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ALBÉNIZ: (orch. ARBÓS) Excerpts from Iberia
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
FREE
Charles Sherman Partita Jo. 5 in G Major,
BWV 829
Anton Reicha: Quintet in D Major, Opus 91, Number 3
Poldowski: Suite Miniature (transcribed by Georges Barrere) [Note: "Poldowski" was the pseudonym of Regine Wieniawski, daughter of Henryk Wieniawski]
Bernhard Heiden: Sinfonia (1949)
Claude Debussy: Suite (arranged by Gordon Davies)
Gustav Holst: March from Second Suite for Band (arranged by David Bussick)
Free
ALBÉNIZ: (orch. ARBÓS) Excerpts from Iberia
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
Julian Pellicano, conductor
Mozart: Adagio and Allegro, K. 594
Beethoven: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 103
Milhaud: Dixtuor d-instruments à vent, Op. 75
Marshall: Fog Tropes for Brass Sextet and Tape
Persichetti: Serenade No. 1, Op. 1
Admission free but tickets required.
Favorites: Tufts Choruses by Request
Tufts Chamber Singers
Cantique de Jean Racine — Gabriel Faure
Lay a Garland — Robert Pearsall
Sicut Cervus — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
There Will Be Rest — Frank Ticheli
Let Me Fly — Spiritual (arr. Robert DeCormier)
Tufts Voice Students, Steven Morris, Pianist
Spanishces Liederspiel, op. 74 — R. Schumann
Tufts Concert Choir
Le Ballet des ombres — Hector Berlioz
Sleep — Eric Whitacre
As Torrents in Summer — Edward Elgar
Jesu Dulcis Memoria — T. L. de Victoria I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise — George Gershwin
ALBÉNIZ: (orch. ARBÓS) Excerpts from Iberia
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Music Master: Jake Gardner*
Komponist: Edyta Kulczak*
Zerbinetta: Rachele Gilmore*
Ariadne: Marjorie Owens*
Tanzmeister/Brighella: Julius Ahn*
Bacchus: Brandon Jovanovich
Naiad: Mara Bonde*
Dryad: Andrea Coleman
Echo: Joanna Mongiardo
Truffaldino: David Cushing
Harlekin: Jesse Blumberg*
Scaramuccio: Tracy Wise*
With BLO’s Orchestra.
* BLO Debut
Claudio Monteverdi:
Laetatus sum
Heinrich Schütz:
motets from Cantiones sacrae 1625
Francis Poulenc:
Mass in G
Igor Stravinsky:
Mass
Heinrich Schütz:
motets from Symphoniae sacrae III 1650
Claudio Monteverdi:
Gloria a 7 voci
Mozart’s Don Giovanni with DongWon Kim ‘11 A.D. in title role
John Greer conducting
Marciem Bazell, guest director
An Evening of Schubert
1、Allegretto in C Minor
2、Four Impromptus Op.142
3、Piano Sonata in B flat major, D960
Pamela Marshall: Quinteto sobre los Poemas de Carlos Pintado
Louise Farrenc: Piano Quinteto No. 2
Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, piano; Abigail
Karr, violin; Sarah Darling, viola; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Susan Hagen, double bass.
Hobart Earle, Music Director
William DeRosa, Cello
Schubert Symphony No. 8 (unfinished) in B-Minor
Saint Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 in A-Minor, Op. 33
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A-Major, Op. 92
Pre-Concert Talk: 7:00 p.m.
Frédéric Chopin – Variations on “La Ci Darem la Mano”, op. 2; featuring Donald Berman, piano
Joaquín Rodrigo – Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios; featuring Rebecca Baumwoll, soprano
Charles Gounod – Symphony No. 1
Georges Bizet – J’eux d’enfants
Settings of Latin texts from the Song of Songs, and secular love songs in Spanish, all from 16th-century Spain, for singers accompanied by harp, organ, and bajón (the Renaissance predecessor of the bassoon).
Presented with support from the Spanish Government (Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and United States Universities).
Free pre-concert talk at 7:15 by Michael Noone (Boston College)
Mozart : Marriage of Figaro Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Yuri Mazurkevich)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
George Frideric Handel’s “Israel in Egypt”
Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 3, no. 4
Teresa Wakim, soprano
Brenna Wells, soprano
Brad Fugate, alto
Matthew Anderson, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Graham T. Wright, bass
POULENC Sonata for clarinet and bassoon, Op. 32
EWAZEN Roaring Fork for wind quintet
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26
Violin Concerto, Opus 14 Samuel Barber
Tai Murray, violin
Ollantay, Opus 17 Alberto Ginistera
La Mer Claude Debussy
ALBÉNIZ: (orch. ARBÓS) Excerpts from Iberia
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
Mozart’s Don Giovanni with DongWon Kim ‘11 A.D. in title role
John Greer conducting
Marciem Bazell, guest director
All-Chopin program with cellist David Russell: Nocturne in C minor, Ballade in A Flat, Op. 47, Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, Op. 65, Fantasy in F minor/A Flat Major, Op. 49, Polonaise- Fantasy in A Flat, Op. 61, and Polonaise in A Flat, Op. 53.
Op. 50b Schoenberg: Psalm 130 “De profundis”
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jésus
Mozart : Marriage of Figaro Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Yuri Mazurkevich)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Music Master: Jake Gardner*
Komponist: Edyta Kulczak*
Zerbinetta: Rachele Gilmore*
Ariadne: Marjorie Owens*
Tanzmeister/Brighella: Julius Ahn*
Bacchus: Brandon Jovanovich
Naiad: Mara Bonde*
Dryad: Andrea Coleman
Echo: Joanna Mongiardo
Truffaldino: David Cushing
Harlekin: Jesse Blumberg*
Scaramuccio: Tracy Wise*
With BLO’s Orchestra.
