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Beethoven’s Sonata for violin & piano, op. 23, A. Schoenberg’s Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19, Langsam, Liszt’s Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort for solo piano, A. Schoenberg’s Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19, Sehr Langsam, Czerny’s Fantasie, op. 339, #1 (on themes from Schubert’s songs) for horn and piano, John Cage’s In a landscape for solo piano, Brahms’ Trio for violin, horn & piano, op. 40.

The Libella Quartet: Lisa Lynch (soprano); Carola Emrich-Fisher (mezzo-soprano); Jason Sabol (tenor); and Matthew Wight (bass-baritone), with Juliet Cunningham (piano).

Minnespiel, Opus 101
“Der Contrabandiste”, appendix to Opus 74
Spanisches Liederspiel, Opus 74.

Pianist Carol Messina will perform Deux Arabesques no.1 by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and Nocturne in C#minor by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849). Ellen Oak, accompanied by Carol Messina will sing three Gregorian chants, three songs by Ned Rorem, and single selections by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Henry Purcell and Randall Thompson

Fenwick Smith performs Morton Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry on a variety of instruments, including alto and bass flute, accompanied by pianist Sara Bob and NEC faculty percussionist Aaro Trant on vibraphone, celesta, and glockenspiel. The musicians will perform this mesmerizing 90-minute piece without intermission.

FREE

Mazurka in A minor (“Cries & Whispers”), Op. 17, No. 4
Mazurka in B-flat Major, Op. 17, No. 1
Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59, No.3
Etude in A-flat Major (“Aeolian Harp”), Op. 25, No. 1
Polonaise in F-sharp minor (“Tragic”), Op. 44

Written by Rudolf Rojahn. Adapted from Mikhail Bulgakov’s novella, Rudolf Rojahn’s original dark comedy tells the story of a scientist whose experiment of implanting human glands into the body of a dog proves overly successful. But the grandeur of the scientific achievement is overshadowed by the misery of living with the half-dog/half-woman whose varied appetites and manipulations prove disastrous for all.

Written by Rudolf Rojahn. Adapted from Mikhail Bulgakov’s novella, Rudolf Rojahn’s original dark comedy tells the story of a scientist whose experiment of implanting human glands into the body of a dog proves overly successful. But the grandeur of the scientific achievement is overshadowed by the misery of living with the half-dog/half-woman whose varied appetites and manipulations prove disastrous for all.

. Xenakis: Analogique A et B
. Mozart: Serenata Notturna, K. 239
. Cornell: New work (world premiere)
. Purcell: The Old Bachelor, Z.607
. Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113

Written by Rudolf Rojahn. Adapted from Mikhail Bulgakov’s novella, Rudolf Rojahn’s original dark comedy tells the story of a scientist whose experiment of implanting human glands into the body of a dog proves overly successful. But the grandeur of the scientific achievement is overshadowed by the misery of living with the half-dog/half-woman whose varied appetites and manipulations prove disastrous for all.

Lidiyia Yankovskaya Music Director in collaboration with the Boston Conservatory Dance Division

Phivos Kollias, Breath (2007)
Noam Faingold, Tango Variations (2009)
Andres Carrizo, Por el momento (2008)
Nicolas Tzortzis, What the Wave Meant (2007)
Brian Mark, String Quartet No. 2 (2005)
William Zuckerman, Subcutaneous Salvation (2009)
Peter Lane, Transverse Fractures (2009)
Juraj Kojs, VII (pno) (2009)

JOHN CHEETHAM: Keystone Celebration
KAREL HUSA: Divertimento
ANTHONY PLOG: Concerto for Trumpet and Brass Ensemble
Steve Emery, trumpet
ALFRED REED: Symphony for Brass and Percussion

FREE

Gershwin: An American in Paris
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G with Stephen Drury piano
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Debussy: La Mer

Works by Franz Schubert and Bohuslav Martinu

Prelude in C minor, Op. 28, No. 20
Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Mazurka in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3
Etude in G-flat Major (“Black-Key”), Op. 10, No. 5
Polonaise in A-flat Major (“Heroic”), Op. 53

Written by Rudolf Rojahn. Adapted from Mikhail Bulgakov’s novella, Rudolf Rojahn’s original dark comedy tells the story of a scientist whose experiment of implanting human glands into the body of a dog proves overly successful. But the grandeur of the scientific achievement is overshadowed by the misery of living with the half-dog/half-woman whose varied appetites and manipulations prove disastrous for all.

Gershwin: An American in Paris
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G with Stephen Drury piano
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Debussy: La Mer

Pre-concert talk at 1:45

Pre-concert talk at 6:45

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Charles Ansbacher, Conductor

Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 (“The Pastoral Symphony”) and other music inspired by nature; in conjunction with the Chinese Emperor’s Garden exhibition

Written by Rudolf Rojahn. Adapted from Mikhail Bulgakov’s novella, Rudolf Rojahn’s original dark comedy tells the story of a scientist whose experiment of implanting human glands into the body of a dog proves overly successful. But the grandeur of the scientific achievement is overshadowed by the misery of living with the half-dog/half-woman whose varied appetites and manipulations prove disastrous for all.

There’s no music like new music, and our , a dedicatedvenue for new Classical vocal works, proves it! These two unique programs feature operas, art songs, and choral pieces, submitted by composers world-wide.

Jonathan McPhee, conductor

Haydn – Symphony No.104, “London”
Prokofiev – Sinfonietta
Beethoven – Symphony No.5

The Complete Beethoven String Quartets, Part II
. String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
. String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95
. String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127

Music Director Steven Lipsitt opens the BCO’s 31st season with three all-time favorites:
Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Sharan Leventhal, violin)
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Mozart: Symphony No. 40

Samuel Barber, composer
Gian Carlo Menotti, librettist
William Lumpkin, conductor
Lauren Flanigan, soprano

John Adams: Lollapalooza
Beethoven: Symphony No.4, op.60, B-flat major
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, op.14

FREE

Lei Liang: Aural Hypothesis, world premiere

Chou Wen-chung: Ode to Eternal Pine, first Boston performance

Seymour Shifrin: Satires of Circumstance
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
And works by the finalists of the
Rapido! Composition Contest

All Wagner with Bryn Terfel

Overture and “Die Frist ist um” (The Dutchman’s Monologue) from The Flying Dutchman

Ride of the Valkyries, Wotan’s Farewell, and Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre

Siegfried Idyll

Monologue (Hans Sachs) and Act 1 Prelude from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque lutes)

Works by Corelli, Zamboni, Mascitti, Fontanelli, Antoniotti & Zuccari.

Jennifer Aylmer, soprano
Randall Scarlata, baritone
Laura Ward, piano

The Great American Songbook returns to the Gardner to explore music from the century following the Civil War. Two different programs showcase beloved and lesser-known songs by Stephen Foster, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Vernon Duke, Irving Berlin, and others.

Linden Lea
from Songs of Travel
from ten Blake Songs (1957)
Pilgrim’s Progress (1951)
Four Hymns (1914)
Sir John in Love (1929)
from Along the Field (1927)
from Five Mystical Songs (1911)f
from Four Last Songs (1954-58)
from The English Hymnal (1906)

Passionately Modern: Music for Cello and Piano After World War II

Joshua Gordon, cello
Randall Hodgkinson, piano

Benjamin Britten: Sonata in C major, Op. 65
Gunther Schuller: Duo Concertante
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in C major, Op. 119

Daniel Stepner, violin; Donald Berman, piano, and friends
JS Bach: Chromataic Fantasy
Paul Hindemith: Sonata Op. 31, No. 2
James Yannatos: String Quartet No. 2
Yu-Hui Chang: Worries Just as Real
Carl Ruggles: Mood: Prelude to an Imaginary Tragedy
Charles Ives: Sonata No. 2

FREE

The premiere performance of
the finalists’ works. At the end of the concert,
the ALEA III Prize will be awarded.

Víctor Ibarra (Mexico), Michael M. Lee (USA),
Juan Mariano Porta (Italy), Fabián Harbeith Roa Dueñez (Colombia), Amir Safari (Iran), Haralabos (Harry), Stafylakis (Canada), Yanpeng Zhang (China)

Soloists: Rebekah Alexander, soprano, and
Stephanie Kacoyanis, alto.
Theodore Antoniou, conductor

FREE

NEC’s Distinguished Artist-in-Residence celebrates Robert Schumann’s 200th Birthday with a recital devoted to the composer’s works:

Arabesque, Op. 18
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Fantasy, Op. 17

FREE

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection

Layla Claire, soprano and Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano

Open Rehearsal

Bach’s Electric Chords: Guitar-Pedal Counterpoint for String Quartet

A radical new take on J.S. Bach’s magnificent organ music. Aided by modern technology, the renowned quartet translates complex layered counterpoint into electronic sound.

Andrew Mark, conductor

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso, op. 6, No.4 in D Major
MENDELSSOHN: Sinfonia No. 2, D Major
Vivian FINE: Romantic Ode
TCHAIKOVSKY: Elgar Serenade

FREE

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection

Layla Claire, soprano and Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano

Bang on a Can All-Stars & Gamelan Salukat
Music by Evan Ziporyn
Libretto by Paul Schick (based on the memoir of Colin McPhee)
Directed by Jay Schei

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection

Layla Claire, soprano and Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Aylmer, soprano
Randall Scarlata, baritone
Laura Ward, piano
The Great American Songbook returns to the Gardner to explore music from the century following the Civil War. Two different programs showcase beloved and lesser-known songs by Stephen Foster, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Vernon Duke, Irving Berlin, and others.

Palestrina: Five books of Italian madrigals and other works by his contemporaries.

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection

Layla Claire, soprano and Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano

Mazurka in G minor, Op. 24, No. 1
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Etude in E minor, Op. 25, No. 5
Waltz in D-flat Major (“Minute”), Op. 62, No. 1
Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61

Lecture:

“Musical Character in Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas”

HARBISON: Symphony No. 3
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5

Beethoven:
Overture to Prometheus
Dramatic scene: Ah! perfido

Cherubini: Arias from the opera Medée
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

A children’s opera by John Davies set to the music of Offenbach and Rossini. Kirsten Z. Cairns, director.

FREE

Ludford: Missa Regnum mundi
Aston: Gaude virgo mater Christi

The newest installment in their series of music from the Peterhouse partbooks (c.1540).

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 4 in C Major for cello & piano, Op. 102, No. 1

Nikolai Roslavets: Sonata for viola & piano

Béla Bartók: Sonata No. 2 for violin & piano, BB 85, Sz. 76

Joan Tower: A Gift for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn & piano

Charles Ives: Piano Trio

Beethoven:
Overture to Prometheus
Dramatic scene: Ah! perfido

Cherubini: Arias from the opera Medée
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

The Complete Mozart Piano Sonatas, Part I
. Sonata in C Major, K. 279
. Sonata in F Major, K. 280
. Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 281
. Sonata in E-flat Major, K. 282
. Sonata in D Major, K. 284

Martinů Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani
Schoenberg First Chamber Symphony
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 4 in C Major for cello & piano, Op. 102, No. 1

Nikolai Roslavets: Sonata for viola & piano

Béla Bartók: Sonata No. 2 for violin & piano, BB 85, Sz. 76

Joan Tower: A Gift for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn & piano

Charles Ives: Piano Trio

Processed Bach

A unique fusion of classical music and technology consisting of Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor processed electronically for string quartet.
Also

Schuller: String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven: Op. 127.

FREE

BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5

Christine Goerke as Leonore
Michael Hendrick as Florestan
Andrew Funk as Rocco
Robert Honeysucker as Don Fernando
Meredith Hansen as Marzelline
Jason Ferrante as Jaquino
Julius Ahn as 1st Prisoner
John Salvi as 2nd Prisoner

Conducted by Gil Rose
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberge

David Loebel conducts the NEC Symphony and Chorus

George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Brahms: Schicksalslied, op.54 (Song of Destiny)
Brahms:Nänie, op.82
Elgar: Enigma Variations, op.36 (Variations on an Original Theme)

Pre-concert talk at 7:00

FREE

Spanish virtuoso and Jean Pierre Rampal protégé Claudi Arimany with Steven Lipsitt and the BCO

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 and Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1

Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 5 Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 10.

William Hite joins Celcilia to rejoice in the human voice, whether in solo or ensemble.

Spanish virtuoso and Jean Pierre Rampal protégé Claudi Arimany with Steven Lipsitt and the BCO

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 and Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1

Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 5 Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 10.

Boccherini | La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid (The night music of Madrid)
Turina | Oracion del Torero, for string quintet
Dvorak | String quartet Nr. 12 in F Major op, 96, “American” – featuring cellist Sasha Scolnik-Brower, winner of the 2010 Walden Chamber Players Young Artist Competition

Alexander Velinzon, violin
Annie Rabbat, violin
Christof Huebner, viola
Ashima Scripp, cello
Donald Palma, bass

FREE

Christine Goerke as Leonore
Michael Hendrick as Florestan
Andrew Funk as Rocco
Robert Honeysucker as Don Fernando
Meredith Hansen as Marzelline
Jason Ferrante as Jaquino
Julius Ahn as 1st Prisoner
John Salvi as 2nd Prisoner

Conducted by Gil Rose
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberge

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

Osvaldo Golijov: East Coast premiere of a new work
Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso
Rimsky Korsakoff: Sheherazade

FREE

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
ADAMS: Doctor Atomic Symphony
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2
BARTÓK: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

Eric Hewitt, conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture
MESSIAEN: L’Ascension, Mvt. 1
HOLST: First Suite
VARÈSE: Hyperprism
WOOD: Mannin Veen

FREE

Beethoven Cycle

Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major
Quartet Op. 59 No. 2 in E Minor
Quartet Op. 130 in B-Flat major

Beethoven Cycle

Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major
Quartet Op. 59 No. 2 in E Minor
Quartet Op. 130 in B-Flat major

FREE

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
ADAMS: Doctor Atomic Symphony
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2
BARTÓK: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

Piano Trio No. 1 in Eb, op. 1
Six Gellert Songs, op. 48
String Trio No. 1 in Eb, op. 3

Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum
Radcliffe Choral Society
Kevin Leong and Jameson Marvin, conductors

CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasy, op.61
SCHUMANN: Davidsbündler Dances
CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No.3 in b minor, op.58

Weilerstein Trio

Works by Schumann, Schnittke, and Dvorak.

Alea III celebrates the life and work of György
Ligeti, an international master, with an evening
devoted to his music.
Chamber Concerto
String Quartet No. 1
Monument
Melodien
6 Bagatelles
Michalis Economou, conductor

FREE

Alexandra Coku, soprano; Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus

FALLA: Suite from Atlàntida
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2

Alexandra Coku, soprano; Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus

FALLA: Suite from Atlàntida
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2

A frequent performer across the United States and the winner of the Guitar Foundation of America competition at only age nineteen, Jason Vieaux needs little introduction. Gramophone magazine called him “among the elite of today’s classical guitarists.” Jason’s recent recording of Bach’s Lute works rose to number13 on the Billboard Classical Charts and his arrangement of jazz great Paul Metheny’s works have pushed guitar repertoire in a fascinating new direction.

Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonata in D Major for oboe & piano, Op. 166
Zhou Long, Su (Tracing Back) for flute & harp
Lukas Foss, Time Cycle for soprano, clarinet, cello, piano & percussion
Johannes Brahms, Quintet in b minor for clarinet & strings, Op. 115

Andrew Imbrie: On the Beach at Night
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi,
with Will Frampton, viola
Yehudi Wyner: World premiere of new work
commissioned by Cantata Singers
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto in A minor for Oboe and Strings,with Peggy Pearson, oboe
Irving Fine: The Choral New Yorker,
orchestrated by David Hoose

Valerie Coleman, flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe
Mariam Adam, clarinet; Jeff Scott, french horn; Monica Ellis, bassoon;

Mendelssohn/Gabler: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Moran: Cane (2008)
Nielsen: Quintet for Winds, Op. 43
Carter: Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for oodwind Quintet
Bermel: Wanderings
Piazzolla/Scott: Libertang

The Claremont Trio
Beethoven’s Trio in B-flat Major, Opus 97 “Archduke”

Antonin Dvorák: Mass in D
Leoš Janáček: “Our Father.”

Ken Radnofsky, director

Program TBA

FREE

Floria Tosca – Jill Gardner
Mario Cavaradossi – Diego Torre*
Baron Scarpia – Bradley Garvin*
Angelotti – Anton Belov

HAYDN: Symphony No. 80
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat, K.450
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K.451
HAYDN: Symphony No. 95

HAYDN: Symphony No. 80
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat, K.450
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K.451
HAYDN: Symphony No. 95

Floria Tosca – Jill Gardner
Mario Cavaradossi – Diego Torre*
Baron Scarpia – Bradley Garvin*
Angelotti – Anton Belov

Stravinsky Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”
Adés Three Studies from Couperin
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”

J.S. Bach: Sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord

Travel to Ancient Greece in this double bill of one-act operas. Featuring the New England premiere of Zachary Wadsworth’s Venus and Adonis and the world premiere of David Edgar Walther’s Antigon, the program combines primeval drama with 21-Century music composition.

POULENC Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano, Op. 43
OTT Conversations for violin and cello
EPSTEIN Torrid Nature Scene 2 for wind quintet
World Premiere Commission by
Composer in Residence Marti Epstein
BRAHMS Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114

with Warren Jones, piano
Young Artists Showcase—First Prize Winner, 2009 Young Concert Artists International auditions
. Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
. Wolf: Selected songs
. Mozart: “Ah! non son’ io che parlo”, K. 529
. Obradors: Chiquita la novia, Al amor, La mia sola, Corazon
. Smith: Beyond the Rim of Day
. Smith: Velvet Shoes
. Traditional spirituals

Bruce Hangen, conductor

MOZART: Overture to Don Giovanni, K.527
STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms
The Boston Conservatory Chorale
William Cutter, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, op. 74, B minor (“Pathetique”)

1 p.m. Pre-concert lecture

Program TBA

Celebrating local composer Alan Hovhaness’ 100th birthday, with Joseph Scheer, violin soloist
Hovhaness Prayer of Saint Gregory
Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain
Khachaturian Masquerade Suite
Khachaturian Violin Concerto

POULENC Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano, Op. 43
OTT Conversations for violin and cello
EPSTEIN Torrid Nature Scene 2 for wind quintet
World Premiere Commission by
Composer in Residence Marti Epstein
BRAHMS Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114

J.S. Bach: Sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord

Directed by John Heiss, makes a musical nod to the 85th birthday of Gunther Schuller, former NEC president, conductor, composer, author, and historian. Program includes:

Berio: Folk Songs, with NEC Master of Music student Nicole Rodin, mezzo-soprano

FREE

Bruckner: Eighth Symphony

John Greer conducts. Greg Smucker directs. All-student cast and orchestra.

Fully staged

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1, Spring
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4

John Greer conducts. Greg Smucker directs. All-student cast and orchestra.

Fully staged

Handel’s Messiah (Part I: The Christmas Story)

Program TBA

Bruckner: Eighth Symphony

Pre-concert talk at 1:45

BU Symphony Orchestra
David Hoose, conductor
Peter Zazofsky, violin

Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2
Edward Elgar Symphony No. 1 in A-flat

Legendary violinist Roman Totenberg, beloved by thousands of students after more than four decades on the Boston University School of Music faculty, is honored on the occasion of his 100th birthday in Symphony Hall, a venue synonymous with musical excellence.

To Bahman Panahi, music stands for the history of Iran, for its culture and its civilization, while calligraphy provides an image of Iranian artistic spontaneity and taste.

François Polgar, director
Jean-François Hatton, organist

Choral works by Palestrina, Victoria, Bach & Mozart; plus French composers Fauré,
Poulenc, Duruflé & Franck.

