Boston Conservatory spring performances

Every hour seems to bring a fresh sign of how the economic meltdown is affecting the arts around here. The press release that topped the Boston Conservatory's spring sked contains more references to affordability than the average K mart flyer: "The Boston Conservatory offers award-winning, affordable, high-quality performances by faculty, students and guests throughout the school year. Among the offerings for the Spring 2009 semester are classical music performances, theater, musical theater, opera, children’s performances and dance. Many of the performances are free. In addition, The Boston Conservatory offers substantial discounts for all students from any institution, with ID." (Emphasis mine.)

Among the events are return of the popular Piano Masters and String Masters series of guest artist recitals and The Boston Conservatory Theater’s "42nd Street," in honor of the late Sue Ronson, creator of the Conservatory’s tap program. When required, tickets are available at (617) 912-9222 or www.bostonconservatory.edu/tickets.

Complete schedule after the jump.

Campus performance location key: Seully Hall, Concert Room and The Zack Box, 8 The Fenway; The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St.

January
Jan. 31, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Faculty Recital Series
something old, something new, something borrowed…
Eric Hewitt, saxophones; Gretchen Peery-Hewitt, piano
PIERRE MAX DUBOIS: Divertissement for alto saxophone and piano
MARCOS BALTER: New piece for alto saxophone and piano (world premiere)
RACHMANINOFF: Sonata in g minor
Seully Hall, FREE

February

Feb. 5–8
MUSIC: New Music Festival
Free concerts of contemporary chamber music. Seully Hall, FREE

February 5, 8 p.m.
FORCE
JEFFERSON FRIEDMAN: 8 Crom-Tech Songs
DONATONI: Claire
UENO: whatWALL?
XENAKIS: Psappha
Featuring The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble conducted by Eric Hewitt; the Yesaroun’ Duo; Michael Norsworthy; Patrick Litterst; and Kent O’Doherty

February 6, 5 p.m.
Prelude Concert — Ludovico Ensemble^
GYORGY KURTAG: Kafka Fragments

February 6, 8 p.m.
Brave New Works
Works of new American music

February 8, 6 p.m.
Prelude Concert — Ludovico Ensemble^
MORTON FELDMAN: Crippled Symmetry

February 8, 8 p.m.
Momenta*
PHILIP GLASS: String Quartet No.5
CONLON NANCARROW: String Quartet No. 1
Additional music by Mauricio Kagel, Dalit Warshaw and Kee Yong Chong.

Feb. 5–7, 8 p.m., Feb. 8, 2 p.m.
OPERA: Cendrillon
By Jules Massenet. Sung in English. Bruce Hangen, conductor. Kirsten Z. Cairns, director.
A fairy tale in four acts first performed in Paris in 1899, Cendrillon is one of the most frequently performed of Massenet’s operas. The opera is based on the Charles Perrault version of the much-loved story of Cinderella.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, $22 general, $12 for seniors, $7 students with valid ID.

Feb. 7, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble
American Masters
Eric Hewitt, conductor
Cmdr. Brian Walden,* U.S. Navy Academy Band, guest conductor. Featuring a work by The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition Winner.
WILLIAM SCHUMAN: George Washington Bridge
GUNTHER SCHULLER: Divertimento (On Winged Flight)
BISSEL:The Alabos Song
COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait
Boston College High School, Bulger Center for the Performing Arts, 150 Morrissey Blvd., Boston. FREE.

Feb. 10, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Piano Masters Series
Cyprien Katsaris* (Boston Recital Debut)
The great French-Cypriot pianist Cyprien Katsaris enjoys a legendary career and is one of the world's most recorded pianists. His style of performance and music-making mark him as a throwback to the golden age of pianism, combining keyboard wizardry, color, freedom and spontaneity. He was one of 10 international pianists selected this summer to perform in recital at the Beijing Olympics. The Boston Conservatory Piano Masters Series is proud to present his Boston recital debut. Sonatas by Cimarosa, Haydn and Schubert; and Katsaris transcriptions and arrangements of works by Bach, Marcello, Massenet, Liszt, Dvořák, Strauss and Gottschalk.
Seully Hall, $12

Katsaris will present a piano master class with Boston Conservatory piano students on Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 4–6 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event takes place in Seully Hall.

Feb. 19–21, 8 p.m., Feb. 22, 2 p.m.
DANCE: Spring Dance Concert
The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater performs with The Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Beatrice Affron, conductor. The program will include David Lichine’s light-hearted and youthful Graduation Ball, staged by Ellen O’Reilly and Leslie Woodies, and a premiere by guest artist and renowned contemporary choreographer Kathryn Posin.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, $22 general, $12 for seniors, $7 students with valid ID.

