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Norfolk Chamber Music Festival

Index Norfolk Chamber Music Festival

The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, hosted in Norfolk, Connecticut, is believed to be the oldest active summer music festival in North America. [1]

47 relations: A Pastoral Symphony, Alma Gluck, California, Cedar wood, Chamber music, Classical music, Dave Brubeck, Dawn Upshaw, Ehrick Rossiter, Emma Eames, Frederica von Stade, Frederick Stock, Frieda Hempel, Fritz Kreisler, George Whitefield Chadwick, Horatio Parker, Jean Sibelius, Leopold Damrosch, Lillian Nordica, List of concert halls, Louise Homer, Maud Powell, Max Bruch, Messiah Part II, Metropolitan Opera, Music festival, New England, New York City, New York Philharmonic, Nicholas McGegan, Norfolk, Connecticut, North America, Northwest Hills (Connecticut), Percy Grainger, Perpetuity, Pinchas Zukerman, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Stoltzman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Sequoioideae, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Steinway Hall, The Berkshires, The Oceanides, Tokyo String Quartet, Winsted, Connecticut, Yale University.

A Pastoral Symphony

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.

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Alma Gluck

Alma Gluck (May 11, 1884October 27, 1938) was a Romanian-born American soprano.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cedar wood

Cedar wood comes from several different trees known as cedars that grow in different parts of the world, and may have different uses.

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Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room.

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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Dave Brubeck

David Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz.

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Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano.

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Ehrick Rossiter

Ehrick Kensett Rossiter (September 14, 1854 – October 14, 1941) was an American architect known for the country homes he designed.

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Emma Eames

Emma Eames (August 13, 1865 – June 13, 1952) was an American soprano renowned for the beauty of her voice.

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Frederica von Stade

Frederica von Stade (born June 1, 1945) is an American mezzo-soprano.

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Frederick Stock

Frederick Stock (born Friedrich August Stock; November 11, 1872, Jülich, Rhine Province – October 20, 1942, Chicago, Illinois) was a German conductor and composer, most famous for his 37-year tenure as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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Frieda Hempel

Frieda Hempel (26 June 1885 – 7 October 1955) was a German soprano singer in operatic and concert work who had an international career in Europe and the United States.

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Fritz Kreisler

Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February2, 1875January29, 1962) was an Austrian-born violinist and composer.

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George Whitefield Chadwick

George Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer.

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Horatio Parker

Horatio William Parker (September 15, 1863 – December 18, 1919) was an American composer, organist and teacher.

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Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius, born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 186520 September 1957), was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods.

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Leopold Damrosch

Leopold Damrosch (October 22, 1832 – February 15, 1885) was a German American orchestral conductor and composer.

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Lillian Nordica

Lillian Nordica (December 12, 1857 – May 10, 1914) was an American opera singer who had a major stage career in Europe and her native country.

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List of concert halls

A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats.

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Louise Homer

Louise Homer (April 30, 1871May 6, 1947) was an American operatic contralto who had an active international career in concert halls and opera houses from 1895 until her retirement in 1932.

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Maud Powell

Minnie "Maud" Powell (August 22, 1867 – January 8, 1920) was an American violinist who gained international acclaim for her skill and virtuosity.

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Max Bruch

Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (6 January 1838–2 October 1920), also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertory.

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Messiah Part II

Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts.

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Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

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Music festival

A music festival is a community event oriented towards live performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, or locality of musicians, or holiday.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States.

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Nicholas McGegan

James Nicholas McGegan OBE (born 14 January 1950 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England) is a British harpsichordist, flautist, conductor and early music expert.

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Norfolk, Connecticut

Norfolk is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Northwest Hills (Connecticut)

The Northwest Hills (also known as the Litchfield Hills or Northwest Highlands) are a geographic region of the U.S. state of Connecticut located in the northwestern corner of the state.

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Percy Grainger

George Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist.

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Perpetuity

A perpetuity is an annuity that has no end, or a stream of cash payments that continues forever.

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Pinchas Zukerman

Pinchas Zukerman (פנחס צוקרמן, born 16 July 1948) is an Israeli-American violinist, violist and conductor.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer.

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Richard Stoltzman

Richard Leslie Stoltzman (born July 12, 1942) is an American clarinetist.

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 18751 September 1912) was an English composer and conductor who was mixed-race; his father was a Sierra Leone Creole physician.

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Sequoioideae

Sequoioideae (redwoods) is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae.

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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (28 March 1943) was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the Romantic repertoire.

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Steinway Hall

Steinway Hall (German) is the name of buildings housing concert halls, showrooms and sales departments for Steinway & Sons pianos.

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The Berkshires

The Berkshires are a highland geologic region located in the western parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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The Oceanides

The Oceanides (Finnish title: Aallottaret, translated to English as Nymphs of the Waves or Spirits of the Waves; original working title Rondeau der Wellen; in English, Rondo of the Waves), Op. 73, is a single-movement tone poem for orchestra written in by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

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Tokyo String Quartet

The was an international string quartet that operated from 1969 to 2013.

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Winsted, Connecticut

Winsted is a census-designated place and an incorporated city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Chamber_Music_Festival

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