Tickets $15 available by calling 641-472-7634.

THE INAUGURATION OF A BRAND NEW CONCERT SERIES IN FAIRFIELD

On Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 2 PM, Fairfield Chamber Music Series International (FCMSI) launches the first installment of a 12 concerts a year chamber music series featuring statewide, national and international ensembles on Sunday afternoons at The MainStay Inn at 300 North Main Street, Fairfield, Iowa. www.mainstayfairfield.com

Admission to this concert is $15. Seating is limited. Please RSVP early by calling Freddy at 641-472-7634 to be sure you have a seat.

After the concert, there will be a reception hosted by Kate Ross, the owner of the Inn. There will also be a raffle and you can win a free ticket to a next concert. Raffle tickets are $1.

This recital is sponsored in part by the Fairfield Iowa Convention and Visitors Bureau.

This first concert showcases an exquisite trio from Grinnell, IA, the New Prairie Camerata with Claudia Anderson, flute, Jeanmarie Kern Chenette, harp and Nancy McFarland Gaub, violin. Their program, Iberian Impressions, consists of mouthwatering compositions on Spanish and Portuguese themes by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, de Falla, Escobar, Ravel, Bizet and Ibert.

Most concerts on the new series will take place on Sunday afternoons at the MainStay Inn, thanks to an idea of Kate Ross to generate monthly cultural events in Fairfield. Occasionally, some of these concerts will be offered at ICON Iowa Contemporary Art gallery and the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield to accomodate larger audiences.

There is a wealth of wonderful musical treasures and dedicated small ensembles right here in Iowa as well as in many other states and countries. This concert series provides a fantastic opportunity for Fairfield to be regularly exposed to high caliber and rarely heard chamber music which will doubtless attract visitors from the area to Fairfield as well.

An advisory board for FCMSI is under development and grants are being applied for as well as sponsors being approached.

If you want to be notified of future chamber music concerts, scroll down to the bottom of the page to send us a message with your e-mail address.

    PROGRAM — Iberian Impressions

Entr’acte from Act III of Carmen — Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

O Virgo splendens — Anon. Spanish 14th c.

Passame por Dios barquero — Pedro Escobar (c. 1470-1550)

Quaeramus cum pastoribus — Pedro de Cristo (1550-1618)

Sonata in D minor — Carlos Seixas (1704-1742)

Allegro

Adagio

Minuet

Trouvas (Ballads) — Francisco de Lacerda (1869-1934)

Eu Sou Sombra, tu és sol (I am shade, You are sun)

E' Ter Arte Não Falar (I have not the art to speak)

Se Eu Sonbesse que Voando (If I knew that flying…)

Este Mundo é Uma Vinha (This world is a vine)

Thirty-six Stories to Amuse the Artist’s Children — Francisco de Lacerda

Le Cerf blessé (The Wounded Stag)

Le Coq et son Ombre (The Rooster and his Shade)

La Ramier blessé (The Wounded Woodpigeon)

Entr’acte — Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)

Habanera — Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Flute and Harp

    INTERMISSION

Tango Etude No. 1 — Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Violin Solo

Histoire du Tango — Astor Piazzolla

Bordel 1900, Arr. K Vehmanen

Flute & Harp

Agua de Beber (Water to Drink) — Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)

Inutil Paisagem (If You Never Come to Me)

El Amor Brujo (Love the Magician) — Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Pantomime

Ritual Fire Dance

    NEW PRAIRIE CAMERATA

Envisioned by flutist Claudia Anderson and realized through collaboration with harpist Jeanmarie Kern Chenette and violinist Nancy McFarland Gaub, New Prairie Camerata is a unique concept that brings together music, architecture, local history, and community participation. These three Grinnell artists with national and international careers joined talents and extensive performing experience to form the musical core of New Prairie Camerata in 2006.

Claudia Anderson, Flute

Jeanmarie Kern Chenette, Harp

Nancy McFarland Gaub, Violin

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