All concerts are held at the Ashburnham Community Church on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 pm. unless otherwise stated. Admission: $10.00 per adult. Children and students, free.     (Directions) Fall 2008 Series (Tentative, as of June 30, 2008) Date Event Artist Sunday, August 31 Concert Benita Meshulam, "Chopin and Spain". Three sonatas by Scarlatti; four pieces from Iberia by Albéniz; a Chopin Mazurka and an Impromptu; and Manuel de Falla's Fantasía Bética performed on the 1877 Erard Sunday, September 14 Concert Dmitry Rachmanov and Cullan Bryant: four-hand compositions by Beethoven, and Beethoven’s three principal teachers:  Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1798),  Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and Johann Georg Albechtsberger (1736-1809). (To be followed by a recording session Sept. 14-16.) Sunday, September 21 Concert Constantine Finehouse:  (Brahms and others – to be decided on) Sunday, October 12 Concert The Orfeo Duo:  Beethoven and his Students: A set of variations by Archduke Rudolph, originally for piano with accompaniment of csakan (a combination recorder and walking stick!). Then, a radiantly beautiful sonata by Ferdinand Ries, who studied piano with Beethoven; Bagatelles op. 119 by Beethoven; and finally, Beethoven's Sonata op. 96, which was dedicated to Rudolph.  Sunday, October 19 Concert Sarah Grunstein: Works by Chopin, possibly Mendelssohn. Spring 2008 Sunday, May 11 Concert The Arcadia Players, Christopher Krueger, flute, Lisa Rautenberg, violin, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, 'cello, Monica Jakuc Leverett, piano, Peter W. Shea, tenor. Music by Haydn, Beethoven and Weber. Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c. 1805-1810. Sunday, May 18 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg, piano. Music by Brahms, Schumann and Chopin. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1846. Saturday, May 24 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, May 25 at 4:00 PM Concert Due to a serious illness in the family, DMITRY RACHMANOV will not be able to perform his scheduled program of Schubert this weekend. The following programs will be presented instead. Saturday, May 24 at 7:30 PM Concert The Prisma Trio: Ana-Maria LaPointe, violin, Ning Tien, ’cello, Silvia Bota, piano. Music by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839. Sunday, May 25 Concert Sarah Grunstein, piano. An All-Chopin Recital. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839. Sunday, June 8 Concert Simon Tedeschi, piano, with Jacob A. Cooper, lyric baritone. Piano music by Lizst, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Fats Waller and Percy Grainger. Songs by Poulenc, Fauré, and Ravel. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1893.                              Previous Seasons Date Event Artist 2007 April 29, 2007 Concert Stephen Porter, piano, Katherine Kayaian, ’cello. Works by Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Frank Bridge. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877 (the "Extra-grand modèle de concert"). May 13, 2007 Concert The Smith Chamber Ensemble, Joel Pitchon and Elizabeth Chang, violins, Annie Garlid, viola, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, 'cello, Monica Jakuc, piano. Piano Quintets by Schumann and Brahms. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1846. May 20, 2007 Concert Cullan Bryant, piano. An All-Chopin program. Piano by Bösendorfer, Vienna, c.1830  (One of Bösendorfer’s first pianos) May 27, 2007 Concert Shuann Chai, piano. Music by Brahms, Bach-Busoni, Berg, and Ravel. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877 (the "Extra-grand modèle de concert"). June 3, 2007 Concert Hsia-Jung Chang, piano. The Chopin Etudes, Op.10 and Op.25 Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839. September 2, 2007 Concert Gail Olszewski, piano, with baritone Aaron Engebreth. Myrthenlieder, by Robert Schumann, solo piano works by Louise Farrenc and Frédéric Chopin. September 16, 2007 Concert Malcolm Halliday, piano, and Chester Brezniak, clarinet, performing Reger and Brahms sonatas for clarinet and piano, and a Liszt transcription of a Schubert Waltz. October 7, 2007 Concert Sharona Joshua, piano, performing works by Robert Schumann, John Field, Chopin and Mendelssohn. October 14, 2007 Concert Sarah Grunstein, piano, performing works by Chopin and Robert Schumann. 