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CONCERT CALENDAR 2010-2011 
October 1, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA Aural Hypotheses
Lei Lang Aural Hypothisis, world premiere
Chou Wen-chung Ode to the Eternal Pine, first Boston performance
Seymour Shifrin Satires of Circumstance
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Rapido Composition Contest finalists



October 15 & 16, 2010, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA Celebrating Concord's 375th
Charles Ives/Henry Brant Hawthorne from The Concord Symphony
Peter Child Louisa's War
 Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
 Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Director
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor



October 30, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Aenue, Boston, Massachusetts
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
Chris Sainsbury First Light, from Symphony of the Birds, first US performance
 Winner of the Call for Scores
Gunther Schuller Four Soundscapes (Hudson Valley Reminiscences)
Henri Dutilleux Correspondances, first Boston performance
 Sarah Pelletier, soprano
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 (The Rhenish)



November 12, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA Convergences
Bernard Hoffer Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano ("Cosmic"), world premiere
Chris Arrell Convergence, world premiere
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Passages
 Krista River, mezzo-soprano
Donald Harris Five Tempi


December 4, 2010, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA FamilyConcert
Gustav Holst Brook Green Suite
 Bedford High School Strings, Phil Maffa, Director
Gioacchini Rossini La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Paul Patterson Roald Dahl's Three Little Pigs, first US performance
 Steve Aveson, narrator



December 12, 2010, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC Family Concert
Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel & Gretel Overture
Aaron Copland El Salon Mexico
Concerto to be played by Winner of the NEP Young Artist Competition
Richard Cornell Umai's Journey
 Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
 PALS Children's Chorus, Alysoun Kegel, Director



January 28 & 29, 2010, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA
Bernard Hoffer Elegy for Solo Violin and String Orchestra, world premiere
 Siri Smedvig, violin
P.I. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Concerto to be performed by the Winner of the Concord Orchestra YoungArtist Competition


February 6, 2011, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA 18th Annual Family Concert
Curtis Hughes The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats (Brothers Grimm fairy tale), world premiere
 PALS Chldren's Chorus, Alysoun Kegel, Director
 Steve Aveson, narrator
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
 Steve Aveson, narrator



February 26, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
David Rakowski Current Conditions
William Kraft A Kennedy Portrait
 David Gullete, narrator
W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488
 David Deveau, soloist
Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration


March 25 & 26, 2011, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA
Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D (The Clock)
Gunther Schuller Cello Concerto
 Jan Müller-Szeraws, soloist
Richard Strauss Don Juan


April 30, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
Andy Vores g major
Donald Erb Concerto for Brass & Orchestra, first Boston performance
Earl Kim Violin Concerto
 Danielle Maddon, voloist
Gustav Mahler Adagio & Purgatorio from Symphony No. 10


May 6, 2011, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA Mise-en-scenes
Laura Elise Schwendinger Mise-en-scene, world premiere
Andy Vores Air Baby
 Zorana Sadiq, soprano
Lee Hyla Polish Folk Songs
Arnold Schonberg,/Webern Chamber Symphony


May 20, 21 at 8 P.M., 23 at 3 P.M., 2011, 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA Concord Pops, Shall We Dance?
Georges Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2
Malcolm Arnold/Steptoe Concertino for Clarinet and Strings
 Grant Anderson, clarinet
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1
Giuseppe Verdi Ballet Music from Macbeth
Bernard Hoffer Oooh Brazil!. medley of Bossa Nova Songs, world premiere
 Marlene VerPlanck, vocalist
Leroy Anderson Blue Tango
Henry Mancini/Custer The Pink Panther
Cole Porter/Billy VerPlanck In the Still of the Night
Jule Styne/Billy VerPlanck The Music That Makes Me Dance
Jerome Kern/Billy VerPlanck All the Things You Are
Irving Berlin/Billy VerPlanck Let's Face the Music and Dance
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever

CONCERT CALENDAR 2009-2010
September 25, 2009, 8 p.m.,Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA All-American Grooves
Michael Gandolfi Grooved Surfaces
John Harbison The Seven Ages, first Boston performance
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Richard Cornell new work
Elliott Carter Triple Duo


