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CONCERT CALENDAR 2017-2018
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Saturday, September 23, 2017, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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CARTER'S MIRROR AND HOFFER'S CONCERTO
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Bernard Hoffer
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Concerto di Camera IV world premiere
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William Kirkley, clarinet soloist
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John Aylward
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Ephemera
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Hannah Lash
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Subtilior, Lamento
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Elliott Carter
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A Mirror on Which to Dwell
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Zorana Sadiq, soprano
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Friday & Saturday, October 13 & 14, 2017, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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CULTURES
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W.A. Mozart
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Magic Flute Overture
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Ernst Bloch
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Schelomo
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Jan Mueller-Szeraws, cello
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Sergei Prokofiev
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Symphony No. 5
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Saturday, October 28, 2017, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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EERIE COMPANY
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Andrew Norman
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Sacred Geometry
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Joseph Schwantner
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Magabunda
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Sarah Pelletier, soprano
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Peter Child
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Punkie Night
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Igor Stravinsky
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Petrouchka
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Saturday, November 4, 2017, 8 P.M., Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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NORTHEAST BY FAR EAST
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David Horne
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Spike (from the 30th season)
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Joyce Mekeel
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Rune (from the 8th season)
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Ann Bobo, flute
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Robert Schulz, percussion
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William Kraft
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Kaleidoscope (from the 45th season)
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Peter Child
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new work world premiere
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Zhou Long
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Metal, Stone, Silk, Bamboo Boston premiere
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Guo Yazhi, soloist (Dadi, Quidi, Xun, Suona)
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Sunday, December 3, 2017, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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FAMILY CONCERT, FAMILIES
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P.I. Tchaikovsky
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Serenade for Strings, 4th movement
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with the Concord-Carlisle High School String Orchestra
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Bernard Hoffer
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Thundercats Suite
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Herbert Chappell
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Paddington Bear's First Concert
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
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Audience sing-along
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, White Christmas
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Sunday, December 10, 2017, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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THE USUAL ORCHESTRAL SUSPECTS
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John Adams
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Short Ride in a Fast Machine
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Aaron Copland
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Old American Songs, First Set
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Cambridge Children's Chorus
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Wendy Silverberg, Director
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Nathaniel Stookey
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Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead
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narrator tba
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Young Artist Competition Winner as a concerto soloist
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Friday & Saturday, January 26 & 27, 2018, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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COLLABORATIONS
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Matthew Browne
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How the Solar System Was Won
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William Walton
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Viola Concerto
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Steven Ansell, soloist
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Johannes Brahms
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Symphony No. 3 in F
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Saturday, March 3, 2018, 8 P.M.Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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ANCIENT, MODERN AND BERNSTEIN
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Claude Debussy
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Prelude a l'apres-mid d'un faune
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Eric Nathan
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Paestum world premiere of the orchestral version
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Ferrucio Busoni
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Indian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
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Jeffrey Swann, soloist
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Leonard Bernstein
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Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free
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Steven Stucky
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Symphony first Boston performance
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Lachlan Skipworth
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Spiritus first U.S. performance
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Call for Scores winning work
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Sunday, March 11, 2018, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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FAMILY CONCERT, YOUNG HEROINES OF FOLKLORE
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Barbara White
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The Wrong Child world premiere
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The Northeast Youth Ballet
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Denise Cecere, Director and Choreographer
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
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Bruce Adolphe
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses from the 38th season
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The Boston City Singers
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Joshua DeWitte, Director
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
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Friday & Saturday, March 23 & 24, 2017, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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SPRNG AWAKENING
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Claude Debussy
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Printemps
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Robert Schumann
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Symphony No. 2 in C
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Young Artist Competition Winner as soloist in a concerto
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Saturday, April 14, 2018, 8 P.M., Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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Melinda Wagner
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Unsung Chordata world premiere
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David Stock
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Scat from the 2nd season
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Emily Thorner, soprano
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Andy Vores
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Forgot from the 37th season
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Emily Thorner, soprano
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Helen Grime
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7 Pierrot Miniatures
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George Perle
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Critical Moments 2
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Saturday, April 28, 2018, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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DANCING IN TIME
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David Rakowski
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Water Music world premiere
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Sebastian Currier
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Time Machines first Boston performance
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Danielle Madon, violin soloist
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Bernard Hoffer
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Three Pieces for Orchestra world premiere
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Mauric Ravel
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Bolero
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Friday & Saturday, May 18 & 19, 2018 at 8 P.M. and Sunday, May 20 at 2 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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CONCORD POPS, HEROES AND VILLAINS
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Leonard Bernstein
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Candide Overture
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Lowell Liebermann
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Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, First Movement
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Susan Jackson, soloist
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Franz Liszt
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Mephisto Waltz
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Bernard Hoffer
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That Old Black Magic, Johnny Mercer Songbook world premiere
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Maureen McMullan, vocalist
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John Williams
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Superman March
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Lerner, arr. Bennett
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Selections from My Fair Lady
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sing-along led by Maureen McMullan
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John Philip Sousa
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The Stars and Stripes Forever
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CONCERT CALENDAR 2016-2017
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Saturday, September 24, 2016, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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MEMORIES WITHOUT A MASTER, honoring Pierre Boulez and Steven Stucky
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David Rakowski
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Arabesques I Have Known world premiere
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Pierre Boulez
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Le marteau sans maitre
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Jennifer Ashe, soprano
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Steven Stucky
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Cantus
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Yu-hui Chang
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Binge Delirium
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Robert Schulz, percussion
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Friday and Saturday, October 14 & 15, 2016, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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Hestor Berlioz
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Roman Carnival Overture
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W.A. Mozart
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Oboe Concerto
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Alex Kinmonth,oboist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Symphony No. 2 in E minor
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Saturday, October 29, 2016, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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Andy Vores
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40th Anniversary Fanfare world premiere
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Andrew Norman
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Sacred Geometry
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Yehudi Wyner
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Chiavi in mano
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Geoffrey Burleson, pianist
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Carl Ruggles
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Evocations
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Bela Bartok
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Concerto for Orchestra
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Saturday, November 5, 2016, 8 P.M., Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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OLD FRIENDS & NEW FINDS
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Kathryn Salfelder
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Disciples world premiere
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Eric Nathan
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Walls of Light first Boston performance
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Joseph Phibbs
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Flex
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John Huggler
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Bittere Nuesse
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Barbara Kilduff, soprano
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Luciano Berio
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O King
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Barbara Kilduff, soprano
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Mark Buller
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Regressive Variations first Boston performance
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Rapido! Composition Contest Winner
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Sunday, December 4, 2016, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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FAMILY CONCERT
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Sarabande from Concerto Grosso for Strings
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Erik Satie, arr. Debussy
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Gymnopedie No. 1
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with the Concord Middle School Strings, Anna Anderson, Director
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Aaron Copland
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The Red Pony
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Sergei Prokofiev
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Peter and the Wolf
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, White Christmas as an audience sing-along
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Sunday, December 11, 2016, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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FAMILY CONCERT
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William Shuman
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Newsreel in 5 Shots
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Bernard Hoffer
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Nocturne (TheTimber Wolf) world premiere
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Andy Vores
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Big Bad Wolf
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Paul Patterson
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Little Red Riding Hood Songbook first U.S. performance
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Eric Fisher, narrator
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Boston City Singers, Joshua DeWitte, Director
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Friday & Saturday, January 27 & 28, 2017, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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Witold Lutoslawski
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Symphonic Variations
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
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Concerto to be performed by the winner of the Concord Orchestra Young ArtistCompetition
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Saturday, March 4, 2017, 8 P.M., Tsai Peformance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
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Richard Cornell
