow yogis in a non-alcoholic drink reception as the sun sets on Mt. Werner. Come for the yoga, stay for community connection. Dress in layers for varying weather.

All ages welcome. $10 suggested donation benefits Strings.

Yoga will be canceled in bad weather. Call 970-89+5056x105 to confirm if class is running as scheduled.

7pm: When the Violin

Starts at $35

Industry Appreciation Night: You deserve a night out! Service industry and hospitality employees enjoy $10 tickets + one free drink at our classical concert, When The Violin, on July 24th. Please call the Box Office to reserve your tickets: (970) 879-5056 ext. 105.

Reena Esmail, composer-in-residence with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Seattle

Symphony, writes music at the intersection of East Indian and Western Classical traditions. Her piano trio “Saans” and poignant meditation “When the Violin” share this program with works by Mendelssohn and Bach, which take on fresh and multi-layered meaning in the company of Reena’s work. This is an evening for transcendence and stirring reflection.

Program

Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsktra`“When the Violin”

Reena Esmail Saans

(b. 1983)

Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49

(1809-1847) Molto Allegro agitato

Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

(1685-1750) Allemande

Courante

Sarabande

Gigue

Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

(arr. Cheli) Chaconne

Reena Esmail When the Violin

No children under 6.