Johannes Moser, cello
Tanglewood Festival Chorus and
Helen GRIME Limina (BSO commission)
WALTON Cello Concerto
DURUFLÉ Requiem

William Lumpkin, conducting.
Jim Petosa, stage director

Mivos Quartet, Jennifer Walshe, MC Schmidt, and Wobbly

$10 for ICA members + students / $20 general admissio

Thomas Weaver: Romances (world Premiere)
Beethoven: Trio Op 38

Izumi Sakamoto, oboe
Thomas Weaver, piano
Thomas Weston, clarinet
Rachel Juszczak, bassoon

William Lumpkin, conducting.
Jim Petosa, stage director

women composers and poets, subjects and storytellers, including a newly commissioned piece by Indian American composer Shruthi Rajasekar; an encore performance of Clark’s Woman of No Distinction, Mari Esabel Valverde’s Border Lines, and more.
with Heinrich Christensen, organ

Johannes Moser, cello
Tanglewood Festival Chorus and
Helen GRIME Limina (BSO commission)
WALTON Cello Concerto
DURUFLÉ Requiem

BWV 58 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid II

J. S. Bach Sinfonia No. 9, BWV 795 (1723)
J. S. Bach Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
Scriabin 8 Etudes, Op. 42 (1903)
Scriabin Sonata No. 4, Op. 30 (1903)
Scriabin Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, “Black Mass”
Alexina Louie I leap through the sky with stars
Nicolas Namoradze Etudes, I-VI (2018)

Lukas Foss: Behold I Build an House
Randall Thompson: Alleluia
Ernest Bloch: Avodath an hakodesh [Sacred Service]

Ian Pomerantz, baritone
Ross Wood, organ
Kevin Leong, conductor

The presentation of the iconic fairy tale will be narrated by Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller. Led by Associate Conductor Jorge Soto, the family concert will allow children the chance to experience all the musicians and instruments that make it come to life!

Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes in D Major for cello & piano, Op. 17
Steven Stucky: Serenade for woodwind quintet
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in 5 “Gypsy”
Schnittke: Moz-Art for two violins
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet

Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont Street,

Faure’s “Requiem”

American Sonorities
Edgar Varèse: Octandre
Ken Ueno: Atlas of Crossed Destinies
Songs by Bernstein
Kirchner: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano: I
Joan Tower: DNA

FREE but ticket required

Jonathan Cohen, conductor
H+H Orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Le Matin
Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

75 NEC Pianists!

WoO 54: Lustig-Traurig (Bagatelle) for piano in C Major (1802)
Opus 33: Seven Bagatelles (1802)
Opus 119: Eleven new Bagatelles (1822)
WoO 53: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C Minor (1796–97)
WoO 56: Allegretto (Bagatelle) for piano in C Major (1803, rev. 1822)
WoO 52: Presto (Bagatelle) for piano in C Minor (1795, rev. 1798 and 1822)
Opus 126: Six Bagatelles (1823)
WoO 59: Poco moto (Bagatelle) in A Minor (“Für Elise”) (c. 1810)
WoO 60: Ziemlich lebhaft (Bagatelle) for piano in B-flat Major (1818)
Opus 35: Fifteen variations and a fugue on an original theme in E-flat Major (“Eroica”) (1802)

FREE

Johannes Moser, cello
Tanglewood Festival Chorus and
Helen GRIME Limina (BSO commission)
WALTON Cello Concerto
DURUFLÉ Requiem

75 NEC pianists!

Opus 76: Six variations on an original theme (the Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens) in D Major (1809)
Opus 14, No. 1: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major
Opus 14, No. 2: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major
WoO 71: Twelve variations for piano on the Russian dance from Paul Wranitzky’s ballet Das Waldmädchen
WoO 57: Andante favori (1804)
Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major (“Waldstein”) (1803)

FREE

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Metacosmos
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
OPEN REHEARSAL

Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Metacosmos
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

At historic home, 10 Chestnut Street

Lili Boulanger:
D’un Vieux Jardin (
D’un Jardin Clair
Thème et variations
Cortege
Vieille prière bouddhique

Szymanowski : Metopy, op. 29 (1915)

Virtuoso Baroque instrumental works by Italians who settled in London with its lively musical scene. The program includes trio sonatas by Locatelli, Platti, and Tessarini, a capriccio for strings and continuo by Veracini, a flute concerto by Sammartini, and a cello sonata by Cervetto

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

Milos plays a wide-ranging program from J.S. Bach and Granados to Piazzolla and the Beatles in a chamber music setting with string quartet and quintet.

