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| 8 November 2024 | |
| 8.00pm(PT) Old First Concerts 1751 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA SF Bay Area 94109 Details: Matt Wolka Web site +1 415 4741608 0-$30 (in-person); $20 (livestream) | In Motion Ensemble for These Times Margaret Halbig, piano Laura Reynolds, guest oboe/English horn Lylia Guinon, guest violin Megan Chartier, cello Ursula Kwong-Brown: And I Made My Own Way, Deciphering That Fire (World Premiere) Darian Donovan Thomas: ubi lux floret (World Premiere) Mary Bianco: Oboe/Piano Duo (World Premiere) Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata, Op. 65, Moto Perpetuo York Bowen: Moto Perpetuo (Toccata, Op. 155) Lisa Bielawa: Synopsis #10: I Know This Room So Well Vivian Fung: Ominous Machine Sage Shurman: composure Zhou Tian: Majestic Bells A musical conversation around motion, with World Premieres by Ursula Kwong-Brown, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Mary Bianco, plus Perpetuo mobile movements by Benjamin Britten and York Bowen and music by Lisa Bielawa, Vivian Fung, Sage Shurman, and Zhou Tian |
| 8.00pm(PT) Old First Concerts 1751 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA SF Bay Area 94109 Details: Matt Wolka Web site +1 415 4741608 0-$30 (in-person); $20 (livestream) | In Motion Ensemble for These Times Margaret Halbig, piano Laura Reynolds, guest oboe/English horn Lylia Guinon, guest violin Megan Chartier, cello Ursula Kwong-Brown: And I Made My Own Way, Deciphering That Fire (World Premiere) Darian Donovan Thomas: ubi lux floret (World Premiere) Mary Bianco: Oboe/Piano Duo (World Premiere) Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata, Op. 65, Moto Perpetuo York Bowen: Moto Perpetuo (Toccata, Op. 155) Lisa Bielawa: Synopsis #10: I Know This Room So Well Vivian Fung: Ominous Machine Sage Shurman: composure Zhou Tian: Majestic Bells A musical conversation around motion, with World Premieres by Ursula Kwong-Brown, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Mary Bianco, plus Perpetuo mobile movements by Benjamin Britten and York Bowen and music by Lisa Bielawa, Vivian Fung, Sage Shurman, and Zhou Tian |
| 25 January 2025 | |
| 7.30pm(PT) Center for New Music 55 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA SF Bay Area 94102 Details: Brent Miller Web site +1 415 275 5466 $10/$15 (in-person); livestream (free) | Midnight Serenades: Music by Women and Nonbinary Composers Ensemble for These Times Nanette McGuinness, soprano Abigail Monroe, cello Margaret Halbig, piano Chelsea Hollow, guest coloratura soprano Olivia Bennett: Prelude to the Afterlife Gabriella Carrido: Because I Couldn’t Stop for Death Devon Lee: What I Know About Living Lucy Chen: Cello/piano duo (World Premiere) Madeline Clara Cheng: TBD (World Premiere) Caleb Palka: TBD (World Premiere) Carla Lucero: Sin voz (from "Juana") Jodi Goble: Twelve Chairs Akshaya Avril Tucker: Midnight Snack E4TT’s annual favorite returns with works and commissions from our Call for Scores with Luna Composition Lab alums, plus music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Jodi Goble, Carla Lucero, and Akshaya Avril Tucker |
| 22 February 2025 | |
| 7.30pm(PT) Berkeley Piano Club 2724 Haste St, Berkeley, CA SF Bay Area 94704 Details: Web site 0-$30 (in-person); livestream (free, donations welcomed | Call for Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 2 Ensemble for These Times: Dale Tsang, piano Works chosen from E4TT's 2024 Call for Scores for solo piano. Winning scores to be announced in August. E4TT’s second biannual solo piano Call for Scores, performed by emerita pianist extraordinaire Dale Tsang. |
| 7.30pm(PT) Berkeley Piano Club 2724 Haste St, Berkeley, CA SF Bay Area 94704 Details: Web site 0-$30 (in-person); livestream (free, donations welcomed | Call for Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 2 Ensemble for These Times: Dale Tsang, piano Works chosen from E4TT's 2024 Call for Scores for solo piano. Winning scores to be announced in August. E4TT’s second biannual solo piano Call for Scores, performed by emerita pianist extraordinaire Dale Tsang. |
| 4 April 2025 | |
| 7.30pm(PT) Cha Chi Ming Hall, Bowes Center 200 Van Ness Avenue SF Bay Area 94102 Details: Web site FREE (in-person and livestream) | Women in Transit Ensemble for These Times Nanette McGuinness, soprano with Han Lash, dancer Lylia Guion, violin Megan Chartier, cello Taylor Chan, piano Leilehua Lanzilotti: ko-u inoa Han Lash: Suite (WORLD PREMIERE) Tamara McLeod: Sappho Fragments (WORLD PREMIERE) Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Cavities (WORLD PREMIERE), to a new film by Pegah Pasalar Emma O'Halloran: Vertical Fields Zhou Tian: A Crown for Sonia E4TT/TAC Student Multimedia Composition Competition winner Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation. |
| 9 May 2025 | |
| 7.30pm(PT) Community Music Center 544 Capp St, San Francisco, CA SF Bay Area 94110 Details: Andrew Web site 415-399-9554 $20-28 or with a Festival Pass (in-person or livestream) | Mujeres Ahora Ensemble for These Times Nanette McGuinness, soprano Margaret Halbig, piano with guests Lylia Guion, violin, Vanessa Ruotolo, cello SF International Arts Festival Ticketing link: https://www.sfiaf.org/ Music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Tania León, Carla Lucero Carla Lucero, Claudia Montero, Angélica Negrón, and Gabriela Ortiz |
| 20 October 2024 | |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 | Boston Philharmonic Orchestra 2024-25 Opening Concert Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Guy Braunstein, violin Brahms: Violin Concerto Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Boston Philharmonic 2024-25 Season event 1 The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra's 46th season opens triumphantly with Brahms’s only violin concerto, featuring former Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster Guy Braunstein (who also opened last year's season with his memorable rendition of Elgar's Violin Concerto followed by an encore featuring his interpretation of The Beatles's "Blackbird," inspired by the death of George Floyd). The concert concludes with Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, a brilliant orchestral showcase commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Serge Koussevitzky, who would have been 150 this year. |
