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First Monday at Jordan Hall: Price, Gershwin, and Copland

Jordan Hall

First Monday at Jordan Hall: Price, Gershwin, and Copland
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First Monday at Jordan Hall: Price, Gershwin, and Copland
In anticipation of America’s 250th, the final concert of First Monday this season features a program of iconic homegrown works. From a late work by NEC’s very own Florence Price, to a new perspective on music by American icon Ruth Crawford Seeger, to a pair of beloved American masterworks, come celebrate with great music and great performances! 

All are invited to attend a special Meet the Artist preconcert talk at 7:00 p.m. in Jordan Hall. First Monday Artistic Co-Chair Soovin Kim will be joined in conversation by violinist Nicholas Kitchen

The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.

Florence Price: Five Folksongs in Counterpoint

Borromeo String Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen, Kristopher Tong, violin
Melissa Reardon, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello


Ruth Crawford Seeger (recomposed by the performers): from Three Songs on Poems by Carl Sandburg
     Prayers of Steel
     In Tall Grass

Eden Macadam-Somer, voice, violin
Lautaro Mantilla, electric guitar
Anthony Coleman, piano
Yilin Chen, percussion

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (arranged by Alistair Coleman)

George Li, piano
Soovin Kim, violin
Joshua Brown, violin
Luther Warren, viola 
Mac Tacback, cello
Thomas Van Dyck, bass
Christopher Elchico, clarinet 
Will Parrack, Trumpet

intermission

Aaron Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring

Nick Kitchen, Kris Tong, Jessica Kartawidjaja, Ava Kinney, violins
Luther Warren, Yeh-Chun Lin, violas
Yeesun Kim, Lexine Feng, cellos
Paula Robison, flute 
Frank Tao, clarinet
Heejeong Jeong, bassoon
Thomas Van Dyck, bass
Peter Yide Shi, piano