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Mozart’s Prelude to Don Giovanni, Britten’s Soirées Musicales, Stephenson’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Haydn??s Finale from Symphony No. 89 in F Major and PDQ Bach’s Eine Kleine Nichtmusik are just some of the offerings in this fully filled program. Isaiah Jackson conducts. There will also be a free pre-show half-hour of chamber music at 2 p.m. and a post-concert classical music singles club wine & cheese reception, for a minimal fee and with limited...
...Secession presents a concert dedicated to the music of war—- “Weapons of Musical Destruction.” The group features Lassus’s “Tragico tecti syrmate,” Billings’s “Chester,” Haydn??s “Lord Nelson Mass,” Vaughan Williams’s “Dona Nobis Pacem,” and works by Handel, John Adams, Kurt Weill, and Pete Seeger. Tickets $25-$35. First Congregational Church, 11 Garden St., Cambridge...
...Bach Society Orchestra kicked off its first performance of the season Friday night with the highly experimental “Moz-Art à la Haydn?? by Alfred Schnittke. While the piece’s eerie qualities were fitting for the concert’s Halloween date, the reduced ensemble did not seem fully at ease with this foray onto new ground. The piece—designed to be as much for visual as for aural effect—began with discordant melodies played on a dark stage, then evolved into fragments of Mozart and Haydn themes coupled...
...piece that showed off the orchestra’s full abilities, Haydn??s Symphonie Nr. 88 G-Dur “Letter V” was played with unique flair. Each movement displayed singular flavor and strength of distinctive interpretation. Although I was initially skeptical of the orchestra’s unusual positioning of players for this piece—violins on the outside and violas and cellos on the inside—the result was a relatively harmonic sound. The orientation of the players particularly served to showcase the orchestra’s excellent cello section, headed...
...consisting of three ballet pieces choreographed by José Mateo. The performance will include “The Last Circus” set to Stravinsky’s “Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments”, “Courtly Lovers” set to Haydn??s “Surprise Symphony”, and a new ballet set to music by Schumann. The works will be presented with cabaret-style seating, offering a close view of the performers; cocktails will also be served during the performance...