Sunday Music Series
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Akiko Kobayashi, Violinist, Accompanied by Pianist Eric Siepkes
Sunday, August 18th 4:00 pm Violinist Akiko Kobayashi and pianist Eric Siepkes will offer a summer afternoon program of Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky in the serene (and cool!) Chapel Restoration on the banks of the Hudson, Cold Spring, Sunday, August 18. The concert is at 4 and free to all, audience contributions welcome. The duo began performing together a decade ago, delighting audiences ever since. Kobayashi performs frequently throughout the Northeast and elsewhere.Chamber music concerts include the Mozart Festival at the Allegheny Riverstone Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, as well as an exploration of Bach's Sonatas for Violin and Klavier, sponsored by the Islip, New York, Arts Council. She has been a soloist with Tokyo Suginami Kokaido Chamber Orchestra, West Islip Symphony and Yonkers Philharmonic and has appeared in the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine, the InterHarmony International Music Festival in the Berkshires and the Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Festival in Bavaria. The Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago and the Saugerties Pro Musica Foundation Concert Series in the Hudson Valley are among her other concert appearances. Recitals have been in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Cathedral of St. John the Devine.A native of New York, Kobayashi is a graduate of Yale and has a Master of Music in Classical Violin from Manhattan School of Music. She has won First Prize in the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition and the Richmond County Orchestra Concerto Competition. Pianist Eric Siepkes performs solo and with chamber music groups. Recital appearances have been in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, New York’s Baruch Center of Performing Arts, Allegheny Riverstone Center for the Arts and the Chicago Cultural Center. He has performed in master classes for Richard Goode and Natalya Antonova, and in chamber music master classes for London Baroque, the Avalon String Quartet and the Eroica Trio. He has participated in Chautauqua Institution Summer School of Fine Arts and the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Soesterberg, the Netherlands. He studied at Eastman School of Music and Mannes College of Music. The Chapel Restoration, 45 Market Street, Cold Spring, is across from Metro-North Train Station, parking free on Sundays. This concert is made possible, in part, through Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Grant Program with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature, and a contribution from Marcelline Thomson, Chapel Restoration board member. |
The 2019 Concerts:
The Chapel Restoration has announced its 2019 Sunday Music Series, beginning in April. The season’s eight concerts, Sunday afternoons at 4, are in the historic Greek Revival chapel with superb acoustics, on the banks of the Hudson River in Cold Spring, New York. Concerts are free to the public, contributions are greatly appreciated.
The 2019 season featuring a wide range of programs by outstanding musicians opens April 14 with a lecture recital by pianist Michael Musgrave on the music of Robert Schumann, followed in May by a piano trio with Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano. June welcomes soprano Coralie Gallet and pianist José García-León with music from France and Spain. Jazz in July follows with DeWitt Fleming Jr., tap dancer, and Erica von Kleist, saxophone. Violinist Akiko Kobayashi performs in August. Fall brings Duo Scorpio, with Kathryn Andrews and Kristie Shade, harpists. Helena Baillie, violin/viola, and her sister Martina Baillie, piano, take us to the music of Italy. REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music closes the season in November.
April 14
Michael Musgrave, piano
Lecture/Recital: “The Poet Speaks: An Exploration of Schumann's Piano Music”
May 26
Piano Trio
Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano
Dvorak Trio in F Minor, Op. 65 and Chausson Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
June 23
Coralie Gallet, soprano, and José García-León, piano
Music from France and Spain, including Claude Debussy, Lili Boulanger,
Maurice Ravel, Isaac Albéniz.
July 21
Sax & Taps
DeWitt Fleming Jr., tap dancer, and Erica von Kleist, saxophone
Jazz standards and original compositions
August 18
Akiko Kobayashi violin
A selection of classical music
September 22
Duo Scorpio
Kathryn Andrews and Kristie Shade, harp
Bernard Andrés, Le Jardin Des Paones; Caroline Lizotte, Raga Op. 41; William Schimmel, La Faun (World Premiere); Paul Patterson, Cantonese Images Op. 126 and Scorpions Op. 124
October 20
Helena Baillie, violin/viola, and Martina Baillie, piano
Italian themed program, including Vivaldi, Tartini, Geminiani, and Stravinky’s Suite Italienne
November 17
REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music
Special guest Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba;Jörg-Michael Schwarz and Karen Marie Marmer, baroque violin; Donsok Shin, harpsichord
Rare Treasures of the High Baroque: Johann Adam Reincken, Francois Couperin, Dietrich Buxtehude, Antoine Forqueray and Jean-Féry Rebel
The Chapel Restoration is located at 45 Market Street, directly across from the Metro-North Train Station, where parking is free on Sundays.
The 2019 season featuring a wide range of programs by outstanding musicians opens April 14 with a lecture recital by pianist Michael Musgrave on the music of Robert Schumann, followed in May by a piano trio with Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano. June welcomes soprano Coralie Gallet and pianist José García-León with music from France and Spain. Jazz in July follows with DeWitt Fleming Jr., tap dancer, and Erica von Kleist, saxophone. Violinist Akiko Kobayashi performs in August. Fall brings Duo Scorpio, with Kathryn Andrews and Kristie Shade, harpists. Helena Baillie, violin/viola, and her sister Martina Baillie, piano, take us to the music of Italy. REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music closes the season in November.
April 14
Michael Musgrave, piano
Lecture/Recital: “The Poet Speaks: An Exploration of Schumann's Piano Music”
May 26
Piano Trio
Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano
Dvorak Trio in F Minor, Op. 65 and Chausson Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
June 23
Coralie Gallet, soprano, and José García-León, piano
Music from France and Spain, including Claude Debussy, Lili Boulanger,
Maurice Ravel, Isaac Albéniz.
July 21
Sax & Taps
DeWitt Fleming Jr., tap dancer, and Erica von Kleist, saxophone
Jazz standards and original compositions
August 18
Akiko Kobayashi violin
A selection of classical music
September 22
Duo Scorpio
Kathryn Andrews and Kristie Shade, harp
Bernard Andrés, Le Jardin Des Paones; Caroline Lizotte, Raga Op. 41; William Schimmel, La Faun (World Premiere); Paul Patterson, Cantonese Images Op. 126 and Scorpions Op. 124
October 20
Helena Baillie, violin/viola, and Martina Baillie, piano
Italian themed program, including Vivaldi, Tartini, Geminiani, and Stravinky’s Suite Italienne
November 17
REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music
Special guest Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba;Jörg-Michael Schwarz and Karen Marie Marmer, baroque violin; Donsok Shin, harpsichord
Rare Treasures of the High Baroque: Johann Adam Reincken, Francois Couperin, Dietrich Buxtehude, Antoine Forqueray and Jean-Féry Rebel
The Chapel Restoration is located at 45 Market Street, directly across from the Metro-North Train Station, where parking is free on Sundays.
These concerts are made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Grant Program with public funds provided through the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature. Our special thanks for a generous contribution from Marcelline Thomson, board member, and David Duffy.
We rely on your support to present music of this quality in our community. Contributions payable to the Chapel Music Fund may be sent to The Chapel Restoration Inc. Box 43 ~ Cold Spring, New York.
We rely on your support to present music of this quality in our community. Contributions payable to the Chapel Music Fund may be sent to The Chapel Restoration Inc. Box 43 ~ Cold Spring, New York.