MICHAEL UNTERMAN, CELLIST
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Upcoming Concerts ​

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September 27-29, 2024
Tafelmusik: Mozart Jupiter
     with Rachel Podger, violin and director
 
MOZART
Entractes from Thamos, King of Egypt  
Violin Concerto no. 2 in D Major  
Symphony no. 41 in C Major “Jupiter”
 
Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
Review
 
 
October 4 & 6, 2024
Tafelmusik: A Musical Menagerie
     with Patricia Ahern, violin, Marco Cera, oboe,
     and Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord
 
CHÉDEVILLE Les Saisons Amusantes (excerpts)
JS BACH Sonata in G Major for violin & continuo
JS BACH "Sheep may safely graze" (from Cantata 208) (arr. Abberger)
UCCELLINI La Gallina e’l Cucco fanno un bel concerto
SCHMELZER Sonata Cu Cu
CORRETTE Sonata No. 2 from Les délices de la solitude
 
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Vaughan, ON
Toronto Botanical Garden, North York, ON
 
 
October 18-20, 2024
Tafelmusik: Feast for the Senses
     with Amandine Beyer, violin and director
 
DELALANDE Symphonie pour le souper du Roi 
MUFFAT “Laeta Poesis” & “Graditudo”
DE LA GUERRE Sonate en trio No. 5
RAMEAU Suite from the Paris Opera
 
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, ON
 
 
October 25-November 2, 2024
Tafelmusik: South Korea Tour
     with Rachel Podger, violin and director

AVISON Concerto no. 6 in D Major, after Scarlatti
PURCELL Suite from Fairy Queen
REICHENAUER Suite in B-flat Major
JS BACH Overture from Orchestra Suite No. 1
                 Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
                 Sinfonia to Cantata 42
                 Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R
 
OCT 25 Arts Center Incheon
OCT 26 Grand Hall, Daegu Concert House
OCT 27 Main Theater, Busan Cultural Center
OCT 29 Auditorium, Gwangju Culture & Arts Center
NOV 1 Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul, Korea
NOV 2 Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center
 
 
November 16 & 17, 2024
Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Fire & Ice
     with Gustavo Gimeno, director
     and Julian Rachlin, violin
 
SOKOLOVIC Concerto for Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
 
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON
 
 
November 22-24, 2024
Tafelmusik: Christmas Oratorio
     with Hélène Brunet, Cecilia Duarte
     Charles Daniels, and Jesse Blumberg, soloists
     and Ivars Taurins, director
 
JS BACH Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
 
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, ON
 
 
December 7 & 8, 2024
Boston Baroque: Handel’s Messiah
     with Maya Kherani, Avery Amereau
     Omar Najmi, Jesse Blumberg, soloists
     and Martin Pearlman, director
 
HANDEL Messiah, HWV 56
 
GBH Calderwood Studio, Brighton, MA
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
 
 
December 20-22, 2024
Tafelmusik: Handel Messiah
     with Myriam Leblanc, Krisztina Szabó
     Jacob Perry, Philippe Sly, soloists
     and Ivars Taurins, director
 
HANDEL Messiah, HWV 56
 
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, ON
Massey Hall, Toronto, ON (DEC 22 Sing-Along)
 
 
December 31, 2024 & January 1, 2025
Boston Baroque: New Years Celebration
     with Angela Yam, David Kravitz, Christina Day Martinson,
     Sarah Darling, and Joseph Monticello, soloists
 
BACH Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
TELEMANN Concerto in D for Flute and Violin
BACH Coffee Cantata, BWV 211
 
GBH Calderwood Studio, Brighton, MA
Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
   

Past Concerts (selections)


March 22-24, 2024
Tafelmusik: Staircases
     with Jonathan Woody, singer and composer
     Julia Wedman, director
     and Alison Mackay, curator

Music by LULLY, PURCELL, HANDEL, CORELLI, PLATTI, BACH, VIVALDI
and the premiere of a new work by JONATHAN WOODY

Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON


​April 27–29, 2023
Tafelmusik: Higher Love
   with Samuel Mariño, soprano

Arias by HANDEL, HASSE, SCARLATTI, and VIVALDI
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Major, op. 6, no. 2
VIVALDI: Concerto for cello in E Minor (Keiran Campbell, soloist)
PISENDEL: Concerto in E-flat Major

Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
Review



March 31, 2023
A Far Cry: Glittering World (curator)

HEARNE: Law of Mosaics
BECENTI: Glittering World

Jordan Hall, Boston
Review


February 10–12, 2023
Tafelmusik: La Passione
  with Rachel Podger

HAYDN: Symphony no. 43 in E-flat Major “Mercury”
MOZART: Violin Concerto no. 1 in B-flat Major, K.207
HAYDN: Symphony no. 49 “La Passione”

Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON


April 21–24 & October 21–23, 2023
Five Boroughs Music Festival: The Five Borough Songbook, Volume III (producer)
   with On Site Opera, Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble (Nicole Joseph, Michele Kennedy, Gitanjali Mathur, sopranos; Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano; Haitham Haidar, tenor; Jonathan Woody, baritone), Candace Chien and Erika Switzer, piano; Pala Garcia, violin; John Popham, cello

New song commissions by Arianne Abela, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Kinan Azmeh, Colin Britt, Majel Connery, Laura Jobin-Acosta, Will Healy, Brian Lawlor, Jessica Meyer, Angélica Negrón, Nkeiru Okoye, Juri Seo, Aaron Siegel, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Jonathan Woody (world premiere)

Brooklyn Public Library
Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island
Flushing Town Hall, Queens
Bronx Music Heritage Center
The Chapel at Hebrew Union College, Manhattan


May 13–15, 2023
The Thirteen: The Outer Edge of Youth

ORDWAY: The Outer Edge of Youth (world premiere)

Recording


June 17, 2021
Five Boroughs Music Festival: Terra Nova (producer)
   with Oracle Hysterical and Hub New Music

B. BALLIETT: Wood Warblers
D. BALLIETT: The Spanish Requirement of 1513, The Gothic Pater Noster, and Agamemnon Crosses the Line
COLE: Terra Nova
CONNERY: All the way down and Fallen Angel
GREENE: When China Discovered the World

Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island
Concert Film


April 25, 2021
Five Boroughs Music Festival: noise/SILENCE (producer)
   with the Argus Quartet, Paul Wiancko, and XUAN

WALLIN: Selections from Curiosity Cabinet
CAGE: String Quartet in Four Parts
RUDD MOORE: Modes for String Quartet
WIANCKO: Vox Petra

The Noguchi Museum, Queens, NY
​Concert Film



December 19, 2020
Five Boroughs Music Festival: Juxtapositions
   with Monica Huggett and Manami Mizumoto, violin, and Elliot Figg and Byron Schenkman, harpsichord

BIBER: The Annunciation, from Rosenkranzsonaten
FRESCOBALDI: Canzon prima à basso solo
J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude in Bb major and Fugue in D# minor 
FIGG: Sonate für Violine und Generalbaß, Canzona per basso solo, and Prelude and Fugue in 21 Tones
J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 in B Minor & Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1014 & 1015

Concert Film


January 10, 2020
A Far Cry: Shostakovich and Mahler (curator)
   with Sonja Tengblad, soprano and Dashon Burton, baritone

TAKEMITSU: Requiem
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 14
MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5

Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Review


September 21-22, 2018
A Far Cry: I (curator)

RAMEAU: Suite from Les Indes galantes
VIVIER: Zipangu
SANLIKOL: A Gentleman of Istanbul (world premiere)

Recording


January 27, 2018
A Far Cry: Guardians of the Groove (curator)

LULLY: Suite from Acis et Galatée
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 (curator)

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


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 (solo cello II)
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
with Christina Day Martinson, violin

BIBER: Mystery Sonatas

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Review


November 11, 2016
A Far Cry: Pau (curator)
with 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 6, 2016
A Far Cry & Oracle Hysterical: The Sea - Tales of Lapham (curator)

B. BALLIETT: A Thousand Fearful Wracks
D. BALLIETT: Strait of Messina
COLE: How Deep Is the Ocean? and Sea Concerto
CONNERY: Jonah

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

October 1, 2015
A Far Cry: VS. (curator)

John Zorn: Hockey
Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Chaconne” from Naïs
Samuel Scheidt: “Galliard Battaglia à 5”
Toru Takemitsu: Requiem for string orchestra
Trad: Song of the Birds (Cant dell Ocells), arr. Casals
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 10 for four violins and violoncello obligato
Frederick Rzewski: Coming Together

Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review


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
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