BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26@townofhunterny.gov DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150905T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150905T200000 DTSTAMP:20150212T184638Z URL:https://townofhunterny.gov/community-events/acis-and-galatea/ SUMMARY:Acis and Galatea DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nA Baroque Opera by Hand el\n\nThe inspiration for "The Little Mermaid"\n\nThe Four Nations Ensembl e  \n\nSaturday\, September 5\, 2015\n8:00 pm\nOrpheum Film &\; Perfo rming Arts Center\n6050 Main Street\, Village of Tannersville \n\n\n"Fr om its first notes\, the quieter sounds of the strings and fortepiano were perfectly balanced\, and dynamic changes were not less dramatic in the ha nds of these players. It was wonderful to hear such an ensemble."\nHoward Vogel\, The Woodstock Times\, NY\n\nWhat is the result when George Frider ic Handel\, Alexander Pope\, and John Gay conjure up a delightful entertai nment for a small group of friends spending a holiday weekend at an Englis h country house? A Party Piece! Acis and Galatea moves from giggly delig ht to some of the most moving and gorgeous representations of love and los s in all music.  With two recorders\, two oboes\, two violins\, cello\, h arpsichord and 4 of America’s finest soloists\, the Four Nations Ensemb le offers for all your labors on Labor Day weekend\, a sweet shepherd and his loyal friend\, a water nymph as irresistible to us as she is to the s hepherd\, the cyclops\, and the birds\, and an awkward\, goofy\, besotted cyclops who ultimately proves fatal to all joys.  This semi staged perfor mance\, directed by Steven Hamilton and led by Andrew Appel hopes to trans port you to a party in Chatsworth or Castle Howard in 1730.\n\nIntroduce y our family to opera\, the Baroque\, and great music with this unforgettabl e masterpiece and allow a Sunday evening at the Catskill Mountain Foundati on to become part of a great and timeless holiday weekend.\n\nDirected by Stephen Hamilton\n\nAcis:  Thomas Cooley\nGalatea: Laura Heimes\nPolyphem us: Philip Cutlip\nDamon: Aaron Sheheen\n\nOboes and recorders: Debra Nagy and Stephen Hammer\nViolins: Tatiana Chulochnikova and Olivier Brault\nCe llo: Loretta O’Sullivan\nHarpsichord and musical director: Andrew Appel\ n\nThis performance is part of the Piano Performance Museum Concerts &\ ; Conversations series of the Catskill Mountain Foundation's presenting se ason. It is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature as part of the Mainly Greene 'American Masquerade' program.\n\n \;\n\n&n bsp\;\n\n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events LOCATION:Orpheum Performing Arts Center\, 6050 Main Street\, Tannersville\, New York\, 12485\, United States GEO:42.195889;-74.13538499999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=6050 Main Street\, Tannersv ille\, New York\, 12485\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Orpheum Performing Arts Center:geo:42.195889,-74.13538499999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR