Aston Magna Summer 2021: A Streaming Season

“SINCE THE POX OR THE PLAGUE …”
and other songs, sonatas, duos and ensembles

Events: Free! Donations: Make it possible!

Early Duos for Fortepiano and Violin
Sunday, June 13 at 7 p.m., Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

The music of Mozart, CPE Bach, Joseph Boulogne and Beethoven, with Sylvia Berry, fortepiano, and Daniel Stepner, violin.

Co-presented with the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

Mozart: The String Trios
Sunday, June 27 at 7 p.m., Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

Daniel Stepner, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola, and Jacques Lee Wood, cello.

Co-presented with the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.

Three French Masters
Saturday, July 3 at 7 p.m., Saint James Place

NOW AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING HERE

The music of Marais, Leclair and Forqueray, with Edson Scheid and Daniel Stepner, violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo, and Michael Sponseller, harpsichord.

Mostly Monteverdi
Saturday, July 10 at 7 p.m., Saint James Place

Aaron Sheehan and Jason McStoots, tenors; Adam Pearl, harpsichord; Cameron Welke, theorbo; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Scott Metcalfe and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins. Vocal and instrumental works by Claudio Monteverdi, including favorites Zefiro torna and Tempro la Cetra, as well works by Biagio Marini and Jacopo Peri.

Songs and Sonatas of Henry Purcell
July 17, 2021, Saint James Place

Kristen Watson, soprano; David McFerrin, baritone; Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, and Catherine Liddell, theorbo, Peter Sykes, harpsichord. Recorded at Saint James Place, Great Barrington, Mass.

Celebrating Beethoven’s 251st Birthday
Saturday, July 24 at 7 p.m., Saint James Place

Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, violins; Jason Fisher, viola, and Jacques Lee Wood, cello. The quartet will present Beethoven’s “Eyeglass Duo,” a string trio in C Minor, and selected string quartet movements, including the Grosse Fuge.

*As 2020’s festival season was canceled due to Covid-19, Aston Magna celebrates Beethoven’s 250th birthday a year late.

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