Hear! Here! hosting two concerts
The Hear! Here! Society is hosting two concerts this month.
The first is being held in association with the Restoration Committee for the Argyle Historic Church featuring Randy Hiller and musical friends for an afternoon of classical music on Saturday, July 29 at 3 p.m.
The concert will be at the Argyle Historic Church, located at Frost Corner on Route 3 in Argyle, just off Highway 103 at Exit 32.
Hiller is a violinist and director of the Lexington Chamber Music Centre in Massachusetts. He will be joined by several musical friends in a concert featuring string ensembles. The music of Handel, Frank Martin and Brahms will be included.
All proceeds will be used for the maintenance and preservation of the church.
For nearly 20 years, Hiller has spent his summers at Argyle Lodge, which was built in the 1930s as a tourist retreat for hunters and anglers and has hosted dignitaries from around the world. Now, instead, the family entertains musical friends throughout the summer.
It was 12 years ago that Hiller first staged a performance at the Argyle church, discovering the space's acoustics are ideal for un-amplified instruments.
The concert has become an annual tradition and had been an important fundraiser for the church, which is a registered heritage property. The building dates to the late 19th century, and the cemetery goes back to the arrival of Planter settlers in the late
1700s.
Hear! Here! Society is also hosting Musique Royale's
Best of Boxwood at St. Peter's Church – located at 1152 Route 335 in Middle West Pubnico – on Monday, July 31 at 7 p.m.
The concert celebrates the roots of Maritime, Canadian, Irish and Scottish traditional dance music
Each year a new troupe of
musicians are featured in The Best of Boxwood concert tour. It is part of Musique Royale Summer Festival, which takes place annually in Lunenburg and celebrates the energetic, traditional dance music of Maritime Canada, Scotland, and Ireland.
This year's Best of Boxwood tour showcases performers Kevin Burke (one of Ireland's premiere fiddlers), Bruce
Molsky (the virtuoso of many instruments and powerful vocals), Eamon O'Leary (Irish singer and songwriter), and Janelle Lucyk (a baroque singer).
At the heart of the group is Chris Norman, whose brilliant and imaginative flute playing has contributed to groups as diverse as The Baltimore Consort, Skyedance, Helicon, Chatham Baroque, Concerto Caledonia, as well as Hollywood soundtracks and seven solo recordings.