2019-20 Concert Season

Paris Piano Trio
Two different programs, not a repeat performance

Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. – Masterclass, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. - Concert, Unitarian Church of Montpelier 
Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. – Concert, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Régis Pasquier–violin | Roland Pidoux–cello | Jean-Claude Pennetier–piano

The legendary Paris Piano Trio returns for the first time in nearly a decade for what will likely be their last US tour. The three extraordinary musicians, who met as students at the Paris Conservatory, went on to teach there until their recent retirements. This concert marks the 30th anniversary of their first US tour.

​Over two concerts, they will perform trios of Ravel, Brahms, Shostakovich, Mozart, Schubert, and  Beethoven's "Archduke"Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97.  Widely considered to be one of the finest chamber ensembles in the world, this is chamber music as good as it gets!

Saturday, March 7, 7:30PM
Mozart, Piano Trio No. 4 in E major, K. 542
Beethoven, “Archduke” Trio, Op. 97 
Ravel, Trio in A minor

Sunday, March 8, 3:00PM
Shostakovich, Trio in E minor, Op. 67
Brahms, Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
Schubert, Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 99
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Photo credit: Guy Vivien

* * * 20th Anniversary Celebration Concerts * * *
Two different programs, not a repeat performance

Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. – Concert, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. – Concert, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
These blockbuster concerts showcase favorite performers and performances from our past 20 years. A dozen performers include violinists Theodore Arm and Robyn Bollinger; cellists Edward Arron and Emily Taubl; violist Toby Appel; pianists Jeffrey Chappell, Jeewon Park, and Paul Orgel; soprano Mary Bonhag; and flutist Karen Kevra.

Over the course of the two concerts, the audience will hear Schubert's "two-cello" String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata; Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34; J.S. Bach's Flute Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020; Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15; and more. Birthday cake to follow! Celebrate with us!

Music Sutras for a Suffering World
The poetry of David Budbill set to music

Friday, May 15, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. – Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington
Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. - Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. – Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro
The words of celebrated Vermont poet David Budbill take center stage in a concert featuring Vermont and New York musicians and composers. This collaboration with Scrag Mountain Music brings together soprano Mary Bonhag, composer/double bassist Evan Premo, with flutist Karen Kevra, pianist Jeffrey Chappell, and avant garde jazz artist William Parker, who was Budbill's long-time collaborator and friend. They will perform works by Erik Nielsen and Evan Premo, and William Parker will lead a group of vocalists in an incantation of poetry and improvised music. Together, these artists offer a sonically diverse program that weaves together music with Budbill’s iconic poetry, which is written “with rare honesty, affection and grace--and with language so precise and descriptive you will know immediately you’re soul-deep in something extraordinary.” (Los Angeles Daily News)
>>> Please note: All tickets for these May 15th–17th concerts can be reserved through Scrag Mountain Music (www.scragmountainmusic.org). Tickets will not be for sale at Bear Pond Books or through the Capital City Concerts website. This concert is not included in the subscription ticket package.

Ticket Information

Tickets Online

​Please visit our online box office. Tickets ordered online will be held for you to pick up at will-call beginning 45 minutes prior to the concert. No tickets will be mailed. 

In Person
​at Bear Pond Books

Tickets are available at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier for cash or check sales only in person. No credit card sales. 
     $25 adults
     $15 student (18 and younger)

At the Door

Tickets are available for purchase at the door 45 minutes prior to concert's start. 
     $25 adults
     $15 student (18 and younger)
     $15 reduced income
Purchases made via credit cards will incur a $1 per ticket surcharge.

Past concerts of the season

Sleepers Awake!

October 2019 
Richard Riley, Conductor
Hyunah Yu–soprano, Steven Paul Spears–tenor,  Nathaniel Sullivan–baritone,  Karen Kevra–flute, Randall Wolfgang–oboe,  Laurie Smukler–violin

On the heels of last season's extraordinarily successful Magnificat performance we are bringing another big Bach concert to Montpelier and Burlington. "Sleepers Awake!” (Wachet Auf, BWV 140) is perhaps the most beloved of Bach's cantatas. World-class singer soloists, a chorus, and a professional orchestra composed of Vermont musicians with players from the New York City Ballet and Opera Orchestras, Mostly Mozart, and the Orchestra of Saint Luke's will be directed by Richard Riley. Other works on the program include a selection of arias featuring each vocal soloist and the motet Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden, BWV 230. Violinist Laurie Smukler will be the soloist in Bach's resplendent Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041.  ​

Pictures at an Exhibition
Music Inspired by Art

January 2020
Jeffrey Chappell​-piano,  Karen Kevra–flute

Washington, D.C., pianist Jeffrey Chappell returned for a unique concert to perform Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. For this multimedia concert, area students created original artwork based on the ten descriptive movements of Mussorgsky's masterpiece. Their images depict movements such as Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells, The Marketplace at Limoges, The Great Gate of Kiev, and Catacombs, which were projected above the stage in sync with the music. Flutist Karen Kevra joined Chappell in works by Koechlin, featuring images from retired National Geographic photographer James Blair's collection Our Threatened Inheritance.