DaPonte's summer concerts, ‘Then and Now’, continue

Sat, 07/23/2016 - 8:30am

Story Location:
132 Botanical Gardens Drive
Boothbay, ME 04537
United States

The DaPonte String Quartet will be performing the “Then and Now” concert series around the Midcoast in July and August.

Selections include the world premiere of Rocco Havelaar “Quartet No. 3;” Bach's “Three Contrapuncti” from “The Art of the Fugue:” Mendelssohn's “Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op.13” and Beethoven's “Quartet No.8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No.2.” Not all of the same works will be presented at every location.

DaPonte will be in Boothbay at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens' (CMBG) Visitor Center Aug. 10. The 7:30 p.m. program will be composed of Bach, Havelaar and Mendelssohn. CMBG is located at 132 Botanical Gardens Drive. 

Other concert dates and locations for 7:30 p.m. concerts:

August 2: Bach, Havelaar & Mendelssohn, Ocean View Grange Hall, 435 Port Clyde Rd., Tenants Harbor

Aug. 4: Bach, Havelaar & Mendelssohn, Union Church, Middle Road, South Bristol

Aug. 9: Bach, Havelaar & Mendelssohn, Centennial Hall, 936 Harpswell Neck Road/Rte. 123, Harpswell – Pay What You Wish or regular ticket price.

Tickets are $25. Concert tickets for Tenants Harbor, Boothbay, South Bristol and Harpswell can be purchased online at www.daponte.org and at Sherman's Books in Boothbay Harbor and Sherman's Maine Coast Books in Damariscotta.