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Musikfest is a large festival that takes over the north and south sides of Bethlehem. Classical music is part of it. We enjoy reading some of our favorite bloggers and journalists who offer multiple perspectives of how to plan one’s experience at a festival so jam packed with options for music, food and other experiences. At the end of this post, we’ll list our favorites with links to their previews. This post is about the classical music options at Musikfest 2017, with embedded video for previews – to let the art speak for itself.
Saturday, August 5 at 9pm in FLYVIA Tropical Plaza
SVET – Electro Hip Hop Violinist. Great personal story. He’d be an inspiration to anyone ready to explore the capacities of what is traditionally considered in a classical box, and looking to break out of it.
Monday, August 7, noon in FLYVIA Tropical Plaza
Community Music School Lehigh Valley – Good chance to hear the students if you might be considering this program for your child. There might be materials about the program, or administrators available to answer questions.
Monday, August 7 at 7:30pm in Central Moravian Church’s Old Chapel
Lukens String Trio
David Moulton (cello), Michael Locati (violin) and Christoher Souza (viola) will perform music written between the 18th-21st centuries for this combination of instruments.
Tuesday, August 8 at noon in the IBEW Local 735 Volksplatz
Believe Dance Company
New company to the Lehigh Valley. This program will be an opportunity to learn more about them in the most direct way possible – through their performance.
Tuesday, August 8 at 5pm in the Central Moravian Church
Martha Marchena, piano
Tuesday August 8 at 7:30pm in the Central Moravian Church’s Old Chapel
Paul Galbraith – classical guitar
Wednesday, August 9th at 5pm in the Central Moravian Church
Stephanie G. Heavens, soprano. Check out her bio on the Musikfest website.
Wednesday, August 9 at 7:30pm in Central Moravian Church’s Old Chapel
Stanley Samuelsen – Singer, Classical Guitarist who performs in an old Nordic Viking language, Faroese.
Thursday, August 10 at 5pm in the Central Moravian Church
Ilya Yakushev (piano) and Thomas Mesa (cello) – Ilya Yakushev, won the 2005 World Piano Competition. Thomas Mesa won the 2016 Sphinx Competition. Here is a bit from Yakushev:
Thursday, August 10 at 7:30pm in the Moravian Church’s Old Chapel
Lisker Horvath Duo – David Lisker and Bela Horvath, violins. Toured together for 10 years.
Friday, August 11 at 5pm in Central Moravian Church
The DeMarina Trio – Inna Eyzerovich (violin), Deborah Andrus (clarinet) and Martha Schrempel (piano). Perform varied classical and new music.
Friday, August 11 at 7:30pm in Central Moravian Church’s Old Chapel
The Silver and Brass Trombone Quartet. Members include Jon Conrad, Mike Damiani, Bryan Hay, and Mike Moran. – Did you know that trombones were a big deal to the Moravian Settlers?
Saturday, August 12 at noon in Yuengling Lagerplatz (Main and Spring Streets; North Side)
Sophie Serafino, violin – classical and cross over pop.
OUR FAVORITE LOCAL BLOGGERS…. for other festival excitement building and consideration. But first, if you haven’t yet downloaded the Musikfest App, we can guarantee you will have a much easier time navigating the festival if you do; especially if you are not as familiar with the stages and are curious about updates and such. Each blogger has their own unique approach to Musikfest. But more than their advise, consider checking out their full blogs.
LVUnderground Incredible music coverage with this blog.
Bill White (of the Morning Call, who eats his way through Musikfest – because someone has to do it)
Lehigh Valley with Love – a fun, snarky blog that will either tick you off, or give you a chuckle
Dinner at Jenn’s a classy look at going to the festival for first timers.
The El Vee smart, and fabulous writing.
The Sayre Mansion kudos to a local B&B for helping their guests, right?
Lehigh Valley Style Magazine (Musikfest Food Guide)
The Morning Call Musikfest Guide (because we’re playing nicely on this post)
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