Continuo Cellist

Mark Dwyer, conductor

Church of the Advent Choir

F. Schubert: Mass No. 4 in C Major, D. 452 (1816)

I. Kyrie and Gloria

II. Credo

III. Sanctus and Benedictus

IV. Agnus Dei

W.A. Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, KV. 618 (1791)

John Storgårds, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Outi TARKIAINEN Midnight Sun Variations
NIELSEN Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS The Oceanides and The Bard
SIBELIUS Tapiola

Finnish conductor John Storgårds leads the first of two BSO concerts in the Music of the Midnight Sun Festival, an exploration of Nordic music and storytelling. Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen’s nuanced and colorful Midnight Sun Variations transports you to her homeland and is in many ways is a worthy successor to the vivid soundscapes of her compatriot Jean Sibelius. Three of the composer’s tone poems based on Finnish legend are performed here, their moods ranging from sweeping power to contemplative mystery. These concerts also feature established Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto in his BSO debut in the orchestra’s first-ever performances of the great Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s 1911 Violin Concerto.

Joana Mallwitz, conductor

Anna Vinnitskaya, piano

KODÁLY Dances of Galánta

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1

SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

German conductor Joana Mallwitz and Russian pianist Anna Vinnitskaya, both in their BSO debuts, perform Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 1, which originally premiered in Boston! Hungarian Kodá ly’s Dances of Galánta (1933) is steeped in folk music of the composer’s home region. Franz Schubert wrote his towering Symphony in C, The Great, near the end of his life; none other than Felix Mendelssohn led its public premiere a decade after Schubert’s death.

Section Cellist for Silent Film

GR Films & New Path Productions Present She, Who Dared:

The Red Carpet Test-Screen Live Orchestral Event!

Ian Rashkin, composer

Sebastian Bäverstam, conductor

Vangarde Symphony Orchestra

Dared: The Red Carpet Test-Screen Live Orchestral Event! at the Somerville Theater with an original score by renowned composer Ian Rashkin performed live by Boston’s Sebastian Baverstam and his Vangarde Symphony Orchestra.

She, Who Dared is writer/director Gabrielle Rosson’s greatly anticipated proof-of-concept short film about lost silent film icon Lois Weber starring a host of New England talent including lead actors Katie Killourhy and Paul Noonan, and notables Sheri Lee, Nick Wakely, Paul Kandarian, Justin Thibault, Dustin Teuber and Kris Salvi.

Film history from the female perspective is just one topic Rosson hopes She, Who Dared will highlight. She also plans to use the film to explore the pressures of being a married working woman in the 1920s and to underscore the longstanding battle between independent filmmakers and Hollywood executives.

"This is the most important film I've ever made," states Rosson, "it's vitally important that filmmakers know where they came from. By presenting the film with a live orchestral performance, we honor both Lois Weber and the medium of silent film at its very roots."

The original score for She, Who Dared features a lush combination of strings and winds and was written by Los Angeles-based composer Ian Rashkin, who noted he wanted his music to convey “both the beauty and gravity of Weber's work, and to hint at the musical style of the period but with a modern gloss, much like the very idea of a biopic about a filmmaker.”

Boston’s Sebastian Baverstam and his 15 piece Vangarde Symphony Orchestra will perform the score live to film at 3 PM, but the festivities kick off with a cocktail hour, red-carpet photos, and networking at 2 PM. Emcee and comedian, John O’Connor, will lead a filmmaker Q&A after the film.

Cello and Viola Duo

Sean Mulligan, viola

Cello and Violin Duo

Chamber Music Cellist & Section Cello

Fanfare for Composing Women

Sharon Su, piano soloist

Britney Alcine, conductor

Joan Tower: Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (2015)

Tania Leon: Alma (2007)

F. Mendelssohn Hensel: Piano Concerto in G Minor, IFH 19 (1843, arranged from the Piano Sonata in G Minor), 2023 arr. Patricia Wallinga

First Performance. Orchestration commissioned by Ballets Russes Arts Initiative.

Lera Auerbach: Quartet No. 3 “Cetera Desunt” (2006)

Joan Tower: Petroushskates (1980)

This concert is presented by Ballets Russes Arts Initiative in partnership with Congregation Kehillath Israel.

