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LISTEN: Take in Some Classical at Music in the Vineyards' 2016 Festival
For 22 seasons running, violinist couple Daria and Michael Adams have been filling the landscape of Napa Valley with the sounds of their beloved chamber music as founders and artistic directors of Music in the Vineyards. The 2016 festival will feature 35 musicians at 13 different wineries, kicking off July 29th with a string and clarinet performance of Mozart and Brahms at Freemark Abbey in St. Helena. But perhaps the main attraction of the 2016 series will be the Beethoven Cycle. Beginning at Beringer Vineyards on August 17th, Ludwig van Beethoven's 16 String Quartets—"considered the pinnacle achievement of the chamber music repertoire"—will be performed over the course of five nights by the award-winning Ariel Quartet, which kicked off its own 2015-16 season on stage at Carnegie Hall. // Through Aug. 21 at various venues; for schedule and tickets, go to musicinthevineyards.org.
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