The Wister is one of Philadelphia's foremost chamber music ensembles and a MAG regular for many years. The Quartet is also the core group of the popular Philadelphia chamber ensemble, 1807 & Friends.

Members: Nancy Bean (violin), assistant concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra and artistic director of “1807 & Friends,” Davyd Booth (violin), violinist and harpsichordist with the PO; Pamela Fay (viola), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and a substitute with the PO; and Lloyd Smith (cello), former assistant principal cellist with the PO.

Program
Dvorak, Sextet in A Major, Op. 48
Tchaikovsky, Souvenir de Florence

Organ phenom Cameron Carpenter presents the first-ever organ recital at Music at Gretna.  Underneath a controversial veneer of flashy clothes and convention-popping mirth purrs a musician of profound musical gifts. Mr. Carpenter studied at Juilliard with John Weaver, one of the most respected concert organists in the US and Europe.

Like the medieval conquering kings of yore, Mr. Carpenter will be bringing his own weapon in the form of a custom-built 5-manual organ called Excalibur featuring a pedal-board one octave longer than usual.

The stage is set for an an evening of high musicality and virtuosity on the King Of Instruments in one of the more unique concerts ever presented at the Mt. Gretna Playhouse. Cameron's Site

Program
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A brass and organ spectacular! Gretna favorite Rodney Mack returns with his big band. He will be joined on stage by 17-year old Ryan Brunkhurst, Mt. Gretna's young and up-and-coming organist, for an evening of music for brass, organ, and brass & organ!. Artist Website

Program
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Whenever and wherever this group plays, it's sure to be a momenta occasion. The resident quartet at Temple University, Momenta was described by Time Out New York as a “striking new-music quartet.”  But the group is much more than that. Along with over 40 world premieres by established and up-and-coming composers, the ensemble’s repertoire includes standards by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, 20th-century masterworks, and even consort music of the Renaissance. Momenta's Web Site

Program
Beethoven, Serenade in D Major for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25
Glass, String Quartet No. 5
Brahms, Quintet in f minor for string quartet and piano, Op. 34

Do a septet and an octet on the same program add up to make a quindecimtet?  We’re not sure.  Frankly, we’re not even sure that’s a word, but we are sure you’ll get your money's worth.  Gretna favorite bassoonist and Baltimore Symphony member Phil Kolker brings an all-start team to Gretna  for an evening filled with fifteen total parts and two monumental masterworks.

Program
Beethoven, Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Schubert, Octet in F Major, D. 803

In a summer of returning favorites, we welcome back one of our favorite pianists, Anna Polonsky.  She is joined a pair of very impressive friends, Erin Keefe on violin, and cellist Andrey Tchekmazov.  Just the team for what promises to be a thrilling performance of Mendelssohn's c minor Piano Trio.

Anna's Website Erin's Website Andre on YouTube

Program
Schumann, Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133
Kodaly, Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7
Mendelssohn, Piano Trio in c minor, Op. 66

And evening of music for one, two and three guitars with Ernesto Tomayo, David Cullen and Gretna Music's own Allen Krantz. Listen to Allen Listen to Ernesto Listen to David

Program
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Program
Weber, Quintet in B-flat Major for clarinet and strings, Op. 34
Mozart, Quintet in A Major for clarinet and strings, K. 622

The summer isn't complete without a visit from the Audubon Quartet. This year they close out Music at Gretna 2010 with a program of Beethoven quartets.
 
The Audubon Quartet is the resident string quartet at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. Audubon Site Listen to the Audubon

Program
(all Beethoven)
Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Grosse Fuge
Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1