HANCOCK -- The Hancock Chamber Music Society will present two "Bach to Bartok" chamber music concerts this week: at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Portage Lake United Church in Houghton and at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7, at the Ontonagon Theater.
The Sept. 5 performance in Houghton features violinist Andrew McInnes, pianist Neil Paynter and mezzo-soprano Mary Richards-Kallman, performing several works of Bach, Schumann and Bartok. The program includes Bach's Partita No. 2 in d minor S1004 (accompaniment by Robert Schumann); Schumann's Fünf Lieder, Op. 40; Zigeunerliedchen I & II (from "Liederalbum für die Jugend"), Op. 79, Nos. 7 and 8; Sieben Lieder von Elisabeth Kulmann zur Erinnerung an die Dichterin, Op. 104; and 19 selections from Bela Bartok's Mikrokosmos.
There is no admission charge for the Sept. 5 concert; however, free-will donations will be received to benefit Omega House of Houghton. The church is located at 1400 E. Houghton Avenue, Houghton.
Tickets for the Sept. 7 Ontonagon concert, which has a similar program, are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Advance Tickets are available at the following outlets: in Ontonagon - Citizens State Bank, mBank, Ontonagon Herald, the telephone company, and the historical museum; in Bruce Crossing - Settler's Co-op Credit Union; and in Mass City - Chance's Hardware. The Ontonagon Theater of Performing Arts is located at 311 Steel Street, Ontonagon.
Andrew McInnes, in addition to playing the violin, is also a violist, pianist, organist and composer. Neil Paynter is an active musician in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He has accompanied the Michigan Tech Concert Choir, the Copper Country Chorale and Studio North Opera. Currently, he performs in several chamber music groups.
Mary Richards-Kallman is a native of the Copper Country. She has appeared in several productions of the Pine Mountain Music Festival including Madame Butterfly as Kate Pinkerton, Children of the Keweenaw as Barbara Jesic and in the PMMF chorus of La Traviata, Carmen, Falstaff, and La Boheme. Ms. Richards-Kallman is a voice student of Christine Seitz and is a charter member of Studio North Opera. Founded in 1999, Studio North Opera presents opera scenes concerts to local audiences.
The Hancock Chamber Music Society, residing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, performs concerts throughout the Great Lakes Region. In 2005, they began an annual festival to honor the life and works of Robert and Clara Schumann.
For more information about these or other upcoming chamber music concerts, visit www.neilpaynterproductions.com.
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