The Back Bay Chorale performs music from 17th century Italy and Germany with special guest, Dark Horse Consort,

Transcribed for string quartet

SCHUMAKER – Mehretu trace for oboe, clarinet, and electronic media
KODÁLY – Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7
BEETHOVEN – Quintet for piano and winds, O
Plus a new trio for flute, viola, and cello by the winner of the Pappalardo Composition Competition

BWV 228 Fürchte dich nicht

The Litany of Loreto / Supplications to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Plainchant and two setting for voices and instruments (H.83 & H.85) by Marc-Antoine. Performed on period instruments. With historical background and commentary by Genna Beatty, Minister for Youth and Young Adults.

$15 suggested

Grand Ballet de Cour: French Renaissance Music from the Court of Louis XIII

Works by Ballard, Coffin, Mauduit, Caroubel, du Caurroy, Guédron, Boësset, Mesangeau, and Moulinié
performed by Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano, with El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Karen Burciaga, Hannah Davidson, Mai-Lan Broekman & Alice Mroszczyk, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute and renaissance guitar).

$20 general; $15 seniors, students, Museum members

Robert Stern’s great American oratorio ShofarRalph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs
Brahms’ Nänie.

honoring the memory of three beloved Boston artists, Robert Stern, Sanford Sylvan, and Donald Wilkinson. With guest artists New England Classical Singers.

Brian Robison: The Awkward Chimpling world premiere
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus of Sopranos & Altos, Alyson Greer Espinosa, conductor
Steve Aveson, narrator

Bernard Hoffer: Paul Revere’s Ride
The Northeast Youth Ballet, Denise Cecere, director
Steve Aveson, narrator

Transcribed for string quartet

Susan Emmanouilidis Director.

Works by Gjeilo, Stroope, Estevez, Fissinger, Edenroth and more

$20 suggested

Beethoven:
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127

Cora Swenson Lee, cello
Program: Britten, Cassado, Saygun

$5 suggested

75 NEC pianists!

Opus 77: Fantasia in G Minor (1809)
WoO 66: Thirteen variations for piano on the aria “Es war einmal ein alter Mann” from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s opera Das rote Käppchen
Opus 22: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major (1800)
Opus 106: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major (“Hammerklavier”) (1818)

FREE

Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet No. 2 (1945)
Bernard Rands String Quartet No. 2 (1994)
Kareem Roustom’s String Quartet No. 1: Shades of Night (2018)

Free; no tickets required

A rare offering from one of opera’s most beloved composers, this is the first of the nine Rossini Neapolitan operas. Presented fully-staged in Italian with English subtitles. Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt. Cast includes Serena Farnocchia (Queen Elizabeth I) and Lucia Cesaroni (Matilde).

Gibbons: Anthems for Voices and Viols
Motets of Robert White
Viol music by Ferrabosco, Gibbons, and Byrd
with the support of the Viol de Gamba Society of America

$25 General. $8 students and low income

Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tatiana Dimitriades, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Samuel Barber, Cello Concerto featuring guest soloist Peter Stumpf
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor

Barber, Cello Concerto
guest soloist Peter Stumpf
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor

BWV 227 Jesu, meine Freude

Simultaneously delicate and dangerous, the Strings Theory Trio’s music is richly nuanced and deeply satisfying.

Post-concert afternoon tea

The Song of the Ferris Wheel – music by Geo. Schleiffarth, words by M.A. Sturges, arr. Jonathan Miller
The Midway Plaisance – words and music by Dennis Mackin and WT Jefferson
Freedom, Our Queen – music by John Knowles Paine, words by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ode on Science – Jezaniah Summer
Going Home – Antonin Dvorak, arr. Nicholas White
Festival Jubilate – Mrs. H.H.A. Beach
Gamelan – R. Murray Schafer
Aloha ‘Oe – Queen Lili‵uokalani, arr. Alec Schumacker
Hallelujah Chorus (in French) – G.F. Haendel, transcribed by Bernard Dewagtere
Inno Delle Nazioni – Giuseppe Verdi
Adinu – arr. Shireen Abu-Khader and Andre de Quadros
ExpoChester (World Premiere) – arr. Clifton J.Noble

Samuel Barber, Cello Concerto featuring guest soloist Peter Stumpf
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor

Grainger: Spoon River
Kevin Krumenauer: The Mountain, The River and The Sea
John Mackey: Wine Dark Sea

FREE

Barber, Cello Concerto
guest soloist Peter Stumpf
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor

An ancient Druid priestess is at the heart of Bellini’s rarely-performed gem, caught between her passion for an unfaithful Roman lover and her devotion to her people. With returning star Elena Stikhina in the title role. Supported by BLO favorites Alfred Walker, Jonathan Burton, and Sandra Piques Eddy, this story of passion, politics, and jealousy is a vocal tour de force not to be missed.

