Boston, MA (Dance No.4)
October 10
https://www.bso.org/events/oct-10-organ-james-mcvinnie
The organ at Symphony Hall has been a source of pride and purpose from the very beginning. To celebrate Symphony Hall 125, the boundless UK-based organist James McVinnie has crafted a program with selections from Season 1 organ recital programs — timeless works by Bach, Schumann, Wagner and Franck — complemented by new music from iconic American composers Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, and a world premiere by inti figgis-vizueta.
Meredith MONK Ellis Island
Julia WOLFE Earring
Sufjan STEVENS The Year of Our Lord
inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA new work (world premiere, BSO commission)
Nico MUHLY Palindromes & Very Fast Music from Patterns
Philip GLASS Dance 4
-Intermission-
J.S. BACH Toccata in F, BWV 540i ◇
SCHUMANN selections from Six Canonic Studies Op. 56
i Nicht zu schnell
ii Innig
iii Nicht zu schnell ◇
iv Adagio
WAGNER Prelude to Parsifal (transc. Lemare) ❊
FRANCK Chorale No. 1 in E ✢
◇ played by J Wallace Goodrich on March 21 1900
❊ played by Edwin Lemare on October 29 1901
✢ played by J Wallace Goodrich on March 28 1901
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