Evening Concert Programs
Jordan Hall at 7:30pm
Evening concerts run Sunday through Friday. These concerts feature SICPP guest artists, faculty, and the ensemble-in-residence.
NEW in 2019: Free pre-concert lectures by Scholar-in-Residence Sara Haefeli in the Keller Room.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council and administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.
Sunday, June 16th
Stephen Drury, piano | Gabriela Díaz, violin | David Russell, cello | Christopher Moore, trombone
- Luciano Berio: Cinque Variazioni (original version)
- Stephen Drury, piano
- Michael Finnissy: Is There Any Future for New Music?
- Stephen Drury, piano
- Tamar Diesendruck: 3 Cryptic Variants
- David Russell, cello
- Lee Hyla: Amore Scaduto
- Gabriela Diaz, violin
- David Russell, cello
- Robert Erickson: General Speech
- Christopher Moore, trombone
- Lee Hyla: Riff and Transfiguration
- Stephen Drury, piano
Monday, June 17th
Callithumpian Consort
*new* Pre-concert Lecture by Scholar-in-Residence Sara Haefeli *new* 7:00pm in Keller Room
- Rand Steiger: Ecosphere (2002/2019) premiere of revised version
- Michael Finnissy: Mars + Venus (1993)
- José-Luis Hurtado: Stabiles I (2016) written for Callithumpian Consort
Tuesday, June 18th
Callithumpian Consort | Nina Guo, soprano | Rachel Beetz, flute | Mark Dresser, double bass
*new* Pre-concert Lecture by Scholar-in-Residence Sara Haefeli *new* 7:00pm in Keller Room
- Carolyn Chen: Britney Whitney Clark Kent Is Not A Disguise (2011)
- Rachel Beetz, flute
- José-Luis Hurtado: The Caged, the Immured (2018)
- Stephen Drury, Yukiko Takagi, piano
- Lei Liang: Luminous
- Elainie Lillios: Immeasurable Distance (2019) world premiere
- Scott Deal, percussion
- Elainie Lillios, electronics
- Michael Finnissy: Mr. Punch
Wednesday, June 19th
Mark Dresser, double bass | Joseph Kubera, piano | Stephen Drury, piano | Yukiko Takagi, piano | Stuart Gerber, percussion
- Sarah Hennies: Psalm 2
- Stuart Gerber, percussion
- Stuart Saunders Smith: Thicket
- Joseph Kubera, piano
- Michael Byron: Book of Horizons
- Joseph Kubera, piano
- Julian Anderson: Klimt and Schiele Drawings world premiere
- Stephen Drury, Yukiko Takagi, piano
- Works by Mark Dresser:
- Invocation
- Threaded
- Bacachaonne
- Tinen
- Pluto
Thursday, June 20th
SICPP faculty soloists | PEP (Piano and Erhu Project: Nicole Ge Li, erhu, Corey Hamm, piano)
- Curtis Hughes: butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth (2018)
- Jennifer Ashe, soprano
- Nick Tolle, cimbalom
- Michael Finnissy: Sorrow and Its Beauty (2017)
- PEP (Piano and Erhu Project)
- Nicole Ge Li, erhu
- Corey Hamm, piano
- Gao Ping: Hu Yan 胡言 (2017) written for PEP
- PEP (Piano and Erhu Project)
- Nicole Ge Li, erhu
- Corey Hamm, piano
- Michael Finnissy: Snowdrift (1972)
- Mari Kawamura, piano
- Michael Finnissy: Seterjentens fridag
- Sam Kelder, viola
- Steve Long, keyboards
- Michael Finnissy: selections from Andersen-Liedenkreis
- Jennifer Ashe, soprano
- Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano
Friday, June 21st
SICPP faculty soloists
*new* Pre-concert Lecture by Scholar-in-Residence Sara Haefeli *new* 7:00pm in Keller Room
- Michael Finnissy: Ének (1990)
- Gabriela Diaz, violin
- Michael Finnissy: Hinomi
- Mike Williams, percussion
- Michael Finnissy: enough
- Yukiko Takagi, piano
- Michael Finnissy: Doves Figary (1976-7)
- Stephen Marotto, cello
- Philippe Hurel: Tombeau
- William Fried, piano
- Scott Deal, percussion
- Michael Finnissy: Marrngu
- Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet
- Michael Finnissy: Gershwin Arrangements
- A foggy day in London town
- They’re writing songs of love
- Blah Blah Blah
- Ashley Zhang, piano
Lunchtime Concerts
Lunchtime concerts run Monday through Thursday at noon. These concerts feature SICPP performance fellows performing adventurous and genre-spanning solo pieces.
Monday, June 17th
Calderwood Hall @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 12-1pm
- Matthias Pintscher: whirling tissue of light
- Theo Rockas, Piano
- Michael Finnissy: Fem ukarakteristiske marsjer med tre tilføyde trioer
- Shalun Li, Piano
- Nicholas Brewer, Piano
- Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX
- Hane Lee, Piano
- Kaija Saariaho: Nocturne for Solo Violin
- Emma Burge, Violin
- Julia Wolfe: Compassion
- Paul Celebi, Piano
- Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 6
- Forrest Eimold, Piano
Tuesday, June 18th
Burnes Hall @ New England Conservatory, 12-1pm
Percussion fellow soloists
Wednesday, June 19th
Calderwood Hall @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 12-1pm
- Pierre Boulez: Sonatine for Flute and Piano
- Dominique Kim, Flute
- Ariel Mo, Piano
- Giacinto Scelsi: Rucke di Guck
- Dominique Kim, Flute
- Michael Ochoa, Oboe
- George Crumb: Makrokosmos Book II
- Chelsea Wong, Piano
- Michael Finnissy:
- Romanza ‘O ciel azzuri…’ Aïda (Act 3)
- They can’t take that away from me
- Romanza ‘Me pellegrina ed orfano’ La Forza del Destino (Act 1)
- Love is here to stay
- Richard Valitutto, Piano
- Xenakis Mikka “S”
- Amalia Young, Violin
Thursday, June 20th
Calderwood Hall @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 12-1pm
- Libby Larsen: Chanting to Paradise
- Caroline Fresh, Voice
- Kate Soper: From Voices from the Killing Jar, VI. Interlude Asta Sollija
- Samantha Stone, Voice
- Chaya Czernowin: Adiantum Capillus-Veneris
- Tyler Bouque, Voice
- Giacinto Scelsi: From Quattro illustrazioni
- