Meeting House Chamber Music Festival to Present Masterpieces from around the World

On Monday, July 17 at 7:30 PM, the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival will present a selection of full-fledged masterpieces with the characteristic intimacy and human scale of chamber music. The program features music from various countries and historical eras, all allied in their portrayal of intense and contrasting emotions. All festival concerts are presented at Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans. Tickets are $25 at the door (under 18 free). Additional festival information can be found at http://www.meetinghousemusic.org

The first movement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata is a blend of light and darkness, much like the composer’s own life. The astonishing range in mood runs from sensitivity and lyricism to gaiety to intense sadness. Gaspar Cassado’s Trio is agile and virtuosic. Like the Schubert piece, it creates a powerful dark-tinged mood that yields to a carefree dancing finale. Panufnik’s Piano Trio is full of panache and youthful romanticism and, like all the pieces in this program, it has an incredibly rich and varied emotional range. Mendelssohn’s Trio bursts with fiery emotion and also contains sublime, prayer-like moments.

Joining the festival's Artistic Director and pianist Donald Enos will be violinist Joyce Hammann and cellist Matthias Naegele. Joyce Hammann is a virtuoso who is equally at home on the concert stage, in a jazz club, and in front of screaming fans at a rock concert. She has performed and recorded with Paul McCartney, Sting, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen and served as concertmaster for The Phantom of the Opera. Matthias Naegele has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician in Europe, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and Asia. Naegele's performances are regularly broadcast over National Public Radio and Public Television. He plays a Mateo Gofriller cello made in Venice in 1735. 

The Meeting House Chamber Music Festival is the longest-running music festival on Cape Cod. The finale for this 49th summer season will take place on Monday, July 24 and will feature works by Shostakovich, Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Telemann, and Mozart. A complete program listing for the 2023 season is attached and available at http://www.meetinghousemusic.org.

The Meeting House Chamber Festival is grateful for the support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cape Cod 5 Foundation, and the Mary-Louise and Ruth N. Eddy Foundation.