BCMS performs works by Debussy, Schoenfield, and Schoenberg
Debussy’s Caprices en blanc et noir for Two Pianos, emerging from the composer’s own illness and concern for France’s involvement in World War I, is full of literary allusions and musical references. Debussy commented that the caprices “derive their color and feeling merely from the sonority of the piano, like the ‘grays’ of Velásquez.”
Schoenfield’s Cafe Music (1986) is a virtuosic romp through various twentieth-century American and European musical styles. Schoenfield writes, “My intention was to write a kind of high-class dinner music—music which could be played at a restaurant, but might also find its way into a concert hall.” The work draws on such styles as Broadway, Viennese, Romani, light classical and others.
Among the many innovations of Schoenberg’s groundbreaking melodrama Pierrot Lunaire is a melodic and harmonic landscape freed from traditional tonal structures. A soprano narrates the story of the titular character using sprechstimme, a type of sung speech drawn from German cabaret. In the midst of these modern innovations, listeners will hear familiar compositional forms and techniques such as canon, fugue and rondo.
Featured musicians: Lucy Shelton, soprano; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Benjamin Hochman and Max Levinson and , pianos
In person tickets: $68, $56, $43, $30
Seniors: $4 off
WGBH members: $4 off
Students: $9
MTA DISCOUNT: $4 off of regular admissions for members of Massachusetts Teachers Association purchasing tickets with their membership card and matching photo ID. To purchase please call the BCMS office, 617.349.0086.
CARD TO CULTURE: We are proud to participate in the Card to Culture program, a collaboration between the Mass Cultural Council and the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, and the Massachusetts Health Connector, by broadening accessibility to cultural programming.
EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders can purchase up to 4 adult tickets at $9 per person for each concert. Students receive free admission. To purchase please call the BCMS office, 617.349.0086. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
Phone: (617) 349-0086
Email: info@bostonchambermusic.org
2024/04/21 - 2024/04/21
NEC's Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115