MONTICELLO — The Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra (SCCO) presents The Grand Nonet on Saturday, June 15th at 7 PM at the Tusten Theatre, 319 Bridge St., Narrowsburg, New York and on Sunday, June 16th at 3 PM at the Reformed Presbyterian Church, 6 Mattison Rd., White Lake, New York. To reserve, visit: https://linktr.ee/nesinculturalarts. For any questions, please call 845-798-9006 or email: contact@nesinculturalarts.org. Follow us on social media: @nesinculturalarts & @sccoplayers.

The program includes: Lee Hoiby – Schubert Variations arranged for nine instruments by the composer Louise Farrenc – Nonet in E-Flat Major Op. 38. The SCCO performers include: Akiko Hosoi – violin, Kirsten Jerme’ – Cello, Andrew Trombley – Bass, Marisela Sager – Flute and Sara Cyrus – Horn.

SCCO Artistic Director Andrew Trombley said, “The nonet is the perfect blend of timbres and colors, taking the essence of the symphony and presenting it with the intimacy of chamber music is spectacular. Louise Farrenc was a brilliant French composer and a virtuoso pianist and through her Nonet, found international success and received praises from Robert Schumann and Joseph Joachim. This success led her demand equal pay to her male colleagues at the prestigious Paris Conservatoire. The nonet has also been an inspiration ensemble for various arrangements of performers and composers alike. Lee Hoiby composed his Variations on a theme by Schubert in 1979. Theme comes from Schubert’s German Dances, D. 336 and Lee Later felt that the music would lend itself well to a larger instrumental tapestry. He re-scored the work for the traditional nonet setting making small changes to the variations and adding new ones in the process. This nonet shows Lee’s masterful ability to create innovative music rooted in a tradition which making a beautiful homage to Schubert.”

SCCO is a Nesin Cultural Arts supported project. Programs are made possible in part by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathleen Courtney Hochul and the NY State Legislature, Episcopal Charities, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Laura Jane Musser Fund, Sullivan County Legislature, Sullivan County Youth Bureau, M&T Bank Charitable Foundation, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, NY Life Foundation, Walmart Community Foundation and Stewart’s Shoppes.