Performances of the New England Philharmonic, 2004-2013
2012–2013
October 27, 2012
David Rakowski / Symphony no. 4, “Scare Quotes” (2012) / World premiere, NEP commission
Richard Strauss / Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (1948) / Sarah Pelletier, soprano
Thea Musgrave / Rainbow (1990)
Claude Debussy / La Mer (The Sea) (1905)
December 9, 2012
Aaron Copland / “Hoedown” from Rodeo (1942)
Wallingford Riegger / New Dance (1935)
Aaron Copland / “Buckaroo Holiday” from Rodeo (1942)
Silvestre Revueltas / Sensemaya (1938)
Pablo de Sarasate / Carmen Fantasy (1883) / Ilana Zaks, violin / NEP Young Artists Competition winner
Aaron Copland / Old American Songs (1950) / PALS Children’s Chorus
March 2, 2013
Michael Gilbertson / Vigil (2007) / Winner, NEP Call for Scores
Peter Child / Jubal (2001)
Ralph Vaughan Williams / Symphony no. 6 (1950)
April 27, 2013
Steven Stucky / Rhapsodies for Orchestra (2008) / First Boston performance
Benjamin Britten / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1945) / Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Gunther Schuller / Five Bagatelles for Orchestra (1964)
Jean Sibelius / Symphony no. 7 (1924)
2011–2012
October 29, 2011
Michael Gandolfi / Of Angels and Neurones (2009) / Boston premiere
Béla Bartók / Concerto no. 3 for Piano and Orchestra (1945) / Stephen Drury, piano
Michael-Thomas Foumai / The Light-Bringer (Symphony no. 1) (2010) / NEP Call for Scores winner / Boston premiere
Igor Stravinsky / Symphony in Three Movements (1945)
December 11, 2011
Franz Joseph Haydn / Concert for Violoncello and Orchestra in D major (1783) / Zlatomir Fung, violoncello / Young Artists Competition winner
Bernard Hoffer / Suite from Thundercats (2011) / World premiere
Sergei Prokofiev / Peter and the Wolf (1936) / David Gullette, narrator
March 2 and 3, 2012: 35th Anniversary Concert
Benjamin Britten / War Requiem (1962)
Sarah Pelletier, soprano / Frank Kelley, tenor / Sumner Thompson, baritone
Chorus pro Musica / The Providence Singers / Boston Children’s Chorus
May 5, 2012
Donald Harris / A Lyric Fanfare / Boston premiere
Jacques Offenbach / Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann / Simmons College Concert Choir
Hector Berlioz / The Death of Ophelia / Simmons College Concert Choir
Andy Vores / An Other I / Danielle Maddon, violin / NEP Commission
David Rakowski / Winged Contraption
Maurice Ravel / Daphnis and Chloe, Suite no. 2
2010–2011
October 30, 2010
Chris Sainsbury / “First Light,” from Symphony of the Birds (2007/2010) / U.S. premiere / Call for Scores winner
Gunther Schuller / Four Soundscapes (Hudson Valley Reminiscences) (1975) / Boston premiere
Henri Dutilleux / Correspondances (2002-2004) / Sarah Pelletier, soprano / Boston premiere
Robert Schumann / Symphony no. 3 (1850)
December 12, 2010
Engelbert Humperdinck / Overture to Hansel and Gretel (1893)
Aaron Copland / El Salón México (1936)
Sergey Prokofiev / Piano Concerto no. 1 (1911-1912) / Mackenzie Melemed, piano / Young Artists Competition winner
Richard Cornell / Umai’s Journey (1996/2006) / Joyce Kulhawik, narrator / PALS Children’s Chorus
February 26, 2010
David Rakowski / Current Conditions (2009-2010) / Boston premiere
W. A. Mozart / Piano Concert no. 23 / David Deveau, piano
William Kraft / A Kennedy Portrait (Contextures III) (1988) / David Gullette, narrator
Richard Strauss / Death and Transfiguration (1889)
April 30, 2011
Andy Vores / G Major (2003) / NEP Commission
Donald Erb / Concerto for Brass and Orchestra (1986) / Boston premiere
Earl Kim / Violin Concerto (1979) / Danielle Maddon, violin
Gustav Mahler / Symphony no. 10: Adagio (1910)
2009–2010
October 31, 2009
Michael Gandolfi / Impressions from the Garden of Cosmic Speculation (2007)
Manuel de Falla / Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1915) / Steven Drury, piano
Kathryn Salfelder / Dessin no. 1 (2008) / NEP Call for Scores winner, world premiere
Claude Debussy / Ibéria (1905-1908)
December 13, 2009
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Overture to The Magic Flute”(1791)
