OLD LYME — 8/21 UPDATE: Musical Masterworks (MM) informed us this week that the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme has now determined in-person concerts will not be permitted for the foreseeable future.
The MM concerts will still be held in the church as planned but now without an audience. All concerts will be recorded as originally planned and everyone will be able to enjoy the performances by purchasing video tickets to watch the concerts from the comfort of their own home.
Musical Masterworks has announced its program for the 2020-21 season. In a press release from Artistic Director Edward Arron, he says, “The board and staff have resolved to present our usual five programs this coming concert season, with just a few modifications to our normal way of doing things as we attempt to navigate this time of uneasiness about large gatherings.”
Arron continues, “We will hold only one performance per concert weekend, each taking place on a Saturday at 3 p.m.”
The concerts will be held:
Oct. 24, 2020
Dec. 19, 2020
Feb. 13, 2021
March 13, 2021
May 1, 2021
The 2020-21 season will begin with two all-Beethoven programs. In October, pianist Andrew Armstrong will join violinist James Ehnes to perform three sonatas by Beethoven; and on Saturday, Dec. 19 – three days after Beethoven’s actual 250th birthday – James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Che-Yen Chen and Arron will join forces to perform three monumental Beethoven String Quartets.
In the spring, popular MM artists, including Rieko Aizawa, Todd Palmer, Jeewon Park, Randall Scarlata, Gilles Vonsattel, and Tessa Lark, will present musical treasures from Bach to Corigliano, and in Arron’s words, “everything else we could fit in between.”
In a change from normal procedures, however, all five programs will be filmed and recorded by a Grammy-winning team for online viewing and made available two weeks after the concert. The links to access each concert video will be made available for home viewing to any ticket holder who is unable or uncomfortable attending a live performance, as well as to those who attend in person.
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