Music at Millford 2014

Classical American Homes Preservation Trust and the Friends of Millford presented our third annual Music at Millford on Sunday, September 21. Over 150 friends joined us on this beautiful, late-summer day in Pinewood, South Carolina. Guests enjoyed exploring the gardens and grounds, taking a look inside private rooms not usually open during public tours, and sipping on a cool drink on Millford’s porches. A few friends even brought along a picnic – a perfect way to experience the splendor of this historic landmark. Millford looked magnificent, even with concert seating in place of the suite of Duncan Phyfe furniture that usually graces the Double Parlor!

The concert – an energetic and moving performance by Robert deMaine, Principal Cello of the L.A. Philharmonic, and pianist James Wilhelmsen – was simply outstanding in delivering a program of Debussy, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, and Brahms. The audience was enthralled. Click here to see a video of Robert deMaine and James Wilhelmsen in concert at Millford, playing Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Six Studies in English Folksong.”

Music at Millford has been quite a success and has more than tripled in size since our inaugural concert in 2011, which featured the piano duo of Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers. Tickets sold out a few weeks prior to the event this year, so we were saddened to have had to turn guests away. We hope all will be able to join us at next year — it was suggested we might have to add a music wing to Millford! Below is a selection of photographs — more can be found on our Facebook Page (click here).

We would like to express a heartfelt “thank you” to all of our Benefit Committee members for their efforts and support in making Music at Millford a success this year. A special acknowledgement to Christina Clark (at left), who meticulously guided and nurtured this program into the wonderful event it is today, is also in order. As one of our guests wrote us, “The weather, the architecture, the music, the friendship — everything was just perfect!”  We were pleased to see many old friends and to welcome many new friends to Millford. We hope you all had as much fun as we did!