Musicians from the first concert of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival series performed on July 16, at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, are, from left, Thomas Kraines, Gabriela Diaz, Jonathan Bagg, William Purvis, Mihae Lee, Laura Gilbert, Stephen Taylor, Benjamin Fingland and Adrian Morejon. Submitted photo

The first concert of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s 52nd season — originally performed on July 16, at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison — will be broadcast on Maine Public Classical’s Maine Stage at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

“If you are hearing this concert for the first time or you heard it this past summer, we know you will enjoy it on Maine Stage,” remarked Carol Madsen, vice president of the Board of Trustees of Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival.

The Program will feature
DEVIENNE: Quartet for Bassoon and Strings in G Minor, Op. 73, No. 3
POULENC: Sextet for Piano and Winds
FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15

Musicians include Laura Gilbert, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Benjamin Fingland, clarinet; William Purvis, horn; Adrian Morejon, bassoon; Gabriela Diaz, violin; Jonathan Bagg, viola; Thomas Kraines, cello and Mihae Lee, piano. For program notes and artists bios for this concert, visit the SLLMF website at sebagomusicfestival.org.

For those who are outside the listening area, there is the option to listen online at mainepublic.org/classical-music.

Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival is a five-week summer chamber music festival performed at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. During the five weeks, festival artists also perform at free or by donation community concerts in western and coastal Maine. In addition, they repeat several of their Deertrees concerts at venues in Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut.

Deertrees Theatre concerts in 2025 will be on Tuesdays from July 15 through August 12. Tickets will be available online in the spring. Season tickets may be purchased at any time by sending your check for $145/ticket to SLLMF, P.O. Box 544, Harrison, Maine, 04040. In addition to cost savings, season ticket holders are invited to a post-concert receptions with the musicians every Tuesday evening. Those 21 and younger are always admitted free of charge at SLLMF concerts held at Deertrees Theatre. Open Rehearsals are free to all on the Monday preceding the Tuesday concerts at Deertrees from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., anyone is welcome to join the musicians for a few minutes or a few hours.