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40th AnniversaryFanfare
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Gunther Schuller
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Vertige d'Eros (1945)
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Michael Tipett
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A Child of Our Time (first performed in 1945)
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Sarah Pelletier,
soprano, Krista River,mezzo-soprano, Charles Blandy,
tenor, Sumner Thompson,
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baritone
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Chorus Pro Musica, Jamie Kirsch, Director
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Sunday, March 12, 2017, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Bosto, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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ANNUAL FAMILY CONCERT
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Peter Child
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The Tale of Peter Rabbitt world premere
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
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Boston City Singers, Joshua DeWitte, Director
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Camille Saint-Saens
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The Carnival of the Animals
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Northeast Youth Ballet, Denise Cecere, Director
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
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Friday & Saturday, March 31 & April 1, 2017, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord,MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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THOREAU BICENTENNIAL CONCERT
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Robert Schumann
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Manfred Overture (1849, same year as Thoreau's Civil Disobedience)
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Bernard Hoffer
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Piano Concerto
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Randall Hodgkinson, soloist
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Eric Sawyer
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Civil Disobedience world premiere
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David Gullette, narrator
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Franz Liszt
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Les preludes (1854, same year as Thoreau's Walden)
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Saturday, April 8, 2017, 8 P.M., Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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MOONLIGHT (AND A) SERENADE
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Yehudi Wyner
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New Mini Piano Concerto world premiere
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Geoffrey Burleson, pianist
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Barbara White
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My barn having burned to the ground I can now see the moon
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Richard Festinger
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Serenade for Six
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Ronald Perera
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Crossing the Meridian
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Charles Blandy, tenor
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Saturday, April 29, 2017, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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Peter Child
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40th Anniversary Fanfare world premiere
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Aaron Copland
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Orchestral Variations
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David Rakowski
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Violin Concerto world premiere
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Danielle Maddon, soloist
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Sebastian Currier
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Microsymph first Boston performance
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Zoltan Kodaly
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Peacock Variations
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Friday & Saturday at 8 P.M., Sunday at 2 P.M., May 19, 20 & 21 2017, 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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CONCORD POPS: OL' MAN RIVER
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Bedrich Smetana
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The Moldau
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Franz Strauss
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Nocturno, Op. 7 for Horn and Strings
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Jeff Stewart, soloist
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John Williams
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Theme from Jaws
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Ferde Grofe
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Mississippi River Suite
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Jerome Kern, arr.Hoffer
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Kern Songbook
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Jeffrey Korn, soloist
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Duke Ellington, arr.Collier
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Spring, Meander, Giggling Rapids from The River Suite
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Rodgers & Hammerstein
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Selections from the King and I
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audience sing-along led by Jeffrey Korn
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John Philip Sousa
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The Stars & Stripes Forever
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| CONCERT CALENDAR 2015-2016 |
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| Saturday, September 26, 2015, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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STEVEN STUCKY & EUROPEAN FRIENDS
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Steven Stucky
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Cantus East Coast premiere
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co-commissioned with the Seattle Chamber Music Society
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Witold Lutoslawski
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Grave (Metamorphoses)
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| Brett Dean |
Sextet first Boston performance |
Magnus Lindberg
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Steamboat Bill Jr. first Boston performance
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Martin Brody, Peter Child,
Shirish Korde& Joseph Schwantner
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Rilke Songs
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Sarah Pelletier, soprano
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Friday & Saturday, October 16 & 17, 2015, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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AUTUMN CALLS
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Ottorino Respighi
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Poema Autunnale
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Maurice Ravel
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Tzigane
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Peter Zazofsky, violin
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Gustav Mahler
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Symphony No. 1 in D
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Sunday, October 25, 2015, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685Commonwealh Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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CELEBRATING GUNTHER SCHULLER &
STEPPING STONES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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Irving Fine
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Toccata Concertante (1947)
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Anton von Webern
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Six Pieces for Orchestra (1909)
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Maurice Ravel
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Sheherazade (1903)
Sarah Pelletier, soprano
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Dmitri Shostakovich
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October, Op. 131 (1967)
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Gunther Schuller
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The Past is in the Present (1994) first Boston performance
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Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8 P.M., Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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A TRIBUTE TO LEE HYLA
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Patrick Greene
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Machine Language for Beginners world premiere
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Lee Hyla
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Lives of the Saints
Krista River, mezzo soprano
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Rapido! Composition Contest Regional Semi-Finalists
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Louis Cruz
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MVC world premiere
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J.P. Redmond
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Cheese Variations world premiere
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Nathan J. Stumpf
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Working Man's Wage world premiere
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Sunday, December 6, 2015, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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THE POLAR EXPRESS - HOLIDAY FAMILY CONCERT
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Johann Strauss
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Pleasure Train Polka
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Silvestre Revueltas
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Construction of the Railroad
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Samuel Adler
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O Rock of my Salvation & WhoCan Retell? from Flames of Freedom
Lexington High School Women's Chorus, Jason Ianuzzi, Director
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Edward Elgar
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The Snow
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Rob Kapilow
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Chris von Allsburgh's Polar Express
David Kravitz, baritone
Lexington High School Women's Chorus
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Sunday, December 13, 2015, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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MUSICAL CHARACTERS
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John Harbison
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Remembering Gatsby
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George Antheil
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Tom Sawyer Overture
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Rob Kapilow
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Elijah's Angel
David Kravitz, baritone
Dana Whiteside, baritone
Boston City Singers, Jane Money, Director
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Concerto to be performed by the winner of the New England Philharmonic Young Artists Competition
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Friday & Saturday, January 29 & 30, 2016, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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HISTORIC CONCORD & YOUNG ARTIST 2016
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Georg Frederic Handel
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From the Censer Curling Rise from Solomon
Spectrum Singers, John Ehrlich, Director
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Joyce Mekeel
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Toward the Source
Spectrum Singers, John Ehrlich, Director
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Felix Mendelssohn
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Symphony No. 5 (The Reformation)
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Concerto to be performed by the Concord Orchestra Young Artist Competition Winner
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Saturday, February 27, 2016, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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MIRACLES & RHAPSODIES
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Roy Harris
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Symphony No. 3
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Randall Hodgkinson, piano
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Brian Robison
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In Search of the Miraculous first Boston performance
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Bernard Hoffer
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MacNeil Lehrer Variations first Boston performance
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Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE
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Bernard Hoffer
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Paul Revere's Ride world premiere
Based on the poem by HenryWordsworth Longfellow
Northeast Youth Ballet, Denise Cecere, Artistic Director &
Choreographer
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Friday & Saturday, March 25 & 26, 2016 at 8P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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HORN CALLS
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Gioachino Rossini
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Il Singor Bruschino Overture
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Oliver Knussen
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Horn Concerto
Richard Sebring soloist
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W.A. Mozart
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Horn Concerto No. 1 in D
Richard Sebring, soloist
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Dmitri Shostakovich
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Symphony No. 15
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Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA
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BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
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MAD SCENES
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Bernard Hoffer
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Lear in the Wilderness world premiere
David Kravitz, baritone
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Arnold Schoenberg
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Serenade, Op. 24
David Kravitz, baritone
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Andy Vores
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Fabrication 15: Amplification
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Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA
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NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
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FROM THE SEAS TO THE HEAVENS
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David Hertzberg
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Music of the Spheres first Boston performance
Winner of the Annual Call for Scores
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Alban Berg
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Violin Concerto
Danielle Maddon, soloist
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Jean Sibelius
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The Oceanides
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David Rakowski
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Symphony No. 6 world premiere
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Friday & Saturday, May 20 & 21, 2016 at 8 P.M., Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 2 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
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CONCORD ORCHESTRA
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CONCORD POPS - OUTDOORS CALLS
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Aaron Copland
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An Outdoor Overture
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Camille Saint-Saens
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Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Siri Smedvig, violin
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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Flight of the Bumblebee
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Bedrich Smetana
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From Bohemia's Forests and Meadows
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Bernard Hoffer, arranger
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Stormy Weather song medley world premiere
Maureen McMullan, vocalist
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Isaac Albeniz
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Suite Espagnole, Op. 47 (Granada & Sevilla)
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Rodgers & Hammerstein
arr. RobertRussell Bennett
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Oklahoma Selections
audience sing-along led by Maureen McMullan
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John Philip Sousa
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The Stars and Stripes Forever
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CONCERT CALENDAR 2013-2014
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Saturday, September 27, 2014, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
WORLD OF KLEZMER |
| David Schiff |
Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool |
| Aaron Copland |
Vitebsk |
| Eitan Steinberg |
Assembly of the Souls world premiere |
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Etty Ben-Zaken, soprano |
| Arr. Eitan Steinberg |
Play, Klezmorim, Play |
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Etty Ben-Zaken, soprano |
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| Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18, 2014, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
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| W.A. Mozart |
PIano Concerto No. 23 in A |
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Randall Hodgkinson, soloist |
| Anton Bruckner |
Symphony No. 2 |
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| Saturday, October 25, 2014, 8 P.M, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| Gyorgy Ligeti |
Ramifications forTwelve Solo Strings |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Ligeti-split world premiere |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Capriccio |
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Randall Hodgkinson, piano soloist |
| David Rakowski |
Symphony No. 5 (Dance Preludes) world premiere |
| Mauric Ravel |
La valse |
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| Saturday, November 22, 2014, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
FOCUSING THE ABSTRACT |
| Richard & Deborah Cornell |
Wind Driven world premiere |
| Pierre Jalbert |
Visual Abstract |
| Peter Child |
Tableaux II |
| Luciano Berio |
Folk Songs |
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Krista River, mezzo-soprano |
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| Sunday, December 7, 2014, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
FAMILY HOLIDAY CONCERT |
| Georges Bizet |
Prelude to Carmen |
| Gustave Holst |
Three Christmas Carols |
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Fenn School Boy Choir, Mike Salvatore, Director |
| Herbert Chappell |
Paddington Bear's First Concert |
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
| Leroy Anderson |
Christmas Festival |
| Johnny Marks |
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
| Irving Berlin |
White Christmas |
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Audience sing-along with Fenn School Boy Choir |
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| Sunday, December 14, 2014, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
FAMILY CONCERT |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Night Train to Perugia first Boston Performance |
| Arthur Honegger |
Pacific 231 |
| Heitor Villa-Lobos |
The Little Train of Caipira |
| Concerto to be played by the Winner of the New England Philharmonic Young Artist Competition |
| Rob Kapilow |
Chris von Allsburg's Polar Express |
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David Kravitz, baritone |
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Newton All City Treble Singers, Kathryn Denney, Director |
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| Friday & Saturday, January 30 &31, 2015, 8 P.M., 51Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
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| Irving Fine |
Toccata Concertante |
| P.I. Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 6 in B minor |
| Concerto to be performed by the Concord Orchestra Young Artist Competition Winner |
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| Sunday, February 8, 2015, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
ANNUAL FAMILY CONCERT
THE ADVENTURES OF BABAR AND BLISS |
| Charles Zoll |
Bliss and the Pale Blue Dot world premiere |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
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Marimba Magic, Sarah Tnney, Director |
| Francis Poulenc |
Babar the Elephant |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
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| Sunday, March 1, 2015, 3 P.M., Kresge Auditorium, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| John Harbison |
Darkbloom Overture first Boston performance |
| Aaron Copland |
Appalachian Spring |
| Benjamin Britten |
Spring Symphony |
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Sarah Pelletier, soprano |
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Krista River, mezzo soprano |
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Ray Bauwen, tenor |
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Chorus Pro Musica, Jamie Kirsch, Director |
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Boston Childrens Chorus, Anthony Trecak-King, Director |
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| Friday & Saturday, March 27 & 28, 2015, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 8 in F |
| Franz Joseph Hayden |
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Chesapeake: Summer of 1814 |
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Concord Chorus, Kevin Leong, Director |
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| Saturday, April 11, 2015, 8 P.M., Longy Schol of Music, Cambridge, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
BMV WORLD TOUR 2015 |
| Shirish Korde |
new work world premiere |
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Iva Bittova, soprano, Wu Tong, shen and vocalist, Sandeep Das, tabla |
| Chou Wen-chung |
Ode to the Eternal Pine |
| Franco Donatoni |
Arpege |
| Sebastian Currier |
Whispers |
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| Saturday, May 2, 2015, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| Matthew Browne |
How the Solar System Was Won first Boston performance |
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Call for Scores Winning Work |
| Gunther Schuller |
Meditation, Symphonic Study |
| Andy Vores |
Violin Concerto No. 2 world premiere |
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Danielle Maddon, violin |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Symphonic Dances |
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| May 15,& 16 at 8 P.M. and May 17 at 3 P.M., 2015, 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
CONCORD POPS |
| John Williams/Whitney |
The Empire Strikes Back Medley |
| Cecile Chaminade |
Concertino for Flute and Orchestra |
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Susan Jackson, soloist |
| Aram Khatchaturian |
Sabre Dance |
| Alexander Borodin |
Polovetsian Dances |
| Bernard Hoffer |
The Rodgers & Hart Songbook world premniere |
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Jeffrey Korn, soloist |
| Aaron Lebedev |
Rumenye! Rumenye! |
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Jeffrey Korn, baritone and violin |
| Jules Styne/Bennett |
Selections from Gypsy |
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Jeffrey Korn, soloist |
| Jerry Bock/Ripley |
Selections from Fiddler on the Roof |
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Audience sing-along led by Jeffrey Korn |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
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| CONCERT CALENDAR 2013-2014 |
| Saturday, October 5, 2013, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
BANNED IN BOSTON |
| Martin Brody |
Scene from Bisclavret, world premiere |
| Gunther Schuller |
Sonata Serenata |
| Robert Xavier Rodriguez |
Tango (concert performance) |
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Frank Kelley, tenor |
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| Friday and Saturday, October 18 & 19, 2013, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
CONCORD: THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS |
| Charles Ives |
The Unanswered Question |
| Eric Sawyer |
Fantasy Concerto: Concord Conversations, world premiere |
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Triple Helix, soloists |
| Hector Berlioz |
Symphonie fantastique |
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| Saturday, October 26, 2013, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| Elliott Carter |
Suite from Pocohantas |
| John Harbison |
Cello Concerto |
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Jan Mueller-Szeraws, soloist |
| Carl Schimmel |
Woolgatherer's Chapbook, first Boston performance |
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Call for Scores winning work |
| Leos Janacek |
Sinfonietta |
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Boston University Trumpet Ensemble |
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| Saturday, November 16, 2013, 8 P.M., Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
TRIALS OF YOUTH |
| Andy Vores |
Fabrication 15: Amplification, world premiere |
| Charles Zoll |
Bailes encima del escritorio, Rapido! winner, Northeast premiere |
| Thea Musgrave |
The Mocking-Bird, concert performance |
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David Kravitz, baritone |
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| Sunday, December 8, 2013, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
HOLIDAY FAMILY CONCERT |
| Georges Bizet |
Farandole from l'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 |
| Howard Blake |
The Snowman |
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator, boy soprano soloist tba |
| Irving Berlin (Bennett) |
White Christmas |
| Leroy Anderson |
Jingle Bells |
| Gene Autry |
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
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| Sunday, December 15, 2013, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
FAMILY CONCERT |
| John Adams |
Tromba lontana |
| Silvestre Revueltas |
Janitzio |
| Richard Cornell |
Umai's Journey |
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Renee White, narrator |
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Boston Children's Chorus, Anthony Trecak-King, Director |
| Concerto to be played by the winner of the NEP Young Artist Competition |
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| Friday & Saturday, January 31 & February 1, 8 P.M., 2014, 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
HISTORICAL CONCORD |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture |
| Joyce Mekeel |
Toward the Source . . . (Concord, MA 1635-1775) |
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Chorus tba |
| Antonin Dvorak |
Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) |
| Young Artist Competition Winner in a concerto |
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| Sunday, February 9, 2014, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
PINOCCHIO AND KING MIDAS |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
| Kate Salfelder |
King Midas and the Golden Touch |
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PALS Childrens Chorus, Andy Iochea Iochea, Director |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
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| Saturday, March 1, 2014, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| Dimitri Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 1 |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Violin Concerto, world premiere |
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Danielle Maddon, soloist |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Chesapeake: Summer, 1814, first Boston performance |
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Simmons College Chorale, Danica Buckley, Director |
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M.I.T. Concert Choir, William Cutter, Director |
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| Friday, March 7, 2014, 8 P.M., Studio 401, Boston Conservatory, 31 Hemenway Street, Boston, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
Boston Conservatory Student Composer Readings, program tba |
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| Frdiay and Saturday, March 21 & 22, 2014, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
FROM CONCORD TO THE BSO: A NATIVE SON |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Night Train to Perugia |
| Richard Strauss |
Horn Concerto No. 2 |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
Scheherezade |
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| Friday, April 25, 2014, 8 P.M., Studio 401, Boston Conservatory, 31 Hemenway Street, Boston, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
EMERGING COMPOSER READINGS, program tba |
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| Saturday, May 3, 2014, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| Gunther Schuller |
Dramatic Overture |
| David Rakowski |
Dance Episode, world premiere |
| Roy Harris |
Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, first Boston performance |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Symphony No. 7 |
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| Saturday, May 10, 2014, 8 P.M., Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
LIGHT,WIND AND SOUND |
| William Kraft |
New Work, world premiere |
| Sean Shepherd |
Lumens |
| Brian Robison |
A Field Guide to North American Car Alarms |
| Julie Rohwein |
Borne on the Wind |
| Theo Loevendie |
Six Turkish Folk Poems |
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Sarah Pelletier, soprano |
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| Friday & Saturday, May 16 & 17 at 8 P.M., Sunday, May 19, 2014 at 2 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
CONCORD POPS: EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY |
| Julius Fucik |
Entrance of the Gladiators |
| Jean Sibelius |
The Swan of Tuonela |
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Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, English Horn soloist |
| Josef Strauss |
Auf Ferienreise, Polka Schnell (On Holiday) |
| Antonin Dvorak |
Carnival Overture |
| Cole Porter/ arr. Bernard Hoffer |
Aspects of Love, world premiere |
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Marlene VerPlanck, vocalist |
| Johann Strauss |
Wine, Women and Song Waltzes |
| Antonio Carlos Jobim, arr. Bernard Hoffer |
Oooh! Brazil |
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Marlene VerPlanck, vocalist |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
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| CONCERT CALENDAR 2012-2013 |
| September 16, 2012, 12:30 - 3 P.M., (three 40-minute performances) Carroll & Sons Gallery, South End, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
GALLERY CONCERT |
| Patrick Greene |
AbstractEXTRACTIONS |
| Roberto Sierra |
Bongo-O
Robert Schulz, percussion |
| David Froom |
Circling
Ann Bobo, flute
William Kirkley, clarinet |
| Franco Donatoni |
Elly |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Grooved Surfaces |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Country Dance from A Boston Cinderella |
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| September 28, 2012, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
BREAKTHROUGHS |
| Peter Lieberson |
Raising the Gaze |
| Andy Vores |
Umberhulk |
| John Harbison |
Mirabai Songs
Krista River, mezzo-soprano |
| Rapido Composition Contest semifinalists: |
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| Erik Segerstrom |
Indecisive Dances, world premiere |
| Derek Hurst |
Pas de trois, world premiere |
| Mark Berger |
Dream Dances, world premiere |
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October 19 & 20, 2012, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
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| Gustav Mahler |
Symphony No. 9 |
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| October 27, 2012, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| David Rakowski |
Symphony No. 4 (Scarequotes), world premiere |
| Richard Strauss |
Vier letzte Lieder
Sarah Pelletier, soprano |
| Thea Musgrave |
Rainbow, first Boston performance |
| Claude Debussy |
La mer |
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| November 16, 2012, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
ALLUSIONS |
| Curtis K. Hughes |
Verbiage, world premiere |
| William Kraft |
Settings from Pierrot Lunaire
Sarah Pelletier, soprano |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
Suite, Op. 29 |
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| December 2, 2012, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
FAMILY CONCERT |
| Josef Suk |
Meditation on an Old Bohemian Carol |
| Aaron Copland |
Hoedown
with the Westford Academy String Orchestra |
| Nathaniel Stookey |
The Composer is Dead
Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
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| December 9, 2012, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
FAMILY CONCERT |
| Silvestre Revueltas |
Sensemaya |
| Aaron Copland |
Buckaroo Holiday and Hoedown from Rodeo |
| Aaron Copland |
Old American Songs, Part 1
PALS Childrens Chorus |
| Concerto performed by Winner of NEP Young Artists Completition |
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| January 25 & 26, 2013, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Leonore Overture No. 3 |
| Dimitri Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 9 |
| Concerto to be playedby the Winner of the Concord Orchestra Young Artists Competition |
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| February 10, 2013, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
20TH ANNUAL FAMILY CONCERT |
| Samuel Headrick |
The New Kid, world premiere |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Ma Goose
Northeast Youth Ballet, Dense Cecere, Artistic Director
Steve Aveson, narrator |
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| March 2, 2013, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| Peter Child |
Jubal |
| Michael Gilbertson |
Vigil, first Boston performance
Call for Scores winning composition |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Violin Concerto,world premiere
Danielle Maddon, soloist |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Symphony No. 6 |
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| March 15 & 16, 2013, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Peter Zazofsky, soloist |
| Anton Bruckner |
Symphony No. 6 |
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| March 24, 2013, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
ROLE-PLAY |
| Judith Weir |
Blue-Green Hill, world premiere |
| Peter Child |
Duo for Flute and Percussion |
| ElliottCarter |
Double Trio, first Boston performance |
| Sebastian Currier |
Vocalissimus
Zorana Sadiq, soprano |
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| April 27, 2013, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
|
| Gunther Schuller |
Five Bagatelles |
| Benjamin Britten |
Piano Concerto
Randall Hodgkinson, soloist |
| Steven Stucky |
Rhapsodies, first Boston performance |
| Jean Sibelius |
Symphony No. 7 |
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| May 17 & 18, 8 P.M., May 19, 3 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
CONCORD POPS, SAINTS, HEROINES & WITCHES |
| Antonin Dvorak |
Wanda Overture |
| Georg Frideric Handel |
Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor
Veronica Kenney, soloist |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Market Day in Castries from St. Lucia Morning |
| Jean Sibelius |
Pohjola's Daughter |
| George Gershwin, arr. Bernard Hoffer |
Six, By George
Jeffrey Korn, baritone soloist |
| Johann Strauss |
Fata Morgana Polka-Mazurka |
| Camille Saint-Saens |
Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Delilah |
| Aaron Lebedev |
Rumenye! Rumenye!
Jeffrey Korn, baritone and violin |
| Frederick Loewe |
My Fair Lady sing-along |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
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| CONCERT CALENDAR 2011-2012 |
| September 30, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Boston Musica Viva |
Time Cycles |
| David Rakowski |
Thickly Settled , world premiere |
| Mark Berger |
String Trio |
| David Froom |
Circling, first Boston pierformance |
| Lukas Foss |
Time Cycles |
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Meredith Hansen, soprano |
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| OCTOBER 14 & 15, 2011, 8 p.m., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
Centennials, Celebrating Orchard House, 1911 - 2011 |
| Charles Ives |
Symphony No. 3 (The Camp Meeting) (1904) |
| W.A. Mozart |
Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb, K. 449 |
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David Deveau, soloist |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Petrouchka (1910-11) |
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| October 29, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
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| Michael Gandolfi |
Of Angels and Neuones, first Boston performance |
| Bela Bartok |
Piano Concerto No. 3 |
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Stephen Drury, soloist |
| Michael-Thomas Foumai |
The Light-Bringer, first Boston performance |
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Winner of the Annual Call for Scores |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Symphony in Three Movements |
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| November 18, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
Crossings |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Cello Concerto, world premiere |
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Jan Mueller-Szeraws, soloist |
| Donald Martino |
B.A.B.B.IT.T |
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William Kirkley, clarinet |
| Ronald Perera |
Crossing the Meridian |
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Frank Kelley,tenor |
| John Elmquist |
Junk Shot, first Boston performance |
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Winner of the national Rapido Composition Contest |
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| December 4, 2011, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
Family Concert |
| Gustav Holst |
St. Paul's Suite |
| MIchael Gandolfi |
Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland |
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Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
| Leroy Anderson |
Christmas Festival |
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| December 11, 2011, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
Family Concert |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Suite from Thundercats, world premiere |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Peter and the Wolf |
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David Gullette, narrator |
| Concerto to be played by the winner of the Young Artist Competition |
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| January 27& 28, 2012, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Fidelio Overture |
| Benjamin Britten |
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings |
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Frank Kelley, tenor |
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Richard Sebring, horn |
| Jean Sibelius |
Symphony No. 1 in E minor |
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| February 12, 2012, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
19th Annual Family Concert |
| Michael Gandolfi |
The Piper's Tale |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
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Marimba Magic, Sarah Tenney, Director |
| Patrick Greene |
The Tortoise and the Hare, world premiere |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
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Marimba Magic, Sarah Tenney, Director |
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| March 3, 2012, 8 P.M., Cathedral of the Holy Cross, 1400 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts |
| March 4, 2012, 4 P.M., Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, 30 Fenner Street, Providence, Rhode Island |
| NEW ENGLAND PHLHARMONIC |
35th Anniversary Concert |
| Benjamin Britten |
War Requiem |
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Sarah Pelletier, soprano |
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Frank Kelley, tenor |
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Sumner Thompson, baritone |
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Chorus Pro Musica, Betsy Burleigh, Director |
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Providence Singers, Betsy Burleigh, Director |
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Boston Children's Chorus, Anthony Trecak-King, Director |
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| March 23 & 24, 2012, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Franz Liszt |
Le preludes |
| Johannes Brahms |
Symphony No. 4 in E minor |
| Concerto with the Winner of the Young Artists Competition |
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| April 27, 2012, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
Origins |
| Shirish Korde |
Ka, world prmiere |
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Deepti Navaratna, Carnatic soprano |
| Jorge Villavicencio-Grossman |
Mecanismos, first Boston performance |
| Eitan Steinberg |
Two GrandfathersSing |
| Ezra Sims |
Landscapes |
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| May 5, 2012, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
Simmons College Concert |
| Donald Harris |
A Lyric Fanfare, first Boston performance |
| Jaques Offenbach |
Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffman |
| Hector Berlioz |
The Death of Ophelia |
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Simmons College Concert Choir, Danca A. Buckley, MusicDirector |
| Andy Vores |
An Other I |
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Danielle Maddon, violin soloist |
| David Rakowski |
Winged Contraption |
| Maurice Ravel |
Daphnis & Chloe SuiteNo. 2 |
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| May 25 & 26, 8 P.M., May 27, 2012 , 3 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Masssachusetts |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
Concord Pops, Vive la France |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Fanfare for Dick |
| George Gershwin |
An American in Paris |
| David Popper |
Hungarian Rhapsody |
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David Paschke, cello soloist |
| Emmanuel Chabrier |
Marche joyeuse |
| Maurice Ravel |
Pavane pour une infante defunte |
| Leo Delibes |
Prelude & Cortege de Bacchus from Sylvia |
| George Gershwin, arr. Billy VerPlanck |
Song Medley: Little Jazz Bird, Love Walked In, Sure Thing,
Looking for a Boy, Isn't It a Pity |
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Marlene VerPlanck, vocalist |
| Jacques Offenbach |
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture |
| George Gershwin, arr. Billy VerPlanck |
Song Medley: Embraceable You, Nice Work if You Can Get It,
Ask Me Again, For You For Me For Everyone, The Man That Got Away,
I Got Rhythm |
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Marlene VerPlanck, vocalist |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
| |
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| CONCERT CALENDAR 2010-2011 |
| October 1, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
Aural Hypotheses |
| Lei Lang |
Aural Hypothisis, world premiere |
| Chou Wen-chung |
Ode to the Eternal Pine, first Boston performance |
| Seymour Shifrin |
Satires of Circumstance |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| Rapido Composition Contest finalists |
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| October 15 & 16, 2010, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
Celebrating Concord's 375th |
| Charles Ives/Henry Brant |
Hawthorne from The Concord Symphony |
| Peter Child |
Louisa's War |
| |
Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
| |
Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Director |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 5 in C minor |
| |
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| October 30, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Aenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
|
| Chris Sainsbury |
First Light, from Symphony of the Birds, first US performance |
| |
Winner of the Call for Scores |
| Gunther Schuller |
Four Soundscapes (Hudson Valley Reminiscences) |
| Henri Dutilleux |
Correspondances, first Boston performance |
| |
Sarah Pelletier, soprano |
| Robert Schumann |
Symphony No. 3 (The Rhenish) |
| |
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| November 12, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
Convergences |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano ("Cosmic"), world premiere |
| Chris Arrell |
Convergence, world premiere |
| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich |
Passages |
| |
Krista River, mezzo-soprano |
| Donald Harris |
Five Tempi |
| |
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| December 4, 2010, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
FamilyConcert |
| Gustav Holst |
Brook Green Suite |
| |
Bedford High School Strings, Phil Maffa, Director |
| Gioacchini Rossini |
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) |
| Paul Patterson |
Roald Dahl's Three Little Pigs, first US performance |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
|
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| December 12, 2010, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
Family Concert |
| Engelbert Humperdinck |
Hansel & Gretel Overture |
| Aaron Copland |
El Salon Mexico |
| Concerto to be played by Winner of the NEP Young Artist Competition |
| Richard Cornell |
Umai's Journey |
| |
Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
| |
PALS Children's Chorus, Alysoun Kegel, Director |
|
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| January 28 & 29, 2011, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Bernard Hoffer |
Elegy for Solo Violin and String Orchestra, world premiere |
| |
Siri Smedvig, violin |
| P.I. Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 5 |
| Concerto to be performed by the Winner of the Concord Orchestra YoungArtist Competition |
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| February 6, 2011, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
18th Annual Family Concert |
| Curtis Hughes |
The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats (Brothers Grimm fairy tale), world premiere |
| |