| 17 November 2024 until 20 October 2024 | |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 | Boston Philharmonic Orchestra 2024-25 Opening Concert Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Alexander Baillie, cello Radcliffe Choral Society Purcell (arr. Britten): Chacony in G Minor Elgar: Cello Concerto Holst: The Planets Boston Philharmonic 2024-25 Season event 2 The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra's second concert of the 2024-25 season features an all-British program, a nod to Conductor Benjamin Zander's native England and his personal connections to the composers (he studied with both Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst, Gustav’s daughter). For the first time ever, the Orchestra performs Benjamin Britten's exquisite realization of Purcell’s Chacony in G Minor, which pays homage to the Baroque master while infusing it with modern sensibilities. Acclaimed British cellist Alexander Baillie, who has performed with the Orchestra eight times previously over the course of 30 years, performs next on Elgar's Cello Concerto, a poignant exploration of loss and longing. The concert culminates in Holst's popular The Planets (which heavily influenced the music of John Williams) featuring the Radcliffe Choral Society, a woman’s chorus that will sound as if it is singing from the farthest reaches of the solar system. |
| 16 February 2025 | |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $125, $95, $65, $32, $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Orchestra: Strauss's Four Last Songs & Mahler Symphony No. 4 with soprano Claire Booth Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Claire Booth, soprano Strauss: Four Last Songs Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Boston Philharmonic 2024-25 Season event 3 The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra's third concert of the 2024-25 season features versatile British soprano Claire Booth doing double duty as the soloist for both Strauss's posthumously published Four Last Songs, his last completed work, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, which launched Conductor Benjamin Zander’s conducting career 52 years ago. His encounter with Mahler led to his lifetime passion for the composer, ultimately earning him the Gustav Mahler Society of New York’s first Titan Award in 2023. |
| 18 April 2025 | |
| 8.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $125, $95, $65, $32, $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Orchestra: Mahler Symphony No. 2 with soprano Miah Persson & mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Dame Sarah Connnolly, mezzo-soprano Miah Persson, soprano Chorus Pro Musica Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Boston Philharmonic 2024-25 Season event 4 The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra's final concert of the 2024-25 season features the "achingly poignant” and internationally recognized mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, who returns to the BPO stage as soloist on Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Resurrection with Swedish soprano Miah Persson, as well as Chorus Pro Musica. The themes of life, death, and resurrection resonate deeply on Good Friday, making it a fitting finale to the BPO's season. |
| 3 November 2024 | |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Orchestra: Mahler Symphony No. 2 with soprano Miah Persson & mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino (The Power of Destiny) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 1 The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra's 2024-25 season fittingly kicks off with a program appealing to people age 12 and older, with some of the most popular music ever written. It opens with the overture to Verdi's La Forza Del Destino, which is as bracing, dynamic and full of unexpected developments as the opera that follows. Next is Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, “For a New World”—his tribute to America—which reflects his visits to the American Heartland, his love of American spirituals, and his homesickness for his beloved Bohemia. It concludes with Stravinsky's revolutionary Rite of Spring, a landmark work that challenges and captivates, reflecting the raw power of nature and human emotion. |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Orchestra: Mahler Symphony No. 2 with soprano Miah Persson & mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino (The Power of Destiny) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 1 The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra's 2024-25 season fittingly kicks off with a program appealing to people age 12 and older, with some of the most popular music ever written. It opens with the overture to Verdi's La Forza Del Destino, which is as bracing, dynamic and full of unexpected developments as the opera that follows. Next is Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, “For a New World”—his tribute to America—which reflects his visits to the American Heartland, his love of American spirituals, and his homesickness for his beloved Bohemia. It concludes with Stravinsky's revolutionary Rite of Spring, a landmark work that challenges and captivates, reflecting the raw power of nature and human emotion. |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Opening Concert: Verdi, Dvorak & Stravinsky Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino (The Power of Destiny) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 1 