NEW MUSIC BOSTON
April 2015
(Updated March 22)
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Verticale Muto; Mani. Matta
Mike Williams, percussion; [sound icon]
College of Fine Arts Concert Hall, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Philip Glass
Words Without Music: A Conversation with Philip Glass
Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
7 p.m.
$30, includes signed copy of new Glass memoir
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NEC Philharmonia
Aaron Jay Kernis, Too Hot Toccata; plus works by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
Rainer Crosett, cello; Hugh Wolff, conductor
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Boston Trio
John Musto, Trio for Piano and Strings; plus works by Rachmaninoff and Brahms
Rainer Crosett, cello; Hugh Wolff, conductor
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
7 p.m.
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Carson Cooman
James Woodman, Four Versets and a Canzona (Mixolydian) (world premiere); Marco Lo Muscio, Trittico Toscano — Homage to Pienza (world premiere); plus music by Domenico Zipoli
Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge
12:15 p.m.
Free admission
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Marianne Nowottny & Barry Schwabsky
Calderwood Hall, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston
7 p.m.
$15, seniors $12, students $5, members and children 7–17 free
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Harvard Composers Association
Amir Bitran, Vermilion; Auburn Lee, The Swallow's Tail; Stella Fiorenzoli, The Truth Depends on a Walk; Ben Weatherfield, The Secret Society of Loss; Brandon Snyder, (untitled)
Dinosaur Annex
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge
7 p.m.
Free admission
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Benjamin Nelson + Anne-F. Jacques + LAN
Presented by Non-Event
Washington Street Arts, 321D Washington St., Somerville
8 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
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NEC Percussion Ensemble
Leonard Bernstein, Halil; Steve Reich, Six Marimbas; Nebojsa Zivkovic, Trio per Uno; Larry Wallach, Winter Music (world premiere)
Paula Robison, flute; Deborah De Wolff Emory, piano; Frank Epstein, conductor
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Dublin Guitar Quartet
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston
Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 2 “Company”; Leo Brouwer, Cuban Landscape with Rumba; Urmas Sisask, Songs in Honour of the Virgin Mary; Nikita Koshkin, Changing the Guard; William Kanengiser: Gongan; Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3 “Mishima”; John Tavener, The Lamb; Cyrillus Kreek, Maga, maga Matsikene; György Ligeti, Musica Ricercata
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cambridge
8 p.m.
$20 and up
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Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe + Greg Davis
Presented by Non-Event
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St., Boston
7 p.m.
$15, students and members $10
Limited parking
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gunther Schuller, Dreamscape; plus works by Mozart and Richard Strauss
Richard Goode, piano; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$36-$135
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Boston Artists Ensemble
Matthew Aucoin, Trio (world premiere); with works by Mozart and Brahms
Hamilton House, 9 Chestnut St., Salem
8 p.m.
$27, seniors $24, students $10
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gunther Schuller, Dreamscape; plus works by Mozart and Richard Strauss
Richard Goode, piano; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$36-$135
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HC Chamber Players
Vittorio Rieti, Triptych for Two Harpsichords; Sonata Breve for Violin and Harpsichord; Victor Kalabis, Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, additional works by Israeli composers
Brooks Concert Hall, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worchester
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Parker Quartet
Augusta Read Thomas, Helix Spirals (premiere); plus works by Felix Mendelssohn and Erwin Schulhoff
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge
8 p.m.
Free admission, but tickets required
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Boston Musica Viva
Shirish Korde, Kala-Cakra (Cycles of Time) (world premiere); Chou Wen-chung, Ode to the Eternal Pine; Franco Donatoni, Arpege; Sebastian Currier, Whispers
Gitanjali Mathur, soprano; Wu Tong, sheng and vocalist; Sandeep Das, tabla
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cambridge
8 p.m.
$30, seniors $25, students and children $10
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gunther Schuller, Dreamscape; plus works by Mozart and Richard Strauss
Richard Goode, piano; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$37-$145
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Boston Artists Ensemble
Matthew Aucoin, Trio; with works by Mozart and Brahms
Wilson Chapel, Andover Newton Theological School, 234 Herrick Rd., Newton
3 p.m.
