2026 Concert Series
July 17, July 31, August 14, August 28
4:00-5:30 pm
(Please note the new start time!)
Plus a special performance by jazz clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen on Sunday, September 6 (scroll down for more information)
July 17
Bernard Rose, Piano
Johann Sebastian Bach
Preludes and Fugues from The Well‑Tempered Clavier, Book I
Aaron Copland
Piano Sonata
Ludvig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in A‑flat major, Op. 11
July 31
The “Odesa Boys”
Julian Milkis, Clarinet
&
Maxim Lubarsky, Piano
Astor Piazzolla
Oblivion
Dina Pruzhansky
Odesa-Rio Suite
Arvo Pärt
Spiegel im Spiegel
Valentin Silvestrov
A Prayer for Ukraine
Maxim Lubarsky
Two compositions
Giya Kancheli
Miniatures for clarinet and piano
August 14
Dr. Richard Kogan, Piano
“Schumann: Music, Mood Swings, and Madness”
Dedicated to the memory of Ueli Aebi, longtime Sounds in the Sanctuary supporter
August 28
Isabelle Durin, Violin
Maxime Zecchini, piano
“Exile to Hollywood”
Jewish Composers in the Golden Age of Film
Max Steiner
Summer Place
Gone With The Wind
Jezebel Waltz
Irving Berlin
Blue Skies
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Dimitri Tiomkin
Dial M For Murder
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Prince And The Pauper Suite
Bronisław Kaper
The Brothers Karamazov
Franz Waxman
A Place in the Sun Suite
The Rear Window Theme
The Ride To Dubno
Miklos Rozsa
Ben Hur Suite
Sunday, September 6 at 2 pm
at
Legendary jazz clarinetist-saxophonist
ANAT COHEN
in a special performance co-produced by the Colonial Theatre and Sounds in the Sanctuary
Click HERE for more information and to buy tickets
Sounds in the Sanctuary season pass holders receive a discount!
This Event is Sponsored by Members of the Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation:
Les Apple & Debra Saunders, Lucy Goodhart & Gordon Bennett, Ed Clark & Laura Wilson, Gail Robinson & Martin Kessel, and Michel Adler
Season Pass (4 concerts): $60 for BHC members, $75 general public (may be purchased at the door, cash or check only)
Tickets available at the door on concert days: $20 members, $25 General Admission (cash or check only)
As all of you are well aware, ticket sales only contribute about 25% of the cost of bringing in our performers. We rely on the generous support of our patrons. We thank those of you who have already contributed to the Sounds in the Sanctuary 2026 season. For those of you who would like to contribute, we have listed the levels below:
Contributions may also be sent to Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, PO Box 395, Bethlehem, NH 03574
(please note that your donation is for the concert series)
Our Generous 2026 Sponsors
We thank the sponsors listed below who have already made a 2026 donation to keep Sounds in the Sanctuary going strong!
BENEFACTOR
Deborah & Arthur J. Harris
Gail Robinson & Martin Kessel
Victoria Wilson & James Barnes
MAESTRO
Michel Adler
Elise Drake
Mark Michelson in memory of Kadimah Michelson
GUEST CONDUCTOR
MUSIC LOVER
Alice & Leslie Dreier
Deborah Warner
Concerts are Sponsored in Part by:
The Mautner Fund in Memory of Maria Mautner
The Harris Family Yamaha Piano
Inaugurated in 2013
Stanley Harris, born in 1911 in Lynn, Massachusetts, began working in Littleton, New Hampshire in the early 1960s. After he died, the family donated the instrument to Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation. The congregation welcomed this beautiful instrument in 2013 with a concert of piano duets featuring acclaimed young artists Lulu Chang and Richard Fu.
The Sounds in the Sanctuary Music Series grew from this inaugural concert.