First Monday at Jordan Hall: Kurtág, Ligeti, Schumann
Join us as we celebrate 38 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full of imaginative pairings of well-loved classics and new works, performed in one of the finest places on the planet to hear music of this caliber: NEC’s own Jordan Hall.
The Spring 2023 season of First Monday in Jordan Hall marks the 100th birth year of György Ligeti.
This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community here: https://necmusic.edu/live
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György Kurtág | Hommage à R. Sch, op. 15d (1992)
Merkwürdige Pirouetten des Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler: Vivo
E.: Der begrenzte Kreis... Molto semplice, piano e legato
...und wieder zuckt es schmerzlich F. um die Lippen ...Feroce, agitato
Felhó valék, már süt a nap...(Töredék, töredék). Calmo, scorrevole
In der Nacht: Presto
Abshied (Meister Raro entdeckt Guillaume de Machaut). Adagio - Poco andante
Artists- Rane Moore, clarinet
- Kim Kashkashian, viola
- Robert Levin, piano
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György Ligeti | String Quartet No. 2 (1968)
Allegro nervoso
Sostenuto, molto calmo
Come un meccanismo di precisione
Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
Allegro con delicatezzaEnsembles- Parker String Quartet
Artists- Daniel Chong and Ken Hamao, violin
- Jessica Bodner, viola
- Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
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Robert Schumann | Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44
Allegro brillante
In modo d'una marcia: Un poco largamente
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Allegro ma non troppoArtists- Miriam Fried, violin
- Ayano Ninomiya, violin
- Paul Biss, viola
- Leland Ko '24 AD, cello
- Randall Hodgkinson, piano