Concerts / Past Events
February 3, 2023 – October 21, 2022
A Far Cry: Unrequited
Clara Schumann | Selected Lieder, arr. Rafael Popper-Keizer
Kaija Saariaho | “Changing Light”
Kaija Saariaho | Terra Memoria
Johannes Brahms | String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, arr. Sarah Darling
Fermata Chamber Players - Kol Nidrei
Fermata Chamber Soloist veteran Alex Fowler presents Max Bruch’s haunting one movement work for cello and orchestra, Kol Nidrei or “All Vows.” This mysterious work utilizes an Aramaic prayer sung at the beginning of the all important Yom Kippur, the day of atonement.
O. Respighi - Il Tramonto
M. Bruch - Kol Nidre
G. Walker - Lyric for Strings
NEC Chamber Music Gala
Lisa Sung, viola
Julian Rhee, violin
Leland Ko, cello
Mozart Divertimento String Trio K.563
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Anna Rakitina conducts Langer, Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninoff with Inon Barnatan, piano
BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Rakitina leads pianist Inon Barnatan in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s last piano-and-orchestra work, featuring both astonishing virtuoso passages and Rachmaninoff’s best-known melody. The orchestral suite from composer Elena Langer’s witty and touching opera Figaro Gets a Divorce is by turns mysterious, songful, and jazzy. Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated brilliantly by Maurice Ravel, is a magical response to marvelous paintings.
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Anna Rakitina conducts Langer, Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninoff with Inon Barnatan, piano
BSO Assistant Conductor Anna Rakitina leads pianist Inon Barnatan in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s last piano-and-orchestra work, featuring both astonishing virtuoso passages and Rachmaninoff’s best-known melody. The orchestral suite from composer Elena Langer’s witty and touching opera Figaro Gets a Divorce is by turns mysterious, songful, and jazzy. Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated brilliantly by Maurice Ravel, is a magical response to marvelous paintings.
Chameleon Arts Ensemble: The Brandenburgs
J. S. Bach, Complete Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051
Deborah Boldin, artistic director/flute
Hazel Dean Davis, french horn
Francesca dePasquale, violin
Nancy Dimock, oboe
Joshua Gordon, cello
Nik Hooks, bassoon
Eunae Koh, violin
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Lisa Sung, viola
Scott Woolweaver, viola
Stephanie Zyzak, violin
Randall Zigler, double bass
Chameleon Arts Ensemble: The Brandenburgs
J. S. Bach, Complete Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051
Deborah Boldin, artistic director/flute
Hazel Dean Davis, french horn
Francesca dePasquale, violin
Nancy Dimock, oboe
Joshua Gordon, cello
Nik Hooks, bassoon
Eunae Koh, violin
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Lisa Sung, viola
Scott Woolweaver, viola
Stephanie Zyzak, violin
Randall Zigler, double bass
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Beethoven, Langer, Strauss
Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonora Overture No. 2
Elena Langer - Leonora's Dream (world premiere, NEC commission, in response to Beethoven Leonora Overture)
Richard Strauss - Don Quixote (Leland Ko, cello)
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Living Traditions
Antonín Dvořák Serenade in D Minor for Winds
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 1
Louis W. Ballard Incident at Wounded Knee (SPCO Commission)
Gabriela Ortiz La Calaca for String Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Living Traditions
Antonín Dvořák Serenade in D Minor for Winds
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 1
Louis W. Ballard Incident at Wounded Knee (SPCO Commission)
Gabriela Ortiz La Calaca for String Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Living Traditions
Antonín Dvořák Serenade in D Minor for Winds
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 1
Louis W. Ballard Incident at Wounded Knee (SPCO Commission)
Gabriela Ortiz La Calaca for String Orchestra