Olivier Messiaen, Select Preludes
(arr. Hub New Music and Hannah Lash)
Takuma Ito, Asynchronicity
Hannah Lash, Work for Solo Harp
Hannah Lash, New Work for Hub New Musi

Amaranti Ensemble:
Maria Alejandra Montero, soprano
Maria Gabriela Alvarado, traverso
Kyle Collins, harpsichord
Program: Gibraltar: A Clash Between Nations
$5 suggested

Uri Caine, piano; Mike Boone, bass; Clarence Penn, drums; Barbara Walker, vocalist*
BSO Gospel Chorus
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Petite Suite de Concert (March 19, 21)
STILL Symphony No. 1, Afro-American
Uri CAINE The Passion of Octavius Catto

Karim Al-Zand: Fantasia on Bulgarian Rhythms
Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet 1931
Gabriela Ortiz: La Calaca from Altar de Muertos
Angela Elizabeth Slater: Of Spheres
Tanya Tagaq: Sivunittinni
John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails

$10-15 suggested

Uri Caine, piano; Mike Boone, bass; Clarence Penn, drums; Barbara Walker, vocalist*
BSO Gospel Chorus
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Petite Suite de Concert (March 19, 21)
STILL Symphony No. 1, Afro-American
Uri CAINE The Passion of Octavius Catto
CASUAL FRIDAY

Funeral Sentences and Music for Queen Mary
Ode to Saint Cecilia, Adam Jacob Simon (2019)
Celebrate This Festival! z.321 Henry Purcell (1693)

Ian Watson, harpsichord; Guy Fishman, cello
Susanna Ogata and Susannah Foster, violins
Emily Dahl Irons, viola; Jesse Levine, trumpet

Teresa Wakim, Sarah Yanovitch, soprano
Douglas Dodson, Cody Bowers, countertenor

Sophie Micheaux, mezzo-soprano
Charles Blandy, tenor; Luke Scott, Jacob Cooper, bass

Choral Meditations from the Baroque Era
Featuring Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien and Allegri’s Miserere.

with Persian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat,
Music for Change: The Banned Countries highlights a rich diversity of artistic voices, including works composed specifically for the performance, new collaborations, and signature works from Kronos’ extensive repertoire.

BWV 229 Komm, Jesu, komm

John Bumstead and Javier Caballero, cellists

Post-concert afternoon tea

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Trio in d
Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello (1914)
Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87

Robyn Bollinger, violin
Marcus Thompson, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Andrew Armstrong, piano

Kevin PUTS Seven Seascapes, for flute, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
Eric NATHAN Why Old Places Matter, for oboe, horn, and piano
SMYTH Variations on “Bonny Sweet Robin”
(Ophelia’s Song), for flute, oboe, and piano
MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat,

Michael Hall, viola
Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar & director

Francine Trester: Borrowed Blue
John Anthony Lennon: Infinite Arrow
Darleen Mitchell: Images
Thomas L. Read: Traveller’s Frolic*
Antonio Celso Rebeiro: Melancholy Dressed in Yellow
David Liptak: Freight (Guitar Solo)
Tom Flaherty: Steps and Leaps* (Guitar + Electronics)
Alice Shields: Sri Mata (Viola solo)
David Froom: Shades of Red
Matthew Davidson: Magyar Rondo

Michael Hall, viola & Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar
Program: Read, Trester, Ribeiro
$5 suggested

Steven Isserlis, cello
Edgaras Montvidas, tenor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus and
Boston Symphony Children’s Choir,
James Burton, conductor
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
Thomas ADÈS Lieux retrouvés, for cello and orchestra
STRAVINSKY Perséphone

Steven Isserlis, cello
Edgaras Montvidas, tenor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus and
Boston Symphony Children’s Choir,
James Burton, conductor
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
Thomas ADÈS Lieux retrouvés, for cello and orchestra
STRAVINSKY Perséphone