* BLO Debut
Verdi’s Overture to I Vespri Siciliani and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5
Verdi’s “Requiem”
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
Eleni Calenos, soprano
Joanna Porackova, mezzo-soprano
Jason McStoots, tenor
Tom O’Toole, bass-baritone
MOZART: Quartet in F for oboe, violin, viola, and cello, K.370
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras No. 6, for flute and bassoon
GANDOLFI: Plain Song, Fantastic Dances
BRAHMS: Quintet in B minor for clarinet and strings, Op. 115
HAYDN: String Quartet No. 25 in C, Op. 20, No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 117
WOLF: Italian Serenade for string quartet
Mozart’s Don Giovanni with DongWon Kim ‘11 A.D. in title role
John Greer conducting
Marciem Bazell, guest director
Music of the Spanish Baroque
Eliot Fisk, guitar; John Gibbons, harpsichord; and Daniel Stepner, baroque violin
In celebration of the “Luis Melendez” exhibition, enjoy the music of Sor, Soler, Scarlatti, and Boccherini
Shizue Sano, piano
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Schumann: Arabesque, Op. 18
Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 111
Liszt: transcription of songs by Schumann (Dedication and Spring Night)
Bartok: Dance Suite
Eric Hewitt, conductor
* Smetana Fanfare – Karel Husa
* Serenade (Op. 7) – Richard Strauss
* Symphonic Metamorphosis – Paul Hindemith
* Carmen Symphony – Georges Bizet
* Fanfare from La Peri – Paul Dukas
FREE
A Little Afternoon Music:
New Works for instrumental octet (winds, strings, harp, and celesta) inspired by Luigi Dallapiccola’s Piccola Musica Notturna (A Little Night Music). Featuring guest composer/conductor Peyman Farzinpour leading his own work, the premiere of guest composer Armand Qualliotine’s Solo Et Pensoso for soprano and ensemble (with performance faculty member Carol Mastrodomenico, soprano, as soloist), and works by Tufts composers John McDonald, David Molk, and Justin Tierney. Ensemble performers are drawn from the Tufts faculty and from Boston’s finest fleet of freelance musicians.
POULENC Sonata for clarinet and bassoon, Op. 32
EWAZEN Roaring Fork for wind quintet
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26
Hungarian Dances No. 1, 3 and 10 Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture, op. 81 Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2, op. 74 in D major Johannes Brahms
MUSIC OF DRESDEN:
Baroque chamber music by Schütz, Heinichen & Zelenka including Schütz’s Seven Last Words of Christ, with a consort of violas da gamba soloists, viola da gamba consort, and continuo.
Ernest Bloch: Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)
Andrew Rindfleisch: new commission
The performance is a part of the first Boston Jewish Music Festival, and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Kafka Fragments, György Kurtág’s monumental seventy-minute song cycle on texts of Franz Kafka will be the focus of an unusual performing collaboration by professional and student musicians, The concert will be the culmination of a weeklong workshop hosted by Yellow Barn Music School and Festival in partnership with NEC. Four pairs of outstanding student violinists and sopranos will coach the Kurtág work with Yellow Barn faculty members Violaine Melançon, violin, and Susan Narucki, soprano and then share the performing duties with those senior musicians.
Also presented Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:00 pm, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, VT
ALBÉNIZ: (orch. ARBÓS) Excerpts from Iberia
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
Jennifer Hymer, kalimba
Introduction by Prof. Karlheinz Essl
Kalimba! presents an intriguing program for kalimba solo (and electronics) -with US premieres by Anthony De Ritis, Karlheinz Essl, Annie Gosfield, Lukas, Ligeti and Oliver Schneller alongside pieces by Sascha Lino Lemke, David
Lang and Manfred Stahnke. While frequently used in ethnic music, the kalimbais yet to be established as a vital new music instrument. The goal of this program is to anchor it more firmly in the new music repertoire as a solo instrument.
NME Meets Perocco and Gee
Guest composers Filippo Perocco (Italy, in Boston on a Fulbright Fellowship) and Erin Gee (American trained in Graz, Austria, a 2009-2010 Radcliffe Institute Fellow) present their new works including improvisation, created in collaboration with the Tufts New Music Ensemble. Of special interest will be Perocco’s new trio for Tufts student musicians, Gee’s peerless avant-garde solo vocal performance, a solo appearance by faculty violist Scott Woolweaver, and more. Also featuring works by Tufts undergraduate and graduate composers Joshua Hahn, Nicholas Hellberg, and Sid Richardson.
At the Hawk’s Well is one of five plays by Irish poet W. B. Yeats based on the mythological hero Cuchulain. In Fisher’s operatic version, the spirit Guardian will be performed by choreographer and dancer Christy Fisher. Other performers include: vocalists Jeremiah Cawley, Maria Mannisto Seattle), Kristen Ramer Liang; flutist Clifford Dunn (Seattle); 6-string fretted acoustic bass (Greg Bagley); Indian harmonium players Esther Sugai (Seattle) and Garrett Fisher (New York/Boston), and percussion and gong player Dean Moore. Music Direction is by Jeremiah
Cawley. Dramaturgy is by longtime collaborator Ken Cerniglia (New York-based dramaturg for Disney Theatrical, including Julie Taymor’s The Lion King).
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Music Master: Jake Gardner*
Komponist: Edyta Kulczak*
Zerbinetta: Rachele Gilmore*
Ariadne: Marjorie Owens*
Tanzmeister/Brighella: Julius Ahn*
Bacchus: Brandon Jovanovich
Naiad: Mara Bonde*
Dryad: Andrea Coleman
Echo: Joanna Mongiardo
Truffaldino: David Cushing
Harlekin: Jesse Blumberg*
Scaramuccio: Tracy Wise*
With BLO’s Orchestra.
* BLO Debut
Guest Artist, soprano Andrea Matthews
Elena Ruehr’s arrangements of vocal selections by Schubert, Barber, & Puccini
Elena Ruehr: “Bel Canto” string quartet East Coast Premiere)
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, Death and the Maiden string quartet,
FREE
MENDELSSOHN: Overture and Incidental Music to
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ROSSINI: Stabat Mater
OPEN REHEARSAL
Michael Sponseller Partita No. 2 in C Minor,
BWV 826
The Callithumpian Consort
Stephen Drury, Artistic Director
Gabriela Diaz, violin Rane Moore, clarinet
Ethan Wood, violin Yukiko Takagi, piano
Karina Fox, viola Jeffrey Means, percussion
Benjamin Schwartz, cello Nick Tolle, percussion
Jessi Rosinki, flute
Special guest Christian Wolff
Join us for a world premiere written for the
Callithumpian Consort by Christian Wolff—
Songs from Brecht: The Exception and the Rule—
co-presented with the New England Conservatory
Christian Wolff Festival (March 15-17, 2010), along with works by Ives, Cardew, and Cowell. After the performance, join Wolff and the performers alongside the courtyard for an informal post-concert reception.
MENDELSSOHN: Overture and Incidental Music to
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ROSSINI: Stabat Mater
Haydn’s Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:30
Ravel’s Piano Trio
Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 “Archduke”
CADENZA!
Clarinetist Ray Jackendoff, guest faculty artist, performs guest composer Yehudi Wyner’s Cadenza! (1969) with John McDonald, piano. Also featuring Jackendoff in a virtuoso solo work entitled Sonata Surrealissima by Romanian composer Dan Dediu, alongside bravura ventures by Tufts composers Joshua Hahn (a piece for five piccolos) and Katie McNally (a solo fiddle set), and saxophonist Philipp Staeudlin performing Berio’s final Sequenza
TCFN Concert No. 2
John McDonald, composer/pianist, performs the “pulsoptional piano book,” seven works by a consortium of composers composed in honor of McDonald’s 50th birthday, plus solo works by McDonald and Hale Smith (1925-2009). A special appearance by pianist Joel LaRue Smith, a former student of Hale Smith, features a work in honor of Hale Smith’s life in music.
MENDELSSOHN: Overture and Incidental Music to
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ROSSINI: Stabat Mater
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Music Master: Jake Gardner*
Komponist: Edyta Kulczak*
Zerbinetta: Rachele Gilmore*
Ariadne: Marjorie Owens*
Tanzmeister/Brighella: Julius Ahn*
Bacchus: Brandon Jovanovich
Naiad: Mara Bonde*
Dryad: Andrea Coleman
Echo: Joanna Mongiardo
Truffaldino: David Cushing
Harlekin: Jesse Blumberg*
Scaramuccio: Tracy Wise*
With BLO’s Orchestra.
* BLO Debut
Music of the great Parisian masters under Louis XV, with works by Leclair,Barrière, and Royer for violin, ‘cello, and harpsichord.
Mozart: Trio for Piano, Viola, and Clarinet in E flat Major KV 498 (Andante)
Viotti: Duo for Double Bass and Violin
Schubert: “Die Forelle” (In einem Bächlein helle), song for voice and piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)
Novello: “Thy Mighty Force” for soprano, piano and double bass obligato
Rossini: Duetto for Double Bass and Cello
Schubert: “Trout Quintet” D. 667 (Op. post 114)
Rob Nairn, leader/bass
Susan Consoli, soprano
Handel and Haydn Society Period Instrument Orchestra
A world première by Jan Sandström commissioned to celebrate our 50th anniversary
Britten: Sacred and Profane, op. 91;
Penman: Becoming
Netzer: Paths of Stone and Water, and other music honoring the sacred.
Guy Bovets Peep the Piper a multi-media story about the pipe organ for children, followed by an organ recital with Bálint Karosi, First Lutheran Church of Boston
Organists from around the world present 30 minute recitals of all-Bach programming (this is an open house, so audiences are invited to join the event throughout the day): Nancy Granert, Emmanuel Church, Boston (1:00); Frank Corbin, Assumption College, Worcester 1:45);Christopher Lane, Harvard Memorial Church, Cambridge (2:30); Mark Dwyer, Church of the Advent, Boston (3:15); Luca Massiglia, Torino, Italy (4:00); and Colin D. Lynch, Concord, NH (4:45).
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
details TBA
Organ Fireworks showcases Bachs most famous organ works. Presented by James David Christie, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Organ Department Chair Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and College of the Holy Cross, Worcester.
Bach’s cantata Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas (BWV 42) will be the centerpiece of a discussion led by John Harbison; Pamela Werntz,Rector of Emmanuel Church; and Rabbi Howard Berman, Boston Jewish Spirit.
MENDELSSOHN: Overture and Incidental Music to
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ROSSINI: Stabat Mater
Songs Without Words-
A Recital of Opera and Song Transcriptions
Beethoven: Eight Variations on La ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Muzio Clementi: Allegro con brio from Sonata Op. 47, No. 2
Leone Sinigalia: Twelve Variations on a theme of Franz Schubert (Heidenröslein)
Schumann/Liszt: Two Songs by Robert Schumann
Sondheim: Two Songs arranged by Richard Rodney Bennett
Wagner/Liszt: The Ballade of the Flying Dutchman, Isoldens Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Antonio Pasculli: Concerto (based on themes from Donizetti’s Opera, La Favorita)
Bach Cantata BWV 42 by the Emmanuel Music chorus and orchestra, with the Boston Childrens Chorus. A reception follows the performance in Emmanuel Churchs Parish Hall.
Contemplative a cappella choral works by Thomas Tallis, Roland de Lassus, Carlo Gesualdo, Antonio Lotti, Claudio Monteverdi, Arvo Pärt, and John Tavener.
