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 !