2006 May 7, 2006 Concert Shuann Chai, piano. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1846. May 14, 2006 Concert The Smith Chamber Ensemble, Joel Pitchon, violin, Monica Jakuc, piano, with guest 'cellist, Volcy Pelletier. Trios by Robert and Clara Schumann. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1846. May 21, 2006 Concert The Orfeo Duo, Vita Wallace, violin, Ishmael Wallace, piano, with guest, Beth Anne Hatton, soprano. Music by Brahms, Wagner, and others. Piano by Streicher, Vienna, 1868. June 17-18, 2006 Concert A Schubert Weekend: A Lively Talk on Schubert's Music by Henrica Bordwin, President of the American Schubert Institute, and two recitals by Dmitry Rachmanov, piano.  N.B. The Saturday lecture will be at 4 pm at the Piano Study Center, followed by  pre-concert supper, then the first concert at 7 pm. The Sunday concert will be at 4 pm. September 3, 2006 Concert Qi Liu, piano with Shan Jiang, violin. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877. An Afternoon of French Music including works by Debussy, Ravel, and Franck. September 10, 2006 Concert The Trio Bella, Heather and Rebecca Fetrow, sopranos, and Barbara Fetrow Suhrstedt, piano. Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c.1805-1810. An Afternoon of Songs including works by Mozart and Beethoven. October 1, 2006 Concert Gayle Martin Henry, piano. Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c.1805-1810. A program of Beethoven Sonatas, including Nos. 13, 14, and 23. October 8, 2006 Concert Sharona Joshua, piano. Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c.1805-1810. A Beethoven Recital, including Sonatas Nos. 1,4, and 8. October 15, 2006 Concert Stephen Porter, piano. Piano to be chosen from The Frederick Collection. The program will include works by Schubert, Liszt and Schumann.  n.b. Mr. Porter has agreed to perform the concert date originally scheduled to present Richard Shirk's program of The Romantic Piano. Mr. Shirk's concert was cancelled by the artist due to a health issue. We wish him and anticipate a complete recovery, and we are grateful to Mr. Porter for filling in on short notice. 2005 May 22, 2005 Concert Daniel Paul Horn, piano, with Stephen Balderston, 'cello. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839. May 29, 2005 Concert Qi Liu, piano. An all-Chopin recital. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839. June 5, 2005 Concert Gayle Martin Henry, piano. Piano by Muzio Clementi, London, 1805. June 12, 2005 Concert Richard Shirk, piano. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1839. June 19, 2005 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg, piano. A program titled "The End of Romanticism: France and Russia in the late 1800s."  Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877-78. September 11, 2005 Concert Gail Olszewski, piano. Works by Beethoven, Cecilia Barthelemon, Haydn, Clementi, John Field, and Jan Dussek. Piano by Clementi, London, 1805 September 18, 2005 Concert Kees Kooper, violin, with Emily White, piano. A Beethoven recital, with light commentary, featuring the “Spring” and “Kreutzer” sonatas. Piano by Bösendorfer, Vienna, built between 1828 and 1832. September 25, 2005   Concert   Elaine Greenfield, piano, with Karen Kevra, flute.  French Music for piano and flute, by Jules Mouquet, Michel Blavet, Francis Poulenc, Phillip Gaubert, Claude Debussy, Louis Moyse,  Maurice Ravel, and Henri Dutilleux. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1893. (This program, originally to have taken place in June, 2005, was rescheduled due to an injury suffered by the pianist.) October 2, 2005 Concert Stephen Porter, piano. Sonata in b minor by Liszt, and works by Grieg and Ravel. Piano by Erard, Paris, 1877-78. October 16, 2005 Concert Susan Alexander-Max, piano.  Works by Mozart, Hayden, Clementi, and Schubert.  Piano to be selected from the Frederick Collection. 