NEW MUSIC BOSTON
March 2015
(Updated March 21)
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Boston Civic Symphony
Thomas Oboe Lee, Trumpet Concerto (world premiere); Stephen Burns, Fanfare for Freedom; plus works by Honegger and Berlioz
Stephen Burns, trumpet; Taichi Fukumura, conductor
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
2 p.m.
$15-$40
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Brand New Music/New Music Brandeis
Emily Koh, smidgen(S); Victoria Cheah, Tell:Abschied; Gleb Kanasevich, suono infinito; Joseph Sowa, Double Refraction by a Uniaxial Crystal; James Praznik, "After Recoiling..."; Yuan-Keng Ling, Context
David Russell, cello; Geoffrey Burleson, piano
Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham
7 p.m.
Free admission
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George Benjamin
Mind of Winter
Open rehearsal and master class with Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge
8 p.m.
Free admission
Paula Robison and Bruce Brubaker
Morton Feldman, For Christian Wolff
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
1 p.m.
$15, seniors $12, college students $5; free for members, visitors under 18, and members of U.S. military and their families
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George Benjamin
Master class with chamber-music students
Room 9, Music Building, Harvard University, Cambridge
7 p.m.
Free admission
Tuesday Night New Music
Sam Taylor, Spectra Fragments; Delong Wang, Ishin; Alfonso Peduto, The Delicate Nature of Time – Music for 'Untitled'; Ethan D'Ver, Lullaby für Elise; Sam Talmadge, Three Movements for Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Cello and Harp; Evan Anderson, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, I; Yeeray Low, Sonatina
Pierce Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Jan St. Werner + Andy Graydon
Presented by Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston
Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon St., Boston
8 p.m.
$15 suggested donation
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SuperVoce: A Concert of Microtonal Music
Presented in collaboration with the Boston Microtonal Society
Enno Poppe, Wespe; Julia Werntz, Songs of Thumbelina (premiere); James Bergin, Phos Ilaron; Phos Ilaron (ancient Vespers hymn); Joseph Maneri, Cain and Abel; Judith Berkson, improvisations
Williams Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
8 p.m.; preconcert presentation 7 p.m.
Free admission
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Christian Wolff: Open For'm
Sonata; For 1, 2, or 3 People; Microexercises
Callithumpian Consort
Brown Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
7 p.m.
Free admission
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Matthew Aucoin
Crossing: A Lecture/Recital
Recital and discussion of Crossing, Aucoin's new Civil War opera, opening in May at American Repertory Theater
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge
6 p.m.
Free admission
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Callithumpian Consort
Christian Wolff, Duo for 2 Flutes; Overture; Digger Song; Moderate (Stefan Wolpe); D. Edward Davis, Curving Tide; Lee Weisert, New England Drift; Worm & Wheel
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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The City of Tomorrow
Andrew List, Island Universe, and other compositions
David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music, 921 Boylston St., Boston
7:30 p.m.
Free admission
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Dr. Ax + KA Ensemble
Compositions by Ken Ueno, Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Robert Honstein, Elliot Cooper Cole, Casey Cangelosi, and Terry Riley
The Space, 128 Brookside Ave., Jamaica Plain
8 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
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Music at Washington Street
Wild May + Empty House Cooperative + Endguys
Graphic compositions by Forbes Graham, improvisations, and more
Washington Street Arts, 321D Washington St., Somerville
8:30 p.m.
$7 suggested donation
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Boston Symphony Chamber Players
György Kurtág, Scenes from a Novel; Wind Quintet; plus works by Schumann
Christine Brandes, soprano; Emanuel Ax, piano
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston
3 p.m.
$22-$38
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Classical Composer Focus Series
John Adams, Phrygian Gates; Road Movies; John's Book of Alleged Dances (selections)
Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge
7 p.m.
$10
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Lontano Ensemble
Peter Child, Seeing the Unseen; John Harbison, Chaconne; Keeril Makan, Afterglow; Elena Ruehr, Blackberries; Charles Shadle, Red Cedar (U.S. premiere); Evan Ziporyn, Thread
Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
4 p.m.
Free admission
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Student composer reading with [sound icon]
CFA Concert Hall, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
7 p.m.
Free admission
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MTA Composer Forum
Odaline de la Martinez, Lontano Ensemble conductor, talks about current work
MIT Lewis Music Library, 14E-109, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
5 p.m.
Free admission
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Paula Robison and Bruce Brubaker
Morton Feldman, For Christian Wolff
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
1 p.m.
$15, seniors $12, college students $5; free for members, visitors under 18, and members of U.S. military and their families
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Composer's forum with violinist Marco Fusi
CFA Concert Hall, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
12:30 p.m.
Free admission
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Marco Fusi master class
Marshall Room, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
7:30 p.m.
Free admission
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Equilibrium Concert Series
Boston Modern Brass
Henry Brant, The Fourth Millenium; Gottfried von Einem, Karl-Hartwig Kaltners Melerei; Jason Huffman, Christmas Tree; Kevin Joest, Seven Shades of Blue; Edward Miller, The Folly Stone – Five Details from the Paintings of Heironymus Bosch; Carl Ruggles (arr. Huffman), Angels
Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, 8 the Fenway, Boston
8 p.m.
$10
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Times Two
Lilit Hartunian + andPlay
Compositions by by Robert Honstein, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Kirsten Volness, Clara Iannotta, Brooks Frederickson, David Bird, and Adam Roberts
The Record Company, 960 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Marco Fusi composer readings
Marshall Room, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
7 p.m.
Free admission
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Roomful of Teeth
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston
160 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
7 and 9:30 p.m.
