UPCOMING CONCERTS
Sun, July 28 @ 2 pm Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH
Sun, Oct. 27 @ 3 pm Duke University, Durham, NC Fri, Nov. 1 @ 7:30 pm Cathedral Arts Fall 2013 Series, Burlington, VT Sun, Nov. 3, time TBA Northeast Kingdom Classical Series' 25th Anniversary Gala Concert, South Church, St. Johnsbury, VT > > Visit the Performances page for details MAY 8-11: 2nd ANNUAL TOUR OF VERMONT
This May, Heliand Consort presents four concerts across Vermont featuring classical chamber music for woodwinds and piano by Telemann, Devienne, D'Rivera, Dvorak, Muczynski, and Poulenc.
The program takes listeners on a journey exploring some of the greatest pieces for woodwinds and piano from the baroque and classical eras through the 20th century. Among the highlights is the “Concerto in G Major” by Georg Philipp Telemann, one of the most prolific and creative German baroque composers. Also included are pieces which incorporate traditional dance music from the Old and New Worlds: selections from the “Slavonic Dances” by Antonin Dvorak and the “Danzon” by Cuban-American composer, Paquito D’Rivera, whose lyrical trio blends Cuban dance rhythms and Latin/jazz harmonies. Dvorak’s lively dance suite was inspired by Brahms’s “Hungarian Dances”, and was originally composed for piano four hands (two pianists playing on a single keyboard). They are based on folk dances including the polka, mazurka, polonaise, and other traditional dances. The “Slavonic Dances” were an immediate hit, such that Dvorak’s publisher asked him to arrange the pieces for orchestra. Heliand Consort performs selections from the suite arranged for flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano. Heliand Consort’s 2nd Annual Tour of Vermont is part of a nationwide celebration of chamber music taking place this May. The ensemble joins thousands of musicians across the country to celebrate National Chamber Music Month, sponsored by Chamber Music America. The tour features Berta Frank on flute, Elisabeth LeBlanc on clarinet, Rachael Elliott on bassoon, and Cynthia Huard on piano. TOUR DATES: May 8th: St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, St. Albans at 7:30 pm May 9th: Richmond Free Library, Richmond at 7 pm May 10th: First Congregational Church, Lyndonville at 7:30 pm May 11th: Bethany Church in Montpelier, 7:30 pm This program has been made possible in part through the sponsorship of The Field, with funding provided by our generous season sponsors. > > Listen to our live performance on VPR Classical with Walter Parker |
THANKS TO OUR 2012-13 SEASON SPONSORS
Almartin Volvo
Healthy Living As The Crow Flies Roby's Piano Shop, Inc. Saint Albans Society for the Performing Arts Vermont Youth Orchestra Association • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Special thanks to the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association for sponsoring our 2012-2013 rehearsal space at the
Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael's College. BECOME A 2013-14 SEASON SPONSOR
$1,000 & above - Producer
$500 - Benefactor $250 - Patron $100 - Fan Club Heliand Consort has partnered with Rachael Elliott's Bassoon Project, a sponsored artist at The Field, to assist with our fundraising. You can make a tax-deductible, secure web donation in support of Heliand Consort's 2013-2014 season by visiting Rachael's Bassoon Project page at The Field. All sponsors will be acknowledged in concert programs, on the sponsorship board displayed at each concert, and on our website. Additional recognition opportunities are available to business sponsors.
If you have any questions, or would prefer to make a donation by check, please contact Rachael Elliott for details. Rachael Elliott / Bassoon Project is sponsored by The Field, a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the national performing arts community. Contributions made to The Field and earmarked for "Bassoon Project" are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information about The Field contact: The Field, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 906, New York, NY 10038, (212) 691-6969, fax: (212) 255-2053, www.thefield.org. A copy of The Field's latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from The Field or from the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. |
RECENT NEWS
APRIL 6, 2013 :: VYOA WOODWIND DAY
Elley-Long Music Center at Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT
VYOA Woodwind Day is a free and public event open to all advanced, intermediate, and beginner flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon players. Band directors and teachers are also welcome to participate, and parents are encouraged to attend. Heliand Consort's woodwind quartet and guest artist Kenneth Andrews (flute professor at the Crane School of Music) perform the opening concert and offer an afternoon of clinics and master classes for all orchestral woodwinds. The grand finale is a large woodwind ensemble for all participants.
