NEC Wind Ensemble + Peltz

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Charles Peltz, Director of Wind Ensemble Activities, conducts the world premiere of a composer-authorized transcription of  Philip Glass's Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Orchestra, commissioned and performed by the NEC Honors Saxophone Quartet: Jake Dockterman, Alex Rezzo, Katy LaFleur, and Clayton Hamilton.The young composer responsible for this transcription, Juan F. Ruiz, is a 2010 recipient of a Creativity Foundation Legacy Prize.

Also on the program are works by Giacinto Scelsi and Giovanni Gabrieli. Richard Henebry '12 M.M. is guest conductor for the Schoenberg work.

Gabrieli Canzone from the 1612 Sacrae Symphoniae

Glass arr. Ruiz Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Orchestra with NEC Honors Saxophone Quartet

Scelsi I Presagi per 10 strumenti

Schoenberg Theme and Variations, Op. 43a

The Gabrieli Project

In anticipation of the 400th anniversary of the death of composer Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1555–1612), members of the New England Conservatory community are joining forces to create and disseminate performing editions for modern instruments of some key Gabrieli early editions. The eight works that launch The Gabrieli Project will be performed on this season's NEC Wind Ensemble concerts. Participating in this project are NEC Wind Ensemble director Charles Peltz; Anne Hallmark and Rebecca Cypess of the Music History & Musicology faculty; composer Kathryn Salfelder '09; and baroque trumpeter Paul Perfetti '84, who performs with Boston Baroque, Emmanuel Music, and Handel and Haydn Society.