October 16 & 17, 2009,  51 Walden, Concord, MA
CONCORD ORCHESTRA
Johannes Brahms Ave Maria
 Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Director
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor
 Zenan Yu, soloist
Gustave Holst The Planets
 Concord Women's Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Director


October 31, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
Michael Gandolfi Impressions of the Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Manuel de Falla Nights in the Gardes of Spain
 Stephen Drury, piano soloist
Kathryn Salfelder Dessin No. 1
 Call for Scores Winner
Claude Debussy Iberia


November 20, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA Elixirs
Joseph Schwantner Elixir
David Rakowski Mikronomicon, world premere
 Geoffrey Burleson, piano soloist
Chris Arrell Narcissus/echo, first Boston performance
Charles Ives/arr. Pittman 5 Street Songs
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano


November 23, 2009, 7:30 P.M.  Westwood High School, Westwood, MA
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC Family Concert
William Kraft A Simple Introduction to the Orchestra
Nathaniel Stookey/Lemony Snicket The Composer is Dead,
 Joyce Kulhawik, narrator




December 6, 2009, 1:30 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA 
CONCORD ORCHESTRA Family Concert
W.A. Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
 Concord Middle School Orchestra, Anna Anderson, Director
Nathaniel Stookey/Lemony Snicke The Composer is Dead
 Lisa Hughes (WBZ Channel 4 News Anchor), narrator
Leroy Anderson Christmas Festival


Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC Family Concert
William Kraft A Simple Introduction to the Orchestra, first Boston performance
Nathaniel Stookey/Lemony Snicket The Composer is Dead, first Boston performance
 Joyce Kulhawk, narrator


January 29 & 39, 2010, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA 
CONCORD ORCHESTRA
Richard Wagner Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Hector Berlioz Les nuits d'etē
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Edward Elgar Enigma Variations


February 27, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn
William Schuman Concerto for Violn and Orchestra
 Danielle Maddon, soloist
Ronald Perera Earthsongs
 Simmons College Chorale, Danica Buckley,Director
 Handel & Haydn Society Young Women's Chorus, Lisa Graham, Director
Bernard Hoffer Symphony (Pousette-Dart), world premiere


March 5, 2010, 8 P.M.,  Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA Ocean Crossings
Chou Wen-chung Twilight Colors
Nicholas Maw Ghost Dances
Donald Crockett The Cinnamon Peeler
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Rand Steiger Elliott's Instruments, world premiere


March 19 & 20, 2010, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
CONCORD ORCHESTRA
Michael Gandolfi Greatest Hits
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 9 (Great C Major)
Concerto to be played by the Winner of the Concord Orchestra Young Artists Competition


BOSTON MUSICA VIVA AT KINGS PLACE, 90 York Way, London, England
March 25, 2010, 7:30 P.M.
John Huggler Capriccio sregolato, first UK performance
Joseph Schwantner Elixir, first UK performance
Donald Crockett The Cinnamon Peeler, first UK performance
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
John Cage Credo in US
Chou Wen-chung Twilight Colors, first UK performance

March 26, 2010, 7:30 P.M.
Michael Gandolfi Grooved Surfaces, first UK performance
John Harbison The Seven Ages, first UK performance
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Rand Steiger Elliott's Instruments, first UK performance
Elliott Carter Triple Duo

March 27, 2010, 7:30 P.M.
Steven Stucky Boston Fancies, first UK performance
Charles Ives/arr. Pittman 5 Street Songs
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
David Rakowski Mikronomicon, first UK performance
 Geoffrey Burleson, piano soloist
Gunther Schuller 4 Vignettes, first UK performance


April 15, 16, 17, 2010, 8 P.M., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
Shirish Korde Phoolan Devi: The Bandit Queen (fully staged chamber opera), world premiere


April 23 & 24, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
Shirish Korde Phoolan Devi: The Bandit Queen (fully staged chamber opera)


May 1, 2010, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
NEW ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC
John Harbison Symphony No. 2
Concerto to played by the Winner of the NEP Young Artists Competition
Dalit Warshaw Camille's Dance
Igor Stravinsky Le chant du Rossignol




