Music for Food | Parlando: Haydn

NEC: Brown Hall | Directions

290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA
United States

Music for Food is a musician-led initiative to fight hunger in our local communities.  According to Feeding America, 1 in 9 people in the United States struggles with food insecurity. Music for Food’s concerts have raised funds to create close to 2 million meals.

Our mission: We believe both music and food are essential to human life and growth.  Music has the power to call forth the best in us, inspiring awareness and action when artists and audiences work together to transform ineffable musical experiences into tangible and needed food resources.

Our 14th season in Boston—Parlando—weaves together three threads that all have to do with the stories we tell...in music. The pieces in this program will be performed by violinist, Miriam Fried, Paul Biss, violist Nicholas Chords, cellist Yeesun Kim, pianist Da-Yu Liu, and violist Njord Fossnes. 

Each concert:

  • has been curated by one of MFF’s beloved friends

  • features a world premiere for viola, composed and performed by NEC students
  • centers a work that integrates spoken word

We start 2024 with Haydn’s colossal The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, his late string quartet in d minor, Op. 103, and premiere by Da-Yu Liu! This concert was curated by Miriam Fried. Don’t miss a word or a note this season!

Suggested donation is $40+, and $15+ for students, collected at the door. 100% of donations for this concert will benefit Women’s Lunch Place, a day shelter serving women experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty in the greater Boston area.

  1. Franz Joseph Haydn | The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, Hob. III:50-56, op. 51

    Introduzione (Maestoso ed adagio)
    Sonata I in B-flat, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." (Largo)
    Sonata II in C Minor, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." (Grave e cantabile)
    Sonata III in E, "Woman, behold your son!" - "Behold, your Mother!" (Grave)
    Sonata IV, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" (Largo)
    Intermezzo (Largo, cantabile)
    Sonata V, "I thirst." (Adagio)
    Sonata VI, "It is finished." (Lento)
    Sonata VII, "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!" (Largo)
    Terremoto (Presto e con tutta la forza)

  2. Franz Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in D Minor, Hob III:83, op. 103

    Andante grazioso
    Minuet ma non troppo presto - Trio

  3. Da-Yu Liu '24 DMA | (world premiere) Echoes of Loss: A Variation on Kyrie