Malta House of Care Foundation
presents the Musical Friends Ensemble in its second annual benefit concert and
wine reception on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 3 p.m. The event takes place at the Mark
Twain
The Musical Friends are Leo
Snow, flute; Virginia Church, flute; Richard Kandetzki, bassoon; Nancy Curran,
harpsichord; and Carole Olefsky, cello.
They will perform works of the
Baroque and early classical periods: Georg Philipp Telemann's Sonata Seconda in
G Minor from the "Paris Quartets;" Joseph Haydn's London Trio No. 3; Johann
Sebastian Bach 's Trio Sonata in G
Minor; and Telemann's Quartet in D Minor from "Tafelmusik."
Introducing the
concert with commentary on the Baroque era is Maestro Edward Cumming, director
of orchestral activities and an associate professor of Music at the Hartt
School , and former
music director of the Hartford
Symphony Orchestra .
Max Catering will
serve the hors d'oeuvres and wine at the reception following the
concert.
Malta House of Care provides free, high-quality, primary health
care to adults in Greater Hartford who have no other means of obtaining much
needed medical attention. Since commencing services six years ago in July 2006,
the Malta House of Care mobile medical clinic has provided more than 22,063 free
patient consultations, in addition to free diagnostic laboratory testing, free
radiology imaging and readings, free mammograms, free prescription medications
and medical supplies, and free vaccine clinics.
Its mission
is made possible by more than 80 volunteer physicians and nurses who are
dedicated to alleviating the suffering of people who cannot afford medical care
and face additional barriers to the health care system.
This benefit
concert is made possible by the generosity of founding sponsors Marie Claire and
Jean-Pierre van Rooy, with additional support from Connecticut Multispecialty
Group, P.C., the Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public
Giving, Nancy and Frank Hursey, Carla's Pasta,Saint
Francis Hospital and Medical Center , Melinda and Paul Sullivan,
Murphy Security Service, and the Petit Family Foundation.
The Musical
Friends Ensemble was founded in 1996 by Leo Snow, who plays flute and piccolo in
the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra. Virginia Church is the
founder-director of Charter Oak Flutes, and plays in the Farmington Valley
Symphony Orchestra and Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestras. Richard Kandetzi
is the principal bassoon with the Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra and is a
founding member of the Blackledge Woodwind Quintet. Nancy Curran teaches piano
and harpsichord at Trinity
College , where she is also
the coordinator of instrumental ensembles. Carole Olefsky plays cello in the
Hartford Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets to the concert and wine reception
are $75 per person, $45 of which is a tax-deductible donation to the Malta House
of Care Foundation. Making reservations before Oct. 22 is recommended. For
tickets, visithttp://www.maltahouseofcare.org or call 860-548-1593.
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