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THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE MAY 21, 2000 iKV I iAnHIHE KKKI.Y There's nothing better than a train, especially a steam train, with all that billowing smoke, and all those bits moving around. It really is like a movie because it's small in the distance and then suddenly it's upon ijou with this great rush of energy, and then it just disappears into the sunset. JONATHAN GUILBERT.imwotpr t. 55 I I --I a- ci I 11 jx'i r' IS 111 III I I rt i 'III! I i mH teA If III i- I lev: pi 1 -J VV -i-'' SS' lit' PHOTO RON WYMAN Filmmaker Jonathan Guilbcrt, with chef Martin Yan by his side, shoots from the top of an elephant in northern Thailand. Traveling includes feast for the eyes In a documentary, a fancy dinner is prepared as The Union Limited rolls through South Africa.

Chefs find adventure as they travel the world by rail By D. Quincy Whitney GLOBE CORRESPONDENT But because of Guilbert's vision, they are also a bit more than that. The films are filled with unexpected moments, small adventures, many of which Guilbert did not plan, ventures outside the kitchen and the train to the countryside and towns along the way. "You're going to see Martin Yan or Mary Ann Esposito or Graham Kerr or Dorinda Hafner in a different place," Guil bert said in a recent interview. "I guarantee you'll actually see these countries differently.

They are going to get into scrapes and funny situations because that's the nature of travel. That's the nature of what I do. I want the situation they get themselves into to be bigger than the camera. I want to get to a place of intensity that makes me and the camera disappear." Part 1 features Ghana native Dorinda Hafner, a food anthropologist, actress and writer who hosts the Australian PBS cooking series "The United Tastes of America." Hafner boards The Union Limited as it travels South Africa's Garden Route. Part 2 features former "Galloping Gourmet" Graham Kerr as he tours his native Scotland aboard The Royal Scotsman.

In Part 3, "Ciao Italia" host Mary Ann Esposito boards the ultra-modern AVA train from Madrid to Sevilla, then steps back in time to ride the vintage Al Andalus Expreso. In Part 4, Martin Yan, a native of Guangzhou, China, and host of the popular public television series "Yan Can Cook," boards The Eastern and Oriental Express from Singapore to Bangkok. "These chefs are storytellers. They have to be over the top," Guilbert said. "I SERIES, Page NH 15 "Dinner on the Diner," a four-part PBS series that airs next month, features world-class chefs cooking aboard world-class trains.

Produced by Jonathan Guilbert of Gandy Dancer Productions and with music composed by Randy Armstrong, these films combine trains, travel and food. Portsmouth producer's series taps into a passion for trains 4 1 "DINNER ON THE DINER" Preview May 30, 7 p.m., at The Music Hull Portsmouth ($10) cf "South Africa uith Dorinda Hafner, "first in the four-part series. Maine Public Television begins airing the series Ju ne Sat p. m. Chan net in Boston begins airing it June bat 7 pm.

The series begins on New Hampsh ire Public Tckrision (Ck. 11) June 15 at For more information regarding the series, call Gandy Dancer Productions atye-9f0i or e-nui il gu dbe rf nh. ult ru nct.com. "Dinner on the Diner" soundtmck on the Elipsis Arts label trill be available as a double CD with a 6i-page book of recipes, tmivl lugs and photixrraphsfroin the four countriesou the tour, in major bunk and rccaixl storen. trains.

"I used to go down to the local railway station to shoot still pictures of steam trains," he recalled. "When my neighbor gave me an 8mm camera, I suddenly realized the moving picture has so much more power than a still picture." While studying to be an electrical engineer at Salford University, Guilbert wandered into the fine arts department and found two 16mm cameras and a cabinet of outdated film. "I suddenly knew this was why I was there," Guilbert said. "I borrowed the camera and shot two films, got my degree in 1974 and never looked back." Guilbert has spent the last 25 years in documentary television. TRAINS, Page NH 15 By D.

Quincy Whitney GLOBE CORRESPONDENT For Portsmouth filmmaker Jonathan Guilbert, cinematogra-pher and producer of "Dinner on the Diner," a four-part prime-time PBS series that airs next month, the synergy of trains and travel is a magical one. "There's nothing better than a train, especially a steam train, with all that billowing smoke, and all those bits moving around," he said. "It really is like a movie because it's small in the distance and then suddenly it's upon you with this great rush of energy, and then it just disappears into the sunset" Ever since his youth in England, Guilbert has had a passion for i if I Globe photo nancy horton Randy Armstrong of Lee created the soundtrack for "Dinner on the Diner," available on CD. A summer alive with the sound of music Closer Look The number of world-class musicians performing in New Hampshire's four classical music festivals has steadily increased over the last several years. This summer it may be the highest ever.

Lake Winnipesaukee Music Festival Based in Wolfeboro and now in its sixth season, this is the youngest of the festivals. This by no means implies inexperience in music-making. Husband-and-wife founders and artistic directors of the festival, violinist Peter Krysa and cellist Rachel Lewis Krysa, draw the festival's performers from their contacts as freelancers in New York City as well as from the festival's formalized partnership with the Eastman Britten's String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36.

July 29: Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 1, Op. Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in Major; and Tchaikovsky's String Sextet Op. 70 de Aug.

2: Paganim's Terzetto for Violin, Cello and Guitar; De Falla's "Suite Popular Espagnol" (violin, guitar); Turina's Piano Quartet Op. 67; and Piazolla's Two Tangos for Piano, Violin and Cello. Aug. 4: Jazz, preceded bv a lecture at 7:30. Aug.

5: Samuel Adler's "Ports of Call, a Mediterranean Suite" (two violins, guitar); Katherine Hoover's "Canyon Echoes" (flute, guitar); David Diamond's Quintet for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano; Joan Tower's "Snow Dreams" (flute, guitar); and CLOSER LOOK, Page NH 14 School of Music. As a result, all the musicians have lengthy performance and recording resumes, most are international competition winners, and several are principal players in major orchestras, including horn player James Sommerville of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and trumpeter Paul Merkelo of the Montreal Symphony. Eastman faculty members performing this summer: pianist Barry Snyder, double bassist James VanDemark, guitarist Nicholas Goluses, and the school's quartet-in-residence, The Ying Quartet Eastman professor of violin Oleh Krysa and his wife and town. The season opens July 22 with an all-Mozart evening preceded at 6:30 by a picnic supper at the farm. The festival will provide the food, tables and lawn blankets.

Tickets for the picnic and concert ($35 adults, $25 children) must be purchased in advance. Program for July 26: Libby Larsen's "Four on the Floor" (piano, violin, cello, bass); world premiere of Virko Baley's Partita No. 3 for Violin and Piano; and Mendelssohn's Sextet Op. 110 (piano, violin, two violas, cello, bass). July 28: lecture at 7:30 p.m.; Purcell's Sonata in minor for Flute and Keyboard; Walton's Sonata for Violin and Piano; and musical collaborator, pianist Tatiana Tche-kina (Peter Krysa's parents), will be main-' stays of the festival, as they have been since its first year.

All the concerts will be held at 8 p.m. in the concert barn at Moody Mountain Farm, on Pork Hill Road, off Route 28 north of.