Mallarmé Music

2023 NC HIP MUSIC FESTIVAL WORKSHOP: Introduction to Baroque Dance
2023-02-26 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | ADF Scripps Studio, 721 Broad Street, Durham, 27705, United States
Introduction to Baroque Dance: open to all, registration required, $15 fee or HIPster pass
Sunday, February 26, 2023 @ 3:00 – 4:30 Samuel H. Scripps Studio # 2, Durham
Learn basic Baroque Dance steps and rhythms with reference to historical context
Lead by Paige Whitley-Bauguess
This event is co-sponsored by American Dance Festival
$15 Registration fee to participate PURCHASE
$0 for HIPSter pass holders to participate, registration required (HIPster passholders will receive a promo code – please email office@mallarmemusic if you did not receive it)

2023 NC HIP MUSIC FESTIVAL CONCERT: Duke Chapel Bach Series
2023-03-05 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
A Concert of Instrumental Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach | FREE
Dr. Philip Cave – director, Dr. Nicholas DiEugenio & Gabriel Richard – violin
J.S Bach:
Concerto for Violin in A Minor, BWV 1041
Concerto for Violin in E Major, BWV 1042
Double Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
There will be a Pre-concert lecture @ 4:00 pm, Goodson Chapel

PARTNER EVENT: A Baroque Concert for the Lenten Season
2023-03-19 17:00 - 18:30 | Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 100 E Peace Street, Raleigh, NC, 27604
Join us for this special Baroque concert that will feature choral and vocal works by J. S. Bach, J. C. Bach, Buxtehude and a newly transcribed setting of Psalm 130 by Jan Zelenka under the direction of Holy Trinity’s director of music, Paul Harris. In addition, there will be short Scripture readings prior to each work, and the audience will be invited to sing with the full ensemble on two chorales. Admission is free.
The performers will include period-instrument players from Mallarmé Music, singers Molly Quinn, Christopher Short and Tamsin Simmill, concertmaster David Wilson and the Holy Trinity Chamber Singers. The works will be sung in their original languages.
Date: Sunday, March 19, 2023
Time: Doors will open at 4:30 pm, and the concert will begin at 5 pm.
Location: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 100 E. Peace Street, Raleigh 27604
Parking:
1. Holy Trinity’s lots on either side of the church and accessible from Peace Street
2. The William Peace University lot across the street from the church on Peace Street
3. The public lots on Polk Street between Blount and Wilmington Streets
Additionally, you will find on-street parking on Blount and Polk Streets.

SERIES CONCERT: The Life of a Bee ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT!
2023-04-01 19:30 - 21:30 | PSI Theatre – Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Celebrate NC’s very own Jeffery Beam with music composed using his poetry as lyric and inspiration! The program is being curated by soprano Andrea Edith Moore who is a passionate advocate for contemporary vocal chamber music.
On the occasion of Jeffery’s 70th birthday, Mallarme will perform chamber music by Tony Solitro “Loves’ Astronomy,” Frank E. Warren A Garden of Flowers (excerpts), Daniel Thomas Davis’s “Porch Song,” Steven Serpa The Creatures, Bo Newsome Evocation, Questions, and Nocturne and Lee Hoiby’s Life of a Bee.
The performance will include projections of An Elizabeathan Bestiary by Ippy Patterson and poetry readings by Jeffery Beam!
ARTISTS
Andrea Edith Moore and LaToya Lain – soprano
Daniel Speigel – piano
Gabriel Richard – violin
Grace Anderson – cello
Kevin Streich – clarinet
Carla Copeland-Burns – flute
We thank Stanley Finch, for sponsoring this performance!

We are proud to partner with the Durham Literacy Center for this event!

