Analog ABC: “I”
Five Preludes by Airat Ichmouratov and Violin Sonata No. 1 by Charles Ives with Peter Paetku of Analog by Choice.
Echoes of Change
Premieres of solo piano works by Badie Khalegian and MK.
Echoes of Change is a collaborative performance debuting eight new solo piano pieces, inspired by a protest song from the “Woman-Life-Freedom” movement. Created and in performance by a collective of four pianists and eight Iranian composers — four residing in North America, four in Iran — this concert seeks to write a musical history that celebrates the movement and honors the bravery of the Iranian people.
Since September 16, 2022, the Iranian people have been protesting in what has come to be known as the “Woman-Life-Freedom” movement, calling for freedom, human rights, minority rights, and women’s rights to self-expression. Hundreds of Iranians have been murdered, including at least 60 children under the age of 17, and thousands have been arrested, tortured, and raped. During this time, an extraordinary amount of protest art has arisen from the streets that includes more than 40 protest songs.
This project was created by Badie Khalegian and made possible through the generous support of the Presser Foundation, through the Graduate Music Award, and New Music USA through the New Music Creator Fund.
Chamber & Collaborative Recitals
Faure Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor and Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 (both 1st movements) at NEC.
Rotem Eylam Recital
Premiere of Rotem Eylam’s Ina, for Pierrot ensemble. More information here: https://necmusic.edu/events/recital-rotem-eylam-23-jazz-guitar.
Tuesday Night New Music
Boston premiere of Sam Kerr’s Horizons Unknown: https://necmusic.edu/events/tuesday-night-new-music-kerr-mincarelli-xu-ho-chapman-akinyanmi-sang-wu-cao.
John Heiss Memorial Concert
Performance of movements of Five Songs from James Joyce by John Heiss with NEC alums and students. More information here: https://necmusic.edu/events/john-heiss-memorial-concert.
I was incredibly lucky to have had many classes and coachings with Mr Heiss, from solo to chamber pieces, including his beloved Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire. It’s hard for me to articulate the profound, private sense of loss and sadness I feel at his passing, mingled as it is with gratitude for the memory of his amazing knowledge, warmth, and wit, and regret not to have had more time to know him better. These many other tributes describe his legacy better than I ever can: https://necmusic.edu/news/honor-late-john-heiss-beloved-nec-faculty-member.
Trio Gaia at PRIZM Ensemble
Substitute pianist for Trio Gaia at PRIZM Festival’s 2023 season opener. Works by David Baker, Beethoven, Coleridge-Taylor, and Higdon. More information here: https://prizmensemble.org/event/season-opener/.
WATERx
WATERx is an interdisciplinary project featuring digital and mixed-media artwork by Haran Kim and five world premieres of small-ensemble pieces by East Coast composers. Exploring themes of memory and self-deception, the music travels through five different biomes of water (Glacier, Waterfall, Gorge, River, and Sea), and invites listeners to take a closer look at the erratic thoughts and discomforting emotions hiding in the deepest parts of us.
Click here to explore the program!
Free and open to the public.
BSO Prelude Concerts: Anthony Davis
Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concerts
“What I Hear: Anthony Davis”
Bernard Rands: Still Waters III
Anne Chao, flute
Jonah Kernis, cello
NEC Piano Department Concerts
Messiaen: Quatre études de rythme — IV. Neumes rythmiques
Livestream and concert information here.
Tyler Bourque MM Recital
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Tyler Bourque, clarinet
Isabelle Ai-Durrenberger, violin
Mac Taback, cello
Bang On a Can
Bang On a Can’s Summer Institute at the Massachuesetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, MA
July 29-30 Loud Weekend 2022
Available in-person or via livestream at the link above
Dates TBD
GEORGE CRUMB Eleven Echoes of Autumn
GEORGE CRUMB Vox Balaenae
ERIKA DOHI Dunk *
DAVID LANG death speaks
SAMANTHA WOLF Arachnid Ballet *
*world premiere
Norfolk New Music Workshop
Yale University’s Norfolk New Music Workshop in Norfolk, Connecticut
Available in-person or via livestream here.