Beth Beauchamp, mezzo-sopranoCameron Beauchamp, bassPaul D’Arcy, tenorMary Gerbi, mezzo-sopranoThann Scoggin, baritoneSteven Soph, tenorBrenna Wells, sopranoShari Alise Wilson, soprano
BuxWV 60 Buxtehude: Jesu meine Freude
Paula Robison, flute Bella Hristova, violin
Stephen Taylor, oboe Andreas Brantelid, cello
Ani Kavafian, violin John Gibbons, harpsichord
Lily Francis, violin
. Purcell: Trio Sonata No. 10 for two violins
and continuo in D Major
. Bach: Gamba Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027
. Bach: Trio Sonata for flute, oboe, and
continuo in G Major BWV 1039
. Bach: Trio Sonata for flute, violin, and
continuo in C minor, from Musical Offering,
BWV 1079
. Telemann: Gulliver Suite for two violins
. Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D Major
. Vivaldi: Sonata in D minor for two violins
and continuo, RV 63, “La Follia”
. Telemann: Concert in A minor for flute,
oboe, violin, and continuo
Mozart : Marriage of Figaro Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Yuri Mazurkevich)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Mozart: Trio for Piano, Viola, and Clarinet in E flat Major KV 498 (Andante)
Viotti: Duo for Double Bass and Violin
Schubert: “Die Forelle” (In einem Bächlein helle), song for voice and piano, D. 550 (Op. 32)
Novello: “Thy Mighty Force” for soprano, piano and double bass obligato
Rossini: Duetto for Double Bass and Cello
Schubert: “Trout Quintet” D. 667 (Op. post 114)
Rob Nairn, leader/bass
Susan Consoli, soprano
Handel and Haydn Society Period Instrument Orchestra
Bach’s 325th birthday and
25th anniversary of the 1985 Taylor & Boody organ
Program TBA
FREE
Shaylor Lindsay, piano
Thomas Stumpf, piano
Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for two pianos
Paul Shoenfield: Café Music for piano trio
Chopin: Mazurkas and Barcarolle for piano
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for two pianos
Ensemble-in-residence of the NEC Preparatory School comprised of Irina Muresanu, violin; Heng-jin Park, piano; Allison Eldredge, cello
FREE
Andrea Coleman, mezzo soprano
David Hoose, conductor
JOHN HARBISON CHACONNE
DAVID MCMULLIN NEW WORK – World Premiere
DAVID LANG: DANCE/DROP -first Boston performance
JOHN AYLWARD: STILLNESS AND CHANGE
JOHN HARBISON: THE SEVEN AGES
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Music Master: Jake Gardner*
Komponist: Edyta Kulczak*
Zerbinetta: Rachele Gilmore*
Ariadne: Marjorie Owens*
Tanzmeister/Brighella: Julius Ahn*
Bacchus: Brandon Jovanovich
Naiad: Mara Bonde*
Dryad: Andrea Coleman
Echo: Joanna Mongiardo
Truffaldino: David Cushing
Harlekin: Jesse Blumberg*
Scaramuccio: Tracy Wise*
With BLO’s Orchestra.
* BLO Debut
György Kurtág’s chamber music with cimbalom
DEBUSSY
Jeux
LIEBERSON:
Songs of Love and Sorrow, for baritone and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission)
SCHUBERT:
Symphony in C, The Great
Robert Levin Partita No. 6 in E Minor,
BWV830
Joyride in a Time Machine: Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue
In this multimedia program, violinist Nicholas Kitchen leads an exploration of the genesis and structure of Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue. The renowned Borromeo String Quartet illustrates the
discussion with musical excerpts and concludes the evening with a powerful performance of the entire work. The musical score and a collage of images, projected throughout the program, fuse imagery with sound as we see and hear the music of Beethoven as never before.
Followed by a wine reception around the courtyard.
Presented in conjunction with the Borromeo String Quartet’s performance on Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at 1:30pm.
DEBUSSY
Jeux
LIEBERSON:
Songs of Love and Sorrow, for baritone and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission)
SCHUBERT:
Symphony in C, The Great
DEBUSSY
Jeux
LIEBERSON:
Songs of Love and Sorrow, for baritone and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission)
SCHUBERT:
Symphony in C, The Great
Program TBA
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum with professional orchestra
Jameson Marvin, conductor
Full orchestra and chorus, professional soloists
Semi-staged production: Costumes by Dolores Carabillo; Sarah Telford, Director; Alan Yost – Conductor
Brilliant vocal and instrumental works, including motets and cantatas for solo soprano and strings by Vivaldi, flute concertos by Vivaldi and Nardini, and a string sinfonia by Locatelli. The ensemble will be joined by soprano Kristen Watson, who made her OPR debut last December to critical and audience acclaim.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat Major for piano & winds, Op. 16
Johannes Brahms: Sonata for viola & piano No. 2 in E -flat major, Op. 120
Arnold Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9 (1906) arranged by Anton Webern for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano
Songs of the Second Viennese School
Leon Kirchner: Piano Trio II
Music by the Franco-Flemish masters Compère, Mouton, Gombert, and Josquin.
Pre-concert talk at 7:00
BRAHMS: Serenade No. 1
STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella (complete))
FREE
DEBUSSY
Jeux
LIEBERSON:
Songs of Love and Sorrow, for baritone and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission)
SCHUBERT:
Symphony in C, The Great
Full orchestra and chorus, professional soloists
Semi-staged production: Costumes by Dolores Carabillo; Sarah Telford, Director; Alan Yost – Conductor
Colin Carr, cello
Thomas Sauer, piano
Mendelssohn: Sonata in D Major, Op. 58
Schumann: Funf Stucke im Volkston, Op. 102
Schumann: 3 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Brahms: Sonata No 2 in F Major, Op. 99
A rarely heard Easter season mass by 17th century composer Chiara Margarita Cozzolani. Performed with sacred motets and chants from the medieval, baroque, renaissance and modern eras. Featuring Psalm 136 by contemporary composer Hilary Tann. Special guest Catherine Liddell, theorbo.
Bach Cantata:
BWV 159 Sehet! Wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Mary Elizabeth Mackenzie, soprano
David McCarroll, violin
Miriam Fried, violin
Emily Deans, viola
Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Roman Rabinovich, piano
. Beethoven: Piano Trio No 1 in E-flat
Major, Op. 1, No. 1
. Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
. Franck: Piano Quartet in F minor
Full orchestra and chorus, professional soloists
Semi-staged production: Costumes by Dolores Carabillo; Sarah Telford, Director; Alan Yost – Conductor
F. Couperin: Huitiême Ordre
Larry Thomas Bell: Partita No. 1, Op. 97 (2009) (Boston premiere)
Scarlatti: Three Sonatas, D Major, K. 490-492
Bach: Partita #5, G Major, BWV 829
Works by Danzi, Torke, Schuller, and Mahler
Haydn: Sonatas
Schoenberg: Suites
Russell Sherman, piano
King’s Chapel Choir & Soloists,
Carol Lewis, viola da gamba
Olav Chris Henriksen, lute
Heinrich Christensen, director
Works by Dowland, Schütz, Schattenberg, Pedersøn and more
D’Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano
Sheryl Cohen, flute
Hisako Hiratsuka, piano
Works to include the East Coast premiere of Jake Heggie’s Deepest Desire for Mezzo, Flute and Piano plus Shakespeare Songs for Voice and Chamber Ensemble by Mohammed Fairouz, conducted by John Page. Other works include excerpts from Handel – Neun Deutsche Arien, and songs by Ravel and Saint-Saens
Mahler: Piano Quartet (1876)
Berg: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
Schoenberg: Piece in D minor for Violin and Piano
Webern: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.7
Webern: Two pieces for Cello and Piano (1899)
Webern: Piano Quintet (1907)
R. Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13
Thomas Hill, clarinet Harumi Rhodes, violin
Marcus Thompson, viola Astrid Schween, cello Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Brilliant vocal and instrumental works, including motets and cantatas for solo soprano and strings by Vivaldi, flute concertos by Vivaldi and Nardini, and a string sinfonia by Locatelli. The ensemble will be joined by soprano Kristen Watson, who made her OPR debut last December to critical and audience acclaim.
