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
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 2, To October
Casual Friday

Evan Ziporyn, Director
Featuring the 2019 Concerto Competition Co-Winner Madeleine Jansson.

Satie/arr. Ziporyn: Gymnopedies XYZ
Wagner: Preludes from Rheingold and Lohengrin
Mendelssohn: Capriccio Brillant
Pauline Oliveros: Meditation for Orchestra
Robert Fripp and Brian Eno: Evening Star

Ginastera | Variaciones Concertantes
John Adams | Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? (Bwith Yuja Wang, piano
Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring

Songs of Tempest and Enchantment

Works by Luzzaschi, Monteverdi, Strozzi, Morin, Monteclair, Jacquet de la Guerre, and Clerambault

Anastasia Black, Katie Boardman, sopranos
Rene Minalga-Rheault, soprano

Rachel Carpentier, Baroque flute
Suzanne Cartreine, harpsichord
Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba
Job Salazar Fonseca, Baroque violin
Victoria Suchodolski, harpsichord

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Re-imagining the canon: music by women composers.

Grazyna Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 4, 1951
Elena Ruehr: String Quartet No. 4, 2005
Caroline Shaw: Punctum, 2009/2013
Jlin: Little Black Book, 2018
Rachel Panitch: Gatehouse Quartet, 2019

$10 suggested

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)

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

Music for 4-6 viols by Purcell, Lawes, Holborne, Ayton, Vaughan Williams and others, paired with poetry by Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Auden, de la Mare and more. Wine and cheese reception to follow.

Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Jane Hershey, Anne Legêne, Carol Lewis, David Miller, violas da gamba; Alastair Thompson, reader & viola da gamba

$20 suggested

Shirish Korde: New work for soprano and ensemble world premiere
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Henry Brant: All Souls Carnival
Chou Wen-chung: Twilight Colors
Bernard Hoffer: 50th Anniversary Bagatelle

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Tufts Symphony Orchestra presents their fall concert under the direction of John Page.

Free; no tickets required

Joseph Gotoff, cello, SangYoung Kim, piano

Elgar Salut d’amour
Dvorak Songs My mother taught me
Mendelssohn Song without words
—Op. 67, No. 2

FREE
—Op. 85, No. 4 in D, “Elegy”
—Op. 85, No. 6 in B flat

Sibelius 5 songs, Op. 37, No. 4 “Was it a dream?”
Debussy “Girl with the Flaxen hair”
Rachmaninoff Op. 21, No.7
Chausson Op. 13, No. 2, “Serenade”
Boulanger Reflets
R. Schumann (Frauenliebe und -leben)
R. Schumann Abendlied
Faure Aprés un Reve
Debussy Beau Soir
Scriabin Romance
Schubert Ständchen D957
Brahms Op. 43, No. 2, “Die Mainacht”
Brahms Op. 105, No. 1

Berio, Opus Zoo
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf

$20 general, under 12 free

NEC’s Quartet in Residence performs with exceptionally talented NEC students chosen through annual competition.

FREE but ticket required

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

Andy Kozar, co-director Rachael Elliot, co-director
« Longy at Regattabar: Air TimeEnsemble Uncaged: Fundamental/Elemental | Andy Kozar, co-director Rachael Elliot, co-director »
Longy’s premiere contemporary music ensemble will explore diverse programs that encourage performer and listener alike to examine the fundamentals and elements of music.

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

Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
H+H Orchestra and Chorus

Comic songs from the 17th century collection ‘Wit and Mirth’ by d’Urfey, Purcell, and others.
David William Hughes, piano and voice

$10

From Bach, Anderson, Herbert, Rutter, Handel, Tchaikovsky and others. The Cape Ann Symphony Chorus under the direction of Rockport’s Wendy Betts joins the orchestra for this exciting celebration of holiday music including the annual audience sing-along.

BRAHMS Serenade No. 2
SCHUMANN Introduction and Allegro appassionato, for piano and orchestra
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4

From Bach, Anderson, Herbert, Rutter, Handel, Tchaikovsky and others. The Cape Ann Symphony Chorus under the direction of Rockport’s Wendy Betts joins the orchestra for this exciting celebration of holiday music including the annual audience sing-along.

