Plymouth, NH, February 25, 2014 – The New Hampshire Music Festival (NHMF) announced its 2014 summer season today. With a theme of “The Romantic Spirit,” the six-week season, July 8-August 14, will explore and celebrate the many facets of Romanticism, from the 18th century to the modern day.
The 62nd festival will take place in multiple venues throughout central New Hampshire. The Silver Center at Plymouth State University is the festival’s primary venue, where it will offer full orchestra performances on Thursdays and Saturdays, and Tuesday night chamber performances.
”We will not only perform music we all know and love, from a beloved Mendelssohn overture to Tchaikovsky’s towering masterpiece, his Fifth Symphony, but we will present new and exciting music, fulfilling our need and desire to keep music a living art form,” said NHMF Music Director Donato Cabrera. “We also welcome to the NHMF family Dan Perkins, our new principal guest conductor, who will prepare the chorus for Verdi’s epic Requiem.”
Highlights of the season include concertos by Vivaldi, Mozart, Piazzolla, Milhaud, Conus, and Copland, and the festival will welcome four internationally renowned soloists to sing Verdi’s Requiem. Composer Nathaniel Stookey will be the first contemporary composer in a new concert series called Composer Portraits. Stookey’s The Composer is Dead, with the composer himself acting as narrator, and his newly composed overture, Go!, will be featured.
Bank of New Hampshire is the festival’s first lead corporate partner, providing sponsorship for this season. “Bank of New Hampshire is proud to have been a lead supporter of the New Hampshire Music Festival for more than a decade,” stated Mark Primeau, President and CEO for Bank of New Hampshire. “The New Hampshire Music Festival provides access to top musicians from all over the United States to enrich the lives of New Hampshire residents.”
Subscription sales begin in April 2014 and single ticket sales will start in May 2014. Ticket prices range from $15-$69. More details can be found at www.nhmf.org.