Mozart | Two Preludes and Fugues for String Trio, K 404a
Davidovsky | Quartetto Nr. 2 for oboe and strings
Haydn | String Quartet tbd featuring a student from Concord Academy’s Chamber Music Workshop
Kodaly | Intermezzo for string trio
Shostakovich | String Quartet Nr. 8
DEBUSSY
Jeux
LIEBERSON:
Songs of Love and Sorrow, for baritone and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission)
SCHUBERT:
Symphony in C, The Great
Fumito Nunoya: Exploration of Marimba
Music by Keiko Abe, Muramatsu Takatsugu, Astor Piazzolla and J.S. Bach.
Beethoven Cycle, concert 3 of 6
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95
String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 127
Blodgett concerts are free but passes are required. Free passes available beginning two weeks prior to concert from Harvard Box Office in the Holyoke Center Arcade, Harvard Square. 617-496-2222.
Free parking for this concert available at Broadway garage, corner of Felton St. and Broadway.
Music of the 21st Century
John Corigliano Winging It (2008)
William Bolcom Ballade (2006)
Amy Williams Refined Art (2003) and Astoris (2003)
Charles Wuorinen New Work (world premiere)
Elliott Carter Three Tributes (2007-2008) and Two Thoughts About the Piano (2005-2006)
Tobias Picker Three Nocturnes for Ursula (2009)
Blodgett concerts are free but passes are required. Free passes available beginning two weeks prior to concert from Harvard Box Office in the Holyoke Center Arcade, Harvard Square. 617-496-2222.
Free parking for this concert available at Broadway garage, corner of Felton St. and Broadway.
(The Capulets and the Montagues)
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Bellini’s Italian opera (Ricordi edition) is a reworking of Romeo and Juliet, based on Italian sources rather than Shakespeare’s version. In Italian with English subtitles.
Beatrice Affron, conductor. Kirsten Z. Cairns, director.
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah (Sung in German)
SWV 479 Good Friday Service at Noon
Schütz: St. Luke Passion
Honegger: Symphony No. 2
Frazin: title tba (world premiere)
War-era Jazz Standards with Dominique Eade and Richie Barshay
Strauss: Metamorphosen
(The Capulets and the Montagues)
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Bellini’s Italian opera (Ricordi edition) is a reworking of Romeo and Juliet, based on Italian sources rather than Shakespeare’s version. In Italian with English subtitles.
Beatrice Affron, conductor. Kirsten Z. Cairns, director.
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah (Sung in German)
Honegger: Symphony No. 2
Frazin: title tba (world premiere)
War-era Jazz Standards with Dominique Eade and Richie Barshay
Strauss: Metamorphosen
(The Capulets and the Montagues)
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Bellini’s Italian opera (Ricordi edition) is a reworking of Romeo and Juliet, based on Italian sources rather than Shakespeare’s version. In Italian with English subtitles.
Beatrice Affron, conductor. Kirsten Z. Cairns, director.
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah (Sung in German)
(The Capulets and the Montagues)
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Bellini’s Italian opera (Ricordi edition) is a reworking of Romeo and Juliet, based on Italian sources rather than Shakespeare’s version. In Italian with English subtitles.
Beatrice Affron, conductor. Kirsten Z. Cairns, director.
Bach Cantata:
BWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ
The Complete Beethoven String Quartets,
Part I
. Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
. Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18. No. 2
. Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
. Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18. No. 4
Ludmilla Lifson and Eda Shlyam, piano
“Immortals Forever…”
Works by Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin and others.
G.B. Pergolesi: Sinfonia (arr. L. Lesser) Laurence Lesser, Carol Ou, cellos (300th birthday year)
Gyorgy Kurtag: Signs, Games and Messages. James Buswell, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Carol Ou, cello
Bela Bartók: Violin Duos (arranged for viola). Kim Kashkashian, Dimitri Murrath, Roger Tapping, Marcus Thompson, violas.
Schubert: Trout Quintet. James Buswell, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Donald Palma, double bass; Gabriel Chodos, piano
Hosted by the Score Board
BMOP principals in a backroom setting
Doors open for food and drink at 6pm
The Score Board is a group of New England-based composers serving as BMOP’s vanguard of composer-advocates through volunteerism, direct support and activities, community-building, and curating BMOP’s annual Club Concert series.
MENDELSSOHN: 4 Songs Without Words
CHOPIN: the Four Scherzi
SCARLATTI: 3 Sonatas
WYNER: Towards the Center
RAVEL: La Valse
Alice Wilkinson, piano
Works by Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Chopin and the premier of a new work, “Tryptich” by Boston composer, Diane Goolkasian Rahbee, in memory of Edward Wilkinson.
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
HARBISON
Double Concerto for violin and cello
(world premiere; BSO commission)
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7
OPEN REHEARSAL
HARBISON
Double Concerto for violin and cello
(world premiere; BSO commission)
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7
HARBISON
Double Concerto for violin and cello
(world premiere; BSO commission)
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, F Major, “Pastoral”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, B-flat Major
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Handel and Haydn Period Instrument Orchestra
HAYDN String Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 9, No. 2
JOHN ADAMS String Quartet (Boston premiere)
DVORÁK String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, Opus 106
Beethoven Cycle, concert 3 of 6
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95
String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 127
Blodgett concerts are free but passes are required. Free passes available beginning two weeks prior to concert from Harvard Box Office in the Holyoke Center Arcade, Harvard Square. 617-496-2222.
Free parking for this concert available at Broadway garage, corner of Felton St. and Broadway.
