Summer Music Associates will present two concerts in August.
On Thursday, August 4, the powerhouse duo of Thomas Pandolfi and Lindsay Deutsch will take the audience on a whirlwind journey through the hits of the centuries, expressing a variety of musical styles from classical to jazz to Billy Joel.
Spiced with humor and laughs and a bit of history, audiences everywhere rave about these unique artists and their diverse and entertaining programming.
The program will include a Billy Joel medley, works by Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin, John Lennon, “Beethoven’s Greatest Hits,” and romantic aria favorites, along with some other wonderful surprises!
On Thursday, August 18, the Fred Moyer Jazz Trio will bring its program of “Classical Jazz” to New London. The first half of the concert is classical piano presented by Fred Moyer including Bach, arranged by Rachmaninoff: Preludio from Violin Partita in E Major; Chopin’s Variations on Mozart’s “La ci darem la mano” Op. 2; and Schumann’s Presto Possibile – Original Finale movement to Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 14.
For the second half of the concert, Fred is joined by Evan Palmer on bass and Bob Savine on drums. While they play their own arrangements from the Great American Songbook, the trio also takes a uniquely “classical” approach to jazz by recreating note-for-note great recorded performances by legendary trios of the past – trios led by such pianists as Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Chick Corea.
Commenting on this program, Moyer states, “I am delighted to see how immediately classical audiences have embraced our jazz transcriptions. Classical music embraces many styles, cultures, and centuries. As long as the music has great ideas, form, heart, beauty, excitement, and authenticity, classical audiences are on board. Also, we do exactly what other classical musicians do: bring to life musical creations conceived by others.”
Both concerts begin at 7 PM at the First Baptist Church, 461 Main Street in New London. Tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for students and are available online at SummerMusicAssociates.org; by phone at 603 526-8234; by mail at Summer Music Associates, PO Box 603, New London NH 03257; by cash or check at Morgan Hill Bookstore or Tatewell Gallery in New London; or at the door the evening of the concert.