The performance and orchestral commission are generously supported by the Hegardt Foundation, with additional funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Women's Philharmonic Advocacy, the Rebecca Clarke Society, Aurora Charitable Fund, Congregation Kehillath Israel and numerous individuals including Guillermo Del Angel, Friedhelm Hildebrandt and an Anonymous donor.

Solo Cello with Piano Accompaniment

J.S. Bach: Suite for solo cello

No.3 in C Major

J. Dall’Abaco: from 11 Caprices for solo cello

No. 8 in G Major

F. Schubert: selection from Schwanengesang, D. 957

No. 4: Ständchen, arr. Vogel & H. Guérout

P. Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, arr. O. Mendozzi

C. Debussy: selection from Préludes, Livre I

No. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin, arr. Körner after Roques

Elias Dagher, piano

Section Cello

Sommer Forrester, conductor

Dr. Ryan Noe and Max Ignas, trumpet soloists

UMass Boston Orchestra

L. v. Beethoven - Overture to ‘Egmont’, Op. 84

A. Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major, RV 537

Lili Boulanger - D’un matin de printemps

J. P. Moncayo - Huapango

Section Cello

Aurora

Yip Wai Chow, violin soloist

Fermata Chamber Soloists Chamber Orchestra

Max Richter - Four Seasons Recomposed

R. Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Please join us for our season finale, and five year celebration of Fermata Chamber Soloists, for a show-stopping program featuring FCS veteran violinist Yip Wai Chow. On the program is Max Richter’s minimalist recomposition of Vivaldi’s timeless Four Seasons, as well as the beautifully moving Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Solo Cello with Accompaniment

Artist Showcase as part of The St. Botolph Club’s “Fellows’ Fanfare”

Alexander Glazunov: Chant du Ménestral, Op. 71

Ivan Gusev, piano

Solo Cello

For private reception following Boston College’s Spring Symposium on Journalism and Democracy

J.S. Bach: Suites for solo cello

No. 1 in G Major

No. 3 in C Major

No. 4 in E-flat Major

Joseph Dall’Abaco: selections from 11 Caprices for solo cello

No. 1 in c minor

No. 3 E-flat Major

No. 8 in G Major

Section Cello

Flagship Concert: Atonement

Alex Fowler, solo cello

Fermata Chamber Soloists Chamber Orchestra

O. Respighi - Il Tramonto

A. Pärt - Fratres

M. Bruch - Kol Nidrei

Fermata Chamber Soloist veteran Alex Fowler presents Max Bruch’s haunting one movement work for cello and orchestra, Kol Nidrei or “All Vows.” This mysterious piece utilizes an Aramaic prayer sung at the beginning of Yom Kippur, the hallowed day of atonement. Ottorino Resphighi’s Il Tramonto, for voice and string quartet, is a deeply affective work that tells the story of two lovers and their tragic fate.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

Emanuel Ax, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy after Shakespeare

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456

BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Colombian conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada in his BSO debut is joined by American pianist Emanuel Ax for Wolfgang Mozart’s high- spirited Piano Concerto No. 18. The familiar, yearning Romeo and Juliet Overture is one of several works Pyotr Tchaikovsky based on Shakespeare plays. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s lurid Miraculous Mandarin Suite and the Romanian French composer George Enescu’s folk music-inspired Romanian Rhapsody both make exciting and colorful demands on the orchestra.

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Section Cello

Dominique Hoskin, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream

William L. Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Continuo Cellist

Mark Dwyer, conductor

Church of the Advent Choir

W.A. Mozart: Missa brevis in F Major, KV. 192 (1774)

• Kyrie and Gloria: 25:00

• Credo: 51:25

• Sanctus and Benedictus: 1:13:00 mins

• Angus Dei and Donna Nobis Pacem: 1:25:20

String Quartet Cellist

Section cello as part of the premiere concert of the Vanguarde Symphony Orchestra

Sebastian Bäverstam, solo cello

Max Hobart, conductor

F.J. Haydn: Armida Overture

Bäverstam: Cello Concerto in d minor