Cappella Clausura performs a spectacular work by one of the most talented nuns of the Italian Baroque, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1678), abbess of Santa Radegonda in Milan and composer of the Vespers of 1650, motets, and many concerti sacri for solo, duo, trio and more.

“Magnificat” – Donna Chiara Margarita Cozzolani was recorded by each individual musician, using the conductor’s video together with the continuo (theorbo) player’s video. Our video master, Christopher Pitts, and Audio engineer James Zaner, have done a masterful job of putting 18 complex parts together.

Stefan Asbury, conductor
Elena Urioste, violin
Thomas ADÈS Dawn
DEBUSSY Printemps
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending

Feature: Bedřich Šmetana with material from the Lobkowicz Collections, Prague

SMETANA The Moldau (“Vltava”) from Má Vlast

BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS
with Jorge Soto, conductor
Elena LANGER Five Reflections on Water

Castle of our Skins musicians will perform string quartets by African American composer Valerie Coleman, South African composer Monthati Masebe, and Jamaican-British Composer Eleanor Alberga that musically evoke both freedom and resilience. For the finale, youth musicians, educators, and professionals from Castle of our Skins will join together to give the world premiere performance of Jessica Mays’ “Anthem for Go.”

Fabiola Méndez Trio: Music from Puerto Rico with a modern twist

a special broadcast of MassOpera’s 2018 performance of the comedic opera, The Beautiful Bridegroom, by Boston-based composer Dan Shore, originally presented at the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End.

pre-show will be hosted via Zoom, on MassOpera’s website (first night only)

Handel: Trio Sonata in A Major, HWV 396
Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371
Handel: Variations from Harpsichord Suite in E Major, HWV 430, ”Harmonious Blacksmith”
Handel: Trio Sonata G Major, HWV 399

Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Susanna Ogata, violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Ian Watson, harpsichord

Anna Rakatina, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical

Feature: Stylistic musical “arrivals”
Arvo PÄRT Fratres, for violin, strings, and percussion
Feature: BSO bassoonist Suzanne Nelsen speaks with Anna Rakitina

STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)

Chamber Music Performance
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Elizabeth Klein, flute; Thomas Martin, clarinet; Thomas Siders, trumpet; Valeria Vilker Kuchment, violin
with Vytas Baksys, piano
Missy MAZZOLI Set That on Fire (10)

Teenage Violin: Growth Spurts in the Seventeenth Century by Sarah Darling
Originally used as an instrument for dance bands, the violin really grew to maturity as a solo voice between 1600-1700. Highly virtuosic and experimental writing that will be explored in this talk with musical samplings.

RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
DOHNANYI Serenade for String Trio, op.10
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON Movement for String Trio

RememberingDr. Martin Luther King, with. Daniel Bernard Roumain’s String Quartet No. 2 ( and George Walker’s “Lyric for Strings”

Gabriela Díaz, violin
Mina Lavcheva, violin
Ashleigh Gordon, viola
Francesca McNeeley, cello

Unaccompanied Cello Repertoire: Origins through J. S. Bach by Daniel Ryan, including a ricercata by Giovanni Battista Degli Antonii and a ricercar by Domenico Gabrielli, J. S. Bach’s Suite No. 5 in C Minor for solo cello which will be discussed and performed in its entirety.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Hannah Kendall’s Disillusioned Dreamer

Caroline Shaw’s Blueprint, featuring BSO musicians Xin Ding and Catherine French, violins; Mary Ferrillo, viola; and Mickey Katz, cello.

Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Organ in D Minor, RV 541
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in D Major, RV 230
Vivaldi: Cantata “Cessate, omai cessate”, RV 684

Aisslinn Nosky, director and violin
Ian Watson, organ
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
H+H Orchestra

pre-recorded in Zurich, Germany

Bach, Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 17″Tempest”
Bach, Capriccio on the Departure of his Beloved Brother, BWV 992
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 26 “The Farewell”
Robert Schumann, Arabeske

American Vignettes

pre-recorded at Drew University

George Walker, Lyric for Strings
Mozart, String Quartet in D Major, K.575
Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 14

Mozart: Epistle Sonata No. 10 in F Major
Mozart: Epistle Sonata No. 15 in C Major
CPE Bach: Symphony for Strings in C Major, Wq. 182/3
Avison: Concerto grosso No. 5 in D Minor (after Scarlatti)
Boyce: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major

Ian Watson, director
H+H Orchestra

“Listening Local,” features world premieres by Shaw Pong Liu, Eric Nathan, Natalie Diettrich, Molly Herron, and Dai Wei.

FREE

Pisendel: Violin Sonata in E Minor
Telemann: Canonic Sonata No. 1 in G Major
Telemann: Paris Quartet No 1 in G Major

Emi Ferguson, flute
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Susanna Ogata, violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Ian Watson, harpsichord

MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat Major, op.20
GOLIJOV Last Round for String Nonet (1996)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Vaclav Luks, conductor
H+H Orchestra

Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major, Op. 70
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op. 19

Free Admission. Donation appreciated. Registration required. Masks and social distancing mandated.
Children under 6 NOT admitted

Jonathan Woody: Suite for String Orchestra after the works of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Geminiani: Concerto Grosso after Corelli, Op. 5, No. 5 in G Minor
Wassenaer: Concerto Armonico No. 2 in B-flat Major

Aisslinn Nosky, director
H+H Orchestra

St. Georges: Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 2, No. 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 43, Mercury

Aisslinn Nosky, director and violin
H+H Orchestra

Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 . 106, Hammerklavier
Stockhausen: Klavierstück X

Very limited seats sold out. The entire concert video will post one week after the performance