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Vivaldi: Gloria for Chorus and Orchestra
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir

Richard Pittman, conductor; Alex Kinmonth, oboe

Beethoven, Symphony No. 2
Sibelius, Tapiola, op. 112
Lebrun, Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor

DANIEL-LESUR: Le cantique des cantiques for 12 voices
SANLIKOL: Devran
ALEOTTI: Madrigals
And music of Obrecht

Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St. Watertown,

rousing drinking songs, broadside ballads, rustic catches, and energetic country dances, and selections by Dowland, Hume, and Morley.

Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, fiddle, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora, voice

$20 suggested

Joseph Schwantner Percussion Concerto No. 2: Concerto for Percussion Section, Timpani, and Orchestra (2011)
Joseph Schwantner Aftertones of Infinity (1978)

Steven Isserlis, cello
Edgaras Montvidas, tenor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus and
Boston Symphony Children’s Choir,
James Burton, conductor
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
Thomas ADÈS Lieux retrouvés, for cello and orchestra
STRAVINSKY Perséphone

Canticle I: My Beloved is Mine
Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus
Holiday Diary, for piano
Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70 for guitar
“Reflections on Come Heavy Sleep”
Songs from the Chinese for soprano and guitar,

Kristen Watson, soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor
Heidi Braun-Hill, violin; Franziska Huhn, harp
Donald Berman, piano

Richard Pittman, conductor; Alex Kinmonth, oboe

Beethoven, Symphony No. 2
Sibelius, Tapiola, op. 112
Lebrun, Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor

The opera is written for a chamber orchestra and is structured in a prologue and 16 scenes, each preceded by a variation on a 12-note theme. The Turn of the Screw will be sung in English with English supertitles

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Vivaldi: Gloria for Chorus and Orchestra
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir

Phantasy in F minor for String Quintet
Folk Song Arrangements from British Isles
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain for tenor, horn and piano (words Edith Sitwell)
Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi for countertenor, tenor, baritone, & piano, Op. 86
Three Divertimenti, for string quartet
Doug Dodson, countertenor; Charles Blandy,
David Tinervia, baritone; Joan Ellersick, viola
Whitacre Hill, horn; Brett Hodgdon, piano
Arneis String Quartet
Heather Braun-Bakken & Rose Drucker, violin
Daniel Doña, viola; Agnes Kim, cello

Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye, suite for piano four hands
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, for solo piano
Trapani: The Silence of a Falling Star Lights Up the Purple Sky, for solo piano
Trapani: Pavane (Standing Still), for violin and piano
Fauré: Sonata No. 2 in E minor for violin and piano, Op. 108
Other works to be announced

Jason Horowitz, violin
Taylor Wang, Nathan Emans, Erik Kim, Sergey Schepkin, piano

Brandeis University’s premier vocal ensemble, the Brandeis Chamber Singers, and members of the music department voice faculty will perform Irving Fine‘s Alice in Wonderland, The Choral New Yorker, The Hour-Glass, and works for solo voice and piano. Robert Duff, conductor.

Reception to follow.

Free and open to the public.

Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek joins Music for Food interns Sammy Andonian, Mari Nagahara, Kevonna Shuford and Mary O’Keefe for an evening of chamber music.
$25 ($10 for seniors and students) to benefit the Roslindale Food Pantry.

Anne Callaway: Devachan (1992)
first Boston performance
Brian Sears: New Work, TBA (2020)
Collage New Music 2019-20 Fellow
Thomas Adès: Catch (1991)
Marjorie Merryman: Four Images, for solo cello
first Boston performance
David Froom: Hidden Motives (2018)
first Boston performance

elections from Beethoven’s Mass in C, African-American Spirituals, and art songs.
Joining the Schiller chorus are guest soloists Brian Landry and Reginald Bouknight contralto, Ana Maria Ugarteand soprano, Michelle Fuchs

FREE with donations solicited

Program to include the songs of Johannes Brahms, Julius Eastman, Franz Schubert, and Caroline Shaw.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
HK GRUBER Short Stories from the Vienna Woods
(American premiere; BSO co-commission)
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

Harry Christophers, conductor
Joshua Ellicott, tenor (Evangelist)
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone (Jesus)
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Budd, tenor
Stephan MacLeod, bass-baritone

