The Spring Chamber Music Festival, a collaboration between the Park City Chamber Music Society and the music department of Utah Valley University, takes place next weekend. There will be two concerts and a salon concert.
Festival founders Leslie and Russell Harlow have invited guest cellist Tom Landschoot, to join them and UVU faculty members Serena Kanig Benish, soprano; Tyler Nelson, tenor; Justin Leslie, guitar; and Donna Fairbanks, violin. Local favorite Jed Moss, piano, rounds out the roster.
Among the works to be performed at the three-day festival are Luigi Boccherini’s Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet; Max Bruch’s Kol Nidre; Franz Schubert’s The Shepherd on the Rock; and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge.
Tickets for the two concerts, on April 6 and 8, are $20 for general admission and $15 for seniors and students, and are available at the door.
There is a minimum donation of $40 for the salon concert on April 7. This is a reservation only event. An online invitation is available at http://www.punchbowl.com/parties/3810671-spring-salon-concert?5523567, where you can RSVP if you’re interested in attending. You can also RSVP by contacting the festival office by email at lharlow@pcmusicfestival.com or by phone at 435-649-5309. Seating is limited.
Below is a schedule of festival events.
- April 6, 7:30 p.m., Hoffmans Fine Art Gallery (1678 W. Redstone Center Dr., Suite 110-115, Park City): Boccherini, Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet; Bruch, Kol Nidre; Handel-Halvorsen, Passacaglia. Performers: Justin Leslie, guitar; Donna Fairbanks, violin; Leslie Harlow, viola; Tom Landschoot, cello; Jed Moss, piano.
- April 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Hoffmans Fine Art Gallery (1678 W. Redstone Center Dr., Suite 110-115, Park City): Salon Concert; selections of works by Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann and Brahms. Performers: Jeffrey Shumway, piano; Tom Landschoot, cello; Leslie Harlow, viola; Russell Harlow, clarinet.
- April 8, 7:30 p.m., Park City Community Church (U-224 at Bear Hollow Dr.): Schubert, The Shepherd on the Rock; Vaughan Williams, On Wenlock Edge; Beethoven, Beethoven, Trio, op. 11. Performers: Serena Kanig Benish, soprano; Tyler Nelson, tenor; Tom Landschoot, cello; Russell Harlow, clarinet; Jed Moss, piano.
