Labor Day Gala with storyteller emcee Geoffrey Sandler One of the most dramatic and rapturous works in the literature concludes our season. You will be swept away by Chausson’s surging and impulsive masterwork, expertly and passionately realized by our soloists, David Perry, violin, and Jeannie Yu, piano, framed by our string quartet including Ann Palen […]
Beethoven Septet
Sponsored by Sandy Zingler. Immediately before he wrote his First Symphony, Beethoven wrote this Septet as a prototype or practice run. He was so ready for the nine symphonies that followed that this Septet became his most popular piece during his lifetime. You could almost call it his Tenth Symphony. Thrill to the full symphonic […]
Romance and Rapture
Sponsored by Michael Elkow The Women’s Fund of Door County is a supporting sponsor for this program. This program is inspiring, heart-rending, vivacious, captivating, and life-affirming. Sakari Vanderveer is one of the leading female black composers of our time and an inspiring leader in bringing young children to embrace playing string instruments. Mel Bonis (who […]
Beethoven Septet
Sponsored by the James & Nancy Huebner Charitable Fund Immediately before he wrote his First Symphony, Beethoven wrote this Septet as a prototype or practice run. He was so ready for the nine symphonies that followed that this Septet became his most popular piece during his lifetime. You could almost call it his Tenth Symphony. […]
Romance and Rapture
Sponsored by Karin & Scott Myers The Women’s Fund of Door County is a supporting sponsor for this program. This program is inspiring, heart-rending, vivacious, captivating, and life-affirming. Sakari Vanderveer is one of the leading female black composers of our time and an inspiring leader in bringing young children to embrace playing string instruments. Mel […]
Romance and Rapture
Sponsored by Mary Ann & Peery Duderstadt The Women’s Fund of Door County is a supporting sponsor for this program. This program is inspiring, heart-rending, vivacious, captivating, and life-affirming. Sakari Vanderveer is one of the leading female black composers of our time and an inspiring leader in bringing young children to embrace playing string instruments. […]
Midsummer’s Music Celebrates 2024 Summer Season with Blowout Gala
The 2024 summer season concludes with the annual Labor Day fundraising gala, supporting the concerts, the musicians, and the staff of Midsummer’s Music. Sister Bay, Wis. (August 27, 2024) – Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, concludes its 34th season of presenting exceptional chamber music in the vacation paradise of Door County, Wisconsin. Concerts hailed […]
David Perry, Jeannie Yu—Chausson Concerto!
Sponsored by Sandy Zingler. Write On, Door County poet is Ed DiMaio. One of the most dramatic and rapturous works in the literature concludes our season. You will be swept away by Chausson’s surging and impulsive masterwork, expertly and passionately realized by our soloists, David Perry, violin, and Jeannie Yu, piano, framed by our string […]
Midsummer’s Music Concludes Stunning Summer Season with Eight Must-see Concerts
Sister Bay, Wis. (August 21, 2024) – Midsummer Music’s 2024 summer concert series ascended to new heights with enthusiastic audiences, a world premiere, and spectacular music performed by world-class musicians. Eight summertime concerts, including the annual Labor Day Gala, remain, starting August 25 and ending September 2. Violinist David Perry and pianist Jeannie Yu headline the […]
Labor Day Concert Series Promises Impulsive Masterwork, Captivating Programming, Beethoven’s Most Popular Piece
Three exhilarating programs consisting of eight thrilling concerts over nine days include works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Ernst von Dohnányi, Mélanie Bonis, Ernest Chausson, Théodore Dubois, John Ireland, and Sakari Dixon Vanderveer. Sister Bay, Wis. (August 6, 2024) – Midsummer’s Music concludes its impressive 2024 summer concert series with three exhilarating programs consisting of eight thrilling […]
