Russian composers Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky join two composers interested in non-European sounds. Chinese composer Tan Dun explores the sounds of nature and the folk music of his home country, and William Grant Still draws on the rich Black American musical tradition.
The pandemic has forced us to question many basic assumptions about both our everyday lives and the state of our country. Joan Tower’s Made in America—a 21st century take on America the Beautiful—is...
NEC Symphonic Winds, directed by William Drury, performs woodwind, brass, and percussion repertoire from the Renaissance through the present day for octet to full wind ensemble.
Join us as we celebrate 37 years of First Mondays: well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all.
Join us as we celebrate 37 years of First Mondays: well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all.
The four works on this program all explore memory and dreamlike recollections of the past. Kodály’s Dances of Galánta is a wild reimagination of the composer’s childhood memories of local musicians...