with Berta Frank - flute, Katie Oprea - oboe, Elisabeth LeBlanc - clarinet, and Rachael Elliott - bassoon
Highlights:
• Clinics and master classes for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon
• Guest artist Kenneth Andrews, flutist & professor from the Crane School of Music
• Woodwind Quartet performance by Heliand Consort
• Large woodwind ensemble for all participants
Woodwind Day vendors include:
• Jeff Weissman has flutes and piccolos for sale
• Gail Warnaar of the Double Reed Shop has etudes and method books for oboe and bassoon, along with CDs and reeds
• Advance Music has clarinets to try, sheet music for flute and clarinet players, and woodwind supplies
• Ellis Music Company has oboes and bassoons to try, along with a woodwind repair specialist and supplies
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013
• DECEMBER 31, 2012 at 6 PM :: First Baptist Church in Burlington
It's a busy start to the new year for Heliand Consort, beginning with our appearance at Burlington's First Night 2013! Our woodwind quartet rings in the New Year with folk music from the British Isles, music by French composers Jacques Ibert and Jean Françaix, and music & song inspired by Greek-mythology written by Vermont's own Don Jamison.
• JANUARY 5, 2013 at 7 PM :: St. Paul's United Methodist Church in St. Albans
We perform on a benefit concert at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in St. Albans as a part of their annual Twelfth Night celebration. Proceeds support three Franklin and Grand Isle County charities which provide food and shelter.
• JANUARY 6, 2013 at 3 PM :: Red Chair Series in Burlington
This special concert brings together live music and dance in the world premiere of "Meeting at the Well," a new work by choreographer and dancer, Clare Byrne. Byrne has created a new dance based on two Biblical tales of women who have transgressed, with live music by Heliand Consort. Our woodwind quartet performs music and song by Elliott Carter, Hildegard von Bingen, Kerry Andrew and Gordon Jacob. This concert is part of Christ Church Presbyterian's Red Chair performance series.
OCTOBER 22-28, 2012
Heliand Consort's seventh season opens with performances by our reed trio, including a charming selection of chamber music from the baroque and classical periods, plus modern French masterpieces and New World takes on familiar dances. Our tour begins in central Vermont on Oct. 22 with a live performance at WGDR at Goddard College. Then, Heliand Consort works with students of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association (Oct. 24) and Lyndon Institute High School (Oct. 25). We are delighted to perform our first-ever concerts in Newport (Oct. 26), Morrisville (Oct. 27) and Brandon (Oct. 28)!
JULY 29, 2012
Heliand Trio performs a free concert this Sunday at 3 pm in the Gathering Room at Kendal in Hanover, New Hampshire. We'll offer a reprise of the program we performed earlier this month for the Rochester Chamber Music Society's 17th Summer Season. The program includes gorgeous trios for clarinet, bassoon and piano by Beethoven, Glinka and Newsome, plus the stunning Sonata for clarinet and piano in E-flat by Brahms.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Trio in B-flat major, Opus 11
JOHANNES BRAHMS - Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120
PADMA NEWSOME - With Eyes Cast Down
MIKHAEL GLINKA - Trio Pathetique in D minor
PADMA NEWSOME - Song of the Bees
with Elisabeth LeBlanc - clarinet, Rachael Elliott - bassoon, and Cynthia Huard - piano
MAY 21, 2012
Our spring season concludes this week with four performances throughout Vermont of our "Classics for Piano and Winds" program, with special guest, Patricia Evans, principal horn of the Winnipeg Symphony. Tune in to VPR Classical on Wednesday 5/23 at 11:00 am for a preview of the concerts.
• Wednesday, May 23 in St. Albans - St. Paul's United Methodist Church
• Thursday, May 24 in St. Johnsbury - North Congregational Church
• Friday, May 25 in Montpelier - Bethany Church
• Saturday, May 26 in Middlebury - Middlebury Congregational Church
PROGRAM
W. A. Mozart - Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb, K. 452
August Klughardt - Quintet for Winds, Op. 79
Padma Newsome - Wind Quintet, arranged from 2 Moon Smile
Ludwig Thuille - Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet in Bb, Op. 6
with Berta Frank - flute, Katie Oprea - oboe, Elisabeth LeBlanc - clarinet, Rachael Elliott - bassoon, Patricia Evans - horn, Cynthia Huard - piano
APRIL 17, 2012
Heliand Consort performed at The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, as part of the free Tuesday 12-1 Lunchtime Series, presented by Cathedral Arts. Our woodwind trio packed an hour full of entertaining chamber music of Telemann, Haydn, Beethoven, Arnold and Holst. Thanks to Elaine Greenfield, Martin Poppe and Cathedral Arts for hosting this concert.
