Midsummer Music’s 35th Season of Exhilarating Concerts Starts June 12

The season opens with a program celebrating works by Clara and Robert Schumann, whose intense love story centered around the piano.

Sister Bay, Wis. (May 29, 2025) – Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, launches its 2025 concert season with a program celebrating works by Clara and Robert Schumann, whose intense love story centered around the piano.

“The Romantic Era of the Schumanns” features Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22, for violin and piano. Robert Schumann’s Quintet in E-flat Major is for piano, two violins, viola, and cello. Add Friedrich Kalkbrenner’s Sextet in G Major, Op. 58 – for piano, two violins, viola, cello, and bass – to the mix, and watch pianist Jeannie Yu bring these piano parts to life in scintillating fashion, while violinist David Perry will melt listeners with Clara’s opening Romance.

Opening night – sponsored by Midsummer Music’s board of directors and featuring special guest Norman Gilliland from Wisconsin Public Radio – is at 7:00pm on June 12 at Egg Harbor’s Kress Pavilion. The program is repeated twice: at 7:00pm on June 14 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sister Bay; and at 4:00pm on June 15 at MUSE in Sturgeon Bay, sponsored by Sandy Zingler and featuring poet Kevin Hess.

In addition to Yu and Perry, musicians include violinist Ann Palen, violist Sally Chisholm, cellist Zou Zou Robidoux, and bassist Kris Saebo.

Tickets are $39.99 for adults, $19.99 for students, and children 12 and under are free with an adult. Premium prices apply for the opening night gala and other special events. Flex-packs of six tickets for the price of five tickets are also available. Order tickets at www.midsummersmusic.com or by phone at 920-854-7088.

A complete 2025 summer brochure can be downloaded at www.midsummersmusic.com.

Midsummer’s Music was co-founded in 1991 by Jim and Jean Berkenstock, long-time Door County summer residents and principal orchestral players with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. What began as two concerts among friends has become one of the Midwest’s most anticipated chamber music series, bringing thousands of chamber music enthusiasts from around the globe to the magical Door County Peninsula.