The 2023 annual Henri Lazarof Chamber Concert at Brandeis University
HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 8
other works TBA
The Henri Lazarof Living Legacy at Brandeis University celebrates the life and impact of Henri Lazarof, the world-renowned composer, conductor, pianist and teacher.
Music For The Senses
presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra (info here)
7pm / Panel Discussion: Composing the Future of Health
Tod Machover, moderator (composer, Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music & Media, MIT Media Lab)
Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D. (Picower Professor of Neuroscience & Director of Picower Institute for Learning & Memory, MIT)
Psyché Loui (Northeastern University, Music Neuroscience Researcher)
Civilizations have used music for millennia to modulate mood and promote health, but science and technology are only now starting to uncover the secrets of how and why sound affects us so deeply. This panel will discuss the latest research into how music can treat disease, how specific frequencies may reverse degenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, how innovative compositions might be created that maximize the impact of these new discoveries, and how a new field of Music Medicine is being increasingly discussed as an imminent reality by musicians, physicians, researchers, and government funding agencies.
8pm / Free Concert
Samy Rachid and Stephen Drury, conductors
Callithumpian Consort
[nec]shivaree
Joseph Vasconi, piano
Carduus
Holly Druckman, director
Lydian String Quartet
TOD MACHOVER Gammified, for string quartet and electronics
MARTI EPSTEIN Troubled Queen
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Catalogue d’oiseaux, No. 3: ‘Le Merle Bleu’
MORTON FELDMAN Rothko Chapel
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor, op. 95
ZHOU LONG Song of the Ch’in
MAURICE RAVEL String Quartet
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor, op. 95
KURT ROHDE seeking all that’s still unsung (2023-2024, world premiere*)
MAURICE RAVEL String Quartet
*This commission of Kurt Rohde’s new work has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
BEETHOVEN String Quartet In F Minor, Op. 95
KURT ROHDE seeking all that’s still unsung (2023-2024, world premiere*)
Free admission
*This commission of Kurt Rohde’s new work has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
ZHOU LONG Song of the Ch’in
MAURICE RAVEL String Quartet
JOHANNES BRAHMS String Quintet in G major, op. 111
with Michael Schulte, guest viola
NEW MUSIC BRANDEIS
A concert of new compositions by our Music Department’s PhD candidates and other student composers
An Evening with John Harbison
In Honor of John's 85th Birthday
JOHN HARBISON “Presences” for solo cello, string quartet, and bass, commissioned to honor the young cellist, David Anderson (1978-1998)
with guests Caroline Stinson, solo cello; Rachel Calin, double bass
ZHOU LONG Song of the Ch’in
HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 11
DAVID RAKOWSKI “And Antigone Needed to Do Something With Her Hands And She Did It.”
ZHOU LONG Song of the Ch’in
HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 11
JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
with Lois Shapiro, guest pianist
(Due to unforeseen circumstances, guest violist Steven Ansell will not be able to play in this concert)
Brandeis Music Department annual Irving Fine Tribute Concert
Slosberg Music Center
IRVING FINE String Quartet (1952)
DAVID RAKOWSKI String Quartet “And Antigone Needed to Do Something With Her Hands And She Did It (2022, world premiere)
plus woodwind quintets by Fine and Shapero played by the Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Free admission
The final concert of the Ciompi Quartet Presents summer chamber music series features Caroline Stinson (cello) performing with the Lydian String Quartet, Rachel Calin (bass) and Adriana Linares (viola).
Program:
BOCCHERINI: Cello Quintet, "Night Music of the Streets of Madrid"
JOHN HARBISON: “Presences” for solo cello, string quartet, and bass, commissioned to honor the young cellist, David Anderson (1978-1998);
BRAHMS: Sextet for Strings in G Major op. 36, the early joyful flowering of Brahms' musical voice.
Caroline Stinson is cellist with the Ciompi String Quartet at Duke where she is Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of the Chamber Music Program. The Lydian String Quartet (Andrea Segar and Julia Glenn, violins; Mark Berger, viola; Joshua Gordon, cello) has been acclaimed by audiences and critics across the USA and abroad for embracing the full range of the string quartet repertory with curiosity, virtuosity, and dedication to the highest artistic ideals of music making. The Lydians have long championed the commissioning, performing and recording of new works, and all members of the group are on the faculty of Brandeis University. Bassist Rachel Calin has been called "a lyrical soloist in command of her instrument," by the New York Times. She has appeared in concert throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, and can be heard on NPR's "Performance Today." Adriana Linares is the founding violist of the award winning Dalí Quartet, with whom she has embarked on recording, performing and educational projects in the US and abroad. She currently serves on the faculty at West Chester University of PA, as part of the Dalí Quartet residency.
Subscriptions for all three concerts in the Ciompi Quartet Presents summer chamber music series are $60. Single tickets are $25 General Public; $20 Non-Duke Students/Duke Employees; $10 Youth/Duke students. Tickets may be purchased online at https://tickets.duke.edu or call 919-684-4444.