The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra's 2024-25 season fittingly kicks off with a program appealing to people age 12 and older, with some of the most popular music ever written. It opens with the overture to Verdi's La Forza Del Destino, which is as bracing, dynamic and full of unexpected developments as the opera that follows. Next is Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, “For a New World”—his tribute to America—which reflects his visits to the American Heartland, his love of American spirituals, and his homesickness for his beloved Bohemia. It concludes with Stravinsky's revolutionary Rite of Spring, a landmark work that challenges and captivates, reflecting the raw power of nature and human emotion. |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Opening Concert: Verdi, Dvorak & Stravinsky Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino (The Power of Destiny) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 1 The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra's 2024-25 season fittingly kicks off with a program appealing to people age 12 and older, with some of the most popular music ever written. It opens with the overture to Verdi's La Forza Del Destino, which is as bracing, dynamic and full of unexpected developments as the opera that follows. Next is Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, “For a New World”—his tribute to America—which reflects his visits to the American Heartland, his love of American spirituals, and his homesickness for his beloved Bohemia. It concludes with Stravinsky's revolutionary Rite of Spring, a landmark work that challenges and captivates, reflecting the raw power of nature and human emotion. |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Opening Concert: Verdi, Dvorak & Stravinsky Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino (The Power of Destiny) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 1 The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra's 2024-25 season fittingly kicks off with a program appealing to people age 12 and older, with some of the most popular music ever written. It opens with the overture to Verdi's La Forza Del Destino, which is as bracing, dynamic and full of unexpected developments as the opera that follows. Next is Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, “For a New World”—his tribute to America—which reflects his visits to the American Heartland, his love of American spirituals, and his homesickness for his beloved Bohemia. It concludes with Stravinsky's revolutionary Rite of Spring, a landmark work that challenges and captivates, reflecting the raw power of nature and human emotion. |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Opening Concert: Verdi, Dvorak & Stravinsky Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino (The Power of Destiny) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 1 The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra's 2024-25 season fittingly kicks off with a program appealing to people age 12 and older, with some of the most popular music ever written. It opens with the overture to Verdi's La Forza Del Destino, which is as bracing, dynamic and full of unexpected developments as the opera that follows. Next is Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, “For a New World”—his tribute to America—which reflects his visits to the American Heartland, his love of American spirituals, and his homesickness for his beloved Bohemia. It concludes with Stravinsky's revolutionary Rite of Spring, a landmark work that challenges and captivates, reflecting the raw power of nature and human emotion. |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Opening Concert: Verdi, Dvorak & Stravinsky Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino (The Power of Destiny) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 1 The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra's 2024-25 season fittingly kicks off with a program appealing to people age 12 and older, with some of the most popular music ever written. It opens with the overture to Verdi's La Forza Del Destino, which is as bracing, dynamic and full of unexpected developments as the opera that follows. Next is Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, “For a New World”—his tribute to America—which reflects his visits to the American Heartland, his love of American spirituals, and his homesickness for his beloved Bohemia. It concludes with Stravinsky's revolutionary Rite of Spring, a landmark work that challenges and captivates, reflecting the raw power of nature and human emotion. |
| 2 March 2025 | |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season: Mahler Symphony No. 6 Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 6 Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 2 The difficulties performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, Tragic—technical, interpretive, emotional, and even logistical—are legendary. After performing his Symphony No. 5 last season, this year’s Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra musicians will tackle Mahler’s even more emotionally challenging Sixth Symphony. |
| 3.00pm Symphony Hall 301 Mass. Avenue MA 02115 Details: Web site +1 617 236 0999 $75, $45, $20, and $12 for students | Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season: Mahler Symphony No. 6 Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor Mahler: Symphony No. 6 Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 2024-25 Season event 2 The difficulties performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, Tragic—technical, interpretive, emotional, and even logistical—are legendary. After performing his Symphony No. 5 last season, this year’s Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra musicians will tackle Mahler’s even more emotionally challenging Sixth Symphony. |
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