Upcoming Concerts
Thursday, August 17, 2017
The Knights: The Knights and Susan Graham
Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano
PURCELL: Fantasia Upon One Note
ADAMS: Common Tones in Simple Time
CANTELOUBE: Selections from Chants d’Auvergne
ADAMS: Chamber Symphony
MOZART: Symphony No. 40
Ravinia, Highland Park, IL @ 7:30p
Friday, August 25 & Sunday, August 27, 2017
A Far Cry: AFC in Blue Hill, Maine
KREISLER: Scherzo from String Quartet in A Minor (arr. AFC)
BEECHER: The Conference of the Birds
ENESCU: Octet in C major, Op. 7 (arr. AFC)
Aug. 25: Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill, ME @ 7:30p
Aug. 26: Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill, ME @ 4:00p
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
A Far Cry: AFC at the Hatch Shell
KREISLER: Scherzo from String Quartet in A Minor (arr. AFC)
YSAŸE: Harmonies du soir, Op. 31
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, BWV 1048
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48
Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, MA @ 7:00p
Saturday, September 9 & Sunday, September 10, 2017
A Far Cry: Violin Hero
YSAŸE: Harmonies du soir, Op. 31
KREISLER: Scherzo from String Quartet in A Minor (arr. AFC)
ENESCU: Octet in C major, Op. 7 (arr. AFC)
Sept. 9: St. John's Church, Boston, MA @ 4:00p
Sept. 10: The Gardner Museum, Boston, MA @ 1:30p
September 22-28, 2017
A Far Cry: Dinnerstein Premieres Glass
GLASS: Symphony No. 3
J.S. BACH: Concerto for Keyboard and Strings in G minor, BWV 1058
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048
GLASS: Piano Concerto No. 3 - new AFC commission
Fri. Sept. 22: Jordan Hall, Boston, MA @ 8:00p
Sat. Sept. 23: Connecticut College, New London, CT @ 8:00p
Thu. Sept. 28: Miller Theater, New York, NY @ 8:00p
October 3-8, 2017
American Repertory Theater: Crossing
with A Far Cry
AUCOIN: Crossing
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn, NY @ 7:30p (3rd, 5th, 7th) & 3:00p (8th)
Friday, October 20 & Sunday, October 22, 2017
Boston Baroque: Mozart Requiem
ALL MOZART PROGRAM
Exsultate, Jubilate
Symphony No. 40
Requiem
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA: 8:00p (20th) & 3:00p (22nd)
Friday, October 27 & Sunday, October 29, 2017
Handel and Haydn Society: Mozart + Beethoven
Aisslinn Nosky, director and violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Ian Watson, fortepiano
Chevalier de SAINT-GEORGES: Overture to L’Amant Anonyme
MOZART: Symphony No. 40
BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto
Symphony Hall, Boston MA: 7:30p (27th) & 3:00p (29th)
November 4-21, 2017
A Far Cry: The Blue Hour
Luciana Souza, voice
A new AFC commission by Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negron, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider, based on the poem “On Earth,” by Carolyn Forché.
Nov. 4: Washington Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
Nov. 9: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Nov. 10: Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Nov. 16: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Nov. 18: Duke Performances, Durham, NC
Nov. 21: Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Thursday, 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
HOSSFELD: “... and ZOMBIES” from concerto GROSSO
LIGETI: Ramifications
USUI: In Digestion
XENAKIS: Voile
The Gardner Museum, Boston, MA @ 7:00p
Friday, December 8 & Saturday, December 9, 2017
Boston Baroque: Messiah
HANDEL: Messiah
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA @ 7:30p
Sunday, December 31, 2017 & Monday, January 1, 2018
Boston Baroque: New Year's Concerts
HANDEL: Water Music
HANDEL: Arias
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA @ 8:00p (31st) & 3:00p (1st)
Past Concerts (highlights)
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
The 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
February 14-26, 2016
The Knights on Tour
Gil Shaham, violin
REBEL: Les Caractères de la Danse *
SARASATE: Navarra, Op. 33
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
PROKOFIEV: Concerto No. 2 in G Minor
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll
STEVENS (arr. Michael P. Atkinson): Suite from Run Rabbit Run
Feb. 13: Bric, Brooklyn, NY
Feb. 14: Shriver Hall, Baltimore, MD
Feb. 17: Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
Feb. 18: Harris Theater, Chicago, IL
Feb. 20: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Feb. 21: University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Feb. 25: Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC
Feb. 26: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
October 1, 2015
A Far Cry: VS. ***
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 20 - 30, 2014
Dans les jardins de William Christie*
Les Arts Florissants
with alums and students from Juilliard Historical Performance
William Christie, music director
Thiré, France
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
* principal cello
** soloist
*** program curator