BWV 105 Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht

Pianists Deborah Adams and Jennifer Elowsky-Fox are joined by singer Kathleen Flynn in a program of 19th, 20th, and 21st century solo piano and piano and vocal works that explore themes of isolation and individualism. The program will include Federico Mompou’s Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Robert Schumann’s Liederkreis, op. 39, on poetry of Eichendorff, Berklee graduate Frank E. Warren’s Chicago Poems: Five Poems by Carl Sandburg, and compositions from the YES Academy composers in Beirut.

FREE

Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F, K 370
Beethoven: String Trio in D, Opus 9, No. 2
Janáček: Quartet No. 1, “The Kreutzer Sonata”

John Ferrillo, Oboe; Bayla Keyes, Peter Zazofsky, violins; Wenhong Luo, viola; Jonathan Miller, cello

bass-baritone Dashon Burton; Julia McKenzie, baroque violin; Andrew Sheranian, organ
The Ashmont Boy Choir

Fantasia in G major for organ (BWV 572)
Cantata for Solo Bass: Ich habe genug (BWV 82)
Sonata for Violin solo in G minor (BWV 1001)
Cantata for Solo Bass: Der Friede sei mit dir (BWV 158)

Haydn: Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV:27 )
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Mozart: Viola Quintet in C major, K.515 (1787)

Yura Lee & Alexi Kenney, violins
Dimitri Murrath & Marcus Thompson, violas
Edward Arron, cello; Max Levinson, piano

Ralf Yusuf Gawlick: Berlin Suite and Sorores
Chamber works – an audiovisual concert commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

FREE

Callithumpian’s repertoire is the new and unusual, encompassing a huge stylistic spectrum from the classics of the last 100 years to works of the avant-garde and experimental jazz and rock. It is grounded in the musical discoveries of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Zorn, Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman, and Iannis Xenakis.

FREE but ticket required

ensemble works by John Aylward and two by Julia Werntz from different periods, alongside Three Stones, a work by Mischa Salkind-Pearl written for the ensemble in 2010.

Free; no tickets required

Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal
Mendelssohn: Overture: Midsummer Night’s Dream
Andrew Norman: Sacred Geometry
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor

FREE but ticket required

Miriam Fried, violin
Paul Biss, violin & viola

FREE but ticket required

Augustin Hadelich, violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
STRAUSS Symphonia domestica

When a traveling troupe arrives to perform in a bustling town, the secrets and jealousies among them threaten to explode onstage—with deadly consequences. BLO presents its first-ever Pagliacci through a carnival-style installation that mirrors the “play within a play” of the opera and invites audiences to step into the drama.

Mozart: Sonata in Bb Major, K333
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, Op.42
Yehudi Wyner: four fantasies:
Dalla Capella al Casino
From the Flow
L’Auberge de l’Ill
Three-Fingered Don
Schumann, Fantasiestuecke, Op.12

FREE

When a traveling troupe arrives to perform in a bustling town, the secrets and jealousies among them threaten to explode onstage—with deadly consequences. BLO presents its first-ever Pagliacci through a carnival-style installation that mirrors the “play within a play” of the opera and invites audiences to step into the drama.

Wagner’s The Ride of the Valkyries, Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kije; Rozsa’s Ben Hur Suite; Korngold’s Robin Hood Suite; and John Williams’ Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind and Star Wars.

GOMPPER – Kuta Muela III for flute, bassoon, piano and percussion
Featuring Huya Ania, a film by Sheilah Britton
LARSON – Be Still My Soul for solo flute
DENISCH – Star VI for viola and percussion (world premiere)
MOZART – Serenade in C minor, K.388

Britten The Company of Heaven

Glenn Dicterow, Wendy Putnam, violins
Karen Dreyfus, Viola; Andrés Díaz, Cello
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Paul Chihara: Duo Concertante for Violin and Viola
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major,
* lecture at 2pm by Steven Ledbetter.

