Aston Magna Music Festival

52nd SEASON!
Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director

July 10 – August 3, 2025

Thursdays: July 10, 17, 24, 31
Allen Center at Newton Cultural Alliance
7:00 pm

Program 1: Thursday, July 10, and Saturday, July 12
Music from Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Geminiani, Balbastre, Arne, Purcell, Mozart, Weber

Sylvia Berry, harpsichord and fortepiano;
Kristen Watson, soprano;
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin.

Program 2: Thursday, July 17, and Saturday, July 19
Late Mozart
Adagio and Fugue, G Minor Viola Quintet, Clarinet Quintet

Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, violins;
Anne Black and Laura Jeppesen, violas;
Jacques Lee Wood, cello;
Thomas Carroll, basset horn.

Program 3: Thursday, July 24, and Saturday, July 26
From Castello to Canzano
Baroque Chamber Music – Into the 21st Century!

Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord;
Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins;
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola;
Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello;
Kelsey Burnham, traverso.

Works of
Dario Castello (1602-1631),
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1770),
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772),
Nathan Adam Mondry (b.1991),
Nicola Saraceni Canzano (b. 1991).

Program 4: Thursday, July 31, and Sunday, August 3
Fiddlers Four
Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”
and music by Purcell, Pachelbel, Legrenzi and Telemann

Julia Glenn, Cynthia Roberts, Gerald Elias, Daniel Stepner, baroque violins
Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola;
Jennifer Morsches, baroque cello;
Anne Trout, bass;
Peter Sykes, harpsichord;
Catherine Liddell, theorbo.

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