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Our "Cafes and Schools" program was a delight! Thanks to Christina Kelsh and Dave Grippo for hosting us in your schools, and to On the Rise Bakery in Richmond and Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne for two great shows. We heard from lots of folks who enjoyed hearing classical music in a low-key, comfortable setting, and we will be back with more in the coming season.
JANUARY 23, 2012
Happy New Year to all! It may be chilly out there, but Heliand Consort offers a warm program of woodwind trios for schools in South Burlington and Westford as a part of our outreach program. We'll perform music by Malcolm Arnold, Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten, and others. In addition, we'll present two classical chamber music sets this week:
• Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 3-5 pm at Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne
• Thursday, Jan. 26 from 8-10 pm at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Heliand Consort’s fifth season opens with a potpourri of 20th century French music for woodwinds and piano by Debussy, Ravel and members of ‘Les Six.’ The program includes solo piano music by Maurice Ravel from Miroirs, trio d’anches (reed trios) by Jacques Ibert and Darius Milhaud, and the beloved Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano by Francis Poulenc. Ahh, the perfumes of Paris! We perform two shows this weekend in our home state of Vermont and then take the show to North Carolina for concerts at UNC School for the Arts and Duke University.
JUNE 13-18, 2011
Our Summer Light Music tour of Vermont brings our woodwind quartet to historic and off-the-beaten path venues across northern Vermont. We perform a light set of classical favorites by Britten, Carter, Françaix and Jacob, plus the world premiere of What Pan Was Doing by Vermont composer, Don Jamison, for woodwind quartet/doubling voices. Why no piano, you ask? We were able to play in some more unusual areas of the state, including an off-the-grid church in East Calais and theater in Sheffield, both of which are serviced by outhouses! We also performed in the Historic Huntington Library, the gorgeous Grace Church in Sheldon (see John LeBlanc's beautiful photos we've posted on Facebook), Radio Bean in Burlington, and the Unitarian Church in Jericho.
Elley-Long Music Center at Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT
VYOA Woodwind Day is a free and public event open to all advanced, intermediate, and beginner flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon players. Band directors and teachers are also welcome to participate, and parents are encouraged to attend. Heliand Consort's woodwind quartet and guest artist Kenneth Andrews (flute professor at the Crane School of Music) perform the opening concert and offer an afternoon of clinics and master classes for all orchestral woodwinds. The grand finale is a large woodwind ensemble for all participants.
with Berta Frank - flute, Katie Oprea - oboe, Elisabeth LeBlanc - clarinet, and Rachael Elliott - bassoon
Highlights:
• Clinics and master classes for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon
• Guest artist Kenneth Andrews, flutist & professor from the Crane School of Music
• Woodwind Quartet performance by Heliand Consort
• Large woodwind ensemble for all participants
Woodwind Day vendors include:
• Jeff Weissman has flutes and piccolos for sale
• Gail Warnaar of the Double Reed Shop has etudes and method books for oboe and bassoon, along with CDs and reeds
• Advance Music has clarinets to try, sheet music for flute and clarinet players, and woodwind supplies
• Ellis Music Company has oboes and bassoons to try, along with a woodwind repair specialist and supplies
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013
• DECEMBER 31, 2012 at 6 PM :: First Baptist Church in Burlington
It's a busy start to the new year for Heliand Consort, beginning with our appearance at Burlington's First Night 2013! Our woodwind quartet rings in the New Year with folk music from the British Isles, music by French composers Jacques Ibert and Jean Françaix, and music & song inspired by Greek-mythology written by Vermont's own Don Jamison.
• JANUARY 5, 2013 at 7 PM :: St. Paul's United Methodist Church in St. Albans
We perform on a benefit concert at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in St. Albans as a part of their annual Twelfth Night celebration. Proceeds support three Franklin and Grand Isle County charities which provide food and shelter.
• JANUARY 6, 2013 at 3 PM :: Red Chair Series in Burlington
This special concert brings together live music and dance in the world premiere of "Meeting at the Well," a new work by choreographer and dancer, Clare Byrne. Byrne has created a new dance based on two Biblical tales of women who have transgressed, with live music by Heliand Consort. Our woodwind quartet performs music and song by Elliott Carter, Hildegard von Bingen, Kerry Andrew and Gordon Jacob. This concert is part of Christ Church Presbyterian's Red Chair performance series.