ELEANOR ALBERGA AND THE MUSIC OF THE JAMAICAN NIGHTS
Eleanor Alberga will join us via videoconference at 2pm to talk about Home and Belonging in her music, and to allow us to get to know her and her music better, in preparation for our performance of her String Quartet No. 2 at Music Mountain. Questions from the audience are welcome. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Eleanor Alberga is a highly-regarded mainstream British composer with commissions from the BBC Proms and The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. With a substantial output ranging from solo instrumental works to full-scale symphonic works and operas, her music is performed all over the world. Eleanor Alberga’s music is being presented at Music Mountain for the first time. Our 3pm concert also features music by Mozart and Brahms with our special guest pianist Victoria Schwartzman! Website link here
Eleanor ALBERGA String Quartet #2
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 10 #3, K. 428, "Haydn"
Johannes BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in E-flat major, K. 428
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E-flat major
Music For Peace Concert
including
ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet no. 2 (1994)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E-flat major
More information at https://masspeaceaction.org/event/music-for-peace-big-bad-dawg/
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in E-flat major, K. 428
RICARDO ZOHN-MULDOON Alebrijes (world premiere, Lydian Quartet commission prize winner)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E-flat major
The 2023 annual Henri Lazarof Chamber Concert at Brandeis University
HENRI LAZAROF String Quartet no. 6
other works TBA
The Henri Lazarof Living Legacy at Brandeis University celebrates the life and impact of Henri Lazarof, the world-renowned composer, conductor, pianist and teacher.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in E-flat major, K. 428
ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet no. 2 (1994)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL String Quartet in E-flat major
Brandeis University Spring concert
POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS
New performance date will be posted soon!
NEW MUSIC BRANDEIS
New works for string quartet by Brandeis undergraduate and graduate student composers Grace DeRoche, Jingmian Gong, Mariel Mayz, Brandon Qi, and Ezzie Stone
With special guest violinist Clara Lyon
Free admission
If you can’t attend in person, watch our livestream here!
Winter concert!
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Trio in C minor, op. 9 no. 3
ERIC CHASALOW String Quartet no. 2 (world premiere)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
With special guest violinist Clara Lyon
Tickets $20/$15, free for Brandeis students with ID
Brandeis Tickets link here
If you can’t attend in person, watch our livestream here!
JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in E Flat major, op 76 no. 6
ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet No. 2 (1994)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, op. 135
With guest violinist Elizabeth Chang
Due to unforeseen circumstances, first violinist Andrea Segar will not perform this week and the world premiere of Eric Chasalow’s String Quartet no. 2 has been postponed. Stay tuned for a new date! Our new second violinist Julia Glenn, violist Mark Berger and cellist Joshua Gordon will now be joined by internationally renowned violinist Elizabeth Chang.
JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in E Flat major, op 76 no. 6
ELEANOR ALBERGA String Quartet No. 2 (1994)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, op. 135
(preconcert talk, 7 p.m.)
The first concert of the Ciompi Presents 2022 Summer Chamber Music Series features Caroline Stinson, cellist, performing with the Lydian String Quartet.
JOHN HARBISON Invention on a Theme by Shakespeare (2012)
ANDREW WAGGONER Fifth Quartet (2018-2019, Written for the Lydian String Quartet, North Carolina Premiere)
FRANZ SCHUBERT String Quintet in C Major, D 956
David Krakauer, guest clarinet
OSVALDO GOLIJOV K’Vakarat for clarinet and string quartet (1994)
VIJAY IYER Disunities for clarinet and string quartet (2021), commissioned for the Lydian String Quartet, world premiere
JOHANNES BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 (1891)
Ticket Information
FREE CONCERT! Reserve your free ticket now at brandeis.edu/concerts where you will find ticketing and COVID policies. At this time, only vaccinated audience members are permitted to attend Brandeis Concert Series events.
FREE LIVESTREAM! If you cannot join us in person, we invite you to watch a livestream of our concert at brandeis.edu/streaming/music (no registration required)!
Music at Mandel / Mandel Center for The Humanities atrium
JOHANNES BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 (1891)
OSVLADO GOLIJOV K’Vakarat for clarinet and string quartet (1994)
FRANZ SCHUBERT Quartetsatz (Quartet movement) in C minor, D. 703
ANDREW WAGGONER String Quartet no. 5 (2021), world premiere
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E flat major, op. 74, “The Harp”
Ticket Information
FREE CONCERT! Reserve your free ticket now at brandeis.edu/concerts
Ticketing and COVID policies at above link. At this time, only vaccinated external visitors are permitted to attend Brandeis Concert Series events.
FREE LIVESTREAM! If you cannot join us in person, we invite you to watch a live stream of our concert at brandeis.edu/streaming/music (no registration required)!
NEW MUSIC BRANDEIS
New works for string quartet by Brandeis graduate student composers
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY Intermezzo for string trio (1905)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Divertimento in E flat major for string trio, K. 563 (1788)
Music at Mandel / Mandel Center for The Humanities atrium
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY Intermezzo for string trio (1905)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Divertimento in E flat major for string trio, K. 563 (1788)
CANCELED DUE TO PANDEMIC
seeking all that’s still unsung (click here for more information on this program dedicated to nature and our place in it
PETER SCULTHORPE String Quartet no. 18 (2010)
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS The Wind in High Places (2011)
PĒTERIS VASKS String Quartet no. 2, “Songs of Summer” (1984)
Ticket Information
$20; $15 for Brandeis community and seniors (55+); $5 for students.
Purchase tickets online, by phone at 781-736-3400, and in person at Brandeis Tickets, located in the Shapiro Campus Center atrium.
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