If you cannot attend, please consider attending the April 2 family concert @ 1 pm with the same music and artists, just abridged. https://www.mallarmemusic.org/event/family-concert-life-of-a-bee/

FAMILY CONCERT: Life of a Bee
2023-04-02 13:00 - 14:00 | PSI Theatre – Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Celebrate NC’s very own Jeffery Beam with music composed using his poetry as lyric and inspiration! The program is being curated by soprano Andrea Edith Moore; a passionate advocate for contemporary vocal chamber music.
On Jeffery’s 70th birthday, Mallarme will perform a FREE family-friendly concert with music that celebrates poetry, creatures and nature. This one-hour-long performance is best for anyone 5 years old and older!
The performance will include projections of An Elizabeathan Bestiary by Ippy Patterson and poetry readings by Jeffery Beam!
ARTISTS
Andrea Edith Moore and LaToya Lain – soprano
Daniel Speigel – piano
Gabriel Richard – violin
Grace Anderson – cello
Kevin Streich – clarinet
Carla Copeland-Burns – flute
We thank Stanley Finch, for sponsoring this performance!

The Whale by Ippy Patterson
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Image of bee is by Steven Ockerman

PARTNER EVENT: A Stranger in a Strange Land with the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra
2023-04-22 15:00 - 17:00 | First Presbyterian Church Durham, 305 E Main St., Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Mallarmé Music presents our friends, the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (NCBO) as they explore an intriguing program of music by composers born in one country who traveled to other countries to compose and play music. You’ll hear the influences of their birthplaces, along with new influences from their adventures to other lands. Georg Frideric Handel was born in Germany, studied and made his first mark in Italy and spent his career in England. Willem de Fesch of the Netherlands joined Handel’s orchestra in London. Jean-Baptiste Lully, a consummate Frenchman, was born Giovanni Battista Lulli in Italy. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges traveled from his birthplace, the French colony of Guadeloupe, to France. Born to a French planter and an enslaved African woman, Chevalier de Saint-Georges gained his education and his musical training in France, becoming a virtuoso violinist, composer and conductor. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, though living her life in France, could be called a stranger in a strange land – making her way in musical society as one of the very few professional female composers must have been just as challenging as for a foreign composer making their way in a new country.
The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra is a period instrument ensemble co-founded in 2011 by sisters Frances Blaker (artist director) and Barbara Blaker Krumdieck (executive director and cellist).
During the orchestra’s 10 years, they have been happy to bring performances to many venues in North Carolina as well as South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee, often working with local choirs.
Please visit their website at https://www.ncbaroqueorchestra.org
Tickets: $20 Adults/ $5 children and students
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PROGRAM
Ouverture from Céphale et Procris (1694) – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665 – 1729)
Passacaille from Armide (1686) – Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 – 1687)
String Quartet in c minor, op. 1, no. 4 – Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799)

Instrumental Pieces from Rinaldo (1731) – George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Concerto [Grosso] – Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
Passacaglia from Sonata no. 5 from Armonico Tributo (1682) – Georg Muffat (1645 – 1704)
Sinfonia in d minor (FK 65) – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 – 1784)
Chaconne from Dardanus (1739) – Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)
North Carolina Baroque Orchestra Director ~ Frances Blaker
Violin 1: Martie Perry Janelle Davis, Belinda Swanson and Hunter Harris
Violin 2: David Wilson Annie Loud, Allison Willet and Aimee Rieger
Viola: Marta Howard, Joey O’Donnell, Asa Zimmerman and John O’Brien
Cello: Barbara Krumdieck, Lisa Liske and Sally Blaker
Violone: Sarah Wines
Harpsichord: Barbara Weiss
Flute: Chuck Wines and Barbara Norton
Oboe: Sung Lee, Will Thauer and Sarah Weiner
Bassoon: Sally Merriman

PARTNER EVENT: Music for Troubled Times with the Duke Chapel Choir
2023-04-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
April 23, 2023, at 4:00 p.m.
Missa in Angustiis (“Lord Nelson” Mass) by Franz Joseph Haydn
premiere: Heal the Cracks in the Bell of the World by Zebulon M. Highben
The Chapel’s choirs are joined by the Mallarmé Music, the Durham Children’s Choir and the Duke Chapel Carillonneur, Chase Benefiel, to present a program of musical responses to troubled times. Conducted by Dr. Zebulon Highben.
Tickets will be sold through the Duke Box Office. Check back later for an on-sale date.