Binari (well-wishing)
Pansori and Cello Improvisation – “Mr. Shim’s Eyes Are Opened” from Shimchungga
Ajaeng Sanjo (Park Jongsun School)
Three-drum Dance
Heung Taryung with Sinawi (Improvisation)
Daegum Solo: Chungseonggok
Ballet with Gayageum Sanjo (Seo Gongchul School)
Folk Songs and Jindo Arirang

Bela Horvath kicks off the 2019–2020 String Masters Series with a rich program of Romantic masterpieces and dazzling showpieces, accompanied by pianist Yoon Lee.

Alexander Pfeifer, trumpet
Frank Zimpel, organ
Music by J. S. Bach, Handel, Sibelius and Kosma

FREE

Augustin Hadelich, violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
STRAUSS Symphonia domestica

Yuja Wang, piano
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet
James LEE III Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1
SMETANA Selection from Má Vlast

Open Rehearsal

The concert culmination of a residency with Tyshawn Sorey: multi-instrumentalist, composer, and MacArthur “Genius”. Featuring the entire Contemporary Improvisation department.

FREE but ticket required

Yuja Wang, piano
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet
James LEE III Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1
SMETANA Selection from Má Vlast

Fifteen songs accompanied by string quartet comprise the three-part narrative, tracing Hannah’s experiences from her youth in a small town to her college years—and finally traveling alone to a different country, where she realizes some truths about herself.

Libretto by Mark Campbell & Kimberly Reed
Film by Kimberly Reed
Music Directed by William Lumpkin
Stage Direction by Jim Petosa

Julia Rolwing, soprano
Soyeon Kim, pianist
LISZT Four Lieder
LISZT Piano solo, “Pace non trovo,” Sonetto del Petrarca 104
WAGNER “Brünnhilde’s Awakening . . . Ewig war ich,” Siegfried, Act 3
WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder
WAGNER/LISZT Piano transcription of “Ode to the Evening Star,” Tannhäuser, Act 3
WAGNER “Liebestod,” Tristan und Isolde

Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks (copied c.1540 for Canterbury Cathedral), including works of Hugh Aston, and other music from the first 20 years of Blue Heron’s engagement with the Partbooks, selected based on audience and singer votes.

Violinist Joanna Kurkowicz and pianist Doris Stevenson perform Debussy’s Violin Sonata, Chausson’s Poeme, Ysaye’s Reve D’enfant, and Faure’s Apres un Reve, alongside lesser known works by Penderecki, Kurtág, and Kreisler.

Free; no tickets required

MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Fifteen songs accompanied by string quartet comprise the three-part narrative, tracing Hannah’s experiences from her youth in a small town to her college years—and finally traveling alone to a different country, where she realizes some truths about herself.

Libretto by Mark Campbell & Kimberly Reed
Film by Kimberly Reed
Music Directed by William Lumpkin
Stage Direction by Jim Petosa

Haydn, String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, Op. 71
Verdi, String Quartet (1873)
Billy Childs, String Quartet No. 3, “Unrequited” (2015)
Caroline Shaw, Plan and Elevation (2015)

When a traveling troupe arrives to perform in a bustling town, the secrets and jealousies among them threaten to explode onstage—with deadly consequences. BLO presents its first-ever Pagliacci through a carnival-style installation that mirrors the “play within a play” of the opera and invites audiences to step into the drama.

Fifteen songs accompanied by string quartet comprise the three-part narrative, tracing Hannah’s experiences from her youth in a small town to her college years—and finally traveling alone to a different country, where she realizes some truths about herself.

Libretto by Mark Campbell & Kimberly Reed
Film by Kimberly Reed
Music Directed by William Lumpkin
Stage Direction by Jim Petosa

Dr. Roy Gould, Biophysicist
Marvento Duo with Emma Shubin [flute], Julia Connor [violin]
Amelia Sie [violin], Elizabeth Sterling [soprano], David Ibbett [electronics]

Pencilled Wings – Emma O’Halloran
Au-dela du temps – Yuko Uebayashi
Between Two Worlds – George Rochberg
EXO – David Ibbett (world premiere)
Fratres – Arvo Pärt

+ redshifted music from Voyager’s Golden Record

Kenneth Radnofsky, saxophone

A Joint Choral Concert featuring the Jena Jubilee Singers (Jena, Germany)
and Schiller Boston Community Chorus (Quincy, MA)
Donations at the door Appreciated
Program to include: Spirituals by Harry Burleigh, Moses Hogan and choral music by Bach, Schubert, and more. .

