Marcus Thompson with DaPonte Qtet

Violist Marcus Thompson is performing with the DaPonte String Quartet and cellist Joshua Gordon, a series of concerts titled "A Midsummer Night's Sextets" at the Burnt Cove Church in Stonington, Maine, on Tuesday, July 14 at 7pm; on Wednesday, July 15 at 7:30pm at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay; and on Thursday, July 16 at 7:30pm at the Union Church in South Bristol. The program features the Brahms Sextet in B flat and Erich Korngold's Sextet.

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