Music for Food | Parlando: Pierrot lunaire

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. 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

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. Arnold Schoenberg | Pierrot lunaire, op. 21

    PART ONE
         Mondestrunken (Drunk with moonlight)
         Colombine (Columbine)
         Der Dandy (The Dandy)
         Eine blasse Wäscherin (A pallid washerwoman)
         Valse de Chopin
         Madonna
         Der kranke Mond (The sick moon)

    PART TWO
         Nacht (Night)
         Gebet an Pierrot (Prayer to Pierrot)
         Raub (Theft)
         Rote Messe (Red Mass)
         Galgenlied (Gallows song)
         Enthauptung (Beheading)
         Die Kreuze (The crosses)

    PART THREE
         Heinweh (Homesickness)
         Gemeinheit! (Foul play)
         Parodie (Parody)
         Der Mondfleck (The moon spot)
         Serenade
         Heimfahrt (Journey home)
         O Alter Duft (O ancient fragrance)
     

    Artists
    • Lucy Fitz-Gibbon, voice
    • Julian Rhee, violin
    • Leland Ko, cello
    • Ryan McCullough, piano
  2. Ethan Chaves | World premiere

    Artists
    • Luther Warren, viola