A concert featuring new works by Conservatory undergraduate and graduate composition students. FREE

Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major, op. 7
Persichetti: Symphony No. 6 for Band, op. 69
Dahl: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Winds
Kenneth Radnofsky, soloist
Bassett: Designs, Images and Textures
Hindemith: Symphony in B–flat for Concert Band
FREE but ticket required

Truls Mørk, cello
SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter
ELGAR Cello Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No. 5

NEC Chamber Singers
NEC Concert Choir
Commonwealth Chorale
NEC Jazz Combo
CONDUCTORS
Erica J. Washburn
Joseph Lerangis
David Carrier
Johanna Hill Simpson
ARTISTS
Tina deVaron, guest artist
Leonard Fu, guest artist
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, guest artist
Bruckner: Christus factus est, WAB 11
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol: Şu yalan dünya
Copland: “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
Thompson: Selections from Frostiana
Handy: “St. Louis Blues”
Porter: “Miss Otis Regrets”
Messiaen: Louange à l’éternité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps

FREE but ticket required

A chamber opera based on 5 paintings by Edward Hopper

Music by John Musto
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Allison Voth & Matthew Larson, Co-Music Directors
Stage Direction by Eve Summer

A chamber opera based on 5 paintings by Edward Hopper

Music by John Musto
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Allison Voth & Matthew Larson, Co-Music Directors
Stage Direction by Eve Summer

Erwin Schulhoff: Sextet
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

World Premiere of Jessica Meyer’s I long and seek after. Ms. Meyer will join the ensemble on viola for Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang’s “just.”

Truls Mørk, cello
SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter
ELGAR Cello Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No. 5

BWV 17 Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich
John Harbison, conductor

Clara Schumann:
Three Choruses
Carduus | Holly Druckman, Director

Three Romances for violin and harp, Op. 22 (arranged by Elisabeth Remy Johnson)
Julianne Lee, violin; Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
Songs Op. 13
Yelena Dudochkin, soprano
Konstantinos Papandakis, piano

Trio for piano, violin and cello
Maria Ioudenitch, violin; Sam Ou, cello
Tatyana Dudochkin, piano

Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op. 7

NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra | David Loebel, Director; Taylor Wang, piano (NEC Preparatory School and Walnut Hill student)

Michael Gandolfi: Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme
Robert Spittal:​​​​​​​Consort for Ten Winds
ARTISTS
Robert Spittal, guest conductor
Gerry Levinson: Chant des Rochers
Bennett: Rose Variations

Michael Dobrinski , trumpet soloist
Steven Burke: Fanfare for the Wind Ensemble 50th Anniversary

FREE but tickets required

Donald Palma, Artistic Director
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, op. 110a
Rudolph Barshai arrangement of String Quartet No. 8

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, op. 48, C Major

FREE but ticket required

Gregorian chant
Modal instrumental improvisations
Featuring: Sian Kleindienst and Daryl Bichel, vocalists
Ben Schwendener, piano

Schumann: Genoveva Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Alessandro Deljavan, piano
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

J.S. BACH Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
BARTÓK Dance Suite

Richard Pittman, conductor; David Kravitz, baritone; Sarah Pelletier, soprano

Haydn Symphony No. 82, “The Bear”
Bartok Bluebeard’s Castle

an installation/exhibition inspired by a recently discovered manuscript, the Salzinnes Antiphonal,
Clothed in habits from the order and the era, CC’s women chant the hours in the medieval monastic day, telescoped down from 9 hours to about 1.5, so that each hour lasts about 10 minutes. In between the chanting of the hours, the audience is invited to walk around, inspect, read, listen to scholars, eat and drink. Scholar Judith Dietz, discoverer of the Salzinnes Antiphonal, will be present for Q&A’s.

Works by Brandeis composers
Yu-Hui Chang, Eric Chasalow (premiere), Erin Gee and David Rakowski.

