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SALT BAY CHAMBERFEST 2021 FESTIVAL
Doors Open!
Festival Concerts at Lincoln Theater: August 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 27, 29
One-Hour Concerts at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm*
4:00 pm concerts: Socially distanced seating with limited capacity; masks required. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
7:30 pm concerts: General admission / open seating; masks required. Tickets available in advance or at the door.
Single Concert Ticket: $22 General Admission / $20 SBC Supporters and Lincoln Theater Members / Students free with valid ID
*With the exception of August 29, which features a single concert at 5pm, and will follow the 7:30 pm guidelines (general admission, masks required).
Festival Concert 1
August 15, 2021
Sunday at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Inventions
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Duo for Violin and Cello
Solo works by Dawn Avery, Nina C. Young, Lester St. Louis, Angélica Negrón
DARIAN DONOVAN THOMAS Duo for Violin and Cello (SBC commission and world premiere)
MAURICE RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
Jennifer Koh, violin
Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Festival Concert 2
August 16, 2021
Monday at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1003
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004
Jennifer Koh, violin
Festival Concert 3
August 17, 2021
Tuesday at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Partita No. 3 in E major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004
Jennifer Koh, violin
Festival Concert 4
August 18, 2021
Wednesday at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5
BRUCE ADOLPHE ContraDictions: For String Quartet
STEVEN MACKEY ‘Lude
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Brentano String Quartet (Mark Steinberg & Serena Canin, violins; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello)
Festival Concert 5
August 19, 2021
Thursday at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
IGOR STRAVINSKY Concertino
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet Op. 71, No. 2
GEORGE WALKER Molto Adagio from String Quartet No. 1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135
Brentano String Quartet (Mark Steinberg & Serena Canin, violins; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello)
Festival Concert 6
August 24, 2021
Tuesday at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Toccata and Fugue in D minor
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Suite for Harp
GABRIEL FAURÉ Une châtelaine en sa tour
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ To be announced
PAQUITO D’RIVERA Bandoneon
SAMUEL TORRES Taken
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Festival Concert 7
August 27, 2021
Friday at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
Traditional Native American flute music and original works by Hawk Henries
Hawk Henries, flutes
Festival Concert 8
August 29, 2021
Sunday at 5:00 pm (one show only)
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, ME
ROBERT SCHUMANN Dichterliebe
GABRIEL FAURÉ “Clair de lune”
GABRIEL FAURÉ “Les berceaux”
RICHARD WAGNER “O du mein holder Abendstern”
RICHARD HAGEMAN “Music I Heard With You Was More Than Music”
JAMES FREDERICK KEEL “Trade Winds”
ANONYMOUS Deep River
ANONYMOUS O Shenandoah
Lester Lynch, baritone
Bridget Kibbey, harp
River Muse: Musical Meditations on the Damariscotta River
Free Outdoor Community Concerts
River Muse 1
August 21, 2021
Saturday at 3:00 pm
Whaleback Shell Midden in Damariscotta, ME
Burnurwubskek Singers
The event is open to the public free of charge.
River Muse 2
August 26, 2021
Thursday at 12:00 pm
Riverside in Newcastle, ME
Bridget Kibbey, harp
The event is open to the public free of charge.
River Muse 3
August 28, 2021
Saturday at 8:00 am
Salt Bay Farm, Bayside Trail in Damariscotta, ME
Hawk Henries, flutes
The event is open to the public free of charge.
2021 Benefit Concert
July 18, 2021
Sunday at 4:00 pm
Wanderwood in Nobleboro, ME
$150
The 2021 Salt Bay Chamberfest Benefit Concert will be held at the open-air barn at Wanderwood, located at 79 Sidelinger Road in Nobleboro, on Sunday, July 18, 2021.
Cellists Edward Arron and Wilhelmina Smith perform joyful duos for two cellos. Come be immersed in the beauty of music, nature, good company, and more.