May 14, 15 at 8 P.M., May 16, 2010 at 2 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, MA
CONCORD POPS Summertime
Mikhail Glinka Overture to Ruslan & Ludmilla
Arthur Foote NIght Piece
 Susan Jackson, flute soloist
Johann Strauss Donner und Blitz Polka
Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, Scherzo, Wedding March
W.A.Mozart Batti. batti, o bel Masetto
George Gershwin Summertime
 Karyl Ryczek, soprano
Jacob Gade Jalousie
Johann Strauss Voices of Spring Waltzes
Harold Arlen Over the Rainbow
Richard Rodgers Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Duke/Sayre April in Paris
John Philip Sousa Stars & Stripes Forever



June 18, 2010, 8 P.M., Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, Massachusetts
BOSTON MUSICA VIVA
Michael Gandolfi Grooved Surfaces
John Cage Credo in US
Charles Ives/arranged Pittman Five Street Songs
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Gunther Schuller Four Vignettes
Steven Stucky Boston Fancies



CONCERT CALENDAR 2008-2009
September 18, 2008, Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - BMV@40
Chou Wen-chung Twilight Colors
Gunther Schuller Four Vignettes
Ronald Perera Three Poems of Guenter Grass
 Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano
Richard & Deborah Cornell Tracer
Julie Rohwein Borne on the Wind (world premiere, commissioned by the American Composers Forum New England



October 3, 2008, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Musica Viva - Living Statues (Three mini-operas based on Boston statues)
Theo Loevendie William Lloyd Garrison (world premiere)
Andy Vores Leif Eriksson (world premiere)
Brian Robison Mary Dyer (world premiere)
 Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
 David Kravitz, baritone
 Nicholas Deutsch, stage director
Steven Stucky Boston Fancies
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Chamber Symphony
Aaron Copland Sextet



October 17 & 18, 2008, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

Concord Orchestra - Prague, Moscow and Paris
W.A. Mozart Symphony No.38 in D  (Prague)
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
   David Deveau, soloist
Claude Debussy Nocturnes
   Concord Orchestra Women's Chorus
   Jane Ring Frank, Director 



November 1, 2008, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

New England Phlharmonic
Irving Fine Serious Song: A Lament for String Orchestra
Nicholas Maw The World in the Evening  (first Boston performance)
Paul Hindemith Konzertmusik, Op. 49
 Randall Hodgkinson, piano soloist
Sergei Prokofiev Selections from Romeo & Juliet Suites 1 & 2



November 14, 2008, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Musica Viva - Credo in US: An American Kaleidoscope
Peter Child Rilke Songs (world premiere)
   Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
John Huggler Capriccio sregolato
John Cage Credo in US
Donald Harris Ludus II
Ezra Sims Four Landscapes (world premiere)



December 7, 2008, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

Concord Orchestra - Family Concert: Little Red Riding Hood Conquers the Big Bad Wolf
Andy Vores Big Bad Wolf
Ralph Vaughan Williams Concerto Grosso
   Concord Schools Strings, Scott Knopf, Director
Paul Patterson Little Red Riding Hood
   Concord Players



December 14, 2008, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

New England Philharmonic - Family Concert
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
George Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba
 Steve Aveson, narrator
Concerto to be performed bythe winner of the NEP Young Artist Competition



January30 & 31, 2009, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord,  Massachusetts

Concord Orchestra - Carter's 100th
Elliott Carter Suite from Pocohantas
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
Concerto to be performed by the winner of the Concord Orchestra Young Artists Competition



February 8, 2009, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Musica Viva - 17th Annual Family Concert
Andy Vores Vanishing Cream
   Marimba Magic, Sarah Tenney, Director
Derek Jacoby The Emperor's New Clothes (world premiere)
   Marimba Magic, Sarah Tenney, Director
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
   Steve Aveson, narrator



February 21, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

New England Philharmonic
Jorge Grossman Pasiphae 
 Call for Scores Winner
Robert Schumann Overture, Scherzo & Finale
Gunther Schuller Cello Concerto (first Boston performance)
 Jan Mueller-Szeraws, soloist
Steven Stucky Second Concerto for Orchestra (first Boston performance)



March 27 & 28, 2009, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

Concord Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 7 in C# minor
Johannes Brahms Double Concerto
 Bayla Keyes, violin
 Jan Mueller-Szeraws, cello



