NEC Philharmonia

Up and OUT... to Boston's New England Conservatory --> WOW of an evening's entertainment !

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I really didn't want to go into Boston, 6:30, dark, cold, where to park?, but I ran out of excuses. This long (snowless) winter wasn't going to keep me house-bound and miss this opportunity to experience  the NEC showcase performance for FREE,

yep for---> FREE !
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I'm extremely glad I got myself out to enjoy this wonderful concert and re-connect with some of my Meetup friends from previous outtings.
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The scheduled performance goes like this:

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(information obtained via evenings program booklet)

NEC Philharmonia

David Loebel, conductor

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Noted for performances that combine innate musicality with

 interpretive insight, David Loebel joined the faculty of New

England Conservatory as Associate Director of Orchestras

 in 2010 following an eleven year tenure as Music Director

and Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Prior

 to his appointment in Memphis, he enjoyed a decade-long

association with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra,

 serving as Associate and then Associate Principal

Conductor, as well as Artistic Director of its summer

festival, Classics in the Loop. He has also been Associate

Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

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The Program:

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Beatrice et Benedict Overture

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 TH 59

Allegro moderato

Canzonetta - Andante

Finale - Allegro vivacissimo

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with

Grace Park, violin

(Winner, NEC violin concerto competition)

ViolinistGrace Park has appeared on concerts as both a soloist and chamber musician allover the world. She has performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hallin New York, Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl, The MillenniumStage at the Kennedy Center, Jordan Hall in Boston, the Rudolfinum in Prague,and Glinka Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In 2008 Grace toured Italy performingMozart's Violin Concerto No.5 with the Napoli Chamber Orchestra. As an activechamber musician Grace has collaborated with artists inlcuding Roger Tapping,Paula Robison, Alan Kay, Steven Doane, Paul Katz, Boris Berman, Michael Kannenand Anthony Marwood.

Grace has participated and performed inmusic festivals and programs such as Yellow Barn Music Festival, Music at Menlo,IMS Prussia Cove--Open Chamber Music, and the Perlman Chamber Workshop inShelter Island, NY.

Ms. Park currently studies with Donald Weilerstein andMiriam Fried at the New England Conservatory. She previously studied withRobert Lipsett, Michelle Kim, Zvi Zeitlin, Itzhak Perlman, Jaime Laredo,Cho-Liang Lin, Oleh Krysa, Joel Smirnoff, Gerhard Schulz and Igor Ozim. Graceplays on a 1719 Francesco Gobetti generously on loan from the ColburnFoundation.

 and the evening continued ....

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IMAGES

I. Rondes de printemps

II. Gigues

III. Iberia

1.Par les rues et par les chemins

(In the streets and byways)

2. Les parfums de la nuit

(The fragrances of the night)

3. Le matin d'un jour de fete

(The morning of a festival day)

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I'm glad I made the trip into Boston!

A wonderful evening at the  NEC !

too bad YOU missed it.

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And there is more to come