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

U.S. Guitarists from the Parlor to the Archtop Guitar

Works by Huertas, De Goni, Holland, the Bickfords, Ka’ai, Lucas and Lang
performed by Olav Chris Henriksen, guitar

$20 general; $15 seniors, students, members

J.S. Bach: Wachet auf, BWV 140
Nun kimm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62
J.D. Zelenka: Magnificat in D
performed by King’s Chapel Choir, Soloists & Orchestra
Heinrich Christensen, director

$20 suggested ($15 for students/seniors)

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

Horszowski Trio: Flame | enesmble-in-residence
Longy’s premiere contemporary music ensemble will explore diverse programs that encourage performer and listener alike to examine the fundamentals and elements of music.

Hiroaki Honshuku & Yuka Kido???s Love to Brasil Project

Annual A-No-Ne Christmas
$5 suggested

Sciarrino’s Quaderno di Strada (US Premiere);

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

Edvard Grieg | Lyric Pieces (selections)
Robert Schumann | Carnaval, Opus. 9
Carl Vine | Anne Landa Preludes (selections)
Franz Liszt | Sonata in B minor

All six Brandenburg Concertos in an emotional and technically exemplary performance.

Aisslinn Nosky and Ian Watson, co-directors

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

David Angelo, Shannon Leigh: Clarinetists

Assembly Line – Joseph Michaels
Ritual/Black Swirls- Eric Mandat
.music for a sous chef. – David Dogan
Broken Telescope – Ruby Fulton
5 Cannons on Latin Texts Op. 16 – Webern, with Rose Hegele
Duo Leat – Czernowin
Hiyoku – Elliot Carter
$20 Cover @ the Door ($15 Advance, $10 Students).

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

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

In the Mozart arrangement with full orchestra

Teresa Wakim, soprano
Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo soprano
Jesse Darden, tenor
Bradford Gleim, baritone

Dr. Jamie Kirsch – special conductor

“Part I” and “HallelujahChorus”

$19 will go to support underprivileged young musicians

Leo SMIT – Sextuor for piano and wind quintet
Gaetano DONIZETTI – Sinfonia in G minor, for wind nonet
Theodore GOUVY – Petite Suite Gauloise, Op. 90, for wind nonet
Sir Charles Hubert PARRY – Nonet, Op. 70, for winds

Michael Tabak, flute
Alexis Mitchell and Hannah Staudinger, oboe
Yi-Ting Hsieh and Jacob Sweet, clarinet
David Meichle and Jeff Stewart, French horn
Shu Satoh and Michael Meehan, bassoon
Fredrik Wanger, piano

Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor and Finzi’s God is Gone Up, alongside works of Caroline Shaw and Jeremy Faust. Join the Boston medical & science community as we explore these beloved masterworks!

Jeremy Faust, music director
Iris Chan, organ

Fauré: La chanson d’Ève for soprano & piano,
Helen Grime: Luna for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, piano & percussion
Arthur Benjamin: Le Tombeau de Ravel “Valses-caprices” for clarinet & piano (1949)
Theo Verbey: Four Preludes to Infinity for oboe & string trio
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major,

Each Future Song:
a capella gems from Palestrina, Schütz, Bruckner, and Ives, and embraces an exciting future with works by Marvin and Schachter.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Complete Brandenburg Concertos

Eric Culver, conductor; Joyce Kulhawik, narrator; Longmeadow High School Treble Chorus

Smetana, Overture to The Bartered Bride
Gandolfi, Pinocchio in Funland
Paul Patterson, Little Red Riding Hood Songbook

Holiday sing-along

The Trinity Choirs and orchestra will present the Advent and Christmas portions of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, along with Antonio Vivaldi’s exuberant Gloria in D major. Admission is $25, $40, and $55.

The Choir of Men & Boys of Saint Paul’s featuring favorite Christmas music and beloved carols drawn from more than 500 years of choral literature, including works by contemporary composers John Rutter, Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen. Conducted by James Kennerley, Director of Music, joined by the Back Bay Brass percussion ensemble, with accompaniment a majestic pipe organ by Maks Adach, organist.

Fauré: La chanson d’Ève for soprano & piano,
Helen Grime: Luna for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, piano & percussion
Arthur Benjamin: Le Tombeau de Ravel “Valses-caprices” for clarinet & piano (1949)
Theo Verbey: Four Preludes to Infinity for oboe & string trio
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major,

Hope and the Resilience of the Human Spirit”
choral works for women’s voices

Linda Tutas Haugen: Anne Frank: A Living Voice for chorus and string quartet.

Other works include Fire Flowers (from the suite Heart Songs of the White Wampum) by Timothy Corlis, A Hope Carol by David Conte, I Shall Keep Singing by Brian Holmes, Starting Now by Jocelyn Hagen, and Light of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton, arranged by Craig Hella Johnson.

$15- $20

Baroque Big Band
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4, & 5
Julie Scolnik and Susan Rotholz, flute
John Ferrillo, oboe; Terry Everson, trumpet
Irina Muresanu, Julianne Lee, and Megumi Stohs-Lewis, violin; Stephanie Fong, Jason Fischer and Zing Peng, viola; Jonah Ellsworth, Jan Muller-Szeraws, and Mickey Katz, cello; Charles Sherman, harpsichord; Don Palma bass

Brahms: Tragic overture.
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 with
Kyra Xuerong Zhao, soloist
Tamara Dworetz, conductor

FREE

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

Pioneer Singers of Lynnfield
Steven Bloom, director
Holiday Favorites
$5 suggested

BOTTI: Cosmosis
BRUCKNER: Mass No. 2 in E Minor (1882)
MARSHALL: L’Homme armé

Matthew Marsit, George Case, and Nathan Reiff, conductors

FREE

Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge,

EL CIMARRÓN: Hans Werner Henze
Libretto by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Directed by Zack Winokur

Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone
Emi Ferguson, Flute
Jonny Allen, Percussion
Jordan Dodson, Guitar

with Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

Beethoven Variations in F Major, Opus 66
Lutosławski Grave
Barber Sonata for Cello and Piano, Opus 6
Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano,

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!

A popular Advent/Christmas tradition since 1909, Candlelight Carols celebrates the coming birth of Christ through readings, carols and anthems offered by the Choirs of Trinity Church

Heavenly music for the season, featuring works by
Byrd, Bach, and Fauré and favorite carols
Kevin Leong, conductor and Jonathan Wessler, organ

A performance by The Boys’ Choir of St. Paul’s | Harvard Square of Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols coupled with traditional Christmas carols.

FREE

A popular Advent/Christmas tradition since 1909, Candlelight Carols celebrates the coming birth of Christ through readings, carols and anthems offered by the Choirs of Trinity Church

Portrait of Composer Trevor Weston | Ashleigh Gordon, co-founder

Hildegard von Bingen: A Universe Bound by Music | Pamela Dellal, faculty artist/artistic director
Graduating Student Recital: Monologue | Erika Nicolle Matei, piano »

Repertoire: By Fire and Sword

Wafting Clouds (2010) Piano solo
Comfort Songs (2014) Soprano, piano
Fudo Myoo (2012) String quartet
Evening Songs (2001) Baritone, piano
Eurythmy Variations (2007) Piano solo
Songs for the Anonymous Lover (2001)
Soprano, viola, cello
Juba (2017) String quartet

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

BWV 186a Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht
Michael Beattie, conductor

The Choir of Men & Boys of Saint Paul’s featuring favorite Christmas music and beloved carols drawn from more than 500 years of choral literature, including works by contemporary composers John Rutter, Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen. Conducted by James Kennerley, Director of Music, joined by the Back Bay Brass percussion ensemble, with accompaniment a majestic pipe organ by Maks Adach, organist.

Music Director: Pamela Mindell
With The White Heat String Orchestra

Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert
Ariel Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra

$25, General ; $15 students and seniors, or pay-as-you-are-able

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.

Seasonal music of 16th, 17th and 20th-century Britain, Europe, and the New World including festive wassails, wintery consort lessons, Scottish tunes for lute and harp, familiar carols, “crooked” Quebecois reels, and songs about Christmas ale. Festive holiday reception to follow.

Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; with 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band: Catherine Stein, voice, dulcian, recorder; Elizabeth Hardy, dulcian, bagpipes; Matthew Stein, dulcian
$20 suggested

Aisslinn Nosky, violin and director
Debra Nagy, oboe and recorder
Emi Ferguson, flute
H+H Orchestra
H+H Youth Chorus Chamber Choir

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto RV 270, Concerto II Riposo – Per il Santissimo Natale
Torelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 8, No. 6 in G Minor, Christmas Concerto
Charpentier: Noël pour instruments
Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Nativity
Biber: Passacaglia in G Minor
Albinoni: Concerto for Oboe in D Minor, Op. 9, No. 2
Telemann: Concerto for Recorder and Flute in E Minor

Guest conductor Katherine Chan conducts this beloved Chorale tradition in Copley Square’s beautiful Old South Church, with the Chorale, brass, and organ. Join the singing of new and traditional carols of the season, celebrating the joy, mystery, and glory of the holidays.

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.

celebrate the season in Seraphim style!

BWV 1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

with Maggie Finnegan, soprano
Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, No. 6 in F
Bach, Concerto in D Major for three violins (after BWV 1064)
Vivaldi: Motet, “Nulla in mundo pax sincera”
Rameau: Orchestral Suite
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D

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

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

The music of Johann Strauss comes to life with European singers, ballroom dancers, and ballet. Backed by the Strauss Symphony of America, the performance is rich with selections from beloved operettas, elegant dances, lively overtures, and the beautiful Blue Danube Waltz. Celebrate the start of the New Year with Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert, delighting audiences in North America for 25 years.

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

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

Gisele Ben-Dor conductor

Latin music to include Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires – and other South American Gems

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

Till Fellner, piano
Chihchun Chi-sun LEE New work
(world premiere; BSO commission)
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 3, Polish

Till Fellner, piano
Chihchun Chi-sun LEE New work
(world premiere; BSO commission)
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 3, Polish

Michael Brown, piano | Nicholas Canellakis, cello | Orion Weiss, piano | Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion

PROGRAM
COPLAND: El Salón México for Solo Piano (1932–1936; arr. Leonard Bernstein, 1941)
BERNSTEIN: Three Meditations from Mass (version for cello, piano, and percussion) (1978)
BARBER: Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, op. 28 (1951–1952)
GOLIJOV: Mariel for Cello and Marimba (1999)
VILLA-LOBOS: Divagação for Cello, Piano, and Drum (1946)
VILLA-LOBOS
– A Maré Encheu from Guia Pratico for Solo Piano (1932)
– O Polichinelo from Prole do Bebê for Solo Piano (1918)
GINASTERA: Pampeana No. 2, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, op. 21 (1950)
GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture for Piano, Four Hands and Percussion (1932; Four Hands version arr. Gershwin)

Mozart String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516
Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111

Rodolfo Richter, Susannah Foster, violins; Jenny Stirling, Jason Fisher, violas; Timothy Merton, cello

BARBER Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. BARSHAI) Chamber Symphony,
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

The Boston Camerata principals (voice and instruments) are supported by Peter Torpey’s deeply evocative lighting and special effects. Other participants in the play are recruited among students, choristers, children’s choir, as well as the public.

BWV 156 Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe
Michael Beattie, conductor

Exploring Microtonality

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 36
Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque, op. 42
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 Revision)

FREE

Yefim Bronfman, piano
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

The Chronicle of Nine *world premiere* by Arnold Rosner

The nine-day reign of Henry VII’s great-granddaughter ended with one of English history’s notorious beheadings when Mary Tudor’s supporters claimed the crown in 1553. Co-production of Odyssey Opera and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project brings the poignant story of Lady Jane Grey in a semi-staged performance in English. From the play by Florence Stevenson. Cast includes Megan Pachecano (Lady Jane Grey).