PARTNER EVENT: Music of Light with the Concert Singers of Cary
2023-04-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Westood Baptist Church, Cary NC, 200 Westhigh St, Cary, NC, 27511, United States
This concert given by the Concert Singers of Cary with Mallarme Music as the orchestra, conducted by Dr. Nathan Leaf, features two pieces: a beloved and oft-performed modern choral work, and a work first premiered in 1928 and rarely performed since then.
The popular requiem Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light) was composed by Morten Lauridsen in 1997, the year his mother died. She was the “muse” who introduced him to music and taught him to play the piano. Lux Aeterna is a serene and intimate choral work centered on the themes of hope, reassurance, and consolation of grief.
Amy Beach’s Canticle of the Sun is a rare find. She was the first highly successful American female composer of large-scale classical music during the turn of the 20th century and is well-known to professional musicians (though hardly known by today’s general public.) Her Canticle of the Sun, for choir and orchestra, offers a musical setting for text by St. Francis of Assisi, giving honor and blessings to “my Lord God with all His creatures.”

Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Series Concert #4
2023-05-07 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Sunday, May 7 @ 5:00 pm

Bach Cantata Series: Solo Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach with Molly Quinn, soprano and Mallarme Musicians directed by Dr. Philip Cave
Location: Duke Chapel

J.S. Bach’s church cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. The Chapel’s Bach Cantata Series presents these musical masterpieces accompanied by other notable choral and instrumental works of the Baroque era. For this final concert in the series, we are delighted to welcome back Molly Quinn, presenting some of Bach’s loveliest cantatas for solo soprano and orchestra.
J.S. Bach:
BWV 209 Non sa che sia dolore
BWV 84 Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke
BWV 158 Der Friede sei mit dir
Telemann: Tafelmusik Suite in E Minor, I. Overture
FREE
Families with young children are invited to drop in during a rehearsal the day before the concert (May 6) between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. for a chance to hear the music close-up in an informal setting.
Paid parking is available on a first-come-first-served basis in the Bryan Center Garage at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the surface lot at the same address.

Partner Event: J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor
2023-05-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
The Choral Society of Durham, led by Rodney Wynkoop, will be joined by Mallarme HIP artists in the presentation of J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass a work intended to summarize and showcase all the compositional technique and expressivity that this great composer had amassed during his life. Each movement has its own style and stamp of creative ingenuity. Performing it is often described as a lifetime experience, and hearing it from the audience can feel equally transcendent. We’ll be performing this piece at Baroque pitch (A=415), accompanied by Baroque period instruments.
Tickets $5-$25
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SERIES CONCERT: Bach Lit
2023-05-26 19:30 - 21:30 | PSI Theatre – Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Friday, May 26, 2023 7:30 pm @ PSI Theater, Durham Arts Council parking info

What’s better than the Bach cello suites? The Bach cellos suites played on cello AND marimba accompanied by laser art!
PROGRAM
J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major and No. 2 in D Minor
Osvaldo Golijov – Mariel
Andrew Beall – Song of ‘Almah
ARTISTS
Juan Álamo – marimba more
Bonnie Thron – cello more
Salty Robot Productions – lasers
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Read the concert program: Program Pages BACH LIT
Being in love with laser his whole life, Jason Salt has been providing immersive abstract laser art to the entertainment scene since 2007. His first show was at the IEEE annual banquet and featured a self-built single color laser projector and used function generators out of the college lab to perform live abstracts to music. Intrigued with how laser projectors work, Jason started building his own systems in his garage. In 2013 Jason build his first full color RGB system. This was also the first system that interfaced with control software providing recording capabilities. Using Mathematics and Science, Jason was able to transform a laser into an artistic display of abstract colors and patterns and sync it to music. Learning about various hardware and software platforms Jason decided to build a custom live performance console. The console features old school analog controls, as well as new school digital controls. What really sets his console apart are the two laser projector preview windows. With the power of the live console and the recognition of the community Jason formed Salty Robot Productions in 2018. Salty Robot Productions has been working out of the Charlotte NC area and has been able to provide laser FX for the Carolina Panthers and All Elite Wrestling. Live laser shows have been included with Western Piedmont Symphony in Newton NC, Yuri’s Night at Kennedy Space Center, and at Bach Akademie Charlotte. Salty Robot Productions partnered with local cellist Kelvin Chang to form Chromatic Strings in 2022, blending classical cello music with abstract laser entertainment.

