Sunday . April 7 . 2019 . 7:30 PM
New England Conservatory . Brown Hall

PERFORMERS

Sammy Andonian & Abigail Hong, violins
Kevonna Shuford, viola
Verona Quartet with Merry Peckham, cello & Kirsten Doctor, viola
Tom Novak’s Wind Ensemble

MUSIC FOR FOOD BOSTON

Antonín Dvořák | Terzetto in C major, Op.74
Arnold Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Edvard Grieg | Four Lyric Pieces

Join us for the second concert of our Boston season! All concert donations will support The Women’s Lunch Place.

Suggested Donation: $25+, $10+ students

The female folk supergroup “I’m With Her” is made up of Sara Watkins, a founding member of progressive bluegrass outfit Nickel Creek; Sarah Jarosz, a Grammy®-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; and Aoife O’Donovan, the Grammy®-winning lead singer of progressive string band Crooked Still.

Part of the Kennedy Center’s DIRECT CURRENT celebration of contemporary culture

Program:

Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2

Mendelssohn String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44 No. 2

Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts

A refreshing Sunday ritual: intimate one-hour concerts followed by coffee and conversation with the artists

Program
Mozart - Quartet in F Major K590
Kelly-Marie Murphy - Dark Energy
Julia Adolphe - Star-Crossed Signals
Beethoven - quartet in F Major op. 135

Showcase: 6-8 p.m., reception with hors d'oeuvres to follow.
Free and open to the public.
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan
(Entrance near 154 West 57th Street)

Well-known for his 14-year tenure as a dancer with Mark Morris Dance Group, Artistic Director John Heginbotham creates work known for its “tight formal structure and inventive movement, bolstered by a disarming wit and strangeness” (The New Yorker). Founded in 2011, Dance Heginbotham has quickly established itself as one of the most adventurous and exciting new companies on the contemporary dance scene, and is celebrated for its vibrant athleticism, humor, and theatricality, as well as its commitment to collaboration. The company has shared the stage with music icons including Alarm Will Sound, Brooklyn Rider, Gabriel Kahane and Shara Nova, and members of The Knights orchestra.

Musicians:
Ethan Iverson, composer/pianist: Easy Win
Verona Quartet
Jerome Mouffe, guitar
Yosi Karahashi, flamenco artist

Well-known for his 14-year tenure as a dancer with Mark Morris Dance Group, Artistic Director John Heginbotham creates work known for its “tight formal structure and inventive movement, bolstered by a disarming wit and strangeness” (The New Yorker). Founded in 2011, Dance Heginbotham has quickly established itself as one of the most adventurous and exciting new companies on the contemporary dance scene, and is celebrated for its vibrant athleticism, humor, and theatricality, as well as its commitment to collaboration. The company has shared the stage with music icons including Alarm Will Sound, Brooklyn Rider, Gabriel Kahane and Shara Nova, and members of The Knights orchestra.

Musicians:
Ethan Iverson, composer/pianist: Easy Win
Verona Quartet
Jerome Mouffe, guitar
Yosi Karahashi, flamenco artist

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven

String Quartet No.6 in B Flat Major. Op.18 
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3

Composer at Large: An Evening with Julia Adolphe
Music Style: New Music

With commissions already performed by the New York Philharmonic, and the LA Chamber Orchestra, this evening with the young and gifted American composer includes a sneak preview of selections from her new opera, A Barrel Of Laughs, A Vale Of Tears, co-commissioned by Boston Court.

COMPOSERS
Julia Adolphe

PERFORMERS
Soprano: Hila Plitmann
Mezzo-Soprano: Victoria Fox
Piano: Lisa Sylvester
Violin: Jonathan Ong
Violin: Dorothy Ro
Viola: Abigail Rojansky
Cello: Jonathan Dormand

REPERTOIRE
White Flag
If Only She
Moonlight Aria and Duet
A Laugh is No Kinging Matter
Sculpture Aria
Star-Crossed Signals
Footsteps
The Dastardly Divide (from A Barrel of Laughs)

PROGRAM
Mozart: Quartet, K.590
Janacek: Quartet No 2, “Intimate Letters”
Beethoven: Quartet, Op. 135
Dvorak: Cypresses