Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival 2024

The 2024 Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival presents 12 concerts July 14 through August 11 that celebrate the twin themes of transformation and love in music. Selections including variations on Pachelbel’s Canon by George Rochberg and jazz legend Django Reinhardt’s interpretations of Bach performed by Stephane Wrembel explore the theme of evolution, joining such expressions of romance as Schumann’s Piano Quintet (inspired by his wife, Clara) and Michael Stephen Brown’s Relationship (performed by the husband-and-wife team of Osmo Vänskä and Erin Keefe) to shape the wide-ranging programs of the 41^st season of Long Island’s longest-running classical music festival.

"We are all in a constant state of transformation," said BCM Artistic Director Marya Martin, "and looking at change through the lens of music offers an opportunity to experience classic works in a new way, and celebrate new music that launches from tradition. And what better, and more human, theme to pursue than musical expression of love!"

Based at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, the festival also includes such annual events as an art-themed concert at the Parrish Art Museum; the Wm. Brian Little Concert, preceded by wine and hors d’oeuvres, in the Channing Sculpture Garden; and the benefit concert and dinner at the Atlantic Golf Club. New this year is an event at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack, a wine reception and concert in the garden’s newly-reconstructed gallery.