$27, seniors $24, students $10
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Peggy Pearson with the Apple Hill Quartet
James Primosch, Oboe Quartet (world premiere); plus works by Haydn and Brahms
Unitarian Universalist Church, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport
4 p.m.
$20 suggested donation, seniors $10, students and children free
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Zackery Belanger
Presented by Non-Event
Café Fixe, 1642 Beacon St., Brookline
8 p.m.
$5
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gunther Schuller, Dreamscape; plus works by Mozart and Richard Strauss
Richard Goode, piano; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$36-$135
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NEC Wind Ensemble + NEC Symphonic Winds
Friedrich Gulda, Concerto for Cello; Michael Gandolfi, Winding Up, Winding Down: Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble; Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Music for Winds; Ingolf Dahl, Concerto for Alto Saxophone; plus music by Mendelssohn
Kenny Lee, cello; Douglas Monroe, clarinet; Samuel Meyer, alto saxophone; William Drury, Charles Peltz, Yi Yang, conductors
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
7 p.m.
Free admission
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Betsy Schramm
CD release concert: Arrays of Light; Restless Airs; Light Excelleth Darkness; Luminous Duo; Suite for Flugelhorn; Transformations
Mark Ponzo and Terry Everson, trumpets; JeongSoo Kim, piano
Tsai Performance Center, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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16
Tania León
Interview with Alejandro Madrid
Farkas Hall Studio, 10-12 Holyoke St., Cambridge
4 p.m.
Free admission
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17
Boston Conservatory Sinfonietta
John Adams, Chamber Symphony; David Vess, Rift; plus music by Stravinsky
Eric Hewitt, conductor
Boston Conservatory, 132 Ipswich St., Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Fromm Players at Harvard
Voces de America Latina
Carlos Iturralde, Cupid's Deeds; Hilda Paredes, Seed of Time; Marisol Jimenez, Caro Cibus; Gabriela Ortiz, Huitzitl Estudio Tongolele; Pozzi Escot, Jubiliation; Tania León, Toque
International Contemporary Ensemble
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge
8 p.m.
Free admission
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The Shakespeare Concerts
Joseph Summer, The Tempest (world premiere)
Christian Van Horn, bass-baritone (Prospero); Stefan Lano, conductor
Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville
8 p.m.
$25-$55
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A Far Cry
Noam Elkies, Allegro Troppo; plus works by Farina, Boccherini, Mozart, and Hindemith
St. John's Church, Revere St. & Roanoke Ave. Jamaica Plain
4 p.m.
$15
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Fromm Players at Harvard
Voces de America Latina
Felipe Lara, Tiento; Leo Brouwer, Parabola; Julio Estrada, Memorias para teclado; Mario Davidovsky, Divertimento No. 8 "Ambiguous Symmetries; Marcos Balter, Codex Seraphinianus; Tania León, Indigena
International Contemporary Ensemble
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge
8 p.m.
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Terry Riley 80th Birthday Concert
Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (all-live arrangement by Evan Ziporyn); White Space Conflict; new compositions by Keeril Makan, Elena Ruehr, Christine Southworth, and others
Terry Riley, Eviyan, Gamelan Galak Tika, Sarah Cahill, Wallace Halladay and the University of Toronto Saxophone Ensemble, Eliot Gategno
Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 48 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
7 p.m.
$20; seniors, students, and MIT alumni $10; MIT students, faculty, and staff free
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A Far Cry
Noam Elkies, Allegro Troppo; plus works by Farina, Boccherini, Mozart, and Hindemith
Calderwood Hall, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston
1:30 p.m.
$27, seniors $24, members $17, students and children 7–17 $12
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Boston Chamber Music Society
Pierre Jalbert, Street Antiphons for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano; plus works by Schubert and Brahms
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge
7:30 p.m.
