Opening Night: I. New Beginnings
Eric Nathan, CONDUCTOR
Collage New Music
Sarah Brady, FLUTE; Alexis Lanz, CLARINET; Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, SAXOPHONE; Heather Braun, VIOLIN; Jan Müller-Szeraws, CELLO; Christopher Oldfather, PIANO/HARPSICHORD; Michael Weinfield-Zell, PERCUSSION
The Ferdinando S. Buonanno Concert
October 6, 2024, 7:30pm EDT
Longy School of Music, Pickman Hall (27 Garden St, Cambridge, MA)
Presented in partnership with Longy School of Music
Juri Seo’s participation at this concert and the Collage Composers Colloquium is co-sponsored by the Korean Cultural Society of Boston
Pre-Concert Talk at 6:30pm with Artistic Director Eric Nathan and featured composers
$35 General Admission; $15 Students (Longy Students and Faculty: Free)
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ABOUT
The season-opener marks Eric Nathan’s inaugural concert as Artistic Director and features music that builds on the past to find new sonic futures, featuring composers who find inspiration from both J.S. Bach and improvised music. The concert features two newly commissioned world premieres for the occasion connecting Collage’s past to its future.
PROGRAM
Wang Lu: New Work (2024) world premiere (Collage Commission)*
flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello, piano/harpsichord, percussion
Vijay Iyer: Run (2015)
solo cello
Juri Seo: Rondeau, Ostinato, Fantasia (2018) Boston premiere
clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello, piano/harpsichord, percussion
Intermission
J.S. Bach: Aria from Goldberg Variations
harpsichord
John Harbison: New Work (2024) world premiere (Collage Commission)
Eric Nathan: Short Stories (2021) live audience world premiere (50th anniversary Collage Commission)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
The concert will conclude by 9:15 p.m.
Please join Collage for a reception following the performance
*Wang Lu’s work was Commissioned by Collage New Music in honor of Eric Nathan's inaugural concert as Artistic Director, with the generous support of David Josephson