FREE and Open to the Public

J.S. BACH Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
BARTÓK Dance Suite

Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Asako Morikawa, Sam Stadlen, Emily Ashton, Jo Levine, and Richard Boothby, viols

Byrd, Fantasia à 5, “Two parts in one” (ante 1611); Ye Sacred Muses (c. 1585); In Nomine à 5 (c. 1570)
Gibbons, Fantasia of four parts (c. 1620)
Johann Christoph Bach, Lamento (ante 1700)
Gesualdo, Beltà poi che t’assenti (1611); Dolcissima mia vita (1611); Sparge la morte (1596)
Handel, Già l’ebro mio ciglio (1733); Passacaille (c. 1720); Piangerò (1724)
Vaughan Williams, The Sky Above the Roof (1908); Silent Noon (1903)
Michael Nyman, If; Why (1995)

STRAVINSKY Octet for winds
THOMSON Sonata da Chiesa, for clarinet, horn, trumpet,
trombone, and viola
CARTER Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord
Sofia GUBAIDULINA Etudes, for double bass
FALLA Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello

Haydn, Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob. XV/25 “Gypsy”
Judd Greenstein, A Serious Man, 2013, (commissioned for the Claremont Trio)
Dvorak, Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”

Instructor of voice Katherine Fuller performs ”How to Return Home,” a solo cabaret of musical theater, jazz, and folk/rock favorites. Accompanied by Mindy Cimini and featuring faculty member Jessye DeSilva. FREE

Soovin Kim, violin

new works by Conservatory undergraduate and graduate composition students.
FREE

Andreas Haefliger, piano
FAURÉ Pavane
Dieter AMMANN New work for piano and orchestra
(American premiere; BSO co-commission)
MESSIAEN “Alleluia on the trumpet,
alleluia on the cymbal” from L’Ascension DEBUSSY La Mer

new works by Conservatory undergraduate and graduate composition students written for Mivos Quartet.
FREE

Featuring Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Mozart:
“Linz” Symphony No. 36 in C
“Barbaro, oh Dio, mi vedi” from Il re pastore
“Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben” from Zaide
Bella mia fiamma, addio”
Haydn:
“Anna, m’ascolta” from Il ritorno di Tobia
Symphony No. 102 in B flat

Performed with an orchestra, Janet Ross and Agnes Coakley Cox, sopranos; Jason Sabol and Max Blum-Campo, tenors; and Tevan Goldberg and Ulysses Thomas, basses.

ROBERT SCHUMANN: String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41, No. 3
GYÖRGY KURTÁG: Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánsky, Op. 28
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87

With Gabriela Diaz, viola

Borodin, Overture to Prince Igor
Carl Reinecke, Flute Concerto
Concerto Competition winner Kristyn Moore
Brahms – Symphony No.1

Haydn | Quartet in D minor, Opus 76, no. 2, “Fifths”
Bartók | Quartet No. 4
Brahms | Quartet in C minor, Opus 51, no. 1

BWV 48 Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen

The Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Ronald Lowry, cello
Lois Shapiro, piano

Op. 5, No. 1 in F major
Op. 5, No. 2 in G minor
Op. 69 in A major
Op. 102, No. 1 in C major
Op. 102, No. 2 in D major

Featuring Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Mozart:
“Linz” Symphony No. 36 in C
“Barbaro, oh Dio, mi vedi” from Il re pastore
“Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben” from Zaide
Bella mia fiamma, addio”
Haydn:
“Anna, m’ascolta” from Il ritorno di Tobia
Symphony No. 102 in B flat

with Karina Gauvin, soprano
Russian White Nights: Opera arias from 18th-century St. Petersburg

Uncanny Music for Hallowmas
Spooky music of 17th-c. England depicting ghost encounters, witches’ dances, fantastic beasts and more. Works by Campion, Picforth, Byrd, Lawes, and ballads about fairy mayhem, mad Tom o’ Bedlam, and the antics of Robin Goodfellow. Will good magic win in the end?

Seven Times Salt: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, percussion, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora, voice; David Miller, bass viol, voice; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord, voice

$20 suggested

A rare Boston appearance by an award winning improviser and composer.