July 1st Emerging Artist Series
DIALLO BANKS makeshift *
DINAH BIANCHI Meditation on Kokoschka’s Painting *
GABRIEL STOSSEL Aqueous *
LEO DISCENZA mountain & bird *
WILLIAM JAE Elegy for the Victims*
LIBBY LARSEN Rodeo Queen of Heaven
Lloyd Van’t Hoff, clarinet
Emelyn Bashour, violin
Miriam Liske-Doorandish, cello
* world premiere
New Music On the Point
New Music On the Point
Summer festival for contemporary and experimental music in Lake Dunmore, Vermont
June 10
Isabela Tanashian: fire… walk with me
Bergamot Quartet, vln/vla/vcl
Isabela Tanashian, voice/electronics
June 11 - Middlebury New Music Crawl
Alexandra du Bois: Fjord
Dongryul Lee: Le Tombeau de Harvey
June 14
Amy Williams: On and On… (for two pianos)*
Daniel Newman-Lessler, pno
Emmanuel Berido: concentration & reset
June 15
Rachael Smith: The Email (for toy piano)
June 17
Amy Beth Kirsten: to my own heart (who refuses to come home from brooklyn)
Hannah Rice, soprano
Kai Hirayama, clarinet
Degree recital
Master of Music degree recital in New England Conservatory’s Williams Hall
J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue
Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Dongryul Lee: Le Tombeau de Harvey
Scriabin: Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 “White Mass”
BSO Prelude Concerts: Bernard Rands
Boston Symphony Orchestra Prelude Concerts
“What I Hear: Bernard Rands”
Bernard Rands: Impromptu No. 1
NEMPAC Winter Concert [new date]
1-hour program at the Bijoux Gallery featuring piano trio works by living Chinese composers and arrangements of traditional pieces for erhu and piano, presented by Boston’s North End Music & Performing Arts Centre. Available in-person or via livestream.
Ticket information here.
6:30 wine tasting, 7:30 music
Moon Reflected in the Second Spring for erhu & piano - Yanjun Hua
Gobi polyphony for erhu & cello - Lei Liang
The Singing of Birds Resounds in the Valley for erhu & piano - Tianhua Liu
Horse Racing for erhu & piano - Haihuai Huang, adaptation by Jun Chen
(Intermission) Demo by Liz Roessler Calligraphy
Triple Resurrection Sonata for Piano Trio - Tan Dun
4 movements for Piano Trio - Bright Sheng
Tibetan Tunes - Chen Yi
Zhantao Lin, erhu
Yiliang Jiang, violin
Yunwen Chen, cello
[nec]shivaree
Charles Ives: Violin Sonata No. 3 (1914)
Grant Houston, violin
Available in-person or via livestream; more information here.
NEC Piano Department Concerts
Anthony Green: Apology (2019)
Available in-person or via livestream; more information here.
callithumpian consort
Performance of Dongryul Lee’s Le Tombeau de Harvey (2019) in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in a concert by the Callithumpian Consort. This is the first full performance of the revised composition. Available via livestream only.
Ensemble modern hans zender akademie
Performance of Hans Zender’s Cabaret Voltaire at Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste in the Residenz Palace, Munich, Germany, with small ensemble. As part of the final concert of Ensemble Modern’s inaugural Hans Zender Akademie 2021, celebrating the works and influences of the late composer. Available in-person only.
More information here.
Ensemble Modern Hans Zender Akademie
Performance of Nicolaus A. Huber’s La Force du Vertige at the Vineum Bodensee in Meersburg, Germany. As part of Ensemble Modern’s inaugural Hans Zender Akademie program, celebrating the work and influences of the late composer here in his former summer home and last place of residence. Available in-person only.
More information here.
connections chamber music series
Performance of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat (trio version) at New England Conservatory’s Black Box Theatre for NEC’s new “Connections” chamber music series, bringing together faculty and students, in concerts featuring different composers. With violinist Soovin Kim and clarinetist Tyler Bourque. Available in-person or via livestream.
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