William Kraft / A Simple Introduction to the Orchestra (1961) / Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
Nathaniel Stookey (Lemony Snicket) / The Composer Is Dead (2006) / Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
February 27, 2010
Johannes Brahms / Variations on a Theme of Haydn (1873)
William Schuman / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1950-1959) / Danielle Maddon, violin
Ronald Perera / Earthsongs (1983) / Simmons College Concert Choir and Handel & Haydn Society Young Women’s Chorus
Bernard Hoffer / Symphony “Poussette-Dart” (2008) / World premiere
May 1, 2010
John Harbison / Symphony no. 2 (1986)
Maurice Ravel / Tzigane, Rapsodie de concert (1924) / Jaclyn Freshman, violin / NEP Young Artists Competition winner
Dalit Warshaw / Camille’s Dance (2000)
Igor Stravinsky / Le Chant du Rossignol (1917)
2008–2009
November 1, 2008
Nicholas Maw / The World in the Evening (1988) / Boston premiere
Paul Hindemith / Konzertmusik for Piano, Brass, and Harps, op. 49 (1930) / Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Irving Fine / Serious Song: A Lament for Strings (1955)
Sergei Prokofiev / Romeo and Juliet Suites nos. 1 and 2 (1936)
December 14, 2008
John Adams / Short Ride on a Fast Machine (1986)
Dmitri Shostakovich / Cello Concerto no. 1 in E-flat, op. 107 (1959) / Bobby Chen, cello / NEP Young Artists Competition winner
Richard Strauss / Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks (1894-1895)
George Kleinsinger / Tubby the Tuba (1945) / Steve Aveson, narrator / Timothy J. Sliski, tuba
February 21, 2009
Robert Schumann / Overture, Scherzo, and Finale (1841-45)
Gunther Schuller / Cello Concerto (1945) / Jan Muller-Szeraws, cello / Boston premiere
Jorge Villavicencio Grossman / Pasiphae (2008-2009) / NEP Call for Scores winner, Boston premiere
Steven Stucky / Second Concerto for Orchestra (2003) / Boston premiere
April 25, 2009
Elliott Carter / Remembrance (1988)
Henri Dutilleux / L’arbre des songes (1985) / Danielle Maddon, violin / Boston premiere
Peter Child / Louisa’s War (2009) / Libretto by Michael Ouellette / Joyce Kulhawik, narrator / Simmons College Concert Choir and women of Chorus pro Musica / NEP commission, world premiere
Antonín Dvořák / Symphony no. 8 in G, op. 88
2007–2008
October 27, 2007
Jean Sibelius / Tapiola, op. 112 (1926)
Gustav Mahler / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1883-1885) / David Kravitz, baritone
Carl Christian Bettendorf / Cryptic Circle (1997-1998) / NEP Call for Scores winner, U.S. premiere
John Harbison / Symphony no. 1 (1980)
December 9, 2007
Christopher Rouse / The Infernal Machine (1981)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Violin Concerto in D major (1878) / Daisy Joo, violin / NEP Young Artists Competition winner
Aaron Copland / Old American Songs (1951) / PALS Children’s Chorus
Francis Poulenc / The Story of Babar the Elephant (1949) / Steve Aveson, narrator
February 23, 2008
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Symphony no. 36, “Linz,” K. 425 (1783)
George Tsontakis / Violin Concerto no. 2 (2005) / Danielle Maddon, violin
Gustav Holst / Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group II, op. 26 (1909) / Simmons College Concert Choir and Wellesley College Choir
Irving Fine / Symphony (1962) /
April 26, 2008
Carlos Rafael Rivera / Popol-Vuh: Four Mayan Dance Scenes (2004) / NEP Call for Scores winner, Boston premiere
Aaron Copland / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Jazz Concerto) (1942) / Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Béla Bartók / The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19 (1925)
2006–2007
October 15, 2006
Stephen Gorbos / Diaphony (2006) / NEP Call for Scores winner, world premiere
Colin McPhee / Concerto for Piano and Wind Octet (1928) / Stephen Drury, piano
Peter Child / Punkie Night (2006) / NEP commission, world premiere
Hector Berlioz / Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14 (1830)
December 10, 2006
Richard Wagner / Ride of the Valkyries (1856)