$15

Sara Lucille Law, (Monica), Natalja Sticco (Madame Flora), and Sarah Klopfenstein (Mrs Nolan)

Drected by Alexander Prohkov-Tolstoy with Ismael Sandoval conducting the Orchestra. Original special effects make-up designs by UK artist Leila Rogers.

A visual, musical, poetic tribute to legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, featuring NEC student musicians.

Composed by Bryce Dessner (guitarist for GRAMMY Award–winning band The National), featuring libretto by Korde Arrington Tuttle and poetry by Essex Hemphill and Patti Smith, and sung by the eight-person choral ensemble Roomful of Teeth.

A visual, musical, poetic tribute to legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, featuring NEC student musicians.

Composed by Bryce Dessner (guitarist for GRAMMY Award–winning band The National), featuring libretto by Korde Arrington Tuttle and poetry by Essex Hemphill and Patti Smith, and sung by the eight-person choral ensemble Roomful of Teeth.

Sara Lucille Law, (Monica), Natalja Sticco (Madame Flora), and Sarah Klopfenstein (Mrs Nolan)

Drected by Alexander Prohkov-Tolstoy with Ismael Sandoval conducting the Orchestra. Original special effects make-up designs by UK artist Leila Rogers.

Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Andris Nelsons, conductor Olivier Latry, organ
STRAUSS Festive Prelude, for organ and orchestra
HAYDN Sinfonia concertante in B-flat for oboe, bassoon, violin, and cello
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht
SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy

Presented as a fully-staged production in Italian with English subtitles. Libretto by Leopoldo Tarantini. Cast includes Amy Shoremount-Obra (Queen Mary I).

A recital from the Verona Quartet, currently in residence in NEC’s Professional String Quartet Program, Artist Diploma violinist Inmo Yang, with collaborative pianist Jonathan Feldman.

FREE

A collaboration that spans Boston Conservatory’s Woodwind, Piano, and String departments.

RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio Elegiaque No. 1
PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Themes,
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet, op. 57

Composer Bryce Dessner and librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle unite music, poetry, and photography to reflect on the works of Robert Mapplethorpe. Trailblazing vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth

Felix’s Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio no. 1 in his own arrangement for flute, cello, and piano, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Adagio for violin and piano, J.L. Dussek’s Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 2, and Sophia Dussek’s Flute Sonata no. 1

$40 Section A/$30 Section B/$10 Students/$5 EBT cardholders/Kids free in Section B!

A visual, musical, poetic tribute to legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, featuring NEC student musicians.

Composed by Bryce Dessner (guitarist for GRAMMY Award–winning band The National), featuring libretto by Korde Arrington Tuttle and poetry by Essex Hemphill and Patti Smith, and sung by the eight-person choral ensemble Roomful of Teeth.

The Bach Dynasty: Motets of the Bach Family
Trace the emergence of the gifted Bach clan through the generations, including gorgeous and evocative motets by the family’s first professional musician, Johann Bach, the Arnstadt brothers Johann Michael and Joahnn Christoph, Johann Sebastian’s revered third cousin Johann Ludwig, and finally Johann Sebastian Bach’s own motet, Jesu meine Freude.

Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Andris Nelsons, conductor Olivier Latry, organ
STRAUSS Festive Prelude, for organ and orchestra
HAYDN Sinfonia concertante in B-flat for oboe, bassoon, violin, and cello
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht
SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy

Brahms, Trio in C Minor, Op. 101
Fauré, Piano Quintet in D Minor, Op. 89
Helen Grime, Three Whistler Miniatures (2011)
Juantio Becenti, World Premiere Gardner Museum Commission

Composer Bryce Dessner and librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle unite music, poetry, and photography to reflect on the works of Robert Mapplethorpe. Trailblazing vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth

Presented as a fully-staged production in Italian with English subtitles. Libretto by Leopoldo Tarantini. Cast includes Amy Shoremount-Obra (Queen Mary I).

