RANGELEY — The Rangeley Public Library and the Rangeley Friends of the Arts, two nonprofit organizations, are partnering to offer an exciting afternoon and evening on Thursday, Aug. 9.
Beginning at 4 p.m. attendees will help celebrate the Rangeley Public Library with cocktails and a silent auction. Mike Blythe will be offering acoustic music and there will be delicious light fare, a cash bar provided by Bald Mtn. Camps and a fabulous silent auction. All of the auction items will be on display at the library throughout July. Final bids will be taken at this celebration party. You don’t have to be present to win. The library’s portion of this evening will end sharply at 6:30.
Beginning at 7 p.m. the Rangeley Friends of the Arts will present classical pianist, James D’Leon, International Steinway Artist, at the Episcopal Church. Do you ever wonder what goes on in the creation of classical music you hear? Do you ever feel “lost” when listening to classical music? Do you want to know more but were afraid to ask?
Acclaimed concert pianist D’Leon will make a rare appearance in Rangeley to help answer these questions. Through an evening of solo piano performance, he will explain every work on the program. Highlights will include: why D’Leon considers Beethoven’s 32 variations in c minor the “Baskin-Robbins” of piano works; how Liszt wrote his Ballade in b minor during his “mid-life crisis;” how you can travel and experience “A Day in a Life of a Spanish Town” without leaving your seat, and listen to Mozart’s happy musical theme be transformed by the Doppler Effect in a work that takes place in a haunted house.
A combo ticket for both events is $25. Individual tickets are available for $15 each and all are on sale at the library and the Rangeley Chamber of Commerce. For more information call the Rangeley Public Library at 864-5529.
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