Lyman Estate, 185 Lyman St., Waltham

Haydn: Piano trio no. 39 in G major, “Gypsy”
Mozart: Piano trio no. 3 in B-flat major, K. 502
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, op. 1, no. 1
Susanna Ogata, violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Ian Watson, fortepiano

Bach- Busoni Chaconne,
Beethoven ” Appassionata”,
Clara Schumann scherzo,
Amy Beach ” Dreaming ”
Chopin Sonata No 3

FREE

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
HK GRUBER Short Stories from the Vienna Woods
(American premiere; BSO co-commission)
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

Handel, “Lascia la spina” from Il trionfo del tempo
Handel, “Oh! had I Jubal’s lyre”
Handel, Gloria (HWV deest) in B-flat Major
Handel, “Piangerò la sorte mia”
Handel, “Convey me to some peaceful shore”
Vivaldi, Motet: Nulla in Mundo Pax sincera,r,
J. S. Bach, Trio Sonata in G Major BWV 1039
Telemann, Ouverture, La Querelleuse in G
John Blow, Chacony in G Major (n.d. c.

The Lydian String Quartet performs

ERIC CHASALOW String Quartet no. 2 (world premiere of concert hall version)

HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 7
HAROLD SHAPERO Serenade for String Quintet

with special guest Edwin Barker, double bass

Reception to follow.
Free and open to the public.

American cellist Scott Kluksdahl hand pianist Noreen Polera featue works by Richard Brodhead, Stephen Prutsman, and Richard Wernick

Mozart: Trio in E-flat Major, K 498
Michael Wayne, clarinet
Paul Biss, viola
Victor Rosenbaum, piano

Bettina von Arnim and Franz Schubert: Lieder on poetry by J.W. von Goethe
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
Tanya Blaich, piano

Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, op. 97 (“Archduke”)
Soovin Kim, violin
Laurence Lesser, cello
HaeSun Paik, piano

Fully staged production with a chamber orchestra drawn from musicians from the NEC Philharmonia conducted by Robert Tweten brings a reimagined world of Greek myths to the present day. In this new staging by director Brenna Corner, the opera takes place in a high school and addresses consent, bullying, and consequences of those actions through a present-day lens.

Bartok, String Quartet No. 3
Elena Ruehr, String Quartet No. 7 “A Thousand Cranes” (Boston Premiere)
Dvorak, String Quartet in G Major, Op. 106

La Farge Ensemble and instrumentalists perform Buxtehude’s rarely-heard Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima (The Most Holy Limbs of Our Suffering Jesus). Composed of seven brief cantatas, the hour-long work integrates vivid texts dedicated to the wounded limbs of the crucified Christ: feet, knees, hands, sides, breast, heart, and face. The

Tenebrae lessons by Giovanni Paolo Colonna, the Stabat Mater by Giovanni Sances, and 3 Mystery Sonatas by Franz Biber all performed in darkness.

Fully staged production with a chamber orchestra drawn from musicians from the NEC Philharmonia conducted by Robert Tweten brings a reimagined world of Greek myths to the present day. In this new staging by director Brenna Corner, the opera takes place in a high school and addresses consent, bullying, and consequences of those actions through a present-day lens.

BWV 134 Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß

Cellist Laurence Lesser performs Bach’s complete Cello Suites in one unforgettable evening.

Free with RSVP

Jan Jiracek von Arnim will feature Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas No. 11 in B-flat Major, op. 22, No. 26 in E-flat Major, op. 81a (“Les Adieux”), No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, op. 27/2 (“Moonlight”), and No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111

Mahler’s Symphony No. 2
with a 130-singer choir comprised of NEC’s collegiate Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, joined by pre-collegiate singers from NEC Preparatory School’s Camerata.

Blaise Déjardin, cello
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
CASUAL FRIDAY

Berklee faculty members presents Previn’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, Weill’s String Quartet No. 1, op. 8, and Korngold’s Piano Quintet, op. 15.

