Connections Chamber Music Series: American Music

NEC: Burnes Hall | Directions

255 St. Botolph St.
Boston, MA
United States

Connections is NEC's new chamber music series, bringing together on stage faculty and students from both the College and the Preparatory School. Each program also focuses on a theme, with the aim of illuminating the connections between different works of music.

Max Levinson directs the series.
 

This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community here: https://necmusic.edu/live

  1. Samuel Barber | Souvenirs for Piano Four-Hands, op. 28

    Waltz
    Schottische
    Pas de deux
    Two-step
    Hesitation Tango
    Galop          

    Artists

  2. Aaron Copland | Piano Quartet (1950)

    Adagio serio
    Allegro giusto
    Non troppo lento

    Artists
    • Marcus Thompson, viola
    • Grant Houston, violin (Trio Gaia)
    • Yi-Mei Templeman, cello (Trio Gaia)
    • Andrew Barnwell, piano (Trio Gaia)

  3. INTERMISSION

  4. Samuel Gardner | Prelude in B for violin and piano, op. 14 no. 1

    Artists

  5. George Gershwin (arr. Jascha Heifetz) | Three Preludes

    Allegro ben ritmico e deciso
    Andante con moto
    Agitato

    Artists

  6. George Crumb | from Makrokosmos, Vol. 1

    The Abyss of Time (Virgo)
    Spring-Fire (Aries)
    Dream Images (Love-Death-Music) (Gemini)

    Artists
    • Ariel Mo, piano

  7. Amy Beach | Romance, op. 23 for violin and piano

    Artists

  8. Paul Schoenfield | Café Music (1987)

    Artists
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