Bay Chamber Merchandise

Musical Gifts, by Thomas Wolf

How did a fishing village, famous for its great sailing ships, its lime kilns, and the purity of its winter ice become a center of great music? This charming book tells the story of a coastal Maine town that has, for almost a century, been a destination for some of the world’s great musicians. Launched as a summer music colony by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok Zimbalist in 1930, the community’s history reflects a larger story of classical music in America. The story is told by Thomas Wolf, the Artistic Director of Bay Chamber Concerts, whose family was part of the musical history of Rockport, Maine for three generations. The book contains over 60 historic photographs and is full of amusing and never-before-told anecdotes of some of the great musicians of the twentieth century.

Musical Gifts is vailable for $25 by calling the bos office at (207) 236-2823 or on Amazon.com by clicking here.

Bay Chamber Concerts’ 48th Season included 34 concerts from October 2007 through August 2008. 

This 2-CD compilation features 6 performances recorded live in concert, selected for their individual excellence and as a representative cross-section of the season. 

Highlights is available for $20 by calling the box office at (207) 236-2823, or by visiting us at 18 Central Street in Rockport, or at any of our concerts.

CD1
Note: due to a printing error, the CD lists the first two pieces of CD1 in reverse order.

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
The St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttal and Scott St. John, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello) and The Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee, violin; Meg Freivogel, violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)
Recorded on July 31, 2008

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Three Romances for oboe and piano, Op. 94
Liang Wang, oboe; Inon Barnatan, piano
Recorded on July 10, 2008

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sextet for piano and wind quintet
First Chair All Stars (Demarre McGill, Principal flute San Diego Symphony; Elizabeth Koch, Principal oboe Atlanta Symphony; Michael Rusinek Principal clarinet Pittsburgh Symphony; Daniel Matsukawa Principal bassoon Philadelphia Orchestra; Philip Munds Principal French horn Baltimore Symphony) with Max Levinson, piano
Recorded on August 27, 2008

CD2
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Geoff Nuttal, Livia Sohn, Debra Fong - violins; Scott St. John, Sharon Wei, Peter Zazofsky - violas; Christopher Costanza, Marc Johnson, Nicole Johnson – cellos; Deborah Dunham, bass; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord
Recorded on August 13, 2008

Frederick Loewe (1904-1988) & Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986)
arr. Stephen Prutsman (b.1960)
“I Could Have Danced All Night”
Allison Eldredge, cello; Max Levinson, piano
Recorded November 10, 2007 

The Final Performance of the Vermeer Quartet
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Op 131
The Vermeer Quartet (Shmuel Ashkenasi and Mathias Tacke, violins; Richard Young, viola; Marc Johnson, cello)
Recorded on November 29, 2007