You may not hear covers of Taylor Swift or Michael Jackson at an upcoming Midsummer’s Music performance, but you can hear pieces by composers who hold a similar status in the chamber music world.
The chamber music organization began its second concert series with works by Mozart and Glazunov. While Mozart’s Stadler Quintet has been featured in popular culture, including the final episode of MASH*, audiences may be less familiar with Glazunov’s Quintet in A Major.
Midsummer’s Music Executive Director Allyson Fleck credits Artistic Director Jim Berkenstock with creating programs that feature familiar works while also introducing audiences to composers they may come to appreciate after a proper introduction.
In addition to last Thursday’s performance at Björklunden and Friday’s performance at PenArt, audiences can catch the program Saturday at MUSE in Sturgeon Bay and Sunday at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor.
On Saturday, Midsummer’s Music will host its first Coffee Talk of the season featuring University of Illinois Chicago Professor Emeritus Peter Conroy at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County in Ephraim. Beginning at 1 p.m., Conroy will discuss the “pop” in popular music and its relationship to rock ’n’ roll.
