The concerts are conducted by Anthony Antolini and accompanied by Sean Fleming.
Featured songs by the Lincoln Festival Chorus range from Greek folksongs that have never been published, to Czech composer Antonin Dvorák’s secular paean to nature, to sacred works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Igor Stravinsky.
Stravinsky is usually not associated with church music, particularly invocations of ancient Russian styles, yet he had a deep interest in the musical traditions of his homeland and wrote pieces that were more closely rooted in pre-Western European styles than most of his immediate predecessors. His setting of the Lord’s Prayer, written in 1926, is a good example.
Tickets are $15, and students are free. Proceeds from ticket sales support the nonprofit
Lincoln Arts Festival which is in its 33rd season. For more information, visit www.LincolnArtsFestival.net or call 633-3913.
‘Old Buoy Days’ at Saltwater Artists
BRISTOL — Saltwater Artists Gallery (open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.) announces its painted buoy auction will close on Sunday, Aug. 11, during Old Bristol Days.
Bidding closes at 3 p.m., and refreshments will be served from 3-5 p.m. so that the gallery-goers can cheer the winners. Individual artists have contributed creatively decorated theme buoys.
This summer’s fund raising efforts support the gallery maintenance fund and the young community artists.
Opera season brings classics to Strand
ROCKLAND — Tickets for the highly anticipated 2013-14 Metropolitan Opera Live in HD season will soon be available at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St. Met member season tickets go on sale Aug. 16, general public season tickets are available Aug. 21, and online single ticket sales start Aug. 30.
The Met Live season includes 10 live opera broadcasts from New York with encore broadcasts scheduled for each opera.
Oct. 5: Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”
Oct. 26: Shostakovich’s “The Nose”
Nov. 9: Puccini’s “Tosca”
Dec. 14: Verdi’s “Falstaff”
Feb. 8: Dvorak’s “Rusalka”
March 1: Borodin’s “Prince Igor”
March 15: Massenet’s “Werther”
April 5: Puccini’s “La Boheme”
April 26: Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”
May 10: Rossini’s “La Cenerentola”
Season tickets cost $255, plus $15 service charge. Individual tickets for live broadcasts are $27, encore broadcasts are $23 for adults, $5 students. Contact the Strand for group single ticket pricing.
For more information, visit www.rocklandstrand.com or call 594-0070 extension 3.
Textile tour of Castle Tucker set Aug. 16
WISCASSET — Join quilter and museum guide Betsy Spekke on Friday, Aug. 16, from 10-11:30 a.m. for a special tou r of Castle Tucker that highlights the quilts, embroidery, crochet work and other examples of needlework produced by the Tucker women.
Learn about Victorian hand work in 19th-century America and see examples from the Tuckers’ collection, including rooms not included on the general tour. The tour closes with an introduction to examples of needlework in Historic New England’s online Collection Access Project. Advance reservations are required. Space is limited. Admission is $10 for members of Historic New England, $15 for nonmembers. To reserve a place, call 207-882- 7169 or visit www.Historic- NewEngland.org.
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