Nico MUHLY: So to Speak
Tolga YAYALAR: Tuba Concerto (world premiere)
with Nathan Turner, tuba soloist
HOLST: Hammersmith, Mars and Jupiter from The Planets)
FREE
Flute solos, duos, sound collages, poetry. Deborah Boldin & Jessi Rosinski, flutes; Jodi
Hitzhusen, soprano; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello.
Ursula Mamlok: Haiku for soprano & flute/alto flute
Pamela J Marshall: High Flight, Communing With Birds, both for solo flute
Terry Winter Owens: Supernova for flute and reader
Shulamit Ran: East Wind for solo flute, Sonatina for two flutes
Alex Shapiro: Re:pair for two flutes
Hilary Tann: Llef for flute and cello
Sabrina Pena Young: Origins – sound collage, A Glass of Water Lights the World for cello
Pamela Z: NEMIZ – sound collage
A special Children’s program performed by Sirocco Winds. Featuring “Stanley’s Flight”, a musical portrayal of a young penguin’s incredible journey.
Evan Johnson, violin
Peggy Spencer, violin
Mark Rike, viola
Loretta O’Sullivan, violoncello
Herschel Garfein: Music from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are Dead (based on the play by Tom Stoppard)
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
William Bolcom: Violin Sonata No. 2
Aaron Copland: Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
Charles Ives: Piano Trio
and in the daring spirit, a world premier, tba
with alumna Sarah Pelletier, soprano
More info: (781) 283-2176
HARBISON
Double Concerto for violin and cello
(world premiere; BSO commission)
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7
HWV 252 Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 7
My song shall be alway
Schubert/Liszt: “Gute Nacht” and “Ave Maria”
Schubert: Sonata in D Major, D. 850, Op.53
Prokofiev: from Romeo and Juliet, Op.75 “Romeo and Juliet before parting”
Prokofiev: Sonata No.6 in A Major, Op.82
Herschel Garfein: Music from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are Dead (based on the play by Tom Stoppard)
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, F Major, “Pastoral”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, B-flat Major
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Handel and Haydn Period Instrument Orchestra
Progam TBA
Haydn Symphony No. 60, ‘Il distratto’
Bartók Music for string instruments, percussion and celesta
Schumann Symphony No. 2
Haydn: Sonatas
Schoenberg: Suites
Russell Sherman, piano
Peter Homans / Reliquaire*
Shih-Hui Chen / Returnings**
Forrest Larson / Dinosaur Annex Commission**
Arthur Levering / Tesserae
Stephen Hartke / King of the Sun
* World premiere
**World premiere/Dinosaur Annex Commission
6:30 PM CROSS TALK WITH COMPOSERS
LIGETI
Concert Românesc
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 2, Little Russian
Susannah, by Carlisle Floyd
William Lumpkin, conductor
Sharon Daniels, stage director
LIGETI
Concert Românesc
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 2, Little Russian
LIGETI
Concert Românesc
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 2, Little Russian
Progam TBA
Haydn: Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo (Little Organ Mass); Salve Regina in g minor
Britten: Cantata Misericordium
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Susannah, by Carlisle Floyd
William Lumpkin, conductor
Sharon Daniels, stage director
Schoenberg: Accompaniment to a Cinematographic (Film) Scene, Op. 34
Haydn: Symphony Concertante
arr. Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No. 70
Soloists:
Danielle Maddon, violin;
Rafael Popper-Keizer, violoncello;
Peggy Pearson, oboe;
Thomas Stephenson, bassoon
The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music
John Harbison and Michael Beattie, conductors
Pre-concert lecture/discussion at 7:00 PM
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, op. 4
Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621, hymn for mezzo-soprano, strings, and continuo in F minor
George Benjamin: Upon Silence, for mezzo-soprano and seven strings
Sir Michael Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
LIGETI
Concert Românesc
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 2, Little Russian
The Golden Age of the Organ From Venice to North Europe
Music by Gabrieli, Segni, Merulo, Sweelinck, Scheidemann, and Schilt on Wellesley’s C.B.Fisk meantone organ.
HWV 256 Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 11
Let God arise
Travels with the Claremonts: Czechoslovakia
. Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
. Dvorák: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
Susannah, by Carlisle Floyd
William Lumpkin, conductor
Sharon Daniels, stage director
Yip! Yip! Yaphank!
A concert performance of Irving Berlin’s World War I soldier show, in its first modern revival.
PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater
Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Röntgen: Lyrische Gänge, for Voice, Viola and Piano
Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 87
Ida Levin, violin; Harumi Rhodes, violin Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Roger Tapping, viola; Wilhelmina Smith, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Röntgen
Lyrische Gänge, for Voice, Viola and Piano
Mendelssohn
String Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 87
ORFF: Carmina Burana
BARBER: Reincarnations)
FREE
Beethoven Quartets in C Minor, op. 18 # 4;
F Major, op. 135 and E Minor, op. 59 # 2
Revueltas: Sensemayá
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Gwyneth Wentink, harp
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
STRAUSS
Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A
MOZART
Symphony No. 35 in D, K.385, Haffner
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Ilia: Camille Zamora*
Idamante: Sandra Piques Eddy
Elettra: Caroline Worra*
Idomeneo: Jason Collins*
Arbace: Steven Sanders
With BLO’s Orchestra and Chorus.
* BLO Debut
Shirish Korde Phoolan Devi: The Bandit Queen (world premiere)
full-length chamber opera
Lynn Kremer, stage director
Program TBA
STRAUSS
Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A
MOZART
Symphony No. 35 in D, K.385, Haffner
Program will include one of Rameau’s Pieces de clavecin en concerts, a Paris quartet of Telemann, a quartet by Guillemain, and a French cantata.
With Laura Jeppessen, viola da gamba, and tenor Aaron Sheehan from the Wellesley faculty.
Revueltas: Sensemayá
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Haydn:
Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo (Little Organ Mass)
Salve Regina in g minor
Britten:
Cantata Misericordium
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
One of Rameau’s Piéces de clavecin, a Paris quartet by Telemann, a quartet by Guillemain, and a French cantata.
Suzanne Stumpf, traverso, Sarah Darling, violin, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord, Laura Jeppeson, viola da gamba, Aaron Engebreth, baritone.
STRAUSS
Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A
MOZART
Symphony No. 35 in D, K.385, Haffner
Bach Cantata:
BWV 97 In allem meinen Taten
Beethoven: Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Szymanowski: Quartet No. 2, Op. 56
Bartók: Quartet No. 1, Op.7
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Ilia: Camille Zamora*
Idamante: Sandra Piques Eddy
Elettra: Caroline Worra*
Idomeneo: Jason Collins*
Arbace: Steven Sanders
With BLO’s Orchestra and Chorus.
* BLO Debut
Revueltas: Sensemayá
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
All-Chopin Program!
BRAHMS
String Sextet in B-flat, Op. 18
STRAUSS
String Sextet from Capriccio
Haydn: Sonatas
Schoenberg: Suites
Russell Sherman, piano
Beethoven: Quintet in C major, Op. 29
Peter Lieberson: The Coming of Light, for baritone, oboe and string quartet (Boston Premiere of Winsor Music co-commission)
J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 159, “Sehet, wir gehen hinauf gen Jerusalem”
Cesar Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Op. 18, arr. Dewey Owens
John Thomas: Grand Duet for Two Harps
Maurice Ravel: Suite from Mother Goose, arr. M. Anraku and J. Zhou
Additional Works, TBA
STRAUSS
Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A
MOZART
Symphony No. 35 in D, K.385, Haffner
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Ilia: Camille Zamora*
Idamante: Sandra Piques Eddy
Elettra: Caroline Worra*
Idomeneo: Jason Collins*
Arbace: Steven Sanders
With BLO’s Orchestra and Chorus.
* BLO Debut
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Ilia: Camille Zamora*
Idamante: Sandra Piques Eddy
Elettra: Caroline Worra*
Idomeneo: Jason Collins*
Arbace: Steven Sanders
With BLO’s Orchestra and Chorus.
* BLO Debut
Works of unusual instrumentation, featuring 18 saxophones and 9 French horns
Pierre Boulez: Dialogue de l’ ombre douible
Theodore Antoniou: Music for Nine
Gunther Schuller: Perpetuum mobile
Sofia Gubaidulina: Duo
Georgia Spiropoulos: Rotations
Eric Hewitt: la grenouille
Musicians for the evening include:
Eric Ruske, horn
Tsuyoshi Honjo, Eric Hewitt and Jared Sims, saxophones
Special guest: Radnofksy Saxophone Ensemble
Eric Hewitt, conductor
FREE
Lynn Chang directs the string honors ensemble.
MOZART: Diverimento in D
BACH: Brandenberg Concerto No 6
CHEN YI: Sprout for Strings
CHEN YI: Romance and Dance of the Hsiao and Ch’in
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso)
FREE
BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
Stephanie Blyth as La Grande-Duchesse
Conducted by Gil Rose
Directed by David Kneuss
Bach: “Singet dem Herrn”
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050, D Major
Bach: Cantata No. 50, “Nun ist das heil” for St. Michael’s Day
Bach: “Der Gesit hilft”
Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Bach: Cantata No. 29, “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir”
Harry Christophers, conductor
Handel and Haydn Chorus and Period Instrument Orchestra
Harvard Glee Club joins with Radcliffe Choral Society, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, a professional orchestra and professional soloists to celebrate the career of our conductor, Dr. Jameson Marvin.
Program includes the premiere of ‘Song of Awakening’ by Robert Kyr.
Competition Concert
Simin Ganatra, violin
Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin
Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Brandon Vamos, cello
Music of the history of Jerusalem performed by the ensembles Hespèrion XXI, La Capella
Reial de Catalunya, and Al-Darwish, joined by soprano Montserrat Figueras.
In collaboration with World Music/CRASHarts.
Free Family Concert
Featuring Radius Ensemble’s string players and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable Carl Nielsen
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Opus 30 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Philip Fisher, piano
Rodrigo: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Eliot Fisk, guitar
Ravel:Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2
John Harbison: Symphony No. 2
TBA
NEP Young Artist Competition winner
Dalit Warshaw: Camille’s Dance
Igor Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol
BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
Young Artists Showcase—First Prize Winner, 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions
Dvorak: Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55, No. 4
De Falla: Suite populaire espagnole
Grieg: Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Piano in C Minor
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano and Tzigane
Verdi – Manzoni Requiem
With Guest Artists, The Newton Choral Society, David Carrier, Music Director
Patrice Tiedemann, soprano
Joanna Porackova, alto
Ethan Bremner, tenor
Colman Reaboi, bass
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Ilia: Camille Zamora*
Idamante: Sandra Piques Eddy
Elettra: Caroline Worra*
Idomeneo: Jason Collins*
Arbace: Steven Sanders
With BLO’s Orchestra and Chorus.
* BLO Debut
Stephanie Blyth as La Grande-Duchesse
Conducted by Gil Rose
Directed by David Kneuss
Bach: “Singet dem Herrn”
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050, D Major
Bach: Cantata No. 50, “Nun ist das heil” for St. Michael’s Day
Bach: “Der Gesit hilft”
Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Bach: Cantata No. 29, “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir”
Harry Christophers, conductor
Handel and Haydn Chorus and Period Instrument Orchestra
Program TBA
Rodrigo: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Eliot Fisk, guitar
Ravel:Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2
Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade. Borromeo String Quartet. (150th birth year anniversary)
Beethoven: Octet, Opus 103. Thomas Martin, Michael Wayne, clarinets,; John Ferrillo, Laura Ahlbeck, oboes; Eli Epstein, Jason Snider, French horns; Richard Ranti, Gregory Henegar, bassoons
Gunther Schuller: Octet. Borromeo String Quartet; Eli Epstein, French horn; Michael Wayne, clarinet; Richard Ranti, bassoon; James Orleans, double bass
CAST (In order of vocal appearance)
Ilia: Camille Zamora*
Idamante: Sandra Piques Eddy
Elettra: Caroline Worra*
Idomeneo: Jason Collins*
Arbace: Steven Sanders
With BLO’s Orchestra and Chorus.
* BLO Debut
Stephanie Blyth as La Grande-Duchesse
Conducted by Gil Rose
Directed by David Kneuss
Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya,
Al Darwish, and Montserrat Figueras, soprano
directed by Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
Free pre-concert talk at 7pm
Ensemble Chanterelle: Orpheus Old and New
Sally Sanford, soprano; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; and Brent Wissick, viola da gamba
Italian monodies by Claudio Monteverdi, Carlo Milanuzzi;
songs from Henry Purcell’s Orpheus Britannicus
Boston premiere of James Blachley’s “O komm und geh” on a text from Ranier Maria Rilke’s Orpheus Sonnets.
Alexander the Great: Hero, Warrior and Lover
MICHAEL MANIACI, male soprano
arias from Lucio Silla, Idomeneo, and La Clemenza di Tito, Exsultate, Jubilate.
“Haffner” Symphony
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
John Corigliano: Fern Hill
MICHAEL MANIACI, male soprano
arias from Lucio Silla, Idomeneo, and La Clemenza di Tito, Exsultate, Jubilate.
“Haffner” Symphony
Hiroko Yajima, violin
David Bowlin, violin
Rebecca Albers, viola
Amir Eldan, cello
Marcy Rosen, cello
. Boccherini: String Quintet in F Major,Op. 20, no. 3
. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
. Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D.956
Barber: Knoxville Summer 0f 1915
Gershwin: Summertime
Kodaly: Summer Evening and Hungarian Rondo
Mother’s Day Concert: A Bouquet of Partitas
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Three Partitas for solo violin.
Heinrich Schütz:
Opus ultimum – Schwanengesang
Psalm 119
Psalm 100
Deutsches Magnificat
Bach: Mass in B Minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Litaniae de BMV (Lauretanae), K. 109 (1771)
Church Sonata in F. K. 192 (1774)
Missa Brevis in F, K. 145 (1774)
György Ligeti (b. 1923): Evening, Morning (1955)
Charles Ives (1874-1954): 67th Psalm (1894)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Geistlisches Lied (1856)
Der Gang zum Liebchen (1863)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Two cantatas from The Christmas Oratorio,
BWV 248:
No. 3 – Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen
No. 6 – Herr, wenn der stolzen Feinde schnauben
Heinrich Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494
Cantate Domino, SWV 81
Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est
Kendra Colton, soprano, Thea Lobo, mezzo-soprano, Charles Blandy, tenor,
Donald Wilkinson, bass, with The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria
Anton Bruckner: Locus Iste
Os Justi
Ave Maria
Virga Jesse Floruit
Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Heinrich Christensen, organ; Orchestra and favorite vocal soloists
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Four Slovak Folk Songs (1917)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Gondelfahrer (1824)
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672):
Three Italian Madrigals (pub. 1611)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230 (an early work, date unknown)
James Barkovic, organ and piano;
Julian Pellicano, conductor
New Composition by a Longy Student
Concerto featuring Longy Concerto Competition winner
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Admission free but tickets required
Lewis J. Buckley, Music director and conductor:
pre-concert lecture at 1:30 pm
Variations on “Jerusalem the Golden” by Charles Ives
Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold
Commissioned piece for trumpet, tuba, and concert band, by Lewis Buckley;
trumpet soloist, Joe Foley; tuba soloist, James O’Dell; guest conductor, Rob
Franzblau
Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn by Norman Dello Joio
Satiric Dances by Norman Dello Joio
Slava by Leonard Bernstein
Third Suite by Robert Jager
Pines of the Appian Way by Respighi
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
BARBER: Sure on This Shining Night; Reincarnations
BERNSTEIN: Incidental music to “The Lark”
COPLAND: Choruses from “The Tender Land”
GERSHWIN: Music from the film “Damsels in Distress”
IVES: Psalm 67
CANTELOUBE Rustiques for reed trio
BERGE Horn-Lokk for solo horn
EPSTEIN Lost Motion for clarinet and strings
CRUMB Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for amplified flute, cello and piano
Camille Saint-Saens: Concerto for Cello
Raphael Popper-Keizer, Cello
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Special Aniversary Commission by Lisa Bielawa
Matteo Flecha’s Las Ensaladas
Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Hob.III:76, “The Fifths”
Villa-Lobos: Duo for Violin and Viola (1946)
Chausson: Concerto in D major for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op.21
Ida Levin, violin Harumi Rhodes, violin Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Roger Tapping, viola Wilhelmina Smith, cello Randall Hodgkinson, piano
This will be an eclectic mix of Artistic Director Mary Beekman’s favorites culled from 30 years of programming. Expect this concert to run the stylistic gamut—from Senfl’s praise of the Virgin Mary to Dinerstein’s hopping frogs—as we celebrate the wide range of the choral medium and its ability to inspire, entertain, thrill, and move us.
Gabriel Faure: La Chanson d’Ève, for soprano & piano, Op. 95
Pierre Jalbert: Visual Abstract for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion
Gareth Farr Taheke: “Waterfalls” for flute & harp
Pyotr Il’yich: Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence for string sextet, Op. 70
CANTELOUBE Rustiques for reed trio
BERGE Horn-Lokk for solo horn
EPSTEIN Lost Motion for clarinet and strings
CRUMB Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for amplified flute, cello and piano
Gabriel Faure: La Chanson d’Ève, for soprano & piano, Op. 95
Pierre Jalbert: Visual Abstract for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion
Gareth Farr Taheke: “Waterfalls” for flute & harp
Pyotr Il’yich: Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence for string sextet, Op. 70
Works by Mozart, del Aguila, and Janacek
Charles Ives: Orchestral Set No. 2
Steven Stucky: American Muse, for baritone and orchestra
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Leon Kirchner: Orchestra Piece
Kati Agócs: Symphony
Martin Boykan: Symphony, for baritone and orchestra
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
The bands will play selections ranging from Broadway show music to Sousa
marches to classical music. The Metropolitan Wind Symphony performs at 1 pm.
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Dominick Argento: Odi et amo (I Hate and I Love).
The performance will feature Carl Orff’s own arrangement of Carmina Burana for two pianos and percussion.
Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable Carl Nielsen
Albert Schweitzer Portrait Gene Scheer
La Mer Claude Debussy
Motets for Mary and other rapturous sacred music by Johannes Ockeghem and other composers at the 15th-century French royal court.
This concert will be repeated on June 13 at the Connecticut Early Music Festival: www.ctearlymusic.org.
*Pre-concert talks sponsored by the Cambridge Society for Early Music
Free pre-concert talk at 7:15
Stravinsky’s Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2
A Night at the Movies, Eric Hewitt, conductor
Celebrating film music, the concert will include works by John Williams, Danny Elfman, and Jerry Goldsmith and George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
FREE