April 25, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

New England Philharmonic
Elliott Carter Remembrance
Peter Child Louisa's Letters  (world premiere)
 Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
 Simmons College Chorale, Danica Buckley, Director
Henri Dutilleux L'arbre des songes (Violin Concerto)  (first Boston performance)
 Danielle Maddon, soloist
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G



May 1, 2009, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Musica Viva - Lunar Eclipse
Joseph Schwantner In Aeternum (Consortium IV)
Michael Gandolfi new work (world premiere)
Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire
 Lucy Shelton, Sprechstimme



May 15, 16 & 17, 2009, 8 P.M., 8 P.M., & 3 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

Concord Orchestra Pops - Made in U.S.A.
Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture
Robert McBride Variety Day: Concerto for Violin
 Siri Smedvig, soloist
Raymond Scott The Toy Trumpet
Morton Gould Symphonette No. 2
Gershwin/arr. Bernard Hoffer Four, By George
 Steve Marvin, vocalist
Leroy Anderson The Typewriter
Custer Salute to the Big Bands
Davis/Schaefer I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
George Gershwin S'Wonderful
Vincent Youmans Tea for Two
 Steve Marvin, vocalist
John Philip Sousa The Starts and Stripes Forever




CONCERT CALENDAR 2007-2009
October 5, 2007, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Musica Viva - Made in Germany II
Gunther Schuller Four Vignettes (world premiere )

Paul Hindemith

Die junge Magd
     Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Joerg Widmann  umduestert  (U.S. premiere)      

Detlev Glanert

Geheimer Raum
   

October 19 & 20, 2007, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

The Concord Orchestra   Norway, Leningrad and Vienna

Richard Wagner The Flying Dutchman Overture
Dimitri Shostakovich

Cello Concerto No. 1

   Jan Mueller-Szeraws, soloist      
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2
 

October 27, 2007, 8:00 P.M.,  Kresge Auditorium, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA

New England Philharmonic


John Harbison Symphony No. 1
Gustav Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
    David Karvitz, baritone soloist
Carl Christian Bettendorf Cryptic Circle
Call for Scores co-winner
Jean Sibelius Tapiola


November 9, 2007, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva   Honoring Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter  Triple Duo
Tempo e tempi
      Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Joerg Wyttenbach On Cheating the Fiddler
Frederic Rzewski 96 for Elliott Carter
Betsy Jolas Calling E.C.
Gyoergy Kurtag  Hommage a Elliott Carter 
Harrison Birtwistle Three Niedecker Verses
Franco Donatoni Elly
Rand Steiger Elliott's Instruments  (world premiere)


December 2, 2007, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - Alice & Pinocchio in Wonder- & Fun-land
Rossini-Respighi La Boutique Fantasque Overture
Irving Fine Three Choruses from Alice and Wonderland
   Concord Academy Chorus, Keith Daniel, Director
Michael Gandolfi Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland
    Steve Aveson, narrator


December 9, 2007, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic - Family Concert: Musical Stories
Christopher Rouse  The Infernal Machine
Aaron Copland Old American Songs, First Set
    PALS Children's Chorus, Alysoun Kegel, Director
Francis Poulenc The Story of Babar     
 

     Steve Aveson, narrator

P.I. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, 1st Movement
    Daisy Joo, Winner of the NEP Young Artists  
    Competition



January 25& 26, 2008, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - Card Game on the Rhine
Igor Stravinsky Jeu de cartes
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish)
Sergei Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 1

    Robert Anemone, Winner of the Concord
    Young Artist Competition


February 10, 2008, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - 16th Annual Family Concert
Bernard Hoffer Ma Goose
The Three Little Pigs  (world premiere)
    Northeast Youth Ballet
    Denise Cecere, Director
      Steve Aveson, narrator


February 23, 2008 , 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, Boston University
New England Philharmonic 
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 38  (Prague)
George Tsontakis Violin Concerto No. 2    first Boston performance
         Danielle Maddon, soloist
Gustav Holst Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group II
        Simmons College Chorale
      Danica Buckley, Director       

      Wellesley Chollege Chorus

      Lisa Graham, Director

      

Irving Fine Symphony 1962


March 14 & 15, 2008, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - Sounds of Concord (Thoreau and other heroics)
Hector Berlioz Le Corsaire Overture
Bernard Hoffer Piano Concerto
    Randall Hodgkinson, soloist
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)