DEBUSSY: Nuages and Fêtes (from Three Nocturnes)
SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
Federico Cortese, conductor

Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5
Pavel Haas: String Quartet No. 3
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel for clarinet & piano
Shen Yiwen: Quintet: Guo Shang: Hymn to the Fallen for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in e minor

BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden

Vivaldi, Six Sonatas for Violoncello Solo col Basso
No. 1 in B-flat Major, RV 47; No. 2 in F Major
No. 3 in A Minor, RV 43; No. 4 in B-flat Major
No. 5 in E Minor, RV 40; No. 6 in B-flat Major

with Michael Behringer, harpsichord

HAYDN: Sonata in G major No. 54
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 21. ‘Waldstein’ Op 53
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 22, Op 54
SCHUBERT/LISZT: Ave Maria, S558/12
SCHUBERT/LISZT: In der Ferne (Schwanengesang), S560/6
SCHUBERT/LISZT: Der Wanderer, S558/11
SCHUBERT/LISZT: Die Forelle, S563/6

Celebrate springtime with Cantata Singers! This program features chamber music inspired by nature’s timeless beauty.

Midori, violin
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
Periklis KOUKOS In Memoriam Y.A. Papaioannu
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7

Paula Murrihy, Ariodante
Kiera Duffy, Ginevra
Sonja Tengblad, Dalinda
Ann McMahon Quintero, Polinesso
Rufus Müller, Lurcanio
Nathan Berg, Re di Scozia
Jonas Budris, Odoardo

Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Susan Platts, mezzo soprano

Kevin Rhodes conductor
Strauss, Horn concerto #1 – BSO’s Michael Winter, solo horn
Neruda, Trumpet Concerto in Eb – BSO’s Thomas Siders, solo trumpet
Kareem Roustom, Dabke (Line Dance) for string orchestra
Beethoven, Symphony #4

a conversation, via fabulous, age-old music and poetry, and very much from the female point of view, around the always-contemporary themes of desire, yearning, and fulfillment. These songs will be performed by a virtuoso consort of women in love (or not); Anne Azéma, joined by Camila Parias, Clare McNamara, voices, and Susanne Ansorg, vielle and guittern.

Midori, violin
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
Periklis KOUKOS In Memoriam Y.A. Papaioannu
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7

Beethoven (arr. Franz Liszt), Symphony No. 3,
Beethoven (arr. Franz Liszt), Symphony No. 4

two of the world’s foremost performing artists – both beloved Celebrity Series favorites – join forces for a truly extraordinary recital.

SEBASTIAN BAVERSTAM, cello
CONSTANTINE FINEHOUSE, piano

Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F major
Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor,

$10

William Lumpkin, conductor | Omer Ben Seadia, stage director. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

William Lumpkin, conductor | Omer Ben Seadia, stage director. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Elizabeth Rowe, flute; John Ferrillo, oboe
HAYDN Symphony No. 12
LIGETI Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe, and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

Harry Christophers, conductor
Aisslinn Nosky, violin and leader
H+H Orchestra and Chorus

Handel: “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Solomon
Handel: Dixit Dominus
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Deliciously intimate works for solo keyboard by Johann Pachelbel, including parts of the Mumsikalische Sterbensgedanken (Musical thoughts on Death) that he wrote in reaction to the death of his wife and daughter. Andrus Madsen will play his richly expressive copy of a Nuremberg clavichord built by Christopher Clarke.

EPSTEIN – Abîme des oiseaux for wind quintet (world premiere)
MESSIAEN – Quatuor pour la fin du Temps

French Baroque cantatas and instrumental works, featuring Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s cantata Le Passage sur la mer rouge (based on the biblical story), Clerambault’s epic cantata Leandre et Hero, along with Clerambault’s Sonata La Felicite and an overture by Charpentier
With soprano Teresa Wakim

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

Charles Blandy and the Arneis Quartet,
Kurt Weill: cabaret songs,
Weil: String Quartet, Op 8.
Britten: Cabaret Songs from the 1930’s.
J. S. Bach receives “reverential homage”

Bach | ‘Fuga a 3 Soggetti’ (Contrapunctus XIV) from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
Webern | String Quartet
Bach | Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich, BWV 668

Schnittke | String Quartet No. 3

Beethoven | Quartet in B-Flat Major, Opus 130/ Grosse Fuge, Opus 133

String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

Beethoven: String Quintet in C Major, op. 29
Verona Quartet

Beethoven: “An die ferne Geliebte”
Randall Scarlata, baritone; Cameron Stowe, piano

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, op. 132
Parker Quartet

Julius Caesar arrives to conquer Egypt—or will Cleopatra conquer him? Intrigue and passion abound in Handel’s greatest opera, which traces the epic political struggle and the transcendent love story that ignited an empire and anointed a queen.

J.S. Bach: BWV 79, “Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild”
Richard Festinger: New Work
J.S. Bach: BWV 78, “Jesu, der du meine Seele”

Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill

Mei-Fang Lin – Friction for flute and viola
Kui Dong – Pangu’s Song for flute and percussion
Stefanie Lubkowski – Right now, in a second for clarinet and marimba
Anthony Green – Movements in Movement and Sound for marimba and objects

$20 general admission; $10 students/seniors 65+

MOZART Sinfonia Concertante K297b
Britta Swedenborg, Au.D, flute
Michael Barnett, M.D., oboe
Benjamin Steinhorn, M.D., Ph.D., bassoon
Orlando Pandolfi, horn

ALFRED SCHNITTKE Moz-Art a la Haydn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8

Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132
Miriam Gideon Rhymes from the Hill for soprano, clarinet, cello & marimba
Szymanowski: Mythes for violin & piano,
William Alwy: Naiades Fantasy-Sonata for flute & harp
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor

To crown its ten wonderful years as the Gardner Museum’s Ensemble-in-Residence, the Museum is thrilled to bring together two of Boston’s most energetic musical visionaries: A Far Cry and Moe Pope.

Julius Caesar arrives to conquer Egypt—or will Cleopatra conquer him? Intrigue and passion abound in Handel’s greatest opera, which traces the epic political struggle and the transcendent love story that ignited an empire and anointed a queen.

Brahms: Sonata in E minor for Cello and Piano,
Bruch: Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano,
Bartók: Contrasts, for Clarinet, Violin and Piano,
Grażyna Bacewicz: Piano Quintet No. 1 (1952)

Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
Yura Lee & Joanna Kurkowicz, violins
Marcus Thompson, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Max Levinson, piano

Ashleigh Gordon, viola
Joy Cline Phinney, piano

Spirituals and compositions by Margaret Bonds, Adolphus Hailstork, Roland Hayes, Florence Price, and George Walker (Pulitzer Prize 1987).

$10

Ockeghem’s Missa quinti toni and works by John Plummer, Antoine Busnoys and others

Julius Caesar arrives to conquer Egypt—or will Cleopatra conquer him? Intrigue and passion abound in Handel’s greatest opera, which traces the epic political struggle and the transcendent love story that ignited an empire and anointed a queen.

Vignieri: World Premiere
25th anniversary commission
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Metropolitan Chorale, Lisa Graham, director
Rachele Schmiege, soprano
Britt Brown, mezzo soprano
Omar Namji, tenor
Ryne Cherry, baritone

Hummel: String Trio No. 2 in G major,
Biber: Pastorella für Violine and Basso continuo
Schubert: ‘Trout’ Quintet in A major, D. 667

Christina Day Martinson, violin & viola; Jenny Stirling, viola; Timothy Merton, cello, TBD, bass; Maggie Cole, fortepiano

Vignieri: World Premiere
25th anniversary commission
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Metropolitan Chorale, Lisa Graham, director
Rachele Schmiege, soprano
Britt Brown, mezzo soprano
Omar Namji, tenor
Ryne Cherry, baritone

Hummel: String Trio No. 2 in G major,
Biber: Pastorella für Violine and Basso continuo
Schubert: ‘Trout’ Quintet in A major, D. 667

Christina Day Martinson, violin & viola; Jenny Stirling, viola; Timothy Merton, cello, TBD, bass; Maggie Cole, fortepiano

Motet: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf,
Concerto for Oboe d’amore, strings and continuo in A major,
Cantata: Ich hab’ in Gottes Herz und Sinn BWV 92

Henri Lazarof Concerto No. 2 for Orchestra “Icarus” (2004)
Thomas Adès Polaris (2010)
Yu-Hui Chang Hawking Radiation* (2019)
Gustav Holst The Planets (1914-16)
Featuring “Pluto, the Redeemer” finale by Colin Matthews

Liszt, Les Préludes
Missy Mazzoli, Violent, Violent Sea
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5

Liszt, Les Préludes
Missy Mazzoli, Violent, Violent Sea
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5

with Muir String Quartet

Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Enescu, Octet in C Major, Op. 7

This engaging and colorful score combined with a witty libretto has been performed more often than any other British operetta written in the 20th century. Presented fully-staged in English. Book and Lyrics by Basil Hood. Cast includes Claudia Waite (Good Queen Bess) and Daniel Greenwood (Sir Walter Raleigh).