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Yi Li Chang, violin
Nicholas Southwick, flute
Mary Jodice, organ
Works by J.S. Bach

$5 suggested

GREG ZELEK, Madison, WI, and NYC

JS BACH Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
FRANCK Prélude, Fugue et Variation,
LISZT Liebesträume, S. 541 (trans. Nigel Potts)
WEAVER Fantasia for Organ
SCHUMANN Six Studies in Canonic Form,
GUILMANT Sonata in D minor, Op. 42, No. 1

$12 Adults; $5 Children

Renaissance and Baroque music by Purcell, Monteverdi, Rameau, and Byrd.

David Ellis, viola da gambe
Andrew Padgett, baritone and hurry-gurdy
Molly Netter, soprano
Alana Youssefian, baroque violin
Jake Street, artistic director and harpsichord

$25 at the door, refreshment included

CD Release Concert.

Renaissance Chamber Music and Improvisations with Renaissance dancers performing Court, Commedia and Masque Dances.

Yevgeny Kutik: Soloist and Conductor

Haydn’s Violin Concerto No. 1
Haydn’s The Creation.

The Blafield Children’s Chorus and Melodious Accord – along with the Berkshire Children’s Chorus, open the program with Haydn’s Te Deum for Empress Maria Theresa.

Robert Simonds, violin
Bach, Bunch, Bacon

$5 suggested

Khristian Erich Bauer-Rowe plays the C.B. Fisk Organ: works of Tournemire & Widor

Shih-Hui Chen – Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossoms
Missy Mazzoli – Death Valley Junction
Aaron Jay Myers – I’ll Swallow Your Soul
Eric Nathan – Omaggio a Gesualdo
Steven Snowden – Appalachian Polaroids

$10-15 suggested

Thomas Pandolfi, piano
Erard, Paris (1877) instrument

Bach-Tausig Toccata in d • Paderewski • Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu in c#; 3 études • Bach-Godowsky Andante in C • Wiktor Labunski Paganini Var. • F.X. Scharwenka • Godowsky Alt-Wien • Gounod–Godowsky/Pandolfi.

$15; children & students free

Dylan Findley : In the Mind of Energy by
Cindy Genevieve: sShu
Todd Kitchen: Blue Shock
Lucy McKnight : wine-dark sea
Aaron Cecchini-Butler: Murakami’s Well

Amy Advocat, bass clarinet; Matt Sharrock, marimba
FREE

Abbey Hallberg Siegfried
JS BACH Concerto No. 2 in A minor, BWV 593
STARER Fantasy on a Sephardic Melody (
JEHAN ALAIN Deux danses à Agni Yavishta,
LISZT Fantasie und Fuga on B-A-C-H,
ALAIN Litanies
GWYNETH WALKER Beside the still waters
KEVIN SIEGFRIED New work, TBA, World Premiere performance
PINKHAM Wondrous Love, 5 variations on a shape-note tune for organ
DURUFLÉ Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7

$12, Children: $5

Luys Narváez: Guárdame las vacas
Gaspar Sanz: Canarios
Mauro Giuliani : Variations Handel, Op. 107
J.S. Bach: Ciaccona
Joaquín Rodrigo: Elogio de la Guitarra
Agustín Barrios:
Vals Op. 8, No. 3
Danza Paraguaya
Cueca
$10 suggested

11:00 Windham Concert Band
12:00 Charles River Wind Ensemble,
1:00 MetWinds, Boston,
2:00 Lakeshore Concert Band, Montreal,
3:00 Boston College Symphonic Band,
4:00 Seacoast Wind Ensemble, Southern Maine,
5:00 Chelmsford Community Band,
FREE

Carol Epple, flute & Elizabeth Connors, clarinet
with Heinrich Christensen, organ
Program: Bloch & Danzi

$5 suggested

A Solo Evening with Daniel Stepner, Aston Magna’s artistic director, includes an intimate evening of Bach. Pre-concert talk at 6 p.m.

A one-man theatrical presentation from Alon Nashman set to the music of Golijov

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The semi-staged wth dancers, two vocal soloists, and the 33-member New England Conservatory Young Women’s Chorale,

Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé Ravel Philip Sawyer: Fanfare for Brass

Crusell’s “Rondo for Two Clarinets and Strings”; Mozart’s “Adagio & Fugue in C minor
Bach’s “”Cello Suite #3 in C Major,
Scriabin’s “Romance for Horn and Piano”
Verdi’s “String Quartet in E. minor.”

$25 for adults, $10 for students

$25 for adults, $10 for students

Frederic Chiu, piano | Andres Diaz, cello | Todd Palmer, clarinet; Percussion: Sharrock, Trant, Williams, Burns
J.S. BACH (arr. Chiu): “Erbarme dich, mein Gott” from St. Mathew Passion, BWV 244
PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major,
MESSIAEN: “Abyss of the birds” from Quartet for the End of Time
TAN DUN: Elegy: Snow in June
MESSIAEN: “Praise to the eternity of Jesus” from Quartet for the End of Time

J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Handel: Two German Arias; a Telemann Sonata, and a new composition by Alex Burtzos: The Hourglass Equation. With Dominique Labelle, soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Christopher Krueger, flute/recorder; Andrew Schwartz, baroque bassoon; Julie Leven, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola; Loretta O’Sullivan; baroque cello; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord. Pre-concert talk with Daniel Stepner one hour before the program.

Fully staged, sung in the original Italian with English supertitles, with orchestra. Tiffany Chang conducts. Rebecca Miller stages.
VIP $65 | Adult $29 | Student/Senior $25

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
ARVO PÄRT: Fratres (violin and piano)
STEVE REICH: Different Trains (with video, recorded sound and string quartet)
ARVO PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel (violin and piano)
ATTACCA QUARTET

Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier interspersed with works by Beethoven, Wagner, Debussy, Schoenberg as well as music of bebop legend Charlie Parker.

with Suzie Leblanc and Daniel Taylor
Baroque chamber music performed by an ensemble led by violinist Adrian Butterfield, followed by Handel’s Love Duets by Leblanc and Taylor

Rockport Fellowship Quartet | Tony Yang, piano

Music of Leclair, Stradella, Caldara, Marais, Ste. Colombe, Couperin. With guest Edson Scheid and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Sarah Cunningham and Laura Jeppesen, violas da gamba; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo. Pre-concert talk with Daniel Stepner one hour before the program.

SCHUBERT: Impromptu, Op. 142, No. 3 in B-flat
RAVEL: La Valse
STRAUSS (arr. Percy Grainger): “Ramble on the last love duet from Rosenkavalier”
DVORÁK: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, with YEKWON SUNWOO, piano

with Dawn Upshaw, soprano
MOZART: String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K. 428
WEBERN: 6 Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9
SCHUBERT: Minuets (alternating with Webern Bagatelles)
RESPIGHI: Il Tramonto
SCHOENBERG: String Quartet, No. 2

Samantha Koch plays works by Tchaikovsky, Reger, Joplin, Bach and Price

$12, children $5

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
MOZART Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds,
WEINBERG Sonata for solo double bass,
BERNSTEIN Variations on an Octatonic Scale, for flute and cello
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Cobus du Toit, flute
Nadine Shank, piano

$20, 16 and under free. Bring a friend, who new to these concerts free.

J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
PHILIP GLASS: Symphony No. 3
BARTÓK: Divertimento, Sz. 113
GOLIJOV: Tenebrae

JACQUES IBERT: Chansons de Don Quichotte
ENESCU: Piano Quartet No. 1
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Piano Quintet, No. 1

Amanda Mole plays works by Mendelssohn,
Liszt, Bach, Wammes, Schumann, and Messiaen

$12, children $5

J.S. BACH: Complete Cello Suites

Instrumental Ensemble
Charles Prince, conductor
Alexandra Silber, soprano^
Shuler Hensley, baritone^
Vocal Ensemble
Jamie Bernstein, director
BERNSTEIN Trouble in Tahiti

Paul Lewis, piano
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

with Estela Olevsky, piano

From Vienna to Buenas Aires: Works of Franz Lehar, Emmerich Kalman, and more

$20, 16 and under free. Bring a friend, who new to these concerts free.

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Kristine Opolais, soprano (Mimì)
Piotr Beczała, tenor (Rodolfo)+
Susanna Phillips, soprano (Musetta)+
Franco Vassallo, baritone (Marcello)
Davide Luciano, baritone (Schaunard)+
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone (Colline)
Paul Plishka, bass (Benoît/Alcindoro)
Neal Ferreira, tenor (Parpignol)
David Cushing, bass (Customs Sergeant)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
Children’s Choir

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 (no fugue)
SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C major, D. 956

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows
MOZART Symphony No. 35, Haffner
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Carson Cooman plays works by Willscher, Dalton,
Lo Muscio, Cooman, Ferrari and Ǻber

$12, children $5

Stepner’s new orchestration performed by Stepner, baroque violin; Christopher Krueger, flute; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe, and Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Jason Fisher, viola. Pre-concert talk with Daniel Stepner one hour before the program.

Stepner’s new orchestration performed by Stepner, baroque violin; Christopher Krueger, flute; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe, and Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Jason Fisher, viola. Pre-concert talk with Daniel Stepner one hour before the program.

Works of Schubert, Spratlan,
Mendelssohn, Wheelock, Ravel

$20, 16 and under free. Bring a friend, who new to these concerts free.

Stepner’s new orchestration performed by Stepner, baroque violin; Christopher Krueger, flute; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe, and Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Jason Fisher, viola. Pre-concert talk with Daniel Stepner one hour before the program.

BEETHOVEN:
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127
String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

Clara Gerdes plays works by Bach, Whitlock, Conte, Hindemith and Dvořák

$12, children $5

Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K.271
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3

Masako Yanagita, violin; Mark Fraser, cello
Estela Olevsky, piano
Works of Bach, Brahms, and
Shostakovich
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$20, 16 and under free. Bring a friend, who new to these concerts free.

Thomas Adès, conductor
TMC Conducting Fellows
Kirill Gerstein, piano*
Poul RUDERS Thus Saw Saint John
Thomas ADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra
Gerald BARRY Of Queens’ Gardens
LUTOSŁAWSKI Symphony No. 3

Beethoven: String Quartet Opus 131
Beethoven: String Quartet Opus 130
$55

Thomas Adès, piano
Kirill Gerstein, piano*
DEBUSSY En blanc et noir, for two pianos
STRAVINSKY (arr. SHOSTAKOVICH) Symphony of Psalms,
for two pianos
LUTOSŁAWSKI Variations on a Theme by Paganini,
for two pianos
DEBUSSY Lindaraja, for two pianos
Thomas ADЀS Concert paraphrase on Powder Her Face,
for two pianos
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole, for two pianos

HAYDN Sonata No. 49 in E-flat
BEETHOVEN Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119
BRAHMS Four Pieces, Op. 119
HAYDN Sonata No. 32 in B minor
BEETHOVEN Six Bagatelles, Op. 126
HAYDN Sonata No. 40 in G

Nadine Sierra, soprano
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Elliot Madore, baritone
Eric Owens, bass
BERNSTEIN Songfest
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

Brian Zeger, William Wolfram, Lisa Nakamichi, Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Schubert: Two Impromptus from Opus 90
Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos, K. 448
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Two Pianos
Ravel: Mother Goose”) for Four Hands
Milhaud: Scaramouche, suite for Two Pianos,
Gounod: Waltz from Faust for Two Pianos, Eight Hands (arr. by Renaud de Vilback)

Ronald Feldman, conductor

John Williams, Georges Bizet, Hector Berlioz, and Ralph Vaughan

If it rains, this event will be canceled.

John Robinson plays work by Bach, de Grigny, Howells, Webber, Franck, Vierne and Dupré

$12, Children: $5

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Jamie Bernstein, host

Inspired by Bernstein’s pioneering work as an educator, the BSO and Andris Nelsons offer a one-time-only hour-long program designed especially for young audiences and their families.

Concert duration is approximately 60 minutes without intermission.

John Williams and Andris Nelsons, conductors
John Williams’ Film Night

Bach: “Goldberg” Variations, BWV 988
Franck: String Quartet in D Major (1889)

Gary Levinson, violin; Toby Appel, viola; David Ying, cello; Orion Weiss, piano

Mozart: Duo in B-flat Major for Violin and Viola,
Beethoven: Trio in C Minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Opus 1 no. 3
Schumann: Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, Opus 47

Gary Levinson, violin; Toby Appel, viola; David Ying, cello; Orion Weiss, piano

Mozart: Duo in B-flat Major for Violin and Viola,
Beethoven: Trio in C Minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Opus 1 no. 3
Schumann: Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, Opus 47

Igor Levit, piano
JACK Quartet
BEETHOVEN Variations and Fugue in E-flat, Op. 35, Eroica
SCHOENBERG Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41
RZEWSKI The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

The Cello Gang (Amit Peled, Mairead Flory, Ismael Guerrero, Mafalda Santos, Joseph Staten, Jiaoyang “Sunny” Xu, Tzu-Jou “Zoi” Yeh)

Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner
Bach: Air
Handel: Sonata In G Minor
Cohen: Hallelujah
Haydn: Concerto in C
Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango

Boston Ballet+
Mikko Nissinen, artistic director
Baiba Skride, violin
ALL-BERNSTEIN PROGRAM
Fancy Free#
Divertimento for Orchestra
Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”), for violin
and orchestra

Mozart: String Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428
Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
Beethoven: String Quartet in E Minor, Opus 59 No. 2

Mozart: String Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428
Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
Beethoven: String Quartet in E Minor, Opus 59 No. 2

Fully Staged
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Miles Mykkanen, tenor (Candide)^
Sharleen Joynt, soprano (Cunegonde)^
Alex Mansoori, tenor
Baron/Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski)^
Gabriel Preisser, baritone (Maximilian/Grand Inquisitor)^

w Jon Manasse, clarinet, Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Khachaturian: Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Ravel: Quartet in F Major
Dohnányi: Quintet No. 1 in C Minor for Piano and Strings

Boston Symphony Orchestra#
Andris Nelsons, Christoph Eschenbach, Keith Lockhart, Michael Tilson Thomas, and John Williams, conductors
Audra McDonald, host and vocalist
Midori, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kian Soltani, cello+, Nadine Sierra, soprano
Susan Graham,Isabel Leonard, mezzos
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Jessica Vosk and Tony Yazbeck, vocalists+
James Darrah, director+
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,

Selections from Bernstein’s Candide, West Side Story, Mass, and Serenade, Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, music by Copland, a new work by John Williams for cello and orchestra plus the finale of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony

Channing Yu, Music Director

Including works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexander Borodin, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

If it rains, this concert will be canceled.