Mendelssohn: Song without words in D Major, op. 109 (dedicated to Lisa Cristiani)
Bach: Concerto in D Minor for three harpsichords
Bach: “Erbarme dich” from St. Matthew Passion,
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2

FREE but ticket required

Michael Gandolfi: Vientos y tangos (2001)
Gunther Schuller: From Here to There (2014)
Michael Colgrass: Winds of Nagual (1984)

FREE but ticket required

conducted by Boston Conservatory’s graduate conducting students.

BARBER: The Lovers
BARBER: “The Coolin”
BRAHMS: Neue Liebeslieder Walzer
FREE

Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Betsy JOLAS Letters from Bachville
(world premiere; BSO co-commission)
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 12, The Year 1917

Billings, and Ingalls, still ring true and strong today. And Liberty’s early attendants — feminists, abolitionists, freed slaves, Boston rascals and the insolent scallywags of “Yankee Doodle” all remind us that in our musical roots lies our true strength.

Exhilarating part songs, marches, anthems, jigs, and ballads from early prints and manuscript sources

Premier Choir, Boston Children’s Chorus
Young Men’s Ensemble, Boston Children’s Chorus

PROGRAM
Inheritance
Tribes like the matrilineal Wampanoag have lived here for thousands of years, passing on stories and customs. “Inheritance” explores the story of New England’s native peoples, the colonists, and the legacy of the Mayflower landing nearly 400 years ago.

Bach | Partita No. 5 in G Major
Janáček | In the Mists
Debussy | Images, Book 2
Chopin | Nocturne in E-flat Major, Opus 55,
Chopin | Four Mazurkas
Debussy | Three Etudes
Debussy | L’isle joyeuse

BWV 79 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild

Daniel Stepner, violin and Yehudi Wyner, piano perform to benefit the summer 2020 Aston Magna Unaccompanied Bach Workshop Scholarship Fund.

Randall Goosby, violin
Zhu Wang, piano
Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Chaconne in G minor
Claude Debussy, Sonata in G minor
William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Piano
Richard Strauss, Sonata in E-flat Major

$25; Student: $18; EBT Card: $3, under 13 free.

Arthur Greene, piano

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in G-flat Major, op. 90, no. 3
SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6
SCRIABIN: Sonata in F-sharp Minor, op. 23
BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, op. 24

Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Betsy JOLAS Letters from Bachville
(world premiere; BSO co-commission)
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 12, The Year 1917

Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn,
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E–flat Major, BWV 552, (“St. Anne”)
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

FREE but ticket required

Nielsen: Helios Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Liza Fershtman, violin
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Against a backdrop of 1950s paranoia in Washington, D.C., two men are swept into a passionate love affair, just as Senator McCarthy ratchets up his hunt for “sexual subversives” in the government. Based on the best-selling book by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers is both a story of the heart and a taut political thriller, creating an instant contemporary classic.

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Genia Kühmeier, soprano*
GRIEG Piano Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Brian Moll a various singers interspers Wolf lieder with poetry by Goethe, Moericke, and Eichendorff.

FREE

An evening of works composed by Associate Professor of Composition Derek Hurst.

FREE

Benjamin Britten’s dramatic Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard as the centerpiece of a diverse program. Traditional folk tunes serve as incipits for beloved choral works of Britten, Holst, Vaughan Williams and others, as well as contemporary composers Paul Mealor and Hillary Tann.

CONNESSON – Techno Parade
HIGDON – Autumn Music
BRAHMS – Sextet in G major, Op. 36

Benjamin Britten’s dramatic Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard as the centerpiece of a diverse program. Traditional folk tunes serve as incipits for beloved choral works of Britten, Holst, Vaughan Williams and others, as well as contemporary composers Paul Mealor and Hillary Tann.

Franz Schubert, Violin Sonata (“Duo”) in A Major, D. 574, (1851)
Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major,
Lili Boulanger, Nocturne (1911) and Cortège (1914)
José White Lafitte, Violinesque (1897)
Elena Rykova, Marionette (2014)

Pinchas Zukerman, Violin
Amanda Forsyth, Cello
Angela Cheng, Piano
Program:
Beethoven: Piano Trio in G major, “Kakaduki”
Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 32
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87

lecture at 2pm by Steven Ledbetter.