George Antheil / Tom Sawyer Overture (1949)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Violin Concerto (1946) / Julia Noone, violin / NEP Young Artists Competition winner
Richard Cornell / Umai’s Journey (1996; 2006) / Steve Aveson, narrator / Young Classical Singers
February 24, 2007
Steven Stucky / Son et lumière (1988)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1997) / Danielle Maddon, violin
Claude Debussy / La damoiselle élue (1888) / Teresa Mai and Ariana Valdes, sopranos / Simmons College Chorale and Boston Conservatory Women’s Chorus
Richard Strauss / Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59 (1911; 1944) /
April 21, 2007: 30th Anniversary Concert
Alban Berg / Wozzeck (1925) / David Kravitz, Sarah Pelletier, Alan Schneider, Charles Blandy, Paul Guttry, Krista River, Mark McSweeney, soloists / Worcester Polytechnic Institute Men’s Glee Club / Wellesley College Chamber Singers / Handel & Haydn Society Young Women’s Chorus
2005–2006
October 23, 2005
Hector Berlioz / Overture to Les francs juges, op. 3 (1826)
Andrew Norman / Sacred Geometry (2003) / NEP Call for Scores winner, New England premiere
Antonin Dvořák / The Noon Witch, op. 108 (1896)
Joseph Schwantner / Magabunda: Four Poems of Agueda Pizarro (1983) / Sarah Pelletier, soprano
December 11, 2005
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Overture to The Magic Flute (1791)
Donald Erb / Music for a Festive Occasion (1975)
Sergei Prokofiev / Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 26 (1921) / Jung Eun Yoon, piano / Winner of NEP Young Artists Competition
Michael Gandolfi / Pinocchio’s Adventures in Funland (2001) / Steve Aveson, narrator
February 25, 2006
Charles Ives / Three Places in New England (1935)
Gunther Schuller / Violin Concerto no. 2 (1991) / Danielle Maddon, violin
Peter Child / The Sifting: Three Songs of Longfellow (2005) / Simmons College Chorale and Boston Conservatory Women’s Chorus / NEP commission, world premiere
Elliott Carter / Variations for Orchestra (1955)
April 29, 2006
Edgard Varèse / Tuning Up (1947; 1998)
Claude Debussy / Jeux (1912)
Chou Wen-chung / Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (1992) / Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello
Edgard Varèse / Deserts (1954)
Colin McPhee / Tabuh-Tabuhan: Toccata for Orchestra and Two Pianos (1936; 1960)
2004–2005
October 30, 2004
Richard Wagner / Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin (1848)
Alban Berg / Five Orchestral Songs on Picture-Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg, op. 4 (1912) / Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Maw / Concert Suite from Sophie’s Choice (2004) / Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano / Boston premiere
Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky / Symphony no. 4 (1878)
December 12, 2004
William Kraft / Concerto for 4 Percussionists and Orchestra (1964)
Bernard Hoffer / A Concord Rag (1999) / Boston premiere
Bernard Hoffer / Fanfare, Adagio, and Dance for Brass, Harp, Timpani, and Percussion (1990) / Boston premiere
William Grant Still / Mejorana y sovacon from Danzas de Panama (1948)
Maurice Ravel / Piano Concerto in G major (1931) / Larry Weng, piano / NEP Young Artists Competition winner
Benjamin Britten / A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (1946) / Steve Aveson, narrator
February 26, 2005
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Symphony no. 35, “Haffner” (1782)
Elliott Carter / The Harmony of Morning (1944)
Irving Fine / Three Choruses from Alice in Wonderland (1942) / Simmons College Chorale and Boston Conservatory Women’s Chorus
Andy Vores / An Other I (Violin Concerto) (2005) / Danielle Maddon, violin / NEP commission, world premiere
Franz Liszt / Les Préludes (1855)
April 30, 2005
Igor Stravinsky / Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)
Leon Kirchner / Orchestra Piece (1946)
Bohuslav Martinu / Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra (1933) / Lois Shapiro, piano; Bayla Keyes, violin; Rhonda Rider, cello
Thomas Osborne / The Burning Music: Prelude for Orchestra (2003) / Boston premiere
Robert Schumann / Symphony no. 4, op. 120 (1851)
