The Lake George Music Festival opens Wednesday, August 10 with a 7:30 p.m. concert in Shepard Park featuring Time For Three and the Festival Orchestra conducted by Roger Kalia. Time For Three is a classically trained, Emmy Award-winning trio — two violins and double bass — that explore a broad range of genres from classical to bluegrass to rock, jazz and hip-hop. The opening concert is presented by the Festival in partnership with the Lake George Arts Project. Admission to Wednesday night’s concert is free.
The Lake George Music Festival continues through August 18 with nightly chamber music performances, a unique piano recital, and the concluding Final Symphony Orchestra Concert.
Lake George Music Festival 2022 Schedule
Wednesday, August 10
7:30 pm: Opening Night featuring Time for Three and the Festival Orchestra. Roger Kalia conducts. Presented in partnership with the Lake George Arts Project at the Shepard Park Amphitheater in downtown Lake George. FREE.
Thursday, August 11
7:30 pm: Chamber music featuring LGMF artists in residence. Program to highlight: Robert Schumann Piano Quintet Op.44 and Eric Ewazen Trio for Trumpet, Violin, and Piano.
Friday, August 12
7:30 pm: Chamber music featuring LGMF artists in residence. Program to highlight: Ludwig van
Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in c # minor, Op. 131 and Samuel Coleridge Taylor Piano Quintet Op.1.
Saturday, August 13
7:30 pm: Chamber music featuring LGMF artists in residence. Program: Franz Schubert, Octet in F major, D.803 and Maurice Ravel Introduction et Allegro.
Sunday, August 14
1:00 pm: Piano Mania! The Lake George Music Festival pianists perform solo, 4-hand, 6-hand, and 8-hand piano repertoire. A fun program for everyone! Program to feature music
by Chopin, Ligeti, Scriabin, Debussy, and Ginastera.
Monday, August 15
7:30 pm: Chamber music featuring LGMF artists in residence. Program to highlight: Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet, Op. 34.
Tuesday, August 16
7:30 pm: Chamber music featuring LGMF artists in residence. Program to highlight Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet in E-flat major, K.452 and Florence Price Quintet in A minor for Piano and Strings.
Wednesday, August 17
7:30 pm: Chamber music featuring LGMF artists in residence. Program to highlight P.I. Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence, Op.70.
Thursday, August 18
1:00 pm: The Rhythm Method performs new compositions by the students of the Lake George Music Festival Composer’s Institute.
7:30 pm: Final Symphony Orchestra Concert – Program: Bela Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, and the world premiere performance of Pascal Le Boeuf’s new triple concerto for percussion ensemble arx duo, violinist Barbora Kolářová, and the Festival Symphony Orchestra. Roger Kalia conducts.
Tickets for the Final Symphony Orchestra Concert are $30. Tickets for all other concerts at the Carriage House are $20. Individual tickets may be purchased at the door or online. The Festival also offers three-day and full-festival passes.
The Lake George Music Festival was first held in 2011 as a three-day event and has since become an internationally acclaimed classical music artist retreat. Festival musicians are drawn from many of the world’s top symphonies and leading music schools such as Julliard, Yale, Curtis Institute, Crane, and Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal.
The Music Festival originally held concerts and rehearsals in venues throughout the Lake George area but last summer found a home in the historic Fort William Henry Carriage House, which is on the hotel property at 48 Canada Street, Lake George.
All performances, except for the opening concert in Shepard Park, will be held in the Carriage House. Parking is available at the Fort William Henry Conference Center (across the parking lot from the Carriage House) for $10. A free shuttle is available to assist guests with the two-minute walk. For more information and tickets, visit the Lake George Music Festival website.