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Critical Acclaim 2012 Token
Creek Chamber Music Festival Bridges Seasons and Centuries — Madison
Magazine, September 2, 2012 Token
Creek Chamber Festival performances meet the challenge
of Mozart, mostly — 77
Square, August 28, 2011 One of the area's most rewarding
events for serious fans of classical music. The Token Creek Chamber Music
Festival . . . as usual, combined interesting
programs with first-rate performances. . . . the world-class chamber
festival held in [a] historic barn in Token
Creek . . . This annual festival continues
to place its audience in touch with exciting,
intensely moving chamber music performances. On the stage just off of Highway
19 . . . guest artists regularly arrive from
Boston, New York and Los Angeles to perform . .
. Each year the Festival brings
major talent to [the] Festival Barn, which
affords the audience exceptionally intimate contact
with the music. Classical music is treated as a
serious intellectual pursuit and cultural
endeavor. The Token Creek Chamber Music
Festival . . . continue[s] to bring
high-caliber solo and ensemble players together for
programs that fully engage one's imagination. At the carefully planned and
creatively programmed festival, music is decidedly
art, not entertainment. The intimately elegant music
festival . . . . . . similar to the feeling
'salon recitals' provided in the 1700s and 1800s in
Europe . . . The festival, now a late summer
civilized tradition . . . . . . the rustic Token Creek
Chamber Music Festival [is] one of the most
important annual classical musical events in
Madison. A series of thought-provoking .
. . and enjoyable programs . . . in [an]
idyllic rural setting [The] Festival is unique
. . . the atmosphere is pastoral and informal, but
musically very serious. . . . unusual repertoire
[and] a special atmosphere of hospitable
and friendly intimacy in the Hausmusik setting Every year the Token Creek
festival marks the end of high summer, and each
year it does so more rewardingly. It's almost like a Shakespeare
play. |
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