$8-$56
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Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston
Steven Stucky, Allegretto quasi Andantino (Schubert Dream); plus works by Schubert, Debussy, and Stravinsky
Gloria Chien & Elizabeth Schumann, piano four-hands
Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon St., Boston
4 p.m.
$45
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Dawn Upshaw and Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program
First Songs
Pablo Ortiz, Garden Songs; new and recent works by Shawn Jaeger, Tamzin Elliott, and others
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cambridge
3 p.m.
Free admission (suggested donation $10-$20)
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Arneis Quartet
Andrew List, String Quartet No. 5, "Time Cycles" (world premiere); Jonathan Berger, String Trio No. 2; plus Stravinsky, The Dove Descending
Second of two concerts exploring the connections between T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets and works by Beethoven, Gubaidulina, Stravinsky, Berger, and List.
Morse Auditorium, Boston University, 602 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
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NEC Contemporary Ensemble
Luciano Berio, Opus Number ZOO; Steven Stucky, Four Poems of A.R. Ammons; Yi Yiing Chen, Pulse; Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
8 p.m.
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Trio Jean Paul
Wolfgang Rihm, Fremde Szenen III; plus works by Beethoven and Dvořák
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cambridge
8 p.m.
$20-$60
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès, Three Studies from Couperin; plus works by Mozart and Ravel
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$30-$104
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès, Three Studies from Couperin; plus works by Mozart and Ravel
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
1:30 p.m.
$31-$97
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Brand New Music/New Music Brandeis
Carlton Vickers, flute
Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Mischa Salkind-Pearl
Faculty recital: Silt; Loess; Where I'm likely to find it; Hands and Lips of Wind
Matt Sharrock, marimba; Lilit Hartunian, violin; Philipp A. Stäudlin, alto saxophone; Yoko Hagino, piano; Christina Pecce, soprano; Stephen Marotto, cello
Studio 401, Boston Conservatory, 31 Hemenway St., Boston
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès, Three Studies from Couperin; plus works by Mozart and Ravel
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$37-$145
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Brand New Music/New Music Brandeis
Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio: BEAMS half-marathon 2015
Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham
8 p.m.
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G*PARK + Matt Krefting
Presented by Non-Event
Boston debut of G*PARK (Marc Zeier) of Swiss Aktionist collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe
SMFA Boston, 230 The Fenway, Boston
8 p.m.
$15, students and members $10, SMFA students free
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Peggy Pearson with the Apple Hill Quartet
James Primosch, Oboe Quartet; plus works by Haydn and Brahms
Bass Hall, Monadnock Center for History and Culture, Peterborough, NH
7:30 p.m.
$15, seniors and students $10
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Claremont Trio
Lembit Beecher, Piano Trio; plus works by Schubert and Brahms
Calderwood Hall, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston
1:30 p.m.
$27, seniors $24, members $17, students and children 7–17 $12
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Dinosaur Annex
Hi-Fi Sci Art: Preserving Our Planet
Compositions by Cody Forrest, Christian Gentry, Eun Young Lee, Seunghee Lee, and Mischa Salkind-Pearl
MIT 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
7:30 p.m.
Free admission
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Peggy Pearson with the Apple Hill Quartet
James Primosch, Oboe Quartet; plus works by Haydn and Brahms
St. Paul's Church, 15 St. Paul St., Brookline
7 p.m.
$20, seniors and students $10
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès, Three Studies from Couperin; plus works by Mozart and Ravel
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$30-$104
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Fifth Floor Collective
After the Thaw
Compositions by Eric Fernandez, Patrick Greene, Andrew Paul Jackson, Evan Johnson, Andy Kozar, Jenna Lyle, David Reminick, and John Wallace
Loadbang, Arneis Quartet
Davis Square Theatre, 255 Elm St., Somerville
7 p.m.
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Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble
Compositions by Gunn, MacDonald, Sekhon, Berger, Silverman, and Harrison
Sam Z. Solomon and Keith Aleo, co-directors
Boston Conservatory Theater, 8 The Fenway, Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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