Heartbeat

A team of New England Conservatory students have banded together to take back Valentine’s Day—replacing greeting cards, stale chocolates, and overpriced roses with new music, a new way to experience the museum’s collection, and maybe a few new friends. Take off your rose-colored glasses and soak in images and sounds from classic to cutting edge. The concert will include performances that pair music with objects from the museum that capture love’s many shades. Highlights include Goya’s EL Amor Y La Muerte with the passionate music of Enrique Granados and Warhol’s chilling Jackie with a new work from one of NEC’s emerging composers. Come for one set or the whole night—you curate the experience.

The Program

Together by Isang Yun (1917-1995)

Andrew Chilcote, double bass

Tara Mueller, violin

Piece from MFA collection: His Majesty the King of Korea by Percival Lowell  for Mov. 1 and Ryugyoung Hotel, Pyongyang by Daniel Rich for Mov. 2.

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Widmung by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), text by Friedrich Rückert (1788 –1866)

Michelle Doolittle, voice

Santiago Lomelin, piano 

Piece from MFA collection: Ada Looking Over Shoulder by Alex Katz

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Isabella (Oh, Echo) by Rebecca Sullivan

Lyrics adapted from Isabella, or the Pot of Basil by John Keats

Andrew Schiller, bass

Rebecca Sullivan, piano and voice

Abby Swidler, violin and voice

Piece from MFA collection: Isabella and the Pot of Basil  by John White Alexander

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Jackie No. 1 by Neal Markowski

Neal Markowski, baritone electric guitar

Beth McDonald, electronics

Borey Shin, accordion

Vanessa Wheeler, electric guitar

Piece from MFA collection: Jackie by Andy Warhol

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Maiden and the Nightingale by Enrique Granados (1867 –1916)

Kayoung An, piano

Piece from MFA collection: El Amor Y La Muerte by Francisco Goya 

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Son ferito d'un labro di ciglio by Giuseppe Antonio Aldrovandini (1665-1707)

Michelle Doolittle, voice

Caroline Scharr, oboe

Tong Wang, piano

Piece from MFA collection: The Lovers by Käthe Kollwitz

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Winter Bacchanal by Vessela Stoyanova

Piece for MIDI Marimba, Percussion, Voice, Upright Bass, and Clarinet

Burcu Gulec - vocals

Nate Greenslit - percussion

Tony Leva - upright bass

Vessela Stoyanova - MIDI marimba

Piece from MFA collection: Bacchus Discovering Ariadne by Jacob Jordaens