Feb. 20, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Orchestra
Bruce Hangen, conductor
Kerry Deal, soprano, with The Boston Conservatory Chorale, Dr. William Cutter, conductor:
SCHUBERT: Overture in D, D. 590 ("In the Italian Style")
MOZART: Kyrie, K. 341
BEETHOVEN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
MOZART: Regina Coeli, K. 108
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. $12 general, $5 for seniors and students with valid ID. Call the Harvard Box Office for tickets at (617) 496-2222.

Feb. 24, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: String Masters Series
Rhonda Rider, cello
with Judith Gordon,* piano; Judith Eissenberg, violin; Cordelia Paw (B.M. ‘09), violin; and Mary Ruth (UV) Ray, viola
Known internationally for her work in contemporary music, Rhonda Rider is a member of the piano trio Triple Helix. In addition to chamber music and solo performances in the U.S. and Asia, her recent appearances include the Boston Chamber Music Society, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Emmanuel Music's Schumann Series. Rider is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory and Asian Youth Orchestra and is an Artistic Director of Music from Salem (NY).
PROGRAM: Works by Fauré, Weir and Pårt and:
STEVE REICH: Different Trains
JOHN HARBISON: Abu Ghraib
Seully Hall, $12

Rider will present a master class with Boston Conservatory cello students on Monday, Feb. 23 from 7–9 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event takes place in the Concert Room.

Feb. 28, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Juventas ^
Seully Hall. $12 general, $5 for seniors and FREE for students with valid ID.

March

March 4–7, 8 p.m., March 7–8, 2 p.m.
THEATER: 42nd Street
Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Al Dubin. Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes. Directed and choreographed by Michael Susko.
A classic reproduction of the smash Broadway hit about a young actress who gets her big break on the stage, 42nd Street is a rollicking song and dance extravaganza. This production is a tribute to the late Sue Ronson who created the tap dance program at The Boston Conservatory.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, $22 general, $12 for seniors, $7 students with valid ID.

March 5, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Brass Ensemble
Larry Isaacson, conductor
IAN MCDOUGALL: Bells for Brass Choir
BACH/arr. KING: Ricercar from Musical Offering
PAUL HINDEMITH: Apparebit repentina dies (1947), with The Boston Conservatory Chorale, Dr. William Cutter, conductor
HENRI TOMASI: Fanfare Liturgiques
Fenway Center, 77 St. Stephen St., Boston, FREE

March 6, 8 p.m.
OPERA: Opera Workshop Scenes Program
Seully Hall, FREE

March 10, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Piano Masters Series
Boris Berman*
Boris Berman is admired worldwide for his intellectual rigor and technical perfection. Russian-born, he is one of this country's more influential musical personalities. Berman is the master of an unusually diverse repertoire. In recent years, he has become particularly associated with Prokofiev, all of whose music he has recorded to acclaim. He heads the piano department at the Yale School of Music, while performing as orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, in addition to recording and writing on music.
CHOPIN: Barcarolle, op. 59; Nocturnes (various); Polonaise-Fantasie, op. 61
DEBUSSY: Complete Images, Books I & II; Estampes
Seully Hall, $12

Berman will present a master class with Boston Conservatory piano students on Wednesday, March 11 from 4–6 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event takes place in Seully Hall.

March 12, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory String Orchestra
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
ELGAR: Serenade
SCHULLER: Adagio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade
Seully Hall, FREE

March 14, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Second Instrumental Unit ^
Works by Ferneyhough, Wuorinen, Eckardt, Babbitt, Daniel Tacke, Peter Bakla and Clint McCallum.
Seully Hall, $12 general, $7 for seniors, FREE for students with valid ID.

March 28, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Second Instrumental Unit ^
MICHAEL FINNISSY: Le Lei le la Fonteinne
Seully Hall, $12 general, $7 for seniors, FREE for students with valid ID.

March 31, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: String Masters Series
Suren Bagratuni,* cello
Hailed as "a cellist of uncommon attainments" by The Boston Globe, Suren Bagratuni was winner of the Silver Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition while still a student at the Moscow Conservatory. He has gone on to a distinguished international career as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. In addition to performing throughout the former Soviet Union, he has toured world earning enthusiastic praise in both traditional and contemporary repertoire.
BRAHMS: Sonata op. 99 in F Major
SCHNITTKE: Suite in Old Style
PROKOFIEV: Sonata op. 119 in C Major

Bagratuni will present a master class with Boston Conservatory cello students on Monday, March 30 from 7–9 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event takes place in the Concert Room.
Seully Hall, $12

April

April 2–4, 8 p.m., April 5, 2 p.m.
OPERA: Serse
By George Frideric Handel. Sally Stunkel, director. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Considered Handel’s most Mozartian opera, Serse was revived in 1980 after 250 years of relative obscurity. The comedic opera tells the story of King Xerxes, who harbors an unrequited love for a princess who loves his brother.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, $22 general, $12 for seniors, $7 students with valid ID.

April 3, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Orchestra
Bruce Hangen, conductor
Featuring the winner of the 2008–2009 Concerto Competition.
DAUGHERTY: Red Cape Tango
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. $12 general, $5 for seniors and students with valid ID. Call the Harvard Box Office for tickets at (617) 496-2222.

April 7, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Piano Masters Series
Michael Lewin
Boston Conservatory piano faculty member Michael Lewin enjoys a devoted international following for his rare fusion of commanding musicianship, emotive power and virtuosity. Launched by highly-publicized victories including the Kapell and Liszt International Competitions,
he has toured 30 countries with an active repertoire of 40 piano concertos and won critical
acclaim for a notably wide-ranging discography. His newest recording, If I Were a Bird, is a collection of 20 diverse pieces inspired by birds.Works by Leschetizky, Henselt, Saint-Säens, Liszt; Lewin's arrangement of Turkey in the Straw and:
HAYDN: f minor Variations, Sonata in F Major
GRIFFES: Piano Sonata, Three Tone-Pictures, Pleasure Dome of Kubla-Khan, Scherzo
Seully Hall, $12

Lewin will present a master class with Boston Conservatory piano students on Wednesday, April 8 from 4–6 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event takes place in Seully Hall.

April 14, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Mixed Chamber Ensemble
Eric Hewitt, conductor
DEBUSSY/SCHOENBERG: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'une faune
STRAVINSKY: Septet
WEBERN: Concerto op. 24
MUHLY: By All Means
Seully Hall, FREE

April 17–18, 8 p.m.
DANCE: Spring Works
Original choreography by dancers of the Dance Division; and The Winged by José Limón, staged by Jennifer Scanlon and performed by the freshman class.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, FREE

April 18, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Women’s Chorus
Miguel Felipe, conductor
Villa-Lobos: Missa São Sebastião
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Missa Duodecononica
B. Britten: Missa brevis
G. Fauré: Messe basse
First Church, 66 Marlborough St., Boston ,FREE

April 19, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Ludovico Ensemble ^
From Austria
Nicholas Tolle, director. Jeffrey Means, conductor.
OLGA NEUWIRTH: ...morphologische Fragmente... and Marsyas II
BEAT FURRER: Presto con Fuoco
RUDOLF ROJAHN: New Work
Seully Hall, $12 general, $7 for seniors, FREE for students with valid ID.

April 19, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Chorale
Dr. William Cutter, conductor
HINDEMITH:Apparebit repentina dies (with the Boston Conservatory Brass Ensemble, Larry Issacson, conductor)
MESSIAEN: O Sacrum Convivium
THOMPSON: The Peaceable Kingdom
First Church, FREE, 66 Marlborough St, Boston

April 19, 1 p.m. & 5 p.m.
DANCE: Senior Dance Concert
Original works by seniors of the Dance Division.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, FREE

April 24–25, 8 p.m.
OPERA: Fully Staged Opera Scenes
Seully Hall, FREE

April 24–25, 8 p.m.; April 25–26, 2 p.m.
THEATER: Show Boat (a concert production)
Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Jerome Kern. Based on the epic novel by Edna Ferber. Show Boat is a majestic, sweeping classic about life, love, tragedy and survival on the Mississippi River at the turn of the 20th century. This captivating musical, containing some of the most popular songs of the last century, was a milestone in the development of the modern musical play.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, $22 general, $12 for seniors, $7 students with valid ID.

April 25, 12 noon. and 2 p.m.
OPERA: Children’s Opera
Seully Hall, FREE

April 28, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Deserts
Eric Hewitt, conductor
Robert Sheena,* English horn
KALEVI AHO: Tristia
ANTHEIL: Jazz symphony
MARTI EPSTEIN: New piece for Robert Sheena and The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble
VARESE: Déserts for ensemble and electronics
The Boston Conservatory Theater, FREE

April 30, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble
Samuel Z. Solomon and Keith Aleo, directors
The Boston Conservatory Theater, FREE

May 1, 3 p.m.
DANCE: Styles Showing
Performances include hip-hop, musical theater, tap and African styles.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, FREE

May 1, 8 p.m.
THEATER: Freshman Revue
The Boston Conservatory Theater, FREE

May 27, 8 p.m.
May 29-30, 8 p.m.
June 1, 8 p.m.
Guerilla Opera^
Rumpelstiltskin: A Chamber Opera in One Act
A world premiere opera by Marti Epstein, adapted from The Brothers Grimm and performed by
Guerilla Opera. Directed by Greg Smucker. Guest artist Victor Jannett (Boston Conservatory Faculty). This collaboration between Marti Epstein and Greg Smucker is their Guerilla Opera debut. While in the original Grimm fairy tale character motivation remains ambiguous, Marti's modern fairy tale takes a closer look in attempts to reveal true intent, particularly in the title character of Rumpelstiltskin.
The Zack Box, $12 general, $7 for seniors, FREE for students with valid ID.

^ Ensemble-in-Residence
* Guest artist

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