Suite No. 1 (Fantasy-tableaux) for two pianos, Op. 5
Six Pieces for piano four hands, Op. 11
Symphonic Dances for two pianos, Op. 45

Erin Lindsey, piano
Ian Lindsey, piano
Sergey Schepkin, piano

BWV 92 Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn

Franziska Huhn, harp; Deborah Boldin, flute &
Scott Woolweaver, viola

Ravel: Sonatine en Trio for flute, viola & harp
Arthur Foote: At Dusk (1920)
Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts No. 5
Gubaidulina: Garden of Joy and Sorrow
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola & harp,

Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, N
Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15

Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Marcus Thompson, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano

Esperance & Amors in the 14th century

Music of Guillaume de Machaut, Jacob Senleches and others.

BWV 127 Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott

John Adams – The Chairman Dances
Bernard Hoffer – Violin Concerto No. 2 (“Decapod”); World premiere
Danielle Maddon, violin
Judith Weir – Moon and Star; First Boston performance
Bela Bartok – Kosssuth; First Boston performance

STRAUSS Serenade for Winds, Op. 7
BRUCKNER Adagio from String Quintet (February 22, 25)
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216
HAYDN Symphony No. 49, La passione

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

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

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

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

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

Reimagined Voices: Shadows and Objects

Bahar Royaee – Leylie
Hubert Ho – He Lay on Ice in Search of Carp and other Filial Exemplars
Daniel Bernard Roumain – Filter

$25, $15 students/seniors 65+

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

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

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!

Stravinsky: Petrushka
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

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

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

BWV 227 Jesu, meine Freude

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

Barber, Cello Concerto
eaturing guest soloist Peter Stumpf

Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor

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

David Angus conductor
Strauss, Wind Serenade
Britten, Illuminations – Jesse Darden, tenor soloist
Brahms, Serenade #1

BWV 229 Komm, Jesu, komm

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,

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

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

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

Primosch Mass

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

Robyn Bollinger, violin; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello; Vivian Choi, piano

Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in g minor
Joan Tower: Big Sky (2000)
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major

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

7:00 talk

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

Encore!,
Audience favorites from Juventas’s 2018-19 season, “The American Dream,” with music by Oliver Caplan, Dayton Kinney, Mari Kotskyy, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Libby Meyer, Steven Serpa, and Ari Sussman.

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

Our spring program explores representations of the mythic in contemporary music, including a commission from Bahar Royee. Works by Matthew Evan Taylor, Jessica Rudman, Steven Moreno, Alex Temple, and Hong Da Chin.

$!5

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

Emily Magee, soprano (Isolde)*
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor (Tristan)
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano (Brangäne)
Kostas Smoriginas, baritone (Kurwenal)
Günther Groissböck, bass (Marke)
Andrew Rees, tenor (Melot)
Alex Richardson, tenor (Shepherd)
David Kravitz, baritone (Helmsman)
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde, Act III

Kurtág: Hommage à R. Sch., Signs, Games and Messages, for english horn and bass clarinet, and for solo viola

Clara Schumann: 3 Romances,
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet

Kim Kashkashian, viola ; Gabriela Díaz, violin
Rane Moore, clarinet; Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Peggy Pearson, oboe; Donald Berman, piano

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

Blaise Déjardin, cello
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

BWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden

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

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

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

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

J.S. BACH (arr. MOZART) Preludes and Fugues for string trio
Michael GANDOLFI New work for voices and ensemble (world premiere; BSO commission)
DAHL Allegro and Arioso, for wind quintet
BRITTEN Sinfonietta, Op. 1

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

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

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!

Transcribed for string quartet

Crawford, String Quartet (1931)
Beethoven, String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 131 (with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133)

Settings of the Mass for varied forces from various periods. Men vs. women, early vs. contemporary, romantic vs. classical. Hear Victoria’s Missa O Magnum Mysterium, Britten’s Missa Brevis, Villa-Lobos’s Missa São Sebastãio, and McNeil Robinson’s Missa Brevis.
with Heinrich Christensen, organ

MOZART Sinfonia Concertante K297b
SCHNITTKE Moz-Art a la Haydn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8

BWV 194 Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest

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

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