April 26, 2008, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic - World Tour
Carlos Rafael Rivera  Popol-Vuh: 4 Mayan Dance Scenes
       Call for Scores co-winner    
 Aaron Copland Piano Concerto      
     Randall Hodgkinson, soloist
 Bela Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin       

May 2, 2008, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - Hands Across the Seas
Shirish Korde Songs of Ecstasy   (world premiere)
      Zorana Sadiq, soprano
    Wendy Jehlen, Indian classical dancer 
Chen Yi Qi
William Kraft Percussion Concerto    
    Dean Anderson, soloist
Osvaldo Golijov There is wind and there are ashes in the wind


May 10, 2008, 7 P.M., Strauss Performing Arts Center,
University of Nebraska Omaha
Omaha Symphony
Gioacchino Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri Overture
Silvestre Revueltas Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
Charles Ives Three Places in New England
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4  (Italian)


May 11, 2009, 2 P.M., Strauss Performing Arts Center,
University of Nebraska Omaha
Omaha Symphony - Discovery Series
Silvestre Revueltas Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
Charles Ives Three Places in New England

May 16, 17, 23 & 24, 2008, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

The Concord Pops - A Little Traveling Music
The Concord Orchestra
Arthur Sullivan Mikado Overture
Jean Sibelius Finlandia
Carl Maria von Weber Andante e Rondo Ungarese
    Bill Moran, bassoon soloist
Leroy Anderson Horse and Buggy
Edward Elgar Crown of India Suite
Berlin/Gershwin  arr. Hoffer Dance Medley 
    Karyl Ryzcek, soprano
George Gershwin Porgy & Bess Selections
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Albert Ketelby In a Persian Market
Williams/Whitney Empire Strikes Back Medley
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever

CONCERT CALENDAR 2006-2007

September 29 , 2006, 8 p.m., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - Spatial
Willem Dragstra Stromenti spezzati  (world premiere )

Brian Robison

North American Field Guide to Car Alarms  (world premiere)
Henry Brant Pathways to Security
        David Kravitz, baritone

Thomas Ades

Catch
   

October 15, 2006, 3:00 P.M.,  Kresge Auditorium, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA

New England Philharmonic

Peter Child Punkie Night  (world premiere)
Stephen Gorbos

Diaphony  (world premiere)

Call for Scores Winner

Colin McPhee

Concerto for Piano and Wind Octet      
         Steven Drury, soloist
Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique      
 
October 20 & 21, 2006, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

The Concord Orchestra

                      
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7


November 17, 2006, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - Made in Germany
Kurt Weill Frauentanz
        Eliabeth Keusch, soprano
Wolfgang Rihm In Frage  (first US performance)
York Hoeller Ex tempore  (first US performance)
Peter Child, Martin Brody, Shirish Korde, Joseph Schwantner 4 Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke  (world premiere)
         Elizabeth Keusch, soprano  


December 3, 2006, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - Introducing the Orchestra
Antonin Dvorak Karneval Overture
P.I Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite No. 1
Benjamin Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Bohuslav Martinu         Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
Leroy Anderson Christmas Festival
         First Parish in Concord Adult and Children's Choirs

       Elizabeth Norton, Director



December 10, 2006, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic - Family Concert
Richard Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries
George Antheil Tom Sawyer Overture
Richard Cornell Umai's Journey
       Steve Aveson, narrator
 

     Young Classical Singers, Marie Stultz, Director

Concerto to be announced

      Performed by Winner of the NEP Young Artists

      Competition



January 26& 27, 2007, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - Mediterranean Journeys
Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 63  (La Roxelane)
Edward Elgar In the South
Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy
        Steven Ansell, viola soloist


February 4, 2007, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - 15th Annual Family Concert
Michael Gandolfi Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland
        Steve Aveson, narrator
Bruce Adolphe The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses  (world premiere)
        PALS Chorus, Jody Simpson, Director
        Steve Aveson, narrator


February 24, 2007 , 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, Boston University
New England Philharmonic - In Praise of Women
Steven Stucky Son et lumiere  first Boston performance
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Concerto for Violin and Orchestra   first Boston performance
         Danielle Maddon, soloist
Claude Debussy La damoiselle elue
        Simmons College Chorale, Sharon Brown, Director       

      Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus, Miguel Felipe, Director

      soloists to be announced

Richard Strauss

Rosenkavalier Suite



March 23& 24, 2007, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - The Orchestra at an Exhibition
Steven Stucky Pinturas de Tamayo
Mussorgsky/Ravel

Pictures At an Exhibition

Concerto to be announced

performed by the winner of the Concord Orchestra

Young Artists Competition



April 21, 2007, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic
Alban Berg Wozzeck  (concert performance)
         David Kravitz, Wozzeck
         Sarah Pelletier, Marie
         Charles Blandy,Captain, Andres, Fool
         Paul Guttry, 1st Apprentice
         Krista River, Margret
         Mark McSweeney, 2nd Apprentice
         TBA, Drum Major
        

       Handel & Haydn Society Young Women's Chorus and

       Wellesley College Chamber Singers

       Lisa Graham, Director

         

       Worcester Polytechnic Glee Club

       John Delorey, Director


May 4 , 2007, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - Roots
Mario Davidovsky Sefarad
  Sanford Sylvan, baritone soloist
Lee Hyla Polish Folk Songs  (world premiere)
Olly Wilson A City Called Heaven
Chou Wen-chung Twilight Skies  (world premiere)    

 

May 18, 19, 25 & 26, 2007, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

The Concord Pops - Gotta Dance
The Concord Orchestra
Maurice Ravel

Alborado del Gracioso

Manuel de Falla Suite No. 2 from The Three Cornered Hat
P.I. Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso
       David Paschke, cello soloist
George Gershwin An American in Paris
Jacques Offenbach Doll Song from The Tales of Hoffman
Johann Strauss Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus
        Alice Tillotson, soprano
Anatol Liadov Baba Yaga
Leroy Anderson Blue Tango
Irving Berlin, George Gershwin (arr. Pittman)

Cheek to Cheek, It Only Happens When I Dance With You,

Fascinatin' Rhythm

sing-along led by Alice Tillotson

John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever



CONCERT CALENDAR 2005-2006

October 7, 2005, 8 p.m., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - Cybersonic Adventures
Kaija Saariaho Aer

Richard & Deborah

Cornell

Tracer
Ronald Perera Three Poems of Guenter Grass
        Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano

Barbara White &

Allicon Crocetta, artist

Lift (world premiere)
Peter Child Ensemblance

October 15, 2005, 7:30 P.M.,  Amos Clark Kingsbury High School, 24 Pound St., Medfield, MA

New England Philharmonic - Halloween

Hector Berlioz Les francs juges Overture
Andrew Norman Sacred Geometry - first Boston performance
Antonin Dvorak The Noon Witch      
Joseph Schwantner Magabunda (Witch Nomad)
        Sarah Pelletier , soprano
 
October 21 & 22, 2005, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

The Concord Orchestra

                       
Robert Kurka Music for Orchestra
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in Bb (Spring)
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb (Emperor)
     Russell Sherman, soloist  


October 23, 2005, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston   

New England Philharmonic - Halloween

Hector Berlioz Les francs juges Overture
Andrew Norman Sacred Geometry - first Boston performance
Antonin Dvorak The Noon Witch      
Joseph Schwantner Magabunda (Witch Nomad)
        Sarah Pelletier , soprano


November 4, 2005, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - The Boston (Musica Viva) Celtics
Andy Vores Forgot (world premiere)
        Valdine Anderson, soprano
Frank Corcoran Mad Sweeney (first US performance)
        Frank Corcoran, narrator
Thea Musgrave Orfeo
Judith Weir Distance & Enchantment


December 4, 2005, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - Family Concert, Babar and Friends
Francis Poulenc Babar the Elephant
        Joyce Kulhawik, CBS 4, narrator
Igor Stravinsky Circus Polka
Bohuslav Martinu

Suite from Spalicek

Dances: with the Hare, of the Lion, of the Sparrow Hawk, of the Little Moouse,

of Puss 'n Boots, of the Bumblebee    

Leroy Anderson Christmas Festival
  Children’s choirs from:

     First Parish in Concord

     Trinitarian Congregational Church

     Trinity Episcopal Church

     Holy Family Parish



December 11, 2005, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic - Family Concert
W.A. Mozart The Magic Flute Overture
Donald Erb Music for a Festive Occasion
Michael Gandolfi Pinnochio's Adventures in Funland
       Steve Aveson, narrator
Sergei Prokofiev

Concerto No. 3 in C

 

     Jung-Eun Yoon, winner of the NEP Young Artists

     Competition



January 27 & 28, 2006, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - Mozart's 250th
Felix Mendelssohn Ruy Blas Overture
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Jean Sibelius En Saga
Sergei Prokofiev

Concerto No. 3 in C

 

    Jung-Eun Yoon, winner of the Concord Orchestra

    Young Artist Competition



February 5, 2005, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - 14th Annual Family Concert
Bernard Hoffer Ma Goose  world premiere of full length ballet
        Northeast Youth Ballet, Denise Cecere, Artistic Director/Choreographer
        Bob McGrath of Sesame Street, narrator


March 4, 2006, 8 P.M., Kresge Auditorium, M.I.T, Cambridge
New England Philharmonic
Peter Child The Sifting: Three Songs of Longfellow  world premiere
  Simmons College Chorale, Sharon Brown, Director       

Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus, Miguel Felipe, Director

Elliott Carter Variations for Orchestra
Gunther Schuller Violin Concerto No. 2  first Boston performance
       Danielle Maddon, soloist
Charles Ives

Three Places in New England



March 24 & 25, 2006, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra
William Kraft Vintage Renaissance
Maurice Ravel

Concerto for the Left Hand

         Steve Drury, pianist
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in Eb (Romantic)

April 22 , 2006, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - Honoring Varese and the International Composers' Guild
Edgard Varese Octandre
  Density 21.5
Carl Ruggles Vox clamans in deserto
Ottorino Respighi Deita silvane   first Boston performance
        Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Carlos Salzedo Preambule et jeux   first Boston performance
       Anna Reinersman, harp
Alfredo Casella Pupazetti   first Boston performance
Chou Wen-chung a new sextet   world premiere
Erik Satie Les danses du Piege de Meduse   first Boston performance


April 29, 2006, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic - Honoring Edgard Varese
Edgard Varese Tuning Up   first Boston performance
Claude Debussy Jeux
Chou Wen-chung Cello Concerto
        Jan Mueller-Szeraws, soloist
Edgard Varese Deserts
Colin McPhee Tabuh-Tabuhan

 

May 12, 13, 19 & 20, 2006, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

The Concord Pops - Around the World in 80 Minutes
The Concord Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini

Introduction, Act III, Madame Butterfly

Bernard Hoffer St. Lucia Morning   world premiere of orchestra version
Albert Ketelbey Bank Holiday ('appy 'ampstead)
Ottorino Respighi The Fountains of Rome
Georges Bizet Habanera from Carmen
Gioacchino Rossini Una voce poco fa from The Barber of Seville
        Krista River, mezzo- soprano
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5
Johann Strauss Egyptian March
Leonard Bernstein West Side Overture
Rodgers & Hammerstein Selections from South Pacific
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever
 

 


CONCERT CALENDAR 2004-2005

October 3, 2004, 3 p.m., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - Peaceable Kindgdoms
Eitan Steinberg The Sultan is Pregnant - first US performance
        Etty Ben Zaken, voice
Mario Davidovsky Sefarad - world premiere
        David Evitts, baritone
Brian Robison Bonfire of Civil Liberties - world premiere
        Steve Aveson, narrator


October 22 & 23, 2004, 8 p.m., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra
Chou Wen-chung And the Fallen Petals
Antonin Dvorak Violin Concerto in A minor
        Peter Zazofsky, soloist
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F (Pastoral)


October 30, 2004, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
October 31, 2004, 3 P.M., North Andover High School, Massachusetts
New England Philharmonic
Richard Wagner Prelude to Act III, Lohengrin
Nicholas Maw Concert Suite from Sophie’s Choice - first Boston performance
        Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano
Alban Berg 5 Orchestral Songs on Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg, Op. 4
        Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano
P.I. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor


November 19, 2004, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - The French Connection
Pierre Boulez Derive I
        Petite derives (en echo) - first Boston performance
Pascal Dusapin Comoedia (10) (3 texts from the Divine Comedy) - first U.S. performance
        Janna Baty, soprano
Jean-Claude Risset Dialogues - first U.S. performance
Marc-André Dalbavie Palimpestre - first U.S. performance
Donald Harris Five Tempi (Ludus III) - world premiere
Elliott Carter Statement
        Bayla Keyes, solo violin


December 5, 2004, 2 & 4 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra - Family Concert
George Antheil Tom Sawyer Overture
William Schuman Circus Overture
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
        Jack Williams, CBS 4 news anchor, narrator
Pamela Marshall (arranger) Traditional Christmas Carols - world premiere
        

Children’s choirs from:

     First Parish in Concord

     Trinitarian Congregational Church

     Trinity Episcopal Church

     Holy Family Parish



December 12, 2004, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic
William Grant Still Mejorana y sovacon from Danzas de Panama
William Kraft Concerto for 4 Percussionists and Orchestra, 2nd mvt
Bernard Hoffer Fanfare, Adagio and Dance for Brass. Harp, Timpani and Percussion
  A Concord Rag
Benjamin Britten A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
        Steve Aveson, narrator
Maurice Ravel Concerto in G, first movement
        Larry Weng, piano, NEP Young Artists Competition    

      Winner



January 28 & 29, 2005, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra
W. A. Mozart Overture to the Magic Flute
Witold Lutoslawski Symphonic Variations
Franz Liszt A Faust Symphony
        Ray Bauwens, tenor soloist
        Worcester Polytechnic Glee Club,
              John Delorey, Director


February 6, 2005, 3 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - Annual Family Concert
Michael Gandolfi Pied Piper of Hamelin - world premiere
        Marimba Magic, Sara Tenney, Director
        Bob McGrath of Sesame Street, narrator
Francis Poulenc Babar The Elephant


February 26, 2005, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D (Haffner)
Andy Vores An Other I (violin concerto) world premiere
        Danielle Maddon, soloist
Irving Fine Three Choruses from Alice in Wonderland
Elliott Carter The Harmony of Morning
  Simmons College Chorale, Sharon Brown, Director       

Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus, John Delorey, Director

Franz Liszt Les preludes


April 1 & 2, 2005, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
The Concord Orchestra
Heitor Villa-Lobos Uirapuru (The Magic Bird)
Henri Wieniawski

Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in D minor

       Hillary Ditmars, Winner of the Concord Orchestra

       Young Artist Competition

Franz Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration


April 30, 2005, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
New England Philharmonic
Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Leon Kirchner Orchestra Piece
Bohuslav Martinu Concerto for Piano Trio and String Orchestra - first Boston performance
        Triple Helix, soloists
Thomas Osborne The Burning Music  Call for Scores Winner
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 4 in D


May 6, 2005, 8 P.M., Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Boston Musica Viva - From Eastern Europe with Love
Gyorgy Ligeti Horn Trio
Lee Hyla Six Polish Folk Songs - world premiere
Gyorgy Kurtag Scenes from a Novel, 15 Songs to Poems by Rimma Dalos - first Boston performance

May 13, 14, 20 & 21, 2005, 8 P.M., 51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts

The Concord Pops - "Spanish spoken here"
The Concord Orchestra
Emmanuel Chabrier

Espana

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol
Morton Gould Tropical
Jules Massenet Le Cid Ballet Suite
Mauel de Falla/Halffter Seven Popular Spanish Songs
        Alice Tillottson, soprano
George Gershwin A Cuban Overture
Leonard Bernstein/Mason West Side Story Selections
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever
        Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Steven Stucky Ad Parnassum
      

June 14, 2005, 7 P.M., Mohr & McPherson, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Viva the "Duke"
Boston Musica Viva
Duke Ellington

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

  Demi-Tasse
  Rockin' in Rhthm
  On a Turquoise Cloud
  Choo Choo
  A Lull at Dawn
  Fugue-a-Ditty, Jam-a-Ditty
Earl Hines Grand Terrace Shuffle
Duke Ellington Self-Portrait (of the Bean)
  Creole Love Call
  Tiger Rag



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