After a month of silence, the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate in the hills of rural Norfolk, Connecticut, will resound with the sounds of music once again, as the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival begins its Indian Summer Series.
Known throughout New England and beyond for its summer-long series of concerts, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival offers its Indian Summer Series each fall so that concert-goers can enjoy the changing foliage on the 70-acre estate while listening to performances by leading musicians. The award-winning Elm City Ensemble opens this year's Indian Summer Series on Saturday, Oct. 4, with a program of music by Brahms, Bartok and Samarov. Following the 8 p.m. performance, concert-goers are invited to sip cider in celebration of autumn.
The Elm City Ensemble was formed at the School of Music in 1995 and consists of a violinist, clarinetist, pianist and cellist. The group debuted at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 1996 to critical acclaim, and it went on to sweep the competition circuit this year, winning the 1997 Carmel and Yellow Springs chamber music competitions and taking the Grand Prizes in the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times for its "wonderfully resounding and expansive expressiveness," the Elm City Ensemble will perform Brahms' "Clarinet Trio, op. 114," Bartok's "Contrasts" and Samarov's "Kretchnian Rhapsody" in the Oct. 4 concert.
The Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate is located at the intersection of Routes 44 and 272 in Norfolk. Tickets to the concert
are $18. For tickets and information, call (860) 542-3000.