Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum -Boston

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of this wonderful

Boston

treasure of a museum today !

... a fun Autumn day in the city.

 

NEC October 17

 

Wednesday - October 17

 

David Loebel, Associate Director of Orchestras,

leads the

New England Conservatory Symphony

in its season opener.

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The Program:

Mozart: Symphony No. 38. "Prague"

Mozaart's Symphony No. 38(Prague) is renowned for its somewhat unconventional three- movement structure, it's almost unprecedented use of sonata form in all three movements, and its extraordinarily dramatic, even tragic atmosphere. 

Weber/Beriloz: Invitation to the Dance 

&

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber

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GOT OYSTERS ?

I missed IT 

:(

I've been anticipating this 'festival' for months.

And I missed it !

Here is a 'taste' of the fun event from last year.

 Perhaps YOU enjoyed the October 13,14- 2012 weekend in Wellfleet.

I hope you did and will share your fun time here. Post a comment,

tell me what I missed.

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 The

Oyster Fest

is a two day event brings together locals and visitors alike for a weekend full of hometown flavor and big time fun featuring something for everyone: local cuisine, educational lectures, cooking demonstrations, arts and crafts, children’s activities, live music, road races, walking tours and the Oyster Shuck-Off competition.The 'Fest is produced by Wellfleet Shellfish Promotion and Tasting, or SPAT, a non-profit organization devoted to fostering a greater understanding of the town's shell fishing industry and made possible through collaboration with the Town of Wellfleet, the support of many generous sponsors, the area shell fishermen and a dedicated group of volunteers.

        

 Proceeds from the ‘Fest fund SPAT’s educational mission including a Nauset Regional High School scholarship program and community grant awards to those whose creative and educational work increases awareness of Wellfleet’s shell fishing industry.

To date, SPAT has awarded more than $75,000 between the high school scholarship program and its grants in the local community.

Without your support, the 'Fest cannot continue to exist.

 

 

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WAR HORSE

 

......... WOW.........

October 10 - 21

Boston Opera House

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GO SEE IT !

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Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo* in association with Handspring Puppet Company.
A remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship.
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England, 1914. As World War One begins, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped from England to France.  He's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary journey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land.  But Albert cannot forget Joey and , still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home...

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I enjoyed the show.

Very Much !

(*Photos courtesy of War Horse) 

 

 

NEC Philharmonia, Wolff / Beethoven, Adams, Brahms - InstantEncore

NEC Philharmonia, Wolff / Beethoven, Adams, Brahms - InstantEncore

"...the ensemble was impeccable. Beethoven was moving, Adams energetic,
and Brahms epic. !"

New England Conservatory- 2012-13 Fall Season begins!

 

I'm excited about the new Fall 2012-13 season of music at the

New England Conservatory !

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This evenings performances were all Wonderful !

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The NEC College orchestras offer an opportunity for audiences to devour an astonishing array of music - from rarely played to deeply beloved works!

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"Music acts like a magic key,

to which the most tightly closed heart opens."

Maria von Trapp

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Let the shows begin...

Wednesday - October 3rd

 

Hugh Wolff, Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras, and the NEC Philharmonia open the 2012-13 orchestral season with three dramatic symphonic works:

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 Beethoven's "Leonore" Overture No.3.

The Beethoven powerfully encapsulates the story of a courageous wife who plots to release here husband and other political prisoners

from the dungeons of the despotic ruler Pizzarro.

Very moving, emotional, vibrant !

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 John Adams's Dr. Atomic Symphony.

In symphonic excerpts from Adam's 2005 opera, Dr.Atomic Symphony

depicts the Los Alamos crew of the Manhattan Project in the final days before

the first detonation of the atom bomb. 

Incredibly performed !

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 Brahms' symphony No. 4.

The Brahms finds the composer lamenting the approaching end of civilization as he knew it.  Brahms' Fourth is no simple abstraction, not simply the private thoughts of a talented man, but the elegy of the civilization he saw marching to catastrophe around him and the dark prophecy of the future.

Such a vibrant selection to showcase this season! 

Wonderful !

*****

NEC's young musicians exhilarated listeners with their brilliance, their passion, and their unreserved expressiveness. It was truly a thrilling evening!

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FIRST MONDAY- 2012-2013 Season

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The New England Conservatory faculty have always enjoyed playing chamber music together, but in 1985 cellist Laurence Lesser transformed these 0ccasional musical evenings into a stellar, regularly occurring series.  At the time he initiated the series, Lesser was president of NEC.  He currently occupies NEC’s Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music and continues to curate the concerts.

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NEC presents more than 600 FREE concerts each year, many of them in Jordan Hall, its world- renowned, 106-year old, beautifully restored concert hall. These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral programs to jazz and opera scenes.

 

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Over the past 27 years, Boston-area chamber music buffs have come to look forward to these six FREE concerts held on the first Mondays of October, November, December, March, April, and May.  They know they can count on hearing fascinating repertoire in one of the great halls of the world.  And they know they can expect illumination performances by some of the world's greatest artists -- NEC faculty, alumni, students and friends, who donate thei9r services in exchange for the opportunity to experience together music that is among the most transcendent expressions of human culture.

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Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 720 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty

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First Monday

October 1, 2012 --> Program:
FULL HOUSE !
The doors opened at 7:45 with a LONG line out the door. Wonderful to see such and enthusiastic crowd filling every seat for the start of 'First Monday'
FREE concerts at the NEC.

Jessica Zhou, now NEC harp faculty,

is making her First Monday debut.

She performed .....
WONDERFULLY

Claude Debussy: Syrinx Paula Robinson, flute

C.P.E. Bach: Duet in e minor, Wq 140

Paula Robison, flute

Masuko Ushioda, violin

J.S. Bach: Ricercar a 3 from "The Musical Offering"

John Gibbons, *fortepiano

J.S. Bach: Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale from

"The Musical Offering"

Paula Robinson, flute

Masuko Ushioda, violin

Laurence Lesser, cello

John Gibbons, *fortepiano

Claude Debussy: Danses sacree et profane

Jessica Shou, harp

Masuko Ushioda, Ethan Wood, violins

Rachel Fagerburg*,viola

Mickey Katz*, cello

Daehee Choo*, double bass

Carl Maria von Weber: Trio in g minor, Opus 63

Paula Robison, flute

Laurence Lesser, cello

Kai-Ching Chang, piano

 

 

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 See you next time !