A Fine Centennial

Presented in collaboration with The Fine Family, The Irving Fine Society, and Brandeis University.

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Fri, 2014-05-16 20:00
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Blue Towers (1959)
Diversions for Orchestra (1959)
Serenade in D for string orchestra (1946)
Prelude, Aria, and Waltz for string orchestra (1945, rev. 1982)
Symphony (1962)
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Pre-concert talk at 7:00pm by Nicholas Alexander Brown, Music Director & Founder, The Irving Fine Society
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Five feisty works by Fine and friends: "Boston School" colleagues Harold Shapero and Arthur Berger
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BMOP partners with the Fine Family, the Irving Fine Society, and Brandeis University to celebrate a slice of American music history in A Fine Centennial (photo: Shapero, Fine, et al, Tanglewood, 1946 courtesy of Irving Fine Collection, Library of Congress, Music Division)

Boston ConNECtion

*Winner of the 2013-14 BMOP/NEC Composition Competition
**U.S. premiere

Gil Rose, conductor

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Concert Date 
Fri, 2014-03-28 20:00
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<em>Accumulated Traces</em> (2013)*
<em>Blue Earth</em> (2002)
<em>Xiaoxiang</em>, Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (2009)**
alto saxophone
Concerto for Orchestra (1987)
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Pre-concert talk hosted by <a href="/explore-bmop/about-bmop/board">The Score Board</a> at 7:00pm
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In March, we showcase resident Bostonians and welcome traveling friends.
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Our March concert features Donald Crockett's Blue Earth, Steven Stucky's Concerto for Orchestra, Lei Liang's saxophone concerto Xiaoxiang, and Composition Competition winner Binna Kim's Accumulated Traces.

Triple Threat

*World premiere

Gil Rose, conductor

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Concert Date 
Fri, 2014-01-17 20:00
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<em>Summer Days</em> (2013)*
<em>Hapax Legomenon</em>, Concerto for two-bow cello (2013)*
cello
Piano Concerto No. 2 (2011) *
piano
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Pre-concert talk featuring the composers at 7:00pm
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...a triple threat of the best kind: premieres by composers Elena Ruehr, Ken Ueno, and David Rakowski
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Our first concert of the new year features the BMOP orchestra, two-bow cello master Frances-Marie Uitti, and vibrant pianist Amy Briggs. (image: "Summer Days" by Georgia O'Keeffe, Whitney Museum of American Art)

Four Saints in Three Acts

Concert performance

Gil Rose, conductor

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Concert Date 
Sat, 2013-11-16 20:00
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Four Saints in Three Acts (1928)
tenor
baritone
bass
mezzo-soprano
soprano
soprano
mezzo-soprano
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Pre-concert talk hosted by <a href="/explore-bmop/about-bmop/board">The Score Board</a> at 7:00pm
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Set to an imaginative, fluid libretto by Gertrude Stein, Thomson’s opera is a collection of vignettes featuring the legendary Saints Teresa and Ignatius.
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BMOP opens its 18th season with a concert performance of Virgil Thomson’s innovative opera Four Saints in Three Acts, which rocked the world of opera when it debuted on Broadway in 1934.

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