Friday, July 16, 2010 at 7 PM
ADMISSION FREE

Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors

Laura Pudwell, Dido
Douglas Williams, Aeneas
Yulia Van Doren, Belinda
Caroline Copeland & Carlos Fittante, Featured Baroque Dancers

Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer
Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer

Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Prelude
Pierpont: Tintinabulations
Bach: Little Suite
Anderson: Christmas Festival

Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Prelude
Pierpont: Tintinabulations
Bach: Little Suite
Anderson: Christmas Festival

Nick Tolle, coordinator

George APERGHIS: Recitations; Quatre Pieces Febriles; Triangle/Carre

Nikolaj Znaider, violin

HARBISON: Symphony No. 2
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2

Open Rehearsal

Nikolaj Znaider, violin

HARBISON: Symphony No. 2
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2

2009 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist

Program TBA

Nikolaj Znaider, violin

HARBISON: Symphony No. 2
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2

Young Artists Showcase—First Prize Winner, 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions
. Corigliano: The Red Violin Caprices
. Beethoven: Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12
. Tartini/Kreisler: Violin Sonata in G minor, “Devil’s Trill”
. Respighi: Sonata in B minor
. Stravinsky: Tango
. Stravinsky: Scherzo from The Firebird

Harry Christophers, conductor

Sophie Bevan, soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, alto
Allan Clayton, tenor
Sumner Thompson, bass

Paul Patterson: Roald Dahl’s Three Little Pigs, Steve Aveson narrating

Gioacchino Rossini: The Thieving Magpie

Gustav Holst: Brook Green Suite with Bedford High School Strings, Phil Maffa, Director

Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493.

Ieva Jocubaviciute*, piano; Donald Weilerstein, violin; Beth Guterman*, viola; Paul Katz, cello.

Morton Feldman: The Viola in My Life, Parts II and III. Kim Kashkashian, viola; Stephen Drury*, piano and celesta; Ethan Wood*, viiolin; Cheng-Hou Lee*, cello; Jessi Rosinski*, flute; Jeffrey Means*, percussion; and clarinet tba.

Dvorak: Sextet in A Major, Op. 48

Donald Weilerstein, Lucy Chapman, violins; Kim Kashkashian, Beth Guterman,* violists; Paul Katz, Cheng Hou Lee*, cellos.

FREE

Directed by Doug Lockwood.

The Boston Conservatory Combined Chorus
Dr. William Cutter (Chorale) and Michael McGaghie (Women’s Chorus), conductors

Two households with love on the brain. When Viola, a shipwrecked castaway, disguises herself as a boy, she becomes entangled in an awkward love triangle. Shakespeare’s comedy brims with antics and beloved characters, both prudish and crudish.

Directed by Doug Lockwood.

The Boston Conservatory Combined Chorus
Dr. William Cutter (Chorale) and Michael McGaghie (Women’s Chorus), conductors

Two households with love on the brain. When Viola, a shipwrecked castaway, disguises herself as a boy, she becomes entangled in an awkward love triangle. Shakespeare’s comedy brims with antics and beloved characters, both prudish and crudish.

Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi

BACH: Magnificat in D Major
PINKHAM: Christmas Cantata
RUTTER: Gloria

FREE

Re-Imagining Lessons & Carols a la King’s College, Cambridge, including music by R. Vaughan William, Loquebantur, Palestrina, Ord, others

And Carol settings by John Tavener and Gerald Finzi’s Magnificat (1952)

Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi

Beethoven:

String Quartet in F minor, Opus. 95, “Serioso”
Violin Sonata in G major Opus. 96
Piano Trio in B-flat major, Opus. 97, “Archduke”

Ida Levin, Jennifer Frautschi, violin Dimitri Murrath, viola
Marc Johnson, cello Benjamin Hochman, piano

Parts 4,5,6

Beethoven:

String Quartet in F minor, Opus. 95, “Serioso”
Violin Sonata in G major Opus. 96
Piano Trio in B-flat major, Opus. 97, “Archduke”

Ida Levin, Jennifer Frautschi, violin Dimitri Murrath, viola
Marc Johnson, cello Benjamin Hochman, piano

