ANNAPOLIS CHAMBER

MUSIC FESTIVAL

CONCERT 1:

THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Friday, August 14, 2026, 7:30pm (Doors 7:00pm)

Tickets from $21 - $56

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Opening Night is Oberlin Alumni Night at ACMF! Come enjoy a post concert reception sponsored by the Oberlin College Alumni Association.

ACMF's 11th season kicks off with a celebration of the indelible influence of France on music from the last century. Andre Jolivet's mystical Pastorales de Noël weaves lyrical flute and bassoon melodies over the harp, featured this season for the first time at ACMF. Igor Stravinsky made his name composing for
the Ballet Russes while living in Paris, for whom he composed some of his most notable works including The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, and, featured here in a chamber version, Petrushka. The program concludes with Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F major, one of the seminal 20th century string quartets, highlighting texture, color and lyricism in a quintessentially French way.

The Annapolis Chamber Music Festival features some of the best and brightest stars in the music world today, and presents innovative concerts of old and new chamber music in fresh and unexpected ways. Our mission to inspire shared discovery between performer and audience serves to strengthen our connections to both music and one another.

Lean more at https://chambermusicannapolis.org/