PCMF’s 29th summer season launches with a fabulous fundraiser at Cove Street Arts, East Bayside’s multimedia gallery complex celebrating Maine-made fine art. Among gorgeous seascapes and works by contemporary masters, bid on exclusive silent auction items and enjoy performances from members of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra. Join with fellow music lovers and help support world-class chamber music performances in our community.
Events
Ongoing Events
SALT BAY CHAMBERFEST 2022 FESTIVAL: Illuminations
Attend all four Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 2022 Festival Illuminations concerts at the Lincoln Theater in Darmariscotta.
Tuesday, August 9 at 7:30 pm
Friday, August 12 at 7:30 pm
Tuesday, August 16 at 7:30 pm
Friday, August 19 at 7:30 pm
For more information on the individual concerts, visit www.saltbaychamberfest.org.
All four concert subscription $140
Single Concert Ticket / General Admission $40
SBC Supporters and Lincoln Theater Members $38
Students Free
(All ticket levels include admission to concert and pre-concert lecture starting at 6:30 pm)
*COVID-19 precautions at all indoor events: masks are required, plus proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test.*
Portland Chamber Music Festival: ECCO Dreams
Welcome to the 2022 summer season! Luxuriate in the East Coast Chamber Orchestra’s glorious sound-world with Strauss’s lovely String Sextet from Capriccio, three poignant pieces by Clara Schumann, and a kaleidoscopic work by Michi Wiancko that celebrates the vitality and resilience of the natural world, performed by the ensemble-within-an-ensemble Jupiter String Quartet. Finally, Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden,” a pillar of the chamber music repertoire, builds a dialogue between sinister, subversive power and a dreamy, expressive lyricism in Mahler’s arrangement for string orchestra.
Maine Outdoor Film Festival: Weekend Three, Après August 11 – 14
Join The Maine Outdoor Film Festival, presented by Baxter Brewing, for the third of three weekends of outdoor adventure and conservation short films, shown outdoors, at Après, August 11 – 14.
Local food trucks will be onsite, and adult beverages available for purchase with ID. Panels How’d You Get That Shot!? on 8/12 and Stories From The Field: Maine Women Filmmakers Talk Shop on 8/14 from 6:30-7:30PM available to ticket holders.
On 8/13, 2-6PM, MOFF is co-hosting the “MOFF Field Day” with Maine Outdoor Brands featuring warehouse deals on outdoor gear, music, food trucks, games, and the TSHIRTSWAPAGANZA!
Doors at 7PM pm, Films 8PM-10(ish)PM. Tickets are $15-advance, $18-door. Weekend and full festival passes are also available. Visit Moff.film for tickets and more information about our films and MOFF programs.
MOFF WEEKEND THREE: APRÈS
Thursday, 8/11 – The Doubletop Program
Friday, 8/12 – The Big Moose Program
PANEL: How’d You Get That Shot!?
Saturday, 8/13 – The White Cap Program
TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: STOKE THE FIRE
Sunday, 8/14 – The Bradbury Program
PANEL: Stories From The Field: Maine Women Filmmakers Talk Shop
Portland Chamber Music Festival: ECCO Dances
The original source of Schubert’s fun-loving ‘Trout’ quintet was a song warning young women against being ‘caught’ by ‘angling’ men, but for the piano quintet version he concentrates on the colorful imagery of a trout in its natural habitat. Jessie Montgomery’s Banner “daringly transforms the [national] anthem, folding it into a teeming score…to create a musical melting pot” (New York Times), and features the ensemble-within-an-ensemble Jupiter String Quartet. The East Coast Chamber Orchestra brings its residency to a high-spirited finale with Tchaikovsky’s heartfelt Serenade for Strings, one of the most definitive and popular works from the late Romantic era, infused with grace, exuberance, and sheer joy.
Portland Chamber Music Festival: Reflections
A gentle serenity and sublime slowness infuses a single-movement nocturne by Schubert; the calm before the storm which is Schoenberg’s “stand against tyranny” for piano, reciter, and string quartet. Ode to Napoleon, based on a poem by Lord Byron, references “La Marseillaise” (France’s national anthem) and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony to yield a forcefully dramatic expression of resistance in the World War II era. The evening comes to a glorious close with the absolutely gorgeous clarinet quintet by Brahms, one of his final works, written during an unexpected re-emergence from retirement inspired by hearing the virtuoso clarinetist, Richard Mühlfeld.
Portland Chamber Music Festival Presents: Time For Three
Bonded by an uncommon blend of instruments and vocals, Charles Yang (violin), Nick Kendall (violin), and Ranaan Meyer (double bass), have found a unique voice of expression. To experience Time For Three live is to hear the various eras, styles, and traditions of Western music fold in on themselves and emerge anew. The Portland Chamber Music Festival is thrilled to present Time For Three in their solo Portland debut performance.
Portland Chamber Music Festival: Sonic Bloom
Remember is a brief elegy to the composer Eleanor Alberga’s mother, into which she poignantly weaves a Jamaican folk song. Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach, a marvel of lyricism and masterful craftsmanship, uses rich imagery to take on the emotional weight and nuance of a world at war. Schubert’s lighthearted Fantasie, an exception to the darkness that haunts many of the late works written in his all-too-short life, showcases his divine melodic gifts with sparkling, stunning virtuosity. The epic season finale is Robert Schumann’s piano quintet, noted for its exuberant character (his wife Clara, the virtuoso pianist for whom it was written, declared it “splendid, full of vigor and freshness”) and expansive, triumphant musicality.
Help raise money for Maine’s Children’s Cancer Program!
Help raise money for Maine’s Children’s Cancer Program!
September 10th at Island Dog Brewing from 12-5pm
$1.00 of all pours and $10.00 event glasses will benefit the MCCP
Raffle packages include:
- SeaDog Tickets and Autographed Chris Sales Baseball
- Swag and Visa Gift Card
- Art work by Jim Gasco Photography
- And more!
Raffle tickets will be $5.00 each or 3 for $10.00
T.O.P. Dog Food Truck will be on location during the event!
This event is sponsored by:
- Island Dog Brewing
- Capozza Floor Covering Center
- Old Port Specialty Tile Co.
- RF Tile Inc
Morning After Grace at The Public Theatre
Three aging baby boomers (who could swear they are still in their 40’s!) tackle the topics of love, loss, sex, aging parents and medical marijuana munchies in this heartfelt new comedy. After flirting at a funeral, Abigail and Angus wake up the next morning under the same blanket. When a neighbor suddenly knocks on the door, all bets are off for a peaceful retirement. This humorous comic-drama honestly explores what it feels like to begin a new chapter in life and proves that growing older doesn’t mean the end of living and learning. In fact, sometimes we save the best part for last.
Sept 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25 – 2022
Sun 2pm
Sat Sept 24 – 3pm & 7:30 pm
Tickets: $25 Adult / $22 Group (10+) / $20 Student (19+ with ID) / $10 Youth (4-18)
Hearing Assistance and handicapped seating are available upon request.