PALS Chldren's Chorus, Alysoun Kegel, Director |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Peter and the Wolf |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
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| February 26, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
|
| David Rakowski |
Current Conditions |
| William Kraft |
A Kennedy Portrait |
| |
David Gullete, narrator |
| W.A. Mozart |
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488 |
| |
David Deveau, soloist |
| Richard Strauss |
Death and Transfiguration |
| |
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| March 25 & 26, 2011, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Franz Joseph Haydn |
Symphony No. 101 in D (The Clock) |
| Gunther Schuller |
Cello Concerto |
| |
Jan Müller-Szeraws, soloist |
| Richard Strauss |
Don Juan |
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| April 30, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
|
| Andy Vores |
g major |
| Donald Erb |
Concerto for Brass & Orchestra, first Boston performance |
| Earl Kim |
Violin Concerto |
| |
Danielle Maddon, voloist |
| Gustav Mahler |
Adagio & Purgatorio from Symphony No. 10 |
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| May 6, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
Mise-en-scenes |
| Laura Elise Schwendinger |
Mise-en-scene, world premiere |
| Andy Vores |
Air Baby |
| |
Zorana Sadiq, soprano |
| Lee Hyla |
Polish Folk Songs |
| Arnold Schonberg,/Webern |
Chamber Symphony |
| |
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| May 20, 21 at 8 P.M., 23 at 3 P.M., 2011, 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
Concord Pops, Shall We Dance? |
| Georges Bizet |
Carmen Suite No. 2 |
| Malcolm Arnold/Steptoe |
Concertino for Clarinet and Strings |
| |
Grant Anderson, clarinet |
| Johannes Brahms |
Hungarian Dance No. 1 |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Ballet Music from Macbeth |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Oooh Brazil!. medley of Bossa Nova Songs, world premiere |
| |
Marlene VerPlanck, vocalist |
| Leroy Anderson |
Blue Tango |
| Henry Mancini/Custer |
The Pink Panther |
| Cole Porter/Billy VerPlanck |
In the Still of the Night |
| Jule Styne/Billy VerPlanck |
The Music That Makes Me Dance |
| Jerome Kern/Billy VerPlanck |
All the Things You Are |
| Irving Berlin/Billy VerPlanck |
Let's Face the Music and Dance |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
| |
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|
| CONCERT CALENDAR 2009-2010 |
| September 25, 2009, 8 p.m.,Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
All-American Grooves |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Grooved Surfaces |
| John Harbison |
The Seven Ages, first Boston performance |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| Richard Cornell |
new work |
| Elliott Carter |
Triple Duo |
|
| October 16 & 17, 2009, 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Johannes Brahms |
Ave Maria |
| |
Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Director |
| Franz Liszt |
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor |
| |
Zenan Yu, soloist |
| Gustave Holst |
The Planets |
| |
Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Director |
| |
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| October 31, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Impressions of the Garden of Cosmic Speculation |
| Manuel de Falla |
Nights in the Gardes of Spain |
| |
Stephen Drury, piano soloist |
| Kathryn Salfelder |
Dessin No. 1 |
| |
Call for Scores Winner |
| Claude Debussy |
Iberia |
| |
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| November 20, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
Elixirs |
| Joseph Schwantner |
Elixir |
| David Rakowski |
Mikronomicon, world premere |
| |
Geoffrey Burleson, piano soloist |
| Chris Arrell |
Narcissus/echo, first Boston performance |
| Charles Ives/arr. Pittman |
5 Street Songs |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano |
|
|
| November 23, 2009, 7:30 P.M. Westwood High School, Westwood, MA |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
Family Concert |
| William Kraft |
A Simple Introduction to the Orchestra |
| Nathaniel Stookey/Lemony Snicket |
The Composer is Dead, |
| |
Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
|
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| December 6, 2009, 1:30 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
Family Concert |
| W.A. Mozart |
Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
| |
Concord Middle School Orchestra, Anna Anderson, Director |
| Nathaniel Stookey/Lemony Snicke |
The Composer is Dead |
| |
Lisa Hughes (WBZ Channel 4 News Anchor), narrator |
| Leroy Anderson |
Christmas Festival |
|
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| Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
Family Concert |
| William Kraft |
A Simple Introduction to the Orchestra, first Boston performance |
| Nathaniel Stookey/Lemony Snicket |
The Composer is Dead, first Boston performance |
| |
Joyce Kulhawk, narrator |
| |
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| January 29 & 39, 2010, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Richard Wagner |
Forest Murmurs from Siegfried |
| Hector Berlioz |
Les nuits d'etē |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| Edward Elgar |
Enigma Variations |
| |
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| February 27, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
|
| Johannes Brahms |
Variations on a Theme of Haydn |
| William Schuman |
Concerto for Violn and Orchestra |
| |
Danielle Maddon, soloist |
| Ronald Perera |
Earthsongs |
| |
Simmons College Chorale, Danica Buckley,Director
Handel & Haydn Society Young Women's Chorus, Lisa Graham, Director |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Symphony (Pousette-Dart), world premiere |
| |
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| March 5, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
Ocean Crossings |
| Chou Wen-chung |
Twilight Colors |
| Nicholas Maw |
Ghost Dances |
| Donald Crockett |
The Cinnamon Peeler |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| Rand Steiger |
Elliott's Instruments, world premiere |
|
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| March 19 & 20, 2010, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD ORCHESTRA |
|
| Michael Gandolfi |
Greatest Hits |
| Franz Schubert |
Symphony No. 9 (Great C Major) |
| Concerto to be played by the Winner of the Concord Orchestra Young Artists Competition |
|
|
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA AT KINGS PLACE, 90 York Way, London, England |
| March 25, 2010, 7:30 P.M. |
|
| John Huggler |
Capriccio sregolato, first UK performance |
| Joseph Schwantner |
Elixir, first UK performance |
| Donald Crockett |
The Cinnamon Peeler, first UK performance |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| John Cage |
Credo in US |
| Chou Wen-chung |
Twilight Colors, first UK performance |
| |
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| March 26, 2010, 7:30 P.M. |
|
| Michael Gandolfi |
Grooved Surfaces, first UK performance |
| John Harbison |
The Seven Ages, first UK performance |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| Rand Steiger |
Elliott's Instruments, first UK performance |
| Elliott Carter |
Triple Duo |
| |
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| March 27, 2010, 7:30 P.M. |
|
| Steven Stucky |
Boston Fancies, first UK performance |
| Charles Ives/arr. Pittman |
5 Street Songs |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| David Rakowski |
Mikronomicon, first UK performance |
| |
Geoffrey Burleson, piano soloist |
| Gunther Schuller |
4 Vignettes, first UK performance |
|
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| April 15, 16, 17, 2010, 8 P.M., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
|
| Shirish Korde |
Phoolan Devi: The Bandit Queen (fully staged chamber opera), world premiere |
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| April 23 & 24, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
|
| Shirish Korde |
Phoolan Devi: The Bandit Queen (fully staged chamber opera) |
| |
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| May 1, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC |
|
| John Harbison |
Symphony No. 2 |
| Concerto to played by the Winner of the NEP Young Artists Competition |
| Dalit Warshaw |
Camille's Dance |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Le chant du Rossignol |
|
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| May 14, 15 at 8 P.M., May 16, 2010 at 2 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA |
| CONCORD POPS |
Summertime |
| Mikhail Glinka |
Overture to Ruslan & Ludmilla |
| Arthur Foote |
NIght Piece |
| |
Susan Jackson, flute soloist |
| Johann Strauss |
Donner und Blitz Polka |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, Scherzo, Wedding March |
| W.A.Mozart |
Batti. batti, o bel Masetto |
| George Gershwin |
Summertime |
| |
Karyl Ryczek, soprano |
| Jacob Gade |
Jalousie |
| Johann Strauss |
Voices of Spring Waltzes |
| Harold Arlen |
Over the Rainbow |
| Richard Rodgers |
Oh What a Beautiful Morning |
| Duke/Sayre |
April in Paris |
| John Philip Sousa |
Stars & Stripes Forever |
| |
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| June 18, 2010, 8 P.M., Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, Massachusetts |
| BOSTON MUSICA VIVA |
|
| Michael Gandolfi |
Grooved Surfaces |
| John Cage |
Credo in US |
| Charles Ives/arranged Pittman |
Five Street Songs |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| Gunther Schuller |
Four Vignettes |
| Steven Stucky |
Boston Fancies |
| |
|
| CONCERT CALENDAR 2008-2009 |
| September 18, 2008, Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - BMV@40 |
| Chou Wen-chung |
Twilight Colors |
| Gunther Schuller |
Four Vignettes |
| Ronald Perera |
Three Poems of Guenter Grass |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano |
| Richard & Deborah Cornell |
Tracer |
| Julie Rohwein |
Borne on the Wind (world premiere, commissioned by the American Composers Forum New England |
|
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October 3, 2008, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Musica Viva - Living Statues (Three mini-operas based on Boston statues) |
| Theo Loevendie |
William Lloyd Garrison (world premiere) |
| Andy Vores |
Leif Eriksson (world premiere) |
| Brian Robison |
Mary Dyer (world premiere) |
| |
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano |
| |
David Kravitz, baritone |
| |
Nicholas Deutsch, stage director |
| Steven Stucky |
Boston Fancies |
| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich |
Chamber Symphony |
| Aaron Copland |
Sextet |
|
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October 17 & 18, 2008, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
Concord Orchestra - Prague, Moscow and Paris |
| W.A. Mozart |
