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Marc-Andre Hamelin, pianist, plays Ives, Schumann, and Ravel

Program:

IVES Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60

— Intermission—

R. SCHUMANN Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), op. 82

RAVELGaspard de la nuit

Dreams and Prayers opens our 9th season with a piece written for Delgani, a gift from Iranian composer Reza Vali, who bases his musical “calligraphies” on classical Persian modes. Smetana’s autobiographic “From My Life” depicts the hopes and dreams of a young composer and the subsequent loves and losses of his life. On the second half, clarinetist Wonkak Kim joins Delgani for Osvaldo Golijov’s The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, a mystical epic inspired by Jewish music, history, and language.

Boris Giltburg, pianist, plays Beethoven, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff

Program:

BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, op. 110

LISZT Sonata in B Minor

— Intermission —

RACHMANINOFF Thirteen Preludes, op. 32

Blueprints explores connections between composers across hundreds of years and the remarkable music that is born from inspiration. The sixth quartet of Beethoven’s first set (Op. 18) culminates in “La Malinconia,” and the ensuing struggle between despair and joy inspires Caroline Shaw’s 2016 Blueprint. Another pairing of works completes the program – Britten’s Second Quartet with its massive “Chacony,” an homage to English Baroque composer Henry Purcell.