All four sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

This is the 18th year the Quartet has performed in the Old Walpole Meeting House, and it is almost always a sell-out. This very special setting — a 1772 building that boasts its original hand-shaved shingles, 12-over-12 windows, and paneled balconies — has no electricity, and the concert is always done by candle light.

Harpswell’s Old Meetinghouse dates to 1759 and has been meticulously restored and maintained with original pumpkin pine box pews, balconies, and a pulpit backlit by a multi-paned arched window. A portion of concert receipts will go to the Harpswell Historical Society to help maintain the building.

The First Baptist Church of Paris Hill, built in 1838, retains its Paul Revere Bell, and is in the process of being restored throughout. The historic Laudholm Farm site is at the heart of the Wells Reserve, with 2,250 acres of salt marsh, freshwater wetland, beach, dune, forest, and field perfect for pre-concert walks and picnics.

The “Sounds of Autumn” features the “Lark” Quartet by Franz Josef Haydn (a contemporary of the meetinghouses) and Opus 13 (“Under a Grape Arbor”) by Felix Mendelssohn (a contemporary of the First Baptist Church and the Laudholm barn) as well as Duos for Violin by Bela Bartok.

The DaPonte String Quartet have performed across Maine for 22 years.

Performances are:

Sunday, Aug. 31, at 4 p.m., First Baptist Church, Paris Hill. Tickets $15at www.DaPonte.org or 207-529-4555.

Saturday, Sept. 6, at 7:30 p.m., Old Harpswell Meeting House, Harpswell Neck Rd, Harpswell. Tickets $25 from www.DaPonte.org, Gulf of Maine Books, Brunswick, or 207-529-4555.

Sept. 7, at 7 p.m., Old Walpole Meetinghouse, Meetinghouse Rd, Walpole. Tickets $25 from Maine Coast Books, Damariscotta or 207-563-2524.

Oct. 12, at 3 p.m., Wells Reserve at Laudholm, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. Tickets $25 at www.wellsreserve.org/music or 207-646-1555.