Symphony No.38 in D (Prague) |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor |
| |
David Deveau, soloist |
| Claude Debussy |
Nocturnes |
| |
Concord Orchestra Women's Chorus
Jane Ring Frank, Director |
|
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November 1, 2008, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
New England Phlharmonic |
| Irving Fine |
Serious Song: A Lament for String Orchestra |
| Nicholas Maw |
The World in the Evening (first Boston performance) |
| Paul Hindemith |
Konzertmusik, Op. 49 |
| |
Randall Hodgkinson, piano soloist |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Selections from Romeo & Juliet Suites 1 & 2 |
|
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November 14, 2008, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Musica Viva - Credo in US: An American Kaleidoscope |
| Peter Child |
Rilke Songs (world premiere) |
| |
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano |
| John Huggler |
Capriccio sregolato |
| John Cage |
Credo in US |
| Donald Harris |
Ludus II |
| Ezra Sims |
Four Landscapes (world premiere) |
|
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December 7, 2008, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
Concord Orchestra - Family Concert: Little Red Riding Hood Conquers the Big Bad Wolf |
| Andy Vores |
Big Bad Wolf |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Concerto Grosso |
| |
Concord Schools Strings, Scott Knopf, Director |
| Paul Patterson |
Little Red Riding Hood |
| |
Concord Players |
|
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December 14, 2008, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
New England Philharmonic - Family Concert |
| Richard Strauss |
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks |
| John Adams |
Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
| George Kleinsinger |
Tubby the Tuba |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
| Concerto to be performed bythe winner of the NEP Young Artist Competition |
|
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January30 & 31, 2009, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
Concord Orchestra - Carter's 100th |
| Elliott Carter |
Suite from Pocohantas |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
Symphony No. 3 (Scottish) |
| Concerto to be performed by the winner of the Concord Orchestra Young Artists Competition |
|
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February 8, 2009, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Musica Viva - 17th Annual Family Concert |
| Andy Vores |
Vanishing Cream |
| |
Marimba Magic, Sarah Tenney, Director |
| Derek Jacoby |
The Emperor's New Clothes (world premiere) |
| |
Marimba Magic, Sarah Tenney, Director |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Peter and the Wolf |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
|
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February 21, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
New England Philharmonic |
| Jorge Grossman |
Pasiphae |
| |
Call for Scores Winner |
| Robert Schumann |
Overture, Scherzo & Finale |
| Gunther Schuller |
Cello Concerto (first Boston performance) |
| |
Jan Mueller-Szeraws, soloist |
| Steven Stucky |
Second Concerto for Orchestra (first Boston performance) |
|
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March 27 & 28, 2009, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
Concord Orchestra |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Symphony No. 7 in C# minor |
| Johannes Brahms |
Double Concerto |
| |
Bayla Keyes, violin |
| |
Jan Mueller-Szeraws, cello |
|
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April 25, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
New England Philharmonic |
| Elliott Carter |
Remembrance |
| Peter Child |
Louisa's Letters (world premiere) |
| |
Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
| |
Simmons College Chorale, Danica Buckley, Director |
| Henri Dutilleux |
L'arbre des songes (Violin Concerto) (first Boston performance) |
| |
Danielle Maddon, soloist |
| Antonin Dvorak |
Symphony No. 8 in G |
|
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May 1, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Musica Viva - Lunar Eclipse |
| Joseph Schwantner |
In Aeternum (Consortium IV) |
| Michael Gandolfi |
new work (world premiere) |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
Pierrot Lunaire |
| |
Lucy Shelton, Sprechstimme |
|
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May 15, 16 & 17, 2009, 8 P.M., 8 P.M., & 3 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
Concord Orchestra Pops - Made in U.S.A. |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Candide Overture |
| Robert McBride |
Variety Day: Concerto for Violin |
| |
Siri Smedvig, soloist |
| Raymond Scott |
The Toy Trumpet |
| Morton Gould |
Symphonette No. 2 |
| Gershwin/arr. Bernard Hoffer |
Four, By George |
| |
Steve Marvin, vocalist |
| Leroy Anderson |
The Typewriter |
| Custer |
Salute to the Big Bands |
| Davis/Schaefer |
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing |
| George Gershwin |
S'Wonderful |
| Vincent Youmans |
Tea for Two |
| |
Steve Marvin, vocalist |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Starts and Stripes Forever |
|
|
| CONCERT CALENDAR 2007-2009 |
| October 5, 2007, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Boston Musica Viva - Made in Germany II |
| Gunther Schuller |
Four Vignettes (world premiere ) |
|
Paul Hindemith
|
Die junge Magd |
| |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
| Joerg Widmann |
umduestert (U.S. premiere) |
|
Detlev Glanert
|
Geheimer Raum |
| |
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October 19 & 20, 2007, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra Norway, Leningrad and Vienna
|
| Richard Wagner |
The Flying Dutchman Overture |
| Dimitri Shostakovich |
Cello Concerto No. 1
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Jan Mueller-Szeraws, soloist |
| Johannes Brahms |
Symphony No. 2 |
| |
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October 27, 2007, 8:00 P.M., Kresge Auditorium, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
New England Philharmonic
|
| John Harbison |
Symphony No. 1 |
| Gustav Mahler |
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen |
| |
David Karvitz, baritone soloist |
| Carl Christian Bettendorf |
Cryptic Circle
Call for Scores co-winner |
| Jean Sibelius |
Tapiola |
|
| November 9, 2007, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva Honoring Elliott Carter |
| Elliott Carter |
Triple Duo |
| |
Tempo e tempi |
| |
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano |
| Joerg Wyttenbach |
On Cheating the Fiddler |
| Frederic Rzewski |
96 for Elliott Carter |
| Betsy Jolas |
Calling E.C. |
| Gyoergy Kurtag |
Hommage a Elliott Carter |
| Harrison Birtwistle |
Three Niedecker Verses |
| Franco Donatoni |
Elly |
| Rand Steiger |
Elliott's Instruments (world premiere) |
December 2, 2007, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - Alice & Pinocchio in Wonder- & Fun-land |
| Rossini-Respighi |
La Boutique Fantasque Overture |
| Irving Fine |
Three Choruses from Alice and Wonderland |
| |
Concord Academy Chorus, Keith Daniel, Director |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
December 9, 2007, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic - Family Concert: Musical Stories |
| Christopher Rouse |
The Infernal Machine |
| Aaron Copland |
Old American Songs, First Set |
| |
PALS Children's Chorus, Alysoun Kegel, Director |
| Francis Poulenc |
The Story of Babar |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator
|
| P.I. Tchaikovsky |
Violin Concerto in D, 1st Movement |
| |
Daisy Joo, Winner of the NEP Young Artists
Competition |
| |
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January 25& 26, 2008, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - Card Game on the Rhine |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Jeu de cartes |
| Robert Schumann |
Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish) |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Violin Concerto No. 1
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| |
Robert Anemone, Winner of the Concord
Young Artist Competition |
February 10, 2008, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - 16th Annual Family Concert |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Ma Goose |
| |
The Three Little Pigs (world premiere) |
| |
Northeast Youth Ballet |
| |
Denise Cecere, Director |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
February 23, 2008 , 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, Boston University |
| New England Philharmonic |
| W.A. Mozart |
Symphony No. 38 (Prague) |
| George Tsontakis |
Violin Concerto No. 2 first Boston performance |
| |
Danielle Maddon, soloist |
| Gustav Holst |
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group II |
| |
Simmons College Chorale
Danica Buckley, Director
Wellesley Chollege Chorus
Lisa Graham, Director
|
| Irving Fine |
Symphony 1962 |
March 14 & 15, 2008, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - Sounds of Concord (Thoreau and other heroics) |
| Hector Berlioz |
Le Corsaire Overture |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Piano Concerto |
| |
Randall Hodgkinson, soloist |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) |
April 26, 2008, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic - World Tour |
| Carlos Rafael Rivera |
Popol-Vuh: 4 Mayan Dance Scenes |
| |
Call for Scores co-winner |
| Aaron Copland |
Piano Concerto |
| |
Randall Hodgkinson, soloist |
| Bela Bartok |
The Miraculous Mandarin |
May 2, 2008, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - Hands Across the Seas |
| Shirish Korde |
Songs of Ecstasy (world premiere) |
| |
Zorana Sadiq, soprano |
| |
Wendy Jehlen, Indian classical dancer |
| Chen Yi |
Qi |
| William Kraft |
Percussion Concerto |
| |
Dean Anderson, soloist |
| Osvaldo Golijov |
There is wind and there are ashes in the wind |
May 10, 2008, 7 P.M., Strauss Performing Arts Center,
University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Omaha Symphony |
| Gioacchino Rossini |
L'Italiana in Algeri Overture |
| Silvestre Revueltas |
Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca |
| Charles Ives |
Three Places in New England |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
Symphony No. 4 (Italian) |
May 11, 2009, 2 P.M., Strauss Performing Arts Center,
University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Omaha Symphony - Discovery Series |
| Silvestre Revueltas |
Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca |
| Charles Ives |
Three Places in New England |
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May 16, 17, 23 & 24, 2008, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
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| The Concord Pops - A Little Traveling Music |
| The Concord Orchestra |
| Arthur Sullivan |
Mikado Overture |
