EarRelevant Staff | 22 JUL 2021
Cotuit MA— The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival returns to the live concert stage August 3-13, 2021 for its 42nd season.
The Festival features performances by artistic directors Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu, the Escher Quartet with pianist Brian Zeger, and the Imani Winds in three venues: The historic, 300-year-old First Congregational Church in Wellfleet, the picturesque Cape Cod National Seashore Visitor’s Center in Eastham, and one of Cape Cod’s major performing arts hubs, the Cotuit Center for the Arts.
Five programs will be presented in nine concerts over the course of eleven days, aimed at both year-round Cape Cod residents and summer visitors. Here’s complete concert schedule:
- Tuesday, August 3, 2021 @ 5:00pm & 7:30pm ET
Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Cotuit Center for the Arts
4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit MA
Johannes BRAHMS: Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (2nd mvt)
Gerald FINZI: Five Bagatelles (Nos. 1, 2 and 5)
Frédéric CHOPIN: Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49
Carl Maria von WEBER: Grand Duo Concertant in E-flat Major, Op. 48 - Friday, August 6, 2021 @ 5:00pm & 7:30pm ET
Escher Quartet; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Wellfleet First Congregational Church
200 Main St, Wellfleet, MA
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10
Robert SCHUMANN: Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

Escher Quartet (courtesy of CCCMF)
- Tuesday, August 10, 2021 @ 5:00pm & 7:30pm ET
Escher Quartet; Brian Zeger, piano
Cotuit Center for the Arts
4404 Falmouth Road (Route 28), Cotuit, MA
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
Antonín DVOŘÁK: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87 - Thursday, August 12, 2021 @ 5:00 pm ET
Imani Winds
Cape Cod National Seashore Visitor’s Center Amphitheater
50 Nauset Road, Eastham, MA
(Free to the public)
Mongo SANTAMARÍA: Afro Blue (arr. Coleman)
Natalie JOACHIM: Seen
Traditional Spirituals: Steal Away & Go Tell it on the Mountain (arr. Coleman) - Friday, August 13, 2021 @ at 5:00pm & 7:30pm ET
Imani Winds
Wellfleet First Congregational Church, 200 Main Street, Wellfleet, MA
Valerie COLEMAN: Umoja
Ruth Crawford SEEGER: Suite for Wind Quintet
Reena ESMAIL: The Light is the Same
Valerie COLEMAN: “Afro-Cuban” Concerto

Imani Winds (credit: Shervin Lainez)
In the interest of public health and safety during the Covid-19 pandemic, concerts will be one hour in length with no intermission, and will abide by local guidelines to ensure a safe concert environment.
For more information about Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival’s 2021 season, tickets, performers, mission and venues, visit capecodchambermusic.org, or follow Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival on Facebook. ■

l-r: pianist Jon Nakamatsu and clarinetist Jon Manasse; pianist Brian Zeger. (images courtesy CCCMF)
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