Upcoming Classical & Jazz
Celebrity Series of Boston presents Midori & Özgür Aydin
Midori, violin & Özgür Aydin, piano
Renowned for the expressive agility of her playing, violinist Midori returns to the Series for the first time since 2012 with a program that lends her finely honed touch to songs of mourning and lamentation across cultures.
Drawing on her ability to summon finesse and purity as readily as warmth and power, Midori builds her program around Poulenc’s Sonata for Piano and Violin, dedicated to the memory of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. Inspired by the poet’s comparisons of countrywide weeping in Civil War-era Spain to the sound of “an immense violin,” Midori expresses a musical tale of loss and bereavement.
Performing Poulenc’s Sonata alongside Che Buford’s new work Spirituals, Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 1, and Ravel’s “Kaddish” and “Tzigane,” Midori gives voice to expressions of sorrow that depict, as she puts it, “spiritual verities that tie humanity together.”
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Carlisle Chamber Orch - Winter Concert
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
Sibelius Violin Concerto Op. 47 - Amy Galluzzo violinist
Alastair Moock and Friends featuring Boston City Singers
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Concord Band - Music from Warm Places
Music from Warm Places
Our Winter Concert celebrates Latin musical themes with Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Band by Óscar Navarro featuring soloist Jerry Vabulas, Little Mexican Suite by Nubia Jaime-Donjuan, Volver al la Montaña by Shelley Hanson, Fantasia Latina by Terry White (2020 commission), and a guest performance by the Area 9 Saxophone Quartet.
Vista Philharmonic Orchestra – Remarkable Origins
Thompson, Stefan – Forward, Upward, Onward, Together (World Premiere)
Bartok, Bela – Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Dvorak, Antonin – Cello Concerto
Special guest:
Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Our March program celebrates the global travels and diverse influences of some of our favorite composers, creating a rich tapestry of sound that will be meaningful for both the orchestra players and our audience. Czech composer Antonín Dvořák spent three years in America (from 1892-1895) as director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City, which is where he composed his great Cello Concerto. We’ll be joined by guest cellist Nicholas Canellakis, a multifaceted artist who appears regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók was well known in America as a pianist, teacher, and ethnomusicologist, and his Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is one of his most popular compositions. We’ll open the concert with a world premiere symphonic work from young Bahamian composer Stefan Thompson, a recent Boston Conservatory graduate, now studying for a PhD in Screen Scoring at New York University. The work’s title, Forward, Upward, Onward, Together, comes from the motto of the Bahamas.
Brookline Symphony - with Metropolitan Chorale
Collaboration with the Metropolitan Chorale
Johannes Brahms, German Requiem
conducted by Andrew Altenbach
Merrimack Valley Phil - Modern Art (A Reflection in Music)
Treat yourself to a feast for the ears and eyes. Conductor Dr. Dirk Hillyer pairs Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faunand Satie’s Gymnopedies with masterpieces by Picasso, Braque and DuChamps. Emily Richardson, harp, solos in Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro; and Eduardo Gomez is flute soloist in Griffes Poem for Flute and Orchestra. Maestro Hillyer will share his knowledge of painting and music as he and the orchestra lead us on a journey through masterworks of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
CCMS - Wendy Putnam, violin, and Vytas Baksys, piano
Wendy Putnam, violin, and Vytas Baksys, piano
Program:
The Short-Tempered Clavier (S. 3.14159, easy as) by P.D.Q. Bach
Sonata for Violin and Piano by Aaron Copland
Andante con Espressione by Florence Price
Souvenirs d'Amérique, Op.17, by Henri Vieuxtemps
Brookline Symphony - with Metropolitan Chorale (2)
Collaboration with the Metropolitan Chorale
Johannes Brahms, German Requiem
conducted by Andrew Altenbach
Highland Glee Club - Game of Tones
Game of Tones
The Highland Glee Club goes medieval: songs of knighthood and valor