| Jean Sibelius |
Finlandia |
| Carl Maria von Weber |
Andante e Rondo Ungarese |
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Bill Moran, bassoon soloist |
| Leroy Anderson |
Horse and Buggy |
| Edward Elgar |
Crown of India Suite |
| Berlin/Gershwin arr. Hoffer |
Dance Medley |
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Karyl Ryzcek, soprano |
| George Gershwin |
Porgy & Bess Selections |
| Leroy Anderson |
Sleigh Ride |
| Albert Ketelby |
In a Persian Market |
| Williams/Whitney |
Empire Strikes Back Medley |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
CONCERT CALENDAR 2006-2007
| September 29 , 2006, 8 p.m., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - Spatial |
| Willem Dragstra |
Stromenti spezzati (world premiere ) |
|
Brian Robison
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North American Field Guide to Car Alarms (world premiere) |
| Henry Brant |
Pathways to Security |
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David Kravitz, baritone |
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Thomas Ades
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Catch |
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October 15, 2006, 3:00 P.M., Kresge Auditorium, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
New England Philharmonic
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| Peter Child |
Punkie Night (world premiere) |
| Stephen Gorbos |
Diaphony (world premiere)
Call for Scores Winner
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Colin McPhee
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Concerto for Piano and Wind Octet |
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Steven Drury, soloist |
| Hector Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique |
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| October 20 & 21, 2006, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
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The Concord Orchestra
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| Gustav Mahler |
Symphony No. 7 |
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| November 17, 2006, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - Made in Germany |
| Kurt Weill |
Frauentanz |
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Eliabeth Keusch, soprano |
| Wolfgang Rihm |
In Frage (first US performance) |
| York Hoeller |
Ex tempore (first US performance) |
| Peter Child, Martin Brody, Shirish Korde, Joseph Schwantner |
4 Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke (world premiere) |
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Elizabeth Keusch, soprano |
December 3, 2006, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - Introducing the Orchestra |
| Antonin Dvorak |
Karneval Overture |
| P.I Tchaikovsky |
Nutcracker Suite No. 1 |
| Benjamin Britten |
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra |
| Bohuslav Martinu |
Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
| Leroy Anderson |
Christmas Festival |
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First Parish in Concord Adult and Children's Choirs
Elizabeth Norton, Director
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December 10, 2006, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic - Family Concert |
| Richard Wagner |
The Ride of the Valkyries |
| George Antheil |
Tom Sawyer Overture |
| Richard Cornell |
Umai's Journey |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
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Young Classical Singers, Marie Stultz, Director
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| Concerto to be announced |
Performed by Winner of the NEP Young Artists
Competition
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January 26& 27, 2007, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - Mediterranean Journeys |
| Franz Joseph Haydn |
Symphony No. 63 (La Roxelane) |
| Edward Elgar |
In the South |
| Hector Berlioz |
Harold in Italy |
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Steven Ansell, viola soloist |
February 4, 2007, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - 15th Annual Family Concert |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
| Bruce Adolphe |
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (world premiere) |
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PALS Chorus, Jody Simpson, Director |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
February 24, 2007 , 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, Boston University |
| New England Philharmonic - In Praise of Women |
| Steven Stucky |
Son et lumiere first Boston performance |
| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich |
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra first Boston performance |
| |
Danielle Maddon, soloist |
| Claude Debussy |
La damoiselle elue |
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Simmons College Chorale, Sharon Brown, Director
Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus, Miguel Felipe, Director
soloists to be announced
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| Richard Strauss |
Rosenkavalier Suite
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March 23& 24, 2007, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - The Orchestra at an Exhibition |
| Steven Stucky |
Pinturas de Tamayo |
| Mussorgsky/Ravel |
Pictures At an Exhibition
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| Concerto to be announced |
performed by the winner of the Concord Orchestra
Young Artists Competition
|
April 21, 2007, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic |
| Alban Berg |
Wozzeck (concert performance) |
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David Kravitz, Wozzeck |
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Sarah Pelletier, Marie |
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Charles Blandy,Captain, Andres, Fool |
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Paul Guttry, 1st Apprentice |
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Krista River, Margret |
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Mark McSweeney, 2nd Apprentice |
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TBA, Drum Major |
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Handel & Haydn Society Young Women's Chorus and
Wellesley College Chamber Singers
Lisa Graham, Director
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Worcester Polytechnic Glee Club
John Delorey, Director
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May 4 , 2007, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - Roots |
| Mario Davidovsky |
Sefarad |
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Sanford Sylvan, baritone soloist |
| Lee Hyla |
Polish Folk Songs (world premiere) |
| Olly Wilson |
A City Called Heaven |
| Chou Wen-chung |
Twilight Skies (world premiere) |
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May 18, 19, 25 & 26, 2007, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
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| The Concord Pops - Gotta Dance |
| The Concord Orchestra |
| Maurice Ravel |
Alborado del Gracioso
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| Manuel de Falla |
Suite No. 2 from The Three Cornered Hat |
| P.I. Tchaikovsky |
Pezzo capriccioso |
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David Paschke, cello soloist |
| George Gershwin |
An American in Paris |
| Jacques Offenbach |
Doll Song from The Tales of Hoffman |
| Johann Strauss |
Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus |
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Alice Tillotson, soprano |
| Anatol Liadov |
Baba Yaga |
| Leroy Anderson |
Blue Tango |
| Irving Berlin, George Gershwin (arr. Pittman) |
Cheek to Cheek, It Only Happens When I Dance With You,
Fascinatin' Rhythm
sing-along led by Alice Tillotson
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| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
CONCERT CALENDAR 2005-2006
| October 7, 2005, 8 p.m., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - Cybersonic Adventures |
| Kaija Saariaho |
Aer |
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Richard & Deborah
Cornell
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Tracer |
| Ronald Perera |
Three Poems of Guenter Grass |
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Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
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Barbara White &
Allicon Crocetta, artist
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Lift (world premiere) |
| Peter Child |
Ensemblance |
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October 15, 2005, 7:30 P.M., Amos Clark Kingsbury High School, 24 Pound St., Medfield, MA
New England Philharmonic - Halloween
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| Hector Berlioz |
Les francs juges Overture |
| Andrew Norman |
Sacred Geometry - first Boston performance |
| Antonin Dvorak |
The Noon Witch |
| Joseph Schwantner |
Magabunda (Witch Nomad) |
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Sarah Pelletier , soprano |
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| October 21 & 22, 2005, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
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The Concord Orchestra
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| Robert Kurka |
Music for Orchestra |
| Robert Schumann |
Symphony No. 1 in Bb (Spring) |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb (Emperor) |
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Russell Sherman, soloist |
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October 23, 2005, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic - Halloween
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| Hector Berlioz |
Les francs juges Overture |
| Andrew Norman |
Sacred Geometry - first Boston performance |
| Antonin Dvorak |
The Noon Witch |
| Joseph Schwantner |
Magabunda (Witch Nomad) |
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Sarah Pelletier , soprano |
November 4, 2005, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - The Boston (Musica Viva) Celtics |
| Andy Vores |
Forgot (world premiere) |
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Valdine Anderson, soprano |
| Frank Corcoran |
Mad Sweeney (first US performance) |
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Frank Corcoran, narrator |
| Thea Musgrave |
Orfeo |
| Judith Weir |
Distance & Enchantment |
December 4, 2005, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - Family Concert, Babar and Friends |
| Francis Poulenc |
Babar the Elephant |
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Joyce Kulhawik, CBS 4, narrator |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Circus Polka |
| Bohuslav Martinu |
Suite from Spalicek
Dances: with the Hare, of the Lion, of the Sparrow Hawk, of the Little Moouse,
of Puss 'n Boots, of the Bumblebee