NEC Philharmonia w/ David Loebel, Dec. 13, 8 p.m. Jordan Hall

David Loebel, conductor

Bach:Musikalisches Opfer (Musical Offering): Ricercare (arr. Anton Webern)
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture & Venusberg Music (1841)
Brahms: Piano Quartet, op.25, G minor (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)

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J.S. Bach: Cantata no. 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
J.S. Bach: Cantata no. 122, Das neugebor’ne Kindelein
Buxtehude: Das neugebor’ne Kindelein
Buxtehude: In Dulci Jubilo
Telemann: Concerto in B-flat Major for 3 Oboes and 3 Violin
Schein: Her sei Gott in der Höh’ allein
Praetorius: Psallite unigenito, En natus est Immanuel, In Natali Domino
Schütz: Christmas motets

John Finney, conductor

Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

Portugal’s musical heritage for the Christmas season.

In the spirit of collaboration, Juventas brings together local composers and visual artists
to create new sights and sounds for the holidays. Inspired by the poetry of Matsuo Bashō, this “Winter Solitude” program joins the “world of one color” with sounds inspired by the winter holidays

Amongst the riches of Portugal’s musical heritage are many beautiful compositions for the Christmas season.

Program TBA
Thomas Jones, Baritone Soloist

Works of Marc-Antoine Charpentier, including the rare Dialogus Inter Angelos et Pastores Judeae in Nativitatem Domini, and his Magnificat and several noels. Suzanne Stumpf, traverso, Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins, Marcia Cassidy, viola, Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord, Roberta Anderson, soprano, Terence McKinney, haute-contre, Matthew Anderson, tenor, Aaron Engebreth, baritone

A holiday favorite, returning to the Boston area! From the early years of the American republic, and from a wide range of early tunebooks and manuscripts, a generous selection of carols, New England anthems, hymns and religious ballads for the season. Magnificent music, and our very own, sounding forth in some of our region’s most beautiful historic architectural spaces.

J.S. Bach: Cantata no. 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
J.S. Bach: Cantata no. 122, Das neugebor’ne Kindelein
Buxtehude: Das neugebor’ne Kindelein
Buxtehude: In Dulci Jubilo
Telemann: Concerto in B-flat Major for 3 Oboes and 3 Violin
Schein: Her sei Gott in der Höh’ allein
Praetorius: Psallite unigenito, En natus est Immanuel, In Natali Domino
Schütz: Christmas motets

John Finney, conductor

Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

Corelli: Concerto grosso
J.S. Bach,: Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Telemann: Orchestral Suite in D
Handel: Water Music Suite in F

Gustav Holst:The Evening Watch, op. 43, No. 1
Edward Elgar:Weary Wind of the West, The Prince of Sleep
Gerald Finzi:My Spirit sang All Day
Ralph Vaughan Williams:Three Shakespeare Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams:Loch Lomond
Gustav Holst:My sweetheart’s like Venus
I love my love
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea
(one-act music drama,
semi-staged)

Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G Major, RV 146
Telemann: Viola Concerto in G Major
Purcell: Chacony
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4
Boyce: Symphony no. 1 in B-flat Major
Avison: Concerto Grosso no. 5 after Scarlatti
* Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3

Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G Major, RV 146
Telemann: Viola Concerto in G Major
Purcell: Chacony
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4
Boyce: Symphony no. 1 in B-flat Major
Avison: Concerto Grosso no. 5 after Scarlatti
* Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3

With members of the Newton All City Orchestra, the Newton All City Treble Singers and winners of our Concerto Competition

J.S. Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Opus 138
Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor, Opus 59, no. 2
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, “Death and the Maiden”

Quartets and trio sonatas by Janitsch,Graupner, Fasch, and Heinichen featuring the chalumeau and baroque bassoon. Suzanne Stumpf, traverso, Sarah Darling, violin, Owen Watkins, Marilyn Boenau, bassoon, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord.

Exsultemus is joined by consort of violas da
gamba to explore music for voices and viols by some of England’s greatest composers.

Bernard Hoffer: Elegy for Solo Violin and String Orchestra, Siri Smedvig, soloist

Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Concerto by winner of Ehlers Young Artist Competition