$35 seated, $20 standing room
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Marco Fusi concert
Florence & Chafetz Hillel House, Boston University, 213 Bay State Rd., Boston
8 p.m.
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Pierluigi Billone residency
1+1=1
Samuel Dunscombe and Curt Miller, bass clarinets
808 Gallery, Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
7 p.m. workshop, 8 p.m. concert
Free admission
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Brooklyn Rider
Selections from the Brooklyn Rider Almanac
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston
160 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
7 and 9:30 p.m.
$35 seated, $20 standing room
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Ellipsis Trio
Charles Ives, Piano Trio; Arthur Foote, Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 5; Igor Iwanek, new work commissioned by Ellipsis
Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
7:30 p.m.
$15; MIT students free
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Music at Washington Street
Matt Ingalls + We Love You + Jonathan Zorn
Electronic music, interactive computer music, and improvisation
Washington Street Arts, 321D Washington St., Somerville
8 p.m.
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Raphaël Cendo, Tract; Gérard Grisey, Prologue, Périodes, Partiels (from Les Espaces Acoustiques)
Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Third Coast Percussion
Owen Clayton Condon, Fractalia; Thierry de Mey, Table Music; Augusta Read Thomas, Resounding Earth; David Skidmore, Trying; Steve Reich, Music for Pieces of Wood; Tobias Broström, Twilight; Alexandre Lunsqui, Shi; John Cage, Third Construction
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston
160 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
7 and 9:30 p.m.
$35 seated, $20 standing room
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Brand New Music/New Music Brandeis
Undergraduate Composers’ Collective
Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham
7 p.m.
Free admission
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Morgan Evans-Weiler
Automatic Music #2, plus compositions by Michael Pisaro
Mobius, Inc., 55 Norfolk St., Cambridge
8 p.m.
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Christopher Watford composer readings
Marshall Room, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
3 p.m.
Free admission
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Guerilla Opera
Guerilla Opera's Spring Sneak Peak, featuring excerpts from Per Bloland's Pedr Solis
Houston Hall, Boston Conservatory, 8 the Fenway, Boston
7 p.m.
$25, students $10
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George Lewis
Barwick Seminar: "Virtual Sociality: Social Aesthetics and Interactive Music"
Davison Room, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University, Cambridge
4:15 p.m.
Free admission
Paula Robison and Bruce Brubaker
Morton Feldman, For Christian Wolff
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
1 p.m.
$15, seniors $12, college students $5; free for members, visitors under 18, and members of U.S. military and their families
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Composer's forum with bassoonist Christopher Watford
CFA Concert Hall, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
12:30 p.m.
Free admission
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Christopher Watford concert
CFA Concert Hall, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Christopher Watford master class
Room 167, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
6:30 p.m.
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Steve Reich
In Conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
6:30 p.m.
Free admission, limited seating
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Laurie Anderson
Louis C. Elson Lecture: Music and Images in Performance and Film
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge
5:15 p.m.
Free admission; tickets required
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Michael Gandolfi, Ascending Light, plus Mahler Symphony No. 6
Olivier Latry, organ; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$30-$104
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Time's Arrow
Michael Finnissy, Plain Harmony; Not Envious of Rabbits; Not Afraid; False Notions of Progress; Multiple Forms of Constraint; Basic Ragtime; D.O.S.; Judith Weir; Molly House
CFA Concert Hall, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Andy Vores, Grand Monadnock Measures; Tim Leonelli, Uprising; Christopher Jon Honett, Fires; plus works by Wagner and Grainger
Eric Hewitt, conductor
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Michael Gandolfi, Ascending Light, plus Mahler Symphony No. 6
Olivier Latry, organ; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
1:30 p.m.
$31-$97
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Michael Vincent Waller
Release concert for The South Shore (XI Records)
Organum (premiere); Nel Nome di Gesu; Vocalise; Tacca Prima; Y per Henry Flynt; Pupazzo di Neve Partitas
Carson Cooman, Christine Kim, Luna Cholong Kang
Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge
7:30 p.m.
Free admission
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Michael Gandolfi, Ascending Light, plus Mahler Symphony No. 6
Olivier Latry, organ; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$35-$119
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Boston Young Composers Ensemble
Ian Dicke, Strophanger; Katie Balch, Silhouette; György Kurtág, Einige Sätze aus den Sudelbüchern Georg Christoph Lichtenbergs; Mason Bates, The Life of Birds
Galatea Fine Arts, 460 Harrison Ave., Unit B6, Boston
8 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
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Boston Chamber Music Society
Osvaldo Golijov, Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind for Clarinet and String Quartet; plus works by Mozart and Beethoven
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge
7:30 p.m.
$8-$56
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Boston Trio
Thomas Oboe Lee, Piano Trio No. 3 "Keith Jarrett"; plus works by Rachmaninoff and Brahms
Gasson Hall, Room 100, Boston College, Boston
3 p.m.
Free admission
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Arneis Quartet
Sofia Gubaidulina, Hommage à T. S. Eliot, plus Beethoven Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
First of two concerts exploring the connections between T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets and works by Beethoven, Gubaidulina, Stravinsky, Berger, and List. (Second concert April 21.)
Morse Auditorium, Boston University, 602 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
Free admission
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Presented with Harvard Composition
Composer's Forum
EM Studio, B38, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
12:30 p.m.
Free admission
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Pierluigi Billone residency
Presented with Harvard Composition
Joint Masterclass
EM Studio, B38, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
4:30 p.m.
Free admission
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Michael Gandolfi, Ascending Light, plus Mahler Symphony No. 6
Olivier Latry, organ; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
8 p.m.
$30-$104
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