Upcoming Concerts
January 11-13, 2019
Scrag Mountain Music: Joy, Pleasure, and Sweet Nourishment
RICKETTS: "Situation" from Song Cycle
ECCLES: Sonata No. 11 in G minor
BARRIÈRE: Sonata in G Major for two cellos
HANDEL: Venus and Adonis
Jan. 11 at Bread & Butter Farm, Shelburne, VT
Jan. 12 at Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, VT
Jan. 13 at Warren United Church, Warren, VT
January 25 & 27, 2019
Handel and Haydn Society: Mozart + Haydn
with:
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Mireille Asselin, soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Budd, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, Turkish
HAYDN: Symphony No. 99
HAYDN: Mass in B-Flat Major, Harmoniemesse
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
February 7-16, 2019
A Far Cry: The Goldberg Variations
with Simone Dinnerstein, piano
BACH: Goldberg Variations (arr. Darling, Dinnerstein & Fortes)
Feb. 7 at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Feb. 8 at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Feb. 9 at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
Feb. 13 at UCONN, Storrs, CT
Feb. 15 at UC Santa Barabara
Feb. 16 at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
March 2, 2019
A Far Cry: Focus - Chamber Music
DVORAK: Terzetto in C major, Op. 74
MENDELSSOHN: Quintet in A major, Op. 18
BRAHMS: Quintet in G major, Op. 111
St. John's Episcopal Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
March 8 & 10, 2019
Boston Baroque: Jephtha
with:
Ava Pine, soprano
Sonja Tengblad, soprano
Ann McMahon Quintero, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
HANDEL Jephtha
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
March 16 & 17, 2019
A Far Cry: American Visions
with Nicole Mitchell, contralto
Jessie MONTGOMERY: Starburst
ADAMS: Shaker Loops
PERRY: Stabat Mater
TAYLOR-PERKINSON: Sinfonietta No. 1
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
March 22, 2019
Stave Sessions: Oracle Hysterical & musicians from A Far Cry
The Sea: Tales of Lapham
Hecuba
160 Mass Ave, Boston, MA
April 10-16, 2019
A Far Cry: Gravity
PÄRT: Silouan’s Song
XENAKIS: Aroura
KERNIS: Música Celestis
BARTÓK: Divertimento for String Orchestra
GOLIJOV: Tenebrae
Apr. 10 Open Rehearsal at Harvard Ed Portal, Allston, MA
Apr. 12 at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Apr. 13 at Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
Apr. 14 Focus: Beyond the Score at St. John's Episcopal Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
Apr. 16 at Yale University, New Haven, CT
April 26 & 28, 2019
Boston Baroque: Opera - L'incoronazione di Poppea
with:
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Alessandra Visentin, contralto
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor
MONTEVERDI: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
May 3 & 5, 2019
Handel and Haydn Society: Mozart Requiem
with:
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Sandra Piques Eddy, mezzo-soprano
Tom Randle, tenor
Soloman Howard, bass
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music
ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus
BACH: Singet dem Herrn
MOZART: Requiem
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
May 17, 2019
A Far Cry: Lorelei
with Lorelei Ensemble
Kareem ROUSTOM: New Commission
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
May 22-June 1, 2019
Birdfoot Festival
New Orleans, LA
August 16-25, 2019
Staunton Music Festival
Staunton, VA
Past Concerts (selections)
* principal cello - ** soloist - *** program curator
September 21-22, 2018
A Far Cry: Edge of the World***
RAMEAU: Suite from Les Indes galantes
VIVIER: Zipangu
SANLIKOL: A Gentleman of Istanbul (World Premiere)
August 10-19, 2018
Staunton Music Festival, Staunton, VA
rep. incl.
MOZART: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
KAGEL: Match
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Quartet in B Minor, Op. 3
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
May 23-June 2, 2018
Birdfoot Festival, New Orleans, LA
GOLIJOV: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
ENESCU: Octet in C Major, Op. 7
January 27, 2018
A Far Cry: Guardians of the Groove ***
LULLY: Suite from Acis et Galatée
Sufjan STEVENS: Suite from Run Rabbit Run (arr. Michael P. Atkinson)
DVORAK: Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
December 7, 2017
A Far Cry: The AFC Challenge ***
GLASS: Echorus
CAGE: “Nearly Stationary” from String Quartet in Four Parts
SHOSTAKOVICH: Scherzo from Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
WEBERN: Five Movements, Op. 5
Christopher HOSSFELD: “... and ZOMBIES” from concerto GROSSO
LIGETI: Ramifications
Shiori USUI: In Digestion
XENAKIS: Voile
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
August 4, 2017
Vancouver Bach Festival: Conversions **
with Byron Schenkman, piano
MOSCHELES: selections from Etudes in Melodic Counterpoint, Op.137a
Fanny MENDELSSOHN: Fantasy in G minor
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, BC
May 5-7, 2017
Portland Baroque Orchestra: Vivaldi's World
VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in E-flat Major, RV 483
VIVALDI: Concerto for 2 cellos in G Minor, RV 531 **
VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto for Lute in D Major, RV 93
PERGOLESI: Concerto in B-flat major for violin
First Baptist Church, Portland, OR
Kaul Auditorium, Portland, OR
March 7 & 10, 2017
Boston Baroque: The Mystery Sonatas *
Christina Day Martinson, violin
BIBER: Mystery Sonatas
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Review
February 11 & 12, 2017
A Far Cry: Misty ***
Dashon Burton, baritone
BARBER: Dover Beach
KILAR: Orawa
WIRÉN: Serenade
SUK: Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn
TAKEMITSU: Dorian Horizon
EISLER: Ernste Gesänge
St. John's Church, Boston, MA
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
November 11, 2016
A Far Cry: Pau ***
Lluis Claret, cello
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto
CASALS: Sant Marti del Canigo
GINASTERA: Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals, Op. 46
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
October 21 & 23, 2016
Boston Baroque: Bach's B minor Mass *
BACH: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Jordan Hall, Boston MA
Review
October 6, 2016
A Far Cry & Oracle Hysterical: The Sea - Tales of Lapham ***
Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
September 23, 2016
A Far Cry: Memory
PART: Cantus in Memoriam of Benjamin Britten
MOZART: Serenata Notturna
ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro **
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings *
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Videos: Tchaikovsky
May 18-29, 2016
Birdfoot Festival, New Orleans, LA
more info here
October 1, 2015
A Far Cry: VS. ***
I: Sport
John Zorn: Hockey
Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Chaconne” from Naïs
II: War
Samuel Scheidt: “Galliard Battaglia à 5”
Dmitri Shostakovich: III. Allegro non troppo from String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73
Toru Takemitsu: Requiem for string orchestra
III: Politics
Trad: Song of the Birds (Cant dell Ocells), arr. Casals
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 10 for four violins and violoncello obligato, from L’estro Armonico
Frederick Rzewski: Coming Together
Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
February 23, 2015
What Makes it Great?:
Mendelssohn's Octet
Robert Kapilow, host
Aeolus Quartet with Alex Fortes, Becky Anderson and Jason Fisher
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY
Webcast: Part 1, Part 2
January 14 & 15, 2015
Matthew Ritchie:
The Long Count/The Long Game*
with Kelley Deal, Aaron & Dryce Dessner, Shara Worden, and Evan Ziporyn
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Review
November 16, 2014
Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra:
A Bach Family Reunion
CPE Bach: Cello Concerto in A Major**
Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
August 9, 2014
The Snape Proms at Aldeburgh Music
with the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
Richard Egarr, conductor
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea*
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, UK