2004 May 2, 2004 Concert Pianist Richard Shirk:  Music by Edvard Grieg May 9, 2004 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg, Music by Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann on the Tröndlin piano (new to the collection). May 16, 2004 Concert Kees Kooper and Sara Bong;  Music for Violin and Piano by Brahms, César Franck and Dvorak.  Erard piano, Paris, 1877-'78, Violin by Giuseppi Guarneri of Cremona, not later than 1741. May 23, 2004 Concert Dmitry Rachmanov will be playing an all-Tchaikovsky program on the 1878 Blüthner of Leipzig. June 6, 2004 Concert Pianist Benita Meshulam. Music by the Spanish composers DaFalla and Nin-Culmell.  Piano to be selected from the Collection. September 5, 2004 Concert Sandra Carlock will play music by Chopin, Grieg and MacDowell on the 1877-78 Erard. September 19, 2004 Concert Elaine Greenfield and Jan Meyer-Thompson will play a program of four-hand piano music by French composers on the 1893 Erard. (Please see special program note.) October 3, 2004 Concert The Orfeo Duo will play music by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert on the 1805-10 Katholnig piano. October 10, 2004 Concert Stephen Porter will play music by Liszt, Chopin, and Schumann on the 1839 Erard. October 16, 2004 October 17, 2004 Concert Susan Alexander-Max will play music by Zipoli, Clementi, Hummel, and Haydn on the 1805-10 Katholnig piano. (October 16 in Winchendon, October 17 in Ashburnham) 2003 May 11, 2003 Concert Janice Nimetz May 18, 2003 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg May 25, 2003 Concert The Orfeo Duo, Ishmael and Vita Wallace June 1, 2003 Concert Firestar, Maria Ferrante and Alys Terrien-Queen August 2 - 11, 2003 Festival The 2003 Ashburnham Chamber Music Festival at The Piano Museum. August 31, 2003 Concert Hsia-Jung Chang September 28, 2003 Concert Elaine Greenfield and Jill Hallett Levis October 19, 2003 Concert Stephen Porter October 26, 2003 Concert Susan Alexander-Max 2002 May 12, 2002 Concert The Brahms Trio, Emlyn Ngai and Eva Marie Heater May 26, 2002 Concert Dmitry Rachmanov June 2, 2002 Concert Robert Osborne and Malcolm Halliday June 9, 2002 Concert Stephen Porter August 21 - 25, 2002 Festival The Ashburnham Chamber Music Festival at The Piano Museum. September 15, 2002 Concert The Kooper-Boehm Duo, Kees Kooper and Mary Louise Boehm September 22, 2002 Concert The Orfeo Duo, Ishmael and Vita Wallace September 29, 2002 Concert Dmitri Shteinberg October 6, 2002 Concert Susan Alexander-Max 2001 May 4, 2001 Lecture  Study Center May 5, 2001 Open House Study Center May 6, 2001 Concert Sandra Carlock June 10, 2001 Concert Nancy Annis McDowell and Eda Mazo-Shlyam July 1, 2001 Concert The Kooper-Boehm Duo, Kees Kooper and Mary Louise Boehm August 4, 2001 Open House Study Center October 7, 2001 Concert Benita Meshulam October 14, 2001 Concert Maria Ferrante, Julian Milkis and Lincoln Mayorga October 21, 2001 Concert Susan Alexander-Max

The concerts are centered around the internationally recognized Frederick Collection of Historical Grand Pianos built c.1795-1907 in Vienna, Paris, London, etc.

The Collection, begun in 1975, is located in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, USA.

The concert series has been presented since 1985. Each concert showcases one piano in music of that instrument's time and place, with professional musicians. Programs have included piano solo, Lieder, chamber ensemble, piano duo, French art songs, and more.

There are Concerts in the Spring & Fall, typically five concerts each, at the handicapped-accessible Ashburnham Community Church. The average attendance is 112 persons per event, from all over New England and nearby New York state. Admission $10.00; children/students, free.

The Frederick Piano Collection is located in the handsome c. 1890 former Stevens Library building, being leased to HPC by Town, for use as Historical Piano Study Center.

The Piano Study Center is equipped to host seminars, workshops, lecture-recitals, panel discussions, master classes, tours, and recording sessions.

The Piano Study Center has support of musicians, music scholars, and interested lay public from all over USA and from several other countries.

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