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A little palette-cleanser to shift our focus away from stimulating discussions of academe – after all, school is only out for a short while – what ‘holiday’ music do you admire?
This week, I’ve been listening to Anonymous 4’s Wolcum Yule around the house, enjoying both the Renaissance pieces and Maxwell Davies’ “A Calendar of Kings.” A ‘guilty pleasure’ is Vaughan Williams’ Hodie.
Wendy plays Ken’s viola concerto with BMOP! Hear harmonies analyzed from Wendy’s ankle bone!
Friday, November 14, 2008 / 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
The amazing violist Wendy Richman plays Ken Ueno’s concerto Talus, with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the incomparable Gil Rose.
Here’s the program:
Martin Boykan Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Curtis Macomber, violin
Robert Erickson Fantasy for cello and orchestra / Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
Arnold Schoenberg Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra / BMOP Principals
Elliott Schwartz Chamber Concerto VI: Mr. Jefferson / Charles Dimmick, violin
Ken Ueno Talus, concerto for viola and orchestra / Wendy Richman, viola
Tickets for this concert are available at the Jordan Hall Box Office. Call (617) 585-1260 or visit the box office at New England Conservatory (30 Gainsborough Street), Monday – Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 12pm-6pm. The box office opens at 6:30pm on the day of the concert.
For an explanation of x-ray picture and how it relates to the piece: http://www.kenueno.com/performancenotes.html#Talus
Charles Neidich and friends are performing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time and music by Israeli composers. The program is below, and you can check out the notes over at my blog.
Moshe Zorman – Hora
Arnaud Sussmann, Violin; Vincent Balse, Piano
Menachem Wiesenberg – Like Clay in the Potter’s Hand
Gal Nyska, Cello; Vincent Balse, Piano
Paul Ben Haim – Pastorale Variee Op. 31b
Moran Katz, Clarinet; Vincent Balse, Piano
Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time
Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Arnaud Sussmann, Violin; Gal Nyska, Cello; Vincent Balse, Piano