Mozart String Quartet in D major, “Hoffmeister”
Kirchner String Quartet #1 (1949)
Schubert Cello Quintet in C Major (with guest cellist Roman Borys)
Free but tickets required,

Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello

Beethoven | Trio in E-flat Major, Opus 1, no. 1
Dohnányi | Serenade in C Major, Opus 10
Brahms | Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Opus 25

Schubert: Fantasie for Violin and Piano in C
Dutilleux: Les Citations, for Oboe, Double Bass, Harpsichord and Percussion
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84

Peggy Pearson, oboe
Jennifer Frautschi & Yura Lee, violins
Marcus Thompson, viola; Clancy Newman, cello
Thomas Van Dyck, double bass;
Max Levinson, piano
Adrian Morejon, harpsichord
Robert Schulz, percussion

Nielsen: Helios Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Liza Fershtman, violin
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Grieg: Holberg Suite, op. 40
Paul Moravec: Morph
Joseph Suk: Serenade in E-flat Major, op. 6

FREE

Seven strangers wait for a train and describe in detail the contents of their luggage—a hat box, a cornet case, a cake box—but refuse to open them to let anyone see. A charming and surreal meditation on how we long to hide, yet long to be seen.

Fully staged in NEC’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre, and featuring NEC’s orchestral players and graduate opera students

Daniel Lozakovich, violin**
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
Arturs MASKATS “My River runs to thee…”
(Homage to Emily Dickinson)
(world premiere; BSO co-commission)
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Galina GRIGORJEVA On Leaving for unaccompanied choir
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 2, To October

RAVEL: La Valse for Two Pianos
Jessica Chow Shinn, piano
Michael Shinn, piano

DVOŘÁK: “Terzetto,” op. 74
Saul Bitran, violin
Sharan Leventhal, violin
Lila Brown, viola

LECLAIR: Sonata for Two Violins
Katie Lansdale, violin
Markus Placci, violin

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, op. 66
Jonathan Bass, piano
Markus Placci, violin
Andrew Mark, cello

Daniel Lozakovich, violin**
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
Arturs MASKATS “My River runs to thee…”
(Homage to Emily Dickinson)
(world premiere; BSO co-commission)
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 2, To October
Casual Friday

Pavel Haas: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15
Viktor Ullmann: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46
Max Bruch: String Octet in B-flat Major, Op. posth.

Seven strangers wait for a train and describe in detail the contents of their luggage—a hat box, a cornet case, a cake box—but refuse to open them to let anyone see. A charming and surreal meditation on how we long to hide, yet long to be seen.

Fully staged in NEC’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre, and featuring NEC’s orchestral players and graduate opera students

Osvaldo Golijov Lullaby & Doina (2001)
Mathew Rosenblum Lament/Witches’ Sabbath
David Krakauer, clarinet
Wlad Marhulets Concerto for Klezmer Clarinet
David Krakauer, clarinet
Avner Dorman Ellef Symphony (2000)

BWV 192 Nun danket alle Gott

Seven strangers wait for a train and describe in detail the contents of their luggage—a hat box, a cornet case, a cake box—but refuse to open them to let anyone see. A charming and surreal meditation on how we long to hide, yet long to be seen.

Fully staged in NEC’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre, and featuring NEC’s orchestral players and graduate opera students

Strauss: Emperor Waltzes
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Boston Conservatory’s percussion ensemble performs an evening of works by a variety of composers. FREE

Daniel Lozakovich, violin**
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
Arturs MASKATS “My River runs to thee…”
(Homage to Emily Dickinson)
(world premiere; BSO co-commission)
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Galina GRIGORJEVA On Leaving for unaccompanied choir
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 2, To October

with Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
& Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
La storia di Orfeo: Music of Sartorio, Monteverdi, and Rossi

Surveying some of the many partnerships that sprang up during the Baroque era between famous violinist-composers and their favorite cellists, producing a wealth of instrumental sonata repertoire.

