Friends of Music at Guilford's 52nd Labor Day Weekend Festival begins, as usual, with a 7:30 concert on Saturday night, September 2, in the Organ Barn at Tree Frog Farm. Guest organist Edwin Lawrence performs "A New England Organ Sampler," including works by Dudley Buck, George Whitefield Chadwick, John Knowles Paine, and Horatio Parker, as well as original compositions; tenor soloist Thomas Gregg is featured on much of the program. The Festival continues on Sunday afternoon, September 3, at 2:00, when Ken Olsson conducts the Guilford Festival Orchestra on the lawn outside the Barn. The program features a Serenade for String Orchestra by Elgar; a Sinfonietta for Woodwind Octet by Nováček; Mozart's Symphony #40 in G minor and an aria from his "Marriage of Figaro" featuring soprano Julie Olsson, among other works for orchestra and mezzo-soprano. The event's traditional finale is a sing-in of Randall Thompson's Alleluia, popular with orchestra and audience members; bring the score if you have it, or borrow a FOMAG copy. The Organ Barn is at Tree Frog Farm, 158 Kopkind Rd., off Packer Corners Rd. in rural Guilford; follow signs from Rt. 5 by the Guilford Country Store, near Exit 1 off I-91, or, coming from Massachusetts on Rt. 5, follow signs from Keets Brook Rd. in Bernardston. Grounds open on Sunday at 12 noon for picnicking and lunch sales. Both Festival events are admission-free with donations welcome. For further information and a 2017-18 Season Calendar, contact the Friends of Music office at (802) 254-3600 or office@fomag.org. Visit online at www.fomag.org

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