OCTOBER 22-28, 2012
Heliand Consort's seventh season opens with performances by our reed trio, including a charming selection of chamber music from the baroque and classical periods, plus modern French masterpieces and New World takes on familiar dances. Our tour begins in central Vermont on Oct. 22 with a live performance at WGDR at Goddard College. Then, Heliand Consort works with students of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association (Oct. 24) and Lyndon Institute High School (Oct. 25). We are delighted to perform our first-ever concerts in Newport (Oct. 26), Morrisville (Oct. 27) and Brandon (Oct. 28)!
JULY 29, 2012
Heliand Trio performs a free concert this Sunday at 3 pm in the Gathering Room at Kendal in Hanover, New Hampshire. We'll offer a reprise of the program we performed earlier this month for the Rochester Chamber Music Society's 17th Summer Season. The program includes gorgeous trios for clarinet, bassoon and piano by Beethoven, Glinka and Newsome, plus the stunning Sonata for clarinet and piano in E-flat by Brahms.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Trio in B-flat major, Opus 11
JOHANNES BRAHMS - Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120
PADMA NEWSOME - With Eyes Cast Down
MIKHAEL GLINKA - Trio Pathetique in D minor
PADMA NEWSOME - Song of the Bees
with Elisabeth LeBlanc - clarinet, Rachael Elliott - bassoon, and Cynthia Huard - piano
MAY 21, 2012
Our spring season concludes this week with four performances throughout Vermont of our "Classics for Piano and Winds" program, with special guest, Patricia Evans, principal horn of the Winnipeg Symphony. Tune in to VPR Classical on Wednesday 5/23 at 11:00 am for a preview of the concerts.
• Wednesday, May 23 in St. Albans - St. Paul's United Methodist Church
• Thursday, May 24 in St. Johnsbury - North Congregational Church
• Friday, May 25 in Montpelier - Bethany Church
• Saturday, May 26 in Middlebury - Middlebury Congregational Church
PROGRAM
W. A. Mozart - Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb, K. 452
August Klughardt - Quintet for Winds, Op. 79
Padma Newsome - Wind Quintet, arranged from 2 Moon Smile
Ludwig Thuille - Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet in Bb, Op. 6
with Berta Frank - flute, Katie Oprea - oboe, Elisabeth LeBlanc - clarinet, Rachael Elliott - bassoon, Patricia Evans - horn, Cynthia Huard - piano
APRIL 17, 2012
Heliand Consort performed at The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, as part of the free Tuesday 12-1 Lunchtime Series, presented by Cathedral Arts. Our woodwind trio packed an hour full of entertaining chamber music of Telemann, Haydn, Beethoven, Arnold and Holst. Thanks to Elaine Greenfield, Martin Poppe and Cathedral Arts for hosting this concert.
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Our "Cafes and Schools" program was a delight! Thanks to Christina Kelsh and Dave Grippo for hosting us in your schools, and to On the Rise Bakery in Richmond and Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne for two great shows. We heard from lots of folks who enjoyed hearing classical music in a low-key, comfortable setting, and we will be back with more in the coming season.
JANUARY 23, 2012
Happy New Year to all! It may be chilly out there, but Heliand Consort offers a warm program of woodwind trios for schools in South Burlington and Westford as a part of our outreach program. We'll perform music by Malcolm Arnold, Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten, and others. In addition, we'll present two classical chamber music sets this week:
• Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 3-5 pm at Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne
• Thursday, Jan. 26 from 8-10 pm at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Heliand Consort’s fifth season opens with a potpourri of 20th century French music for woodwinds and piano by Debussy, Ravel and members of ‘Les Six.’ The program includes solo piano music by Maurice Ravel from Miroirs, trio d’anches (reed trios) by Jacques Ibert and Darius Milhaud, and the beloved Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano by Francis Poulenc. Ahh, the perfumes of Paris! We perform two shows this weekend in our home state of Vermont and then take the show to North Carolina for concerts at UNC School for the Arts and Duke University.
JUNE 13-18, 2011
Our Summer Light Music tour of Vermont brings our woodwind quartet to historic and off-the-beaten path venues across northern Vermont. We perform a light set of classical favorites by Britten, Carter, Françaix and Jacob, plus the world premiere of What Pan Was Doing by Vermont composer, Don Jamison, for woodwind quartet/doubling voices. Why no piano, you ask? We were able to play in some more unusual areas of the state, including an off-the-grid church in East Calais and theater in Sheffield, both of which are serviced by outhouses! We also performed in the Historic Huntington Library, the gorgeous Grace Church in Sheldon (see John LeBlanc's beautiful photos we've posted on Facebook), Radio Bean in Burlington, and the Unitarian Church in Jericho.