Sunrise Meditations 2022

SOLD OUT! We recommend Strings in Nature on Sunday, July 10th at Norman Bird Sanctuary. To join the waitlist, please email your name and phone number to info@newportclassical.org.

Experience the stunning sunrise over Newport’s iconic Cliff Walk during this inspiring and whimsical concert as the festival artists take you from the Baroque through Post-Modernist eras. These works, introspective in nature and written for different string configurations, together make for a meditative and uplifting way to begin your day.

PROGRAM:
BIBER Passacaglia for Violin Solo in G minor                                                                                       
BEETHOVEN Duet with two obligato Eyeglasses, WoO 32
PÄRT Psalom                  
HOLST Phantasy Quartet on British Folksongs, Op. 36         
GOLIJOV Tenebrae String Quartet
*Program subject to change

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This concert is SOLD OUT! Tickets are still available for the second sunrise concert, which can be found HERE!

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Jordan Bak
The 2021 YCAT Robey Artist and a top laureate of the 2020 Sphinx Competition, Bak is also a Grand Prize winner and Audience Prize recipient of the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, the recipient of the 2019 Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize and the 2019 John White Special Prize from the Tertis International Viola Competition. In addition, Jordan Bak is a member of the celebrated New York Classical Players and is a featured artist for WQXR’s Artist Propulsion Lab.
Ariel Horowitz
Winner of won the Concert Artists Guild Ambassador Prize and joined the Concert Artists Guild roster. A recent graduate of the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Ani Kavafian, Ariel previously studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School. Ariel is a prizewinner of the Grumiaux, Stulberg, and Klein International Competitions as well as the Salon De Virtuosi Career Grant. In the Fall of 2019, Ariel joined the faculty of Mount Holyoke College, teaching violin and chamber music.

The Chinese Tea House, located on the grounds of Marble House nestled atop seaside cliffs, was commissioned in 1912 by Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and designed by the firm of Hunt and Hunt. Its striking exterior and sumptuous interior are a Beaux-Arts tribute to Ming Dynasty buildings.

Parking and Accessibility Information:

Free on-site parking available across from Marble House. This is not an accessible location.

Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the start of the concert. However, please arrive early to find parking and allow time for ushers to check your vaccination status or negative test results.

View our full Health and Safety Policy here.

No, our morning performances do not have an intermission.

All tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All tickets may be donated back to Newport Classical as a tax-deductible contribution. In consideration of your fellow patrons and performers, if you have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, or are experiencing symptoms consistent with exposure, please contact the box office to exchange or donate your tickets.

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