ASTON MAGNA MUSIC FESTIVAL
52nd SEASON!
Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director
July 10 – August 3, 2025
Thursdays: July 10, 17, 24, 31
Allen Center at Newton Cultural Alliance
7:00 pm
Saturdays: July 12, 19, 26 & Sunday: August 3
Saint James Place, Great Barrington
3:00 pm (New time!)
Program 1: Thursday, July 10, and Saturday, July 12
Music from Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Geminiani, Balbastre, Arne, Purcell, Mozart, Weber
Sylvia Berry, harpsichord and fortepiano
Kristen Watson, soprano
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin
Program 2: Thursday, July 17, and Saturday, July 19
Mozart Quintets
Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, violins
Anne Black and Laura Jeppesen, violas
Jacques Lee Wood, cello
Thomas Carroll, basset horn
Program 3: Thursday, July 24, and Saturday, July 26
From Castello to Canzano
Baroque Chamber Music – Into the 21st Century!
Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord
Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola
Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello
Kelsey Burnham, traverso
Works of
Dario Castello (1602-1631)
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1770)
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772)
Nathan Adam Mondry (b.1991)
Nicola Saraceni Canzano (b. 1991)
Program 4: Thursday, July 31, and Sunday, August 3
Fiddlers Four
Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”
and music by Purcell, Pachelbel, Legrenzi and Telemann
Julia Glenn, Julie Andrijeski, Gerald Elias, Daniel Stepner, baroque violins
Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola
Jennifer Morsches, baroque cello
Anne Trout, bass
Peter Sykes, harpsichord
Catherine Liddell, theorbo
These programs are supported in part by grants from the Local Cultural Councils of Newton and New Marlborough, which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the cities of Newton and New Marlborough.