Alison Bury, violin; Richard Earle, oboe; Jennifer Morsches, piccolo cello; Timothy Merton, cello; Michael Leopold, theorbo

BWV 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

with Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
& Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
La storia di Orfeo: Music of Sartorio, Monteverdi, and Rossi

Boston-based piano duo Aleksandr Poliykov and Janice Weber perform in Seully Hall for the sixth time with a program of works by Maurice Ravel, Anton Arensky, and Sergei Prokofiev.
FREE

Ya-Fei Chuang, piano

RAVEL: Miroirs
LISZT: Réminiscences de Norma, S. 394
LISZT: “Funérailles”
RAVEL: La Valse

NEC faculty members Tanya Blaich and Cameron Stowe present NEC graduate students from the departments of collaborative piano and voice in an evening of song.

FREE

new works for orchestra composed by Boston Conservatory’s composition students and performed under the direction of Assistant Professor of Orchestral Studies and Contemporary Music Vimbayi Kaziboni.
FREE

NME performs under the direction of Donald Berman.

Free; no tickets required

Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Ann McMahon Quintero, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Andrew Garland, baritone

Peter Phillips, director
Reflections: Music of Byrd, Victoria, Tallis, Allegri, and others

Story Telling
Christopher Rouse – The Infernal Machine
Benjamin Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
Concerto played by the NEP Young Artist Competition Winner
Bernard Hoffer – Little Red Riding Hood
Westborough High School Women’s Chorale, Alyson Greer Espinosa, Director
Joyce Kulhawik, narrator

Music and libretto by Tom Cipullo
Based on the oral history Glory Denied by Tom Philpott
Conducted by Andrew Altenbach
Directed by Johnathon Pape

BWV 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland II

Music and libretto by Tom Cipullo
Based on the oral history Glory Denied by Tom Philpott
Conducted by Andrew Altenbach
Directed by Johnathon Pape

Choral music for the year’s end by Bach, Brahms, and Verdi, and James MacMillan’s O Radiant Dawn, and Kirche Mechem’s Island in Space, plusl carols and motets by Gregor Aichinger, Ola Gjeilo, Libby Larsen, Cecilia McDowall, Claudio Monteverdi, and Philip Stopford.

Into the Holidays with Chamber Singers, Symphonic Winds, and Navy Band Northeast. Family-friendly choral and brass concert features popular holiday tunes and a singalong.

FREE but ticket required

Choral music for the year’s end by Bach, Brahms, and Verdi, and James MacMillan’s O Radiant Dawn, and Kirche Mechem’s Island in Space, plusl carols and motets by Gregor Aichinger, Ola Gjeilo, Libby Larsen, Cecilia McDowall, Claudio Monteverdi, and Philip Stopford.

Christoph Graupner’s cantata Das Volk so im Finstern wandelt (The people that wandered in darkness), Telemann’s New Year cantata Der mit Sünden beleidigte Heiland, and pastorales by Heinichen and Pez

With vocal soloists soprano Jessica Petrus, alto Sophie Micheaux, tenor Jason McStoots, and baritone Bradfod Gleim

$40 Section A/$30 Section B/$10 Students/$5 EBT cardholders/Kids free in Section B!

HARBISON Remembering Gatsby; Foxtrot for Orchestra
JOAN TOWER Duets
BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Ayano Ninomiya, violin and Blaise Déjardin, cello

Julia Adolphe, Shiver and Bloom
Mozart, Violin Concerto No.2
Concerto Competition winner Eva Aronian
Elgar, Enigma Variations

William Davidson and Sergey Schepkin
Mozart: Sonata in B-flat, K. 358
Mozart: Fantasia in F minor, K. 608
Schubert: Fantasia in F minor, D. 940
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B-flat, Op. 133/134

Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by twelve singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort.

Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by twelve singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort.

BWV 1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

BWV 151 Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt

Nelson Freire, piano
BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag

Schubert: Sonata in A minor,“Arpeggione”
Arensky: Quartet in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor,

Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Dimitri Murrath, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan & Audrey Chen, cello
Max Levinson, piano

Thierry Escaich, organ*
DEBUSSY (arr. ALTINOGLU) Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
POULENC Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Timpani
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony