Performances + Events
February 24
The snow emergency in the city of Boston has been extended until at least 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24. All performances, rehearsals, and ensembles scheduled for Tuesday, February 24 are canceled. This includes all evening performances. We will resume normal operations on Wednesday, February 25. Please see the events calendar for more information regarding specific performances.
Music for Food & Yellow Barn
Williams Hall
This concert will feature Helena Tulve’s evocative silences/larmes, Arnold Schoenberg’s expressive song cycle The Book of the Hanging Gardens, and Francis Poulenc’s dramatic monodrama La Voix Humaine. A distinguished roster of performers, including Melissa Wimbish, Daniel Bates, Matthew Boyle, Sara LeMesh, Ryan Jung, and Seth Knopp, will bring these powerful works to life.
Artist(s)
Sara LeMesh, soprano
Melissa Wimbish, soprano
Daniel Bates, oboe
Ryan Jung, piano
Seth Knopp, piano
Matthew Boyle, percussion
Helena Tulve (b.1972) silences/larmes (2006)
Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Daniel Bates, oboe; Matthew Boyle, percussion
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op.15 (1908-9)
Sara LeMesh, soprano; Seth Knopp, piano
Intermission
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) La Voix Humaine (1958)
A setting of the homonymous play by Jean Cocteau (1928)
Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Ryan Jung, piano
