Cape May Music Festival

May 20 to June 10, 2010

21st Season! Another season of sweet sounds by the sea presented by

From the classical to the classic, the 21st Cape May Music Festival will offer a feast for every musical taste — orchestra, chamber, world traditions, beloved classics and even a few intriguing new sounds. Alan R. Kay and the New York Chamber Ensemble are returning for their annual chamber series and the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, under the baton of principal conductor Jed Gaylin, returns as the orchestra-in-residence.

What better place for an elegant and intimate musical experience than the Carriage House Tearoom and Café? Try a Bach's Lunch to round out your Music Festival experience!

Special Pre-Festival Performance!

Wednesday, May 12: 9pm
BROTHER
The Boiler Room at Congress Hall
No cover
Fusing signature vocals and guitar with the deep pulse of the didgeridoo, the soaring highs of the bagpipes, and tribal percussion, BROTHER is wholly original. The band’s powerhouse live performances are an energetic celebration, captivating and engaging the audience from the first song to the last.

2010 Mainstage Concert Schedule

		Thursday, May 20: 8pm Star of the Sea Church, Washington Street Mall at Ocean Street KEVIN BURKE and CAL SCOTT (Traditional Irish Music) Kevin Burke, with his highly fluid and ornamented Sligo-style of fiddle, and multi-instrumentalist Cal Scott, who frequently sings his own songs when performing a show with Burke, are easily two of the most recognizable talents in Irish music today. "Kevin Burke is one of the great living Celtic fiddlers." The New York Times Buy Now
		Sunday, May 23: 8pm First Presbyterian Church, Hughes & Decatur GEORGE MESTERHAZY & FRIENDS "Love Found and Love Lost" Cape May's favorite Jazz pianist and Grammy Award nominee performs selections from the Great American Songbook. Featuring Paula Johns and other special guests Buy Now
		Tuesday, May 25: 8pm Episcopal Church of the Advent, Franklin & Washington streets NEW YORK CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: *“Four’s a Crowd”* Sibelius Duo in C Major Hindemith Variations for Cl/Str Dahl Concerto a Tre Schubert String Trio fragment, D. 471 Schubert String Trio in B-flat, D. 581 In the great and varied world of chamber music, one can dream up programs for just about any combination of players, as long as everyone’s willing. There’s no shortage of music: in this varied program, Schubert’s beautiful B-flat String Trio and “Unfinished” String Trio also in B-flat are balanced perfectly with charming early works of Paul Hindemith and Jean Sibelius and an energetic tour de force for clarinet, violin and cello, Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto a Tre. Buy Now
		Sunday, May 30: 8pm Rotary Bandstand, Lafayette Street ATLANTIC BRASS BAND Long a favorite with Cape May audiences, the 35-piece Atlantic Brass Band returns for a rousing concert of American music, a perfect celebration for Memorial Day Weekend! FREE Concert! Bring your beach chairs!
		Tuesday, June 1: 8pm Episcopal Church of the Advent, Franklin & Washington streets NEW YORK CHAMBER ENSEMBLE “Will the Real Mozart Please Stand Up?” Hoffmeister Duo-Concertante Devienne Trio Arriaga String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Mozart Clarinet Quintet The young prodigy Mozart created quite a sensation traveling through Europe with his father in the 1750s and ‘60s. His name and the power of his phenomenal performances and his growing compositional canon made him a reference point for many who tried to make it in the music field of the 18^th and early 19^th centuries: when the Mozart name “stuck” to a young musician, good things could happen. Witness: the very young Juan Crisostomo Arriaga became known as the “Spanish Mozart,” while across the Pyrenees, the prolific François Devienne, a fine woodwind player, was often referred to as the “French Mozart!” This program presents these two lesser-known composers in very fine examples of their work with one of the great standards of all chamber music, the actual Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. Buy Now
		Thursday, June 3: 8pm First Presbyterian Church of Cape May, Hughes & Decatur BAY-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY *"Looking Bachwards"* J.S. Bach Cantata 82, "Ich habe genug" John Dooley, Baritone Mozart Adagio and Fugue Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Grieg Holberg Suite Buy Now
		Sunday, June 6: 8pm Episcopal Church of the Advent, Franklin & Washington streets NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHAMBER PLAYERS New Jersey’s premier players return to the Music Festival with a program of classics of the chamber repertoire. Featuring Fatima Aaziza and Maya Shiraishi, violin; Brett Deubner, viola; and Jonathan Spitz, cello Mozart: Quartet in C major, K. 157 Janacek: Quartet no.1 "Kreutzer Sonata" Mendelssohn: Quartet in D major, Op. 44 no. 1 Buy Now
		Tuesday, June 8: 8pm Episcopal Church of the Advent, Franklin & Washington streets NEW YORK CHAMBER ENSEMBLE **“Flings” Music for Flute and Strings Telemann Trio Sonata Flute Quartet Crusell Villa Lobos Jet Whistle Dohnanyi Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10** Flute and strings combine to lead us on a scintillating musical journey through time, making stops in 18^th Century Hamburg, early 19^th century Oslo, turn of the (20^th) century Budapest and 1950 Rio de Janeiro. Buy Now
		Thursday, June 10: 8pm First Presbyterian Church of Cape May, Hughes & Decatur streets BABATUNDE LEA Babatunde Lea’s vast experience of nearly 40 years as a master percussionist, as well as the spiritual depth and resonance he brings to everything he does, has made him one of the most esteemed musicians of the past half century. The way that music connects with audiences and with the rhythms of life is essential to his musical philosophy: He draws a lot from African culture, where music accompanies everything... from birth ceremonies to funerals. Buy Now


TICKET OPTIONS: Chamber Music Series: General Admission $20; Senior $15; Student $5 Orchestra & World Traditions Series: General Admission $25; Senior $20; Student $10 DISCOUNTS: MAC Members receive a $3 discount on all single ticket purchases. No discount available on Bach's Lunches. REFUND POLICY: Programs are subject to change. All refunds are subject to a 20% handling charge. No refunds will be made within 48 hours of a concert. Purchase Individual Tickets on-line: Schedule is subject to change. *(Only one discount per purchase, please. Discounts are not available for Bach's Lunches)* For Information or tickets, call 609-884-5404. Credit card orders may also be made by phone at 800-275-4278 or 609-884-5404. Only 5% of Music Festival budget is covered by ticket income. Please consider adding an optional donation to your ticket order.