Oak Hill Music Festival: Music of Exile

Oak Hill Music Festival

Celebrating life with music of diaspora, including Brazilian music, folk songs of the Americas, and Mahler's only surviving chamber work.

First Congregational Church

Oak Hill Music Festival 2023

Enjoy relaxed summer chamber music concerts with world-class musicians in the Upper Valley this July. Our 2023  season offers three evening concerts with musical influences from around the globe, and free community events. 

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C﻿oncert 2 of Oak Hill Music Festival 2023M﻿usic of ExileA celebration of life with music born from exile and diaspora. Vignettes, by pre-eminent 20th century African-American composer William Grant Still, is a vibrant collection of folk songs from the Americas. Hear music by pioneering Brazilian composer Chiquinha Gonzaga, alongside Mahler’s lovely Piano Quartet, the only surviving chamber work from a composer who famously described himself as “thrice homeless”.  Walter Kaufmann’s String Quartet is a fusion of traditions written during his sojourn in Mumbai in the 1930s and ‘40s, while he worked as director of music at All India Radio after fleeing Nazi persecution. <a href="https://www.oakhillmusicfestival.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here for more information about Oak Hill Music Festival.</a>Concert Program and DetailsDarius Milhaud Suite for violin, clarinet and pianoGustav Mahler Piano QuartetWilliam Grant Still VignettesINTERMISSIONFrancisca “Chiquinha” Gonzaga Three Short Pieces Walter Kaufmann String Quartet no. 11Instrumentationp﻿iano, violin, viola, cello, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoonTickets also available for purchase at the door.

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