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 !
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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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