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| Leroy Anderson |
Christmas Festival |
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Children’s choirs from:
First Parish in Concord
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Holy Family Parish
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December 11, 2005, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic - Family Concert |
| W.A. Mozart |
The Magic Flute Overture |
| Donald Erb |
Music for a Festive Occasion |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Pinnochio's Adventures in Funland |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Concerto No. 3 in C
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| |
Jung-Eun Yoon, winner of the NEP Young Artists
Competition
|
January 27 & 28, 2006, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - Mozart's 250th |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
Ruy Blas Overture |
| W.A. Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 in G minor |
| Jean Sibelius |
En Saga |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Concerto No. 3 in C
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Jung-Eun Yoon, winner of the Concord Orchestra
Young Artist Competition
|
February 5, 2005, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - 14th Annual Family Concert |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Ma Goose world premiere of full length ballet |
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Northeast Youth Ballet, Denise Cecere, Artistic Director/Choreographer |
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Bob McGrath of Sesame Street, narrator |
March 4, 2006, 8 P.M., Kresge Auditorium, M.I.T, Cambridge |
| New England Philharmonic |
| Peter Child |
The Sifting: Three Songs of Longfellow world premiere |
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Simmons College Chorale, Sharon Brown, Director
Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus, Miguel Felipe, Director
|
| Elliott Carter |
Variations for Orchestra |
| Gunther Schuller |
Violin Concerto No. 2 first Boston performance |
| |
Danielle Maddon, soloist |
| Charles Ives |
Three Places in New England
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March 24 & 25, 2006, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra |
| William Kraft |
Vintage Renaissance |
| Maurice Ravel |
Concerto for the Left Hand
|
| |
Steve Drury, pianist |
| Anton Bruckner |
Symphony No. 4 in Eb (Romantic) |
April 22 , 2006, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - Honoring Varese and the International Composers' Guild |
| Edgard Varese |
Octandre |
| |
Density 21.5 |
| Carl Ruggles |
Vox clamans in deserto |
| Ottorino Respighi |
Deita silvane first Boston performance |
| |
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano |
| Carlos Salzedo |
Preambule et jeux first Boston performance |
| |
Anna Reinersman, harp |
| Alfredo Casella |
Pupazetti first Boston performance |
| Chou Wen-chung |
a new sextet world premiere |
| Erik Satie |
Les danses du Piege de Meduse first Boston performance |
April 29, 2006, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic - Honoring Edgard Varese |
| Edgard Varese |
Tuning Up first Boston performance |
| Claude Debussy |
Jeux |
| Chou Wen-chung |
Cello Concerto |
| |
Jan Mueller-Szeraws, soloist |
| Edgard Varese |
Deserts |
| Colin McPhee |
Tabuh-Tabuhan |
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May 12, 13, 19 & 20, 2006, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
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| The Concord Pops - Around the World in 80 Minutes |
| The Concord Orchestra |
| Giacomo Puccini |
Introduction, Act III, Madame Butterfly
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| Bernard Hoffer |
St. Lucia Morning world premiere of orchestra version |
| Albert Ketelbey |
Bank Holiday ('appy 'ampstead) |
| Ottorino Respighi |
The Fountains of Rome |
| Georges Bizet |
Habanera from Carmen |
| Gioacchino Rossini |
Una voce poco fa from The Barber of Seville |
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Krista River, mezzo- soprano |
| Johannes Brahms |
Hungarian Dance No. 5 |
| Johann Strauss |
Egyptian March |
| Leonard Bernstein |
West Side Overture |
| Rodgers & Hammerstein |
Selections from South Pacific |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
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CONCERT CALENDAR 2004-2005
| October 3, 2004, 3 p.m., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - Peaceable Kindgdoms |
| Eitan Steinberg |
The Sultan is Pregnant - first US performance |
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Etty Ben Zaken, voice |
| Mario Davidovsky |
Sefarad - world premiere |
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David Evitts, baritone |
| Brian Robison |
Bonfire of Civil Liberties - world premiere |
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Steve Aveson, narrator |
October 22 & 23, 2004, 8 p.m., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra |
|
| Chou Wen-chung |
And the Fallen Petals |
| Antonin Dvorak |
Violin Concerto in A minor |
| |
Peter Zazofsky, soloist |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 6 in F (Pastoral) |
October 30, 2004, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
October 31, 2004, 3 P.M., North Andover High School, Massachusetts |
| New England Philharmonic |
| Richard Wagner |
Prelude to Act III, Lohengrin |
| Nicholas Maw |
Concert Suite from Sophie’s Choice - first Boston performance |
| |
Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano |
| Alban Berg |
5 Orchestral Songs on Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 |
| |
Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano |
| P.I. Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 4 in F minor |
November 19, 2004, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - The French Connection |
| Pierre Boulez |
Derive I |
| |
Petite derives (en echo) - first Boston performance |
| Pascal Dusapin |
Comoedia (10) (3 texts from the Divine Comedy) - first U.S. performance |
| |
Janna Baty, soprano |
| Jean-Claude Risset |
Dialogues - first U.S. performance |
| Marc-André Dalbavie |
Palimpestre - first U.S. performance |
| Donald Harris |
Five Tempi (Ludus III) - world premiere |
| Elliott Carter |
Statement |
| |
Bayla Keyes, solo violin |
December 5, 2004, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra - Family Concert |
| George Antheil |
Tom Sawyer Overture |
| William Schuman |
Circus Overture |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Peter and the Wolf |
| |
Jack Williams, CBS 4 news anchor, narrator |
| Pamela Marshall (arranger) |
Traditional Christmas Carols - world premiere |
| |
Children’s choirs from:
First Parish in Concord
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Holy Family Parish
|
December 12, 2004, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic |
| William Grant Still |
Mejorana y sovacon from Danzas de Panama |
| William Kraft |
Concerto for 4 Percussionists and Orchestra, 2nd mvt |
| Bernard Hoffer |
Fanfare, Adagio and Dance for Brass. Harp, Timpani and Percussion |
| |
A Concord Rag |
| Benjamin Britten |
A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra |
| |
Steve Aveson, narrator |
| Maurice Ravel |
Concerto in G, first movement |
| |
Larry Weng, piano, NEP Young Artists Competition
Winner
|
January 28 & 29, 2005, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra |
| W. A. Mozart |
Overture to the Magic Flute |
| Witold Lutoslawski |
Symphonic Variations |
| Franz Liszt |
A Faust Symphony |
| |
Ray Bauwens, tenor soloist |
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Worcester Polytechnic Glee Club, |
| |
John Delorey, Director |
February 6, 2005, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - Annual Family Concert |
| Michael Gandolfi |
Pied Piper of Hamelin - world premiere |
| |
Marimba Magic, Sara Tenney, Director |
| |
Bob McGrath of Sesame Street, narrator |
| Francis Poulenc |
Babar The Elephant |
February 26, 2005, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic |
| W.A. Mozart |
Symphony No. 35 in D (Haffner) |
| Andy Vores |
An Other I (violin concerto) world premiere |
| |
Danielle Maddon, soloist |
| Irving Fine |
Three Choruses from Alice in Wonderland |
| Elliott Carter |
The Harmony of Morning |
| |
Simmons College Chorale, Sharon Brown, Director
Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus, John Delorey, Director
|
| Franz Liszt |
Les preludes |
April 1 & 2, 2005, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts |
| The Concord Orchestra |
| Heitor Villa-Lobos |
Uirapuru (The Magic Bird) |
| Henri Wieniawski |
Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in D minor
Hillary Ditmars, Winner of the Concord Orchestra
Young Artist Competition
|
| Franz Schubert |
Rosamunde Overture |
| Richard Strauss |
Death and Transfiguration |
April 30, 2005, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| New England Philharmonic |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Symphonies of Wind Instruments |
| Leon Kirchner |
Orchestra Piece |
| Bohuslav Martinu |
Concerto for Piano Trio and String Orchestra - first Boston performance |
| |
Triple Helix, soloists |
| Thomas Osborne |
The Burning Music Call for Scores Winner |
| Robert Schumann |
Symphony No. 4 in D |
May 6, 2005, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Boston Musica Viva - From Eastern Europe with Love |
| Gyorgy Ligeti |
Horn Trio |
| Lee Hyla |
Six Polish Folk Songs - world premiere |
| Gyorgy Kurtag |
Scenes from a Novel, 15 Songs to Poems by Rimma Dalos - first Boston performance |
|
May 13, 14, 20 & 21, 2005, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
|
| The Concord Pops - "Spanish spoken here" |
| The Concord Orchestra |
| Emmanuel Chabrier |
Espana
|
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
Capriccio espagnol |
| Morton Gould |
Tropical |
| Jules Massenet |
Le Cid Ballet Suite |
| Mauel de Falla/Halffter |
Seven Popular Spanish Songs |
| |
Alice Tillottson, soprano |
| George Gershwin |
A Cuban Overture |
| Leonard Bernstein/Mason |
West Side Story Selections |
| John Philip Sousa |
The Stars and Stripes Forever |
| |
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano |
| Steven Stucky |
Ad Parnassum |
| |
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June 14, 2005, 7 P.M., Mohr & McPherson, Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
| Viva the "Duke" |
| Boston Musica Viva |
| Duke Ellington |
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
|
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Demi-Tasse |
| |
Rockin' in Rhthm |
| |
On a Turquoise Cloud |
| |
Choo Choo |
| |
A Lull at Dawn |
| |
Fugue-a-Ditty, Jam-a-Ditty |
| Earl Hines |
Grand Terrace Shuffle |
| Duke Ellington |
Self-Portrait (of the Bean) |
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Creole Love Call |
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Tiger Rag |
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