An Evening of Flute and Cello Music with Rachel Arnold
June 6th, 2010, 7:00 PM
Danvers United Methodist Church
16 Sylvan Street
Danvers, MA
Jay Batzner Oblique Extensions*
Volker Blumenthaler Elegie
Elliott Carter Enchanted Preludes
Christopher Gainey Breakdowns
Donald Martino Variations on a Medieval Melodies for solo cello
Kaija Saariaho Mirrors
Giacinto Scelsi Pwyll for solo flute
Charles Turner 11 Love Songs on Poems by Else Lasker-Schüler*
*Premiere of commissioned pieces
Suggested Donation $10
MetroWest Opera presents Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Weston Town Hall
11 Town House Road
Weston, MA
Saturday, April 25th, 2010, 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 26th, 2010, 3:00 PM
Saturday, May 1st, 2010, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010, 3:00 PM
Adam Boyles, Music Director
More information and tickets here.
A Musical and Poetic Journey from Freedomville to Breakdowns
February 19th, 2010, 9:00 PM
Christopher Gainey Breakdowns for flute and cello
Jim Scully Duality in Time
Scott Ruescher, poet
Ashley Addington, flute
Rachel Arnold, cello
Dennis Shafer, Soundpainter, saxophone
Diana Norma, poet
Sarah Kinne, visual artist
Take a journey with Ruescher’s new chapbook Sidewalk Tectonics (2009 Pudding House Press). Musically enhanced by this ruthless duo, Jim Scully’s Duplicitous Encounter will start the trip from Lincoln’s birthplace to the site Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination, highlighted by Christopher Gainey’s Breakdowns. No kidding, there’s blues in this one–and Soundpainting, too! Bring your own contribution in the form of poetry, sound, spirits, and be ready for a surprise from the exhibited visual artist, Sarah Kinne!
Suggested Donation $10
Music of Bach, Charpentier, Rutter, and more holiday favorites
December 13th, 2009, 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Chatham
650 Main Street
Chatham, MA
Performances at the Nashua Holiday Stroll
November 28th, 2009, 7:00 PM
Church of the Good Shepherd
214 Main Street
Nashua, NH
J.S.Bach Sonata in C Major
Luciano Berio Sequenza for Solo Flute
Frank Martin Trois Noel
G.P. Telemann Cantata
Music for Flute, Voice, and Piano
November 28th, 2009, 5:45 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua
58 Lowell Street
Nashua, NH
Samuel Barber The Secrets of the Old
Samuel Barber St. Ida’s Vision
Samuel Barber Sure on this Shining Night
Frank Martin Trois Noel
G.P. Telemann Cantata
Traditional Carol Arrangements
with Janet Poisson, soprano and Angela Olszta, piano
Joint concert with pianist Danny Holt
Thursday, January 28th, 2010, 7:00 PM
The Lily Pad Cambridge
1353 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA
Jay Batzner Oblique Variations
Michael Coleman 3:48 p.m. Eastern (solo cello)
Christopher Gainey Breakdowns for flute and cello*
James Geiger Scherzo
Peter Lawless Tangen
Matthew C. Saunders Passacaglia
Jim Scully Duplicitous Encounter*
Tim Smeltz Meditation in 60 minutes (solo cello)
Nolan Stolz 3 Haiku for flute and cello
Charles A. Turner Burrowing
*Premiere of Commissioned Pieces
Pianist Danny Holt will perform the 2nd half of the concert.
BOC presents Robert Ward’s Pulitzer Prize winning opera, The Crucible
Church of the Covenant
67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
Saturday, November 14th, 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 15th, 7:30 PM
Thursday, November 19th, 7:30 PM
Friday, November 20th, 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 21st, 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 22nd, 7:30 PM
Tickets at www.bostonoperacollaborative.org.
Opening Fall Concert
October 31, 2009, 8:00 PM
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
685 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Gandolfi Impressions from “The Garden of Cosmic Speculation”
Manuel de Falla Nights in the Garden of Spain
Kathryn Safelder Dessin No. 1
Claude Debussy Iberia
Tickets at www.nephilharmonic.org
Classical Concert #2
March 22nd, 2009, 3:00 PM
Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to Coriolanus
Benjamin Godard Suite for Flute with soloist Ona Jonaityte
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Tickets and details at www.nvporchestra.org.