Series Concert: Violapalooza!
2023-09-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Nelson Music Room, 1304 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
VIOLAPALOOZA Sunday, September 3, 2023 3:00 pm
Nelson Music Room, 1304 Campus Drive, Durham, NC
Music for viola and piano composed in 1919 for the Berkshire Music Competition
Ernest Bloch – Suite for viola and orchestra (Scott Rawls and Annie Jeng)
Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for viola and piano (Sam Gold and Teddy Robie)
Paul Hindemith – Sontata, Op. 11, No. 4 (Jonathan Bagg and Teddy Robie)
York Bowen – Fantasia for viola quartet (Jonathan Bagg, Scott Rawls, Suzanne Rousso, Samuel Gold)
Community play-along: Telemann: Concerto in G Major for viola, movements 1 and 2
Jonathan Bagg, Samuel Gold, Scott Rawls, Suzanne Rousso – viola
Teddy Robie, Annie Jeng – piano
Season subscriptions are currently available CLICK FOR INFO
Single tickets: $30/$25/$10 PURCHASE
CALLING ALL VIOLISTS! Play the Telemann Viola Concerto with the professionals at the concert! Conducted by Ruth Johnsen.
Info about the play-along: Violapalooza info-solo Telemann part
DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM NOTES
This concert will be repeated on Wednesday, Sept 6, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Tew Recital Hall – UNC-G School of Music free admission
100 McIver St Greensboro, NC 27412 MAP

Partner Event: Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Concert
2023-09-17 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Mallarmé and Duke Chapel Music combine forces to present a series of J.S. Bach Cantatas on period instruments with historical performance practices. Dr. Philip Cave conducts the ensemble and the Duke Chapel Bach Choir.
September 17, 2023, 5:00 pm Duke University Chapel
Fear and Hope
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 (Eternity, thou word of thunder)
Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 (Christ who art my life)
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200 (I shall acknowledge His name)
Admission is FREE
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FAMILY CONCERT: The Bassist Bass!
2023-10-28 15:30 - 16:30 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
On Saturday, October 28 at 3:30 pm join bassist Mark Bergman and pianist Teddy Robie in a concert suited for kids and adults! Learn about the lowest member of the string family with a FREE! 60-minute concert of music and audience interaction.
MUSIC INCLUDES:
Odd Man Out by V. Elliot / Concerto for Double Bass by J.B. Vanhal
Five Eldritch Horrors by Mark Bergman/ Le Gai Cascadeur by P. Max-Dubois
Elegy by G. Bottesini/ Valse Miniature by S. Kousevitzky/ Little Sad Sound by A. Ridout
Family Concerts are appropriate for folks 5 years and older (it is not recommended for babies or toddlers). Mallarme has partnered with the Durham County Main Library to bring these free events to the community to learn about music, ensembles and instruments.
The Family Concerts are sponsored by Mark and Cindy Kuhn.
Upcoming Family Series Concerts
Saturday, February 24, 2 pm The Harpsichord Diaries

Elaine Funaro – harpsichord, Eric Love – actor, Andrea Love – video designer

Saturday, April 20, 2 pm Scintillating Saxes

with Susan Fancher and members of the Duke University Saxophone Studio.

CONCERT: The Golem silent film with live score in Lancaster, SC
2023-10-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, 307 West Gay Street, Lancaster, SC, 29720, United States
Sunday, October 29, 2023 @ 7:00 pm, Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, Lancaster, SC
Silent Film with original music for baroque string quintet, written by Mark Bergman
Download The Golem press release

ARTISTS
David Wilson, Matvey Lapin – violin/ Suzanne Rousso – viola/ Barbara Krumdieck – cello/
Mark Bergman – bass/ Jennifer Streeter – harpsichord

Widely recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, the ancient Hebrew legend of the Golem provides substance for one of the most adventurous films of the German silent cinema. Suffering under the tyrannical rule of Rudolf II in 16th-century Prague, a Talmudic rabbi creates a giant warrior to protect the safety of his people. Sculpted of clay and animated by the mysterious secrets of the Kabbalah, the Golem is a seemingly indestructible juggernaut, performing acts of great heroism, yet equally capable of dreadful violence.
When the rabbi’s assistant takes control of the Golem and attempts to use him for selfish gain, the lumbering monster runs rampant, abducting the rabbi’s daughter and setting fire to the ghetto. With its remarkable creation sequence (a dazzling blend of religion, sorcery, and special effects) and the grand-scale destruction of its climax, “The Golem” was one of the greatest achievements of the silent era and remains an undeniable landmark in the evolution of the horror film.

Single tickets are $15 through the Lancaster Cultural Arts Center http://www.lcshp.org/cultural-arts-center-concerts-events

Mallarmé's 2023-24 Series Concerts SUBSCRIPTION INFO
2023-10-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Multiple Venues, 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC, 27701
Remaining 5 concerts for $110 (Oct 30, Nov 12, Feb 2, March 23, May 24)
You will receive 4 flex tickets and 1 designated ticket for The Golem (10/30)
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SERIES CONCERTS
Violapalooza – music written for viola for the 1919 Berkshire Festival Competition THIS CONCERT HAS PASSED September 3, 2023 @ 3:00 pm, Nelson Music Room, Durham
Music for viola and piano written in 1919 by Ernest Bloch, Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith
York Bowen – viola quartet and community Play-in: Telemann viola concerto
Jonathan Bagg, Samuel Gold, Scott Rawls, Suzanne Rousso – viola/ Teddy Robie, Annie Jeng – piano
The Golem – Silent Film with original music for a baroque string quintet, written by Mark Bergman
Monday, October 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm, Theater One – Carolina Theatre, Durham
David Wilson, Matvey Lapin – violin/ Suzanne Rousso – viola/ Barbara Krumdieck – cello/
Mark Bergman – bass/ Jennifer Streeter – harpsichord.
Schubertiad 1
Friday, Sunday, November 12 @ 3:00 pm NorthStar Church, Durham
Music of Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, D. 934; Trout Quintet in A Major, D. 667
Jacqueline Wolborsky – violin/ Suzanne Rousso – viola/Nathan Leyland – cello/ Leonid Finkelshteyn – bass/
Mimi Solomon – piano
Mallarmé Mosaics with horn player Jeff Scott and the Carolina Brass
February 2, 2024 @ 7:30 pm Durham, NC venue TBA
Newly commissioned work by Peter Askim for brass quintet and horn, works by Jeff Scott
Carolina Brass: Tim Hudson, Antonio Marti – trumpet/ Bob Campbell – horn/ Dave Wulfeck – trombone/
Justin Worley – tuba
Schubertiad 2
Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 7:30 pm, St Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Hillsborough
Music of Schubert: Lieder of Nature and Rebirth including Shepherd on the Rock
Andrea Edith Moore – soprano/ Keiko Sekino – piano/ Douglas Monroe – clarinet
Schubertiad 3
Friday, May 24, 2024, @ 7:30 pm, Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw
Music of Schubert: Trio in B-Flat Major, D. 898
Jennifer Curtis – violin/ Caroline Stinson – cello/ Ieva Jokubaviciute – piano
Programs, artists and venues are subject to change

Series Concert: The Golem silent film with live score
2023-10-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Carolina Theatre – Cinema One, 309 W Morgan St., Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Monday, October 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm, Carolina Theatre – Cinema One, Durham
Silent Film with original music for baroque string quintet, written by Mark Bergman
Download The Golem press release

ARTISTS
David Wilson, Matvey Lapin – violin/ Suzanne Rousso – viola/ Barbara Krumdieck – cello/
Mark Bergman – bass/ Jennifer Streeter – harpsichord

Widely recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, the ancient Hebrew legend of the Golem provides substance for one of the most adventurous films of the German silent cinema. Suffering under the tyrannical rule of Rudolf II in 16th-century Prague, a Talmudic rabbi creates a giant warrior to protect the safety of his people. Sculpted of clay and animated by the mysterious secrets of the Kabbalah, the Golem is a seemingly indestructible juggernaut, performing acts of great heroism, yet equally capable of dreadful violence.
When the rabbi’s assistant takes control of the Golem and attempts to use him for selfish gain, the lumbering monster runs rampant, abducting the rabbi’s daughter and setting fire to the ghetto. With its remarkable creation sequence (a dazzling blend of religion, sorcery, and special effects) and the grand-scale destruction of its climax, “The Golem” was one of the greatest achievements of the silent era and remains an undeniable landmark in the evolution of the horror film.

Single tickets are $30 through the Carolina Theatre Box Office https://carolinatheatre.org/events/film/the-golem-with-live-score/
Mallarme Series subscriptions are currently available: INFO
DOWNLOAD THE Golem Program Insert

Series Concert: Schubertiad 1 "The Trout" Sunday, November 12, 3pm
2023-11-12 15:00 - 17:00 | NorthStar Church of the Arts, 220 W Geer Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
SERIES CONCERT – Schubertiad No. 1: Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
NorthStar Church of the Arts, Durham
220 W. GEER STREET | DURHAM, NC 27701 map

ARTISTS: Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky – violin
Suzanne Rousso – viola/ Nathan Leyland – cello
Leonid Finkelshteyn – bass
Mimi Solomon – piano/ Andrea Edith Moore – soprano
PROGRAM: Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Fantasy in C Major for violin and piano, D. 934
Die Forelle, D. 550
Quintet in A Major for piano and strings, D. 667 “Trout”
Read the program notes
Single tickets $10-$30 PURCHASE

PARTNER EVENT: J.S. Bach Cantata Series - A New Heaven and a New Earth
2023-11-19 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Sunday, November 19 at 5:00 pm
Duke University Chapel more
401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708
FREE!
A New Heaven and a New Earth
J.S. Bach:
Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48
(Wretched being, who will restore me)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70
(Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!)
Dr. Philip Cave – conductor
Mallarmé Music HIP
Duke Chapel Bach Choir

PARTNER EVENT: Handel's Messiah @ Duke Chapel SOLD OUT
2023-12-01 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-12-02 15:00 - 17:30, 2023-12-03 16:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
On December 10, 1933, the Duke Chapel Choir presented a concert of “selections from Handel’s Messiah,” and a beloved Duke University holiday tradition was born. This year marks the 90th anniversary of that first performance. In music that is both treasured and timeless, G. F. Handel recounts the story of humanity’s redemption through the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ. This year’s Messiah performances will be presented on period instruments with Baroque-era tuning, as Handel himself would have heard it. Each performance will last approximately two hours. The dates and times are:

Friday, December 1, at 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT

Saturday, December 2, at 3:00 p.m. SOLD OUT

Sunday, December 3, at 4:00 p.m. SOLD OUT

The concert is performed by:

Duke University Chapel Choir
Mallarmé Music
Zebulon M. Highben, conductor
Kathryn Mueller, soprano
Sara Couden, contralto
Albert Lee, tenor
Derrick Fox, baritone

Tickets are now on sale for the Duke Chapel Choir’s performances of G.F. Handel’s Messiah on December 1, 2, and 3.
Click here to purchase tickets.

PARTNER EVENT: Choral Society of Durham Holiday Concert
2023-12-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Choral Society of Durham with Mallarmé Musicians and Durham Children’s Choir
Dr. Rodney Wynkoop – conductor

Presents a Holiday Concert featuring music from three traditionsAriel Ramirez, Navidad Nuestra with guitar, percussion, and keyboard (Latin America)Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols with string orchestra (British)Z. Randall Stroope, Hodie with brass, percussion and Durham Children’s Choir (US)
TICKETS
General Admission $5 – $25

SERIES CONCERT: Mosaics with Jeffrey Scott, horn and the Carolina Brass
2024-02-02 19:30 - 21:30 | PSI Theatre – Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Friday, February 2, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
PSI Theatre, Durham Arts Council – 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701

Mallarme presents music for brass featuring horn player Jeff Scott and the Carolina Brass. The ensemble will premiere a new commission for Mallarme by composer Peter Askim “Anatomy of an Embrace” for French Horn and Brass Quintet, as well as music by Jeff Scott, including his arrangement of William Grant Still songs and Pesadelos for horn and piano and the brass trio Crossing Barriers. Additionally, the Carolina Brass will perform excerpts from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Fanfare, Tango and Fugetta on Hebrew Themes by Stanley M. Hoffman
Jeff will be joined by pianist Candace Bailey and the Carolina Brass:
Tim Hudson and Garrett Klein – trumpet
Bob Campbell – horn
David Wulfeck – trombone
Justin Worley – tuba
John Beck – percussion
This program is supported with a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council.
Tickets $10-$30 PURCHASE
READ THE PROGRAM NOTES

Master Class with Jeff Scott, horn
2024-02-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Person Recital Hall, 181 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514
Horn player Jeff Scott will be in residence with Mallarme from 1/29/24 – 2/3/24 and will be giving a master class with the UNC-Chapel Hill brass department on Saturday, February 3, from 1:00 -3:00 in Person Recital Hall. All are welcome to observe and it is free! Read more about Jeff Scott’s residency in Durham.

Duke Chapel Bach Cantata: Music for Candlemas
2024-02-04 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Bach Choir present music of JS Bach on period instruments, led by Dr. Philip Cave.
Sunday, Feb 4, 5:00 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach’s church cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. The Bach Cantata Series presents these musical masterpieces accompanied by other notable choral and instrumental works of the Baroque era. With a theme of “Music for Candlemas,” this concert presents two cantatas and a motet by J. S. Bach, and a cantata by Johann Kuhnau:
* Mit Fried und Freud fahr ich dahin (With peace and joy I now depart), BWV 125
* Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn (I will not let you leave until you bless me), BWV 157
* Motet: Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh. 159
* Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden (I desire to die in peace) by Kuhnau

There is no charge for admission. Paid parking is available on a first-come-first-served basis in the Bryan Center Garage at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the surface lot at the same address.

A talk by Dr. Roseen Giles before the concert in the Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel at 4:00 p.m. will provide musical and historical context for the performance. Dr. Giles is a musicologist with a specialty in early modern musical culture; she is also the curator of Duke University Musical Instrument Collections. In her research she examines the aesthetic, professional, and personal relationships between poets and musicians of the Italian seventeenth century.

Families with young children are invited to attend a rehearsal the day before the concert (February 3) between 2:00 and 3:30 p.m. for a chance to hear the music of the concert in an informal setting.

CALL FOR TALENT - Perform with Mallarmé! Applications due 2/15/24
2024-02-15 23:58 - 23:59 | SC
Mallarmé Music is searching for up to four “Dynamic Duos“, instrumentalists or vocalists to perform an hour-long concert in a venue in Durham in the summer or fall of 2024. Applications are open to any North Carolina-based professional musician or full-time college student enrolled in an NC college or university. The three or four duos who are chosen to perform will each receive $1000 and Mallarme will set up their concert in a local venue.
The easy Google application is due by February 15 @ 11:59 pm. All genres, types of music and instruments are welcome! We strongly encourage applications from BIPOC and LGBTQ communities.
The talent search intends to expand the depth and breadth of music we present; the artists represented onstage and to learn about new and not-so-new artists from North Carolina. There is no upper age limit, although we will give one prize specifically to applicants (both) aged 30 and younger.
Application and instructions for applying can be found here: https://forms.gle/QD2nmc4abp74BDwa8
DOWNLOAD the PRESS RELEASE about the Call for Talent
Questions: email office@mallarmemusic.org
No phone calls, please!

FAMILY CONCERT: The Harpsichord Diaries
2024-02-24 14:00 - 15:30 | Durham County Library, Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Saturday, February 24, 2024 2:00 pm @ The Durham County Library, Main Branch FREE!

Elena discovers a magical book in her grandmother’s attic, The Harpsichord Diaries. Transported through five centuries, she meets eccentric talking harpsichords that bring music and history to life.
Internationally acclaimed harpsichordist Elaine Funaro teams up with her twins, professional theater director Eric Love and award-winning animator Andrea Love, to create this unique musical journey performed in this one-time, live event!

THE HARPSICHORD DIARIES is also a Children’s book with 30 watercolor illustrations that’s a perfect bedtime story!
Haiku by Elaine Funaro Love, Story and Narration by Eric Love, Illustrated by Andrea Love

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SERIES CONCERT: Schubertiad 2 - Songs of spring and nature
2024-03-23 16:00 - 18:00 | St Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 210 St Mary's Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278, United States
Saturday, March 23, 4:00 p, St Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Hillsborough, NC
Join soprano Andrea Edith Moore in the music of Franz Schubert, including the beloved Shepherd on the Rock
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Andrea Edith Moore – soprano
Keiko Sekino – piano
Luke Ellard – clarinet
Suzanne Rousso – viola
REPERTOIRE
Frühlingslieder (Songs of Spring)
W.A. Mozart: “Abendempfindung” (evening thoughts) K. 523
Franz Schubert: “Frühlingsglaube” (the belief in spring) D. 686
“Im Frühling” (In Spring) D. 882
Schubert and Mozart Ladies
W.A. Mozart: “Als Luise die Briefe Ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte” (When Luisa burned the letters of her faithless lover) K. 520
Franz Schubert: “Lied de Mignon, D. 877
“Ellen’s Dritter Gesang” (Ave Maria) D. 839
“Gretchen am Spinnrade” (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel) D. 118
“Suleika I” D. 720
Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf der Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) D. 965
W.A. Mozart: Trio in E-flat for viola, clarinet and piano, “Kegelstatt” K. 498
General Admission Tickets:
$30 Adult
$15 K-12 Educator
$10 Student and Children
PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE
Having difficulties? Email office@mallarmemusic.org or call 919-560-2788 and leave a message.

J.S. Bach's St. John Passion
2024-04-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Duke Chapel presents J.S. Bach’s “St. John Passion”

Sunday, April 7, at 4:00 p.m. Duke University Chapel
Purchase tickets: https://buff.ly/49uGRNL

First performed 300 years ago on Good Friday, April 7, 1724, “St. John Passion” is renowned for its dramatic choruses, expressive arias, and compelling narrative. It sets text from the Gospel of John, chapters 18 and 19, composed in two parts: Part I ends with Peter’s denial of Jesus and Part II concludes with Christ’s burial. Share this event on Facebook. At Duke Chapel, the performers will be:

Duke Chapel Evensong Singers
Duke Chapel Schola Cantor
Mallarme Music
Philip Cave, conductor
James Reese, Evang
Molly Quinn, soprano
Harrison Hintzsche, bass
Charlie Moore, Christus

Dr. Jeremy Begbie will give a pre-concert talk on the historical and musical context of St. John Passion at 3:00 p.m. in the Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel. Dr. Begbie is the Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Duke Divinity School and also the McDonald Agape Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts.

Families with young children are invited to drop in on a rehearsal the day before the concert on Saturday, April 6, between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. This is a great way to hear the music in an informal setting.
