WFM 2024 CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

SOLD OUT ! Washington Friends of Music New Year’s Day Concert & Party will take place on Jan. 1, 2025 at 4pm at The Frederick Gunn School, Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center, 22 Kirby Road, Washington, CT.

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The tickets are held at the door. Tickets are also available at the Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington Depot and County Wine & Spirits in New Preston (cash or check only).

Concert incl. Party: $50 in advance; $55 at the door - if still available - the previous New Year’s Day concerts were sold out!

Please scroll down for the program.
Click here for the musicians' biographies.

PARKING: On school grounds, there is very limited parking and there are a few designated all-accessible parking spots available. Carpool if possible. There is parking on the street. Guards will direct you. Be early and be prepared to walk a few steps. Doors open at 3:30pm. The concert starts at 4pm.


We THANK YOU and the following organizations for generously supporting WFM:
* State of CT * CT Humanities (see sidebar)
* Northwest CT Community Foundation * WMNR Fine Arts Radio
The concerts of WFM are made possible in part by these contributors and supporters like YOU!
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World-renowned cellist Sergey Antonov joins The New Baroque Soloists in Washington on August 3rd

Hailed as "the most significant musical experience in Washington this summer" music lovers are advised not to miss the appearance of special guest, Sergey Antonov, Gold Medal winning cellist at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. He will perform a solo piece as well as with The New Baroque Soloists.

The solo Mr. Antonov is playing will be “Violoncello Suite No. 1 Senza Basso in G Major” by J. S. Bach. This is a special treat, due to the works' technical demands this composition is not very well known and rarely publicly performed.

Joining him for “Suite in E Minor, op. 110, for two Cellos” by Emanuel Moor will be by highly regarded cellist Samual Magill, who is an outstanding member of The New Baroque Soloists as well as the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Also performed will be an Overture and a Sinfonia by J.S. Bach, a Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo by Vivaldi and a Quartet for Strings by Quantz.

Sergey Antonov enjoys a versatile career as a soloist and chamber musician. Critics throughout the world have regarded him as “destined for cello superstardom, combining formidable technique and an incredibly warm, penetrating and vibrant tone to a romantic musical sensibility to create music - making of a highest caliber.”
In addition to being the 2007 Tchaikovsky gold medal winner for cello, Antonov has been a recipient of many awards and garnering top prizes at international competitions.

Mr. Antonov has been touring extensively throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America performing in halls ranging from the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory to Suntory Hall in Tokyo and the Newport Festival.
He is a member of the acclaimed Hermitage Piano Trio with violinist Misha Keylin and Ilya Kazantsev with whom he has recorded several CDs of traditional cello-piano repertoire as well as their own transcriptions.
Mr. Antonov has made his conducting debut in the spring of 2014. He frequently gives master classes to solo cellists and chamber music groups in colleges and universities throughout the world.
He has appeared on Russian National Television in performances with the Moscow Philharmonic in their “Stars of the 21st Century” series, and in live concerts on Boston’s NPR radio station WGBH. Mr. Antonov lives in New York with his wife Nika and son Noah.

The musicians describe briefly each piece about to be played in an entertaining fashion and the audience is invited to a reception with the musicians after the concert with bubbly and snacks.

For the WFM Summer Concert Festival's finale on Friday on August 10 at 5:30pm The New Baroque Soloists are performing with 11 musicians a celebratory concert with Handel's Water Music and Fireworks. 

Advance tickets are available for $25 on the WFM website: WashingtonCT4Music.blogspot.com or by phone 860-868-9174 as well as at The Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington Depot. Tickets are available at the door: $30 for adults, $15 for students; children are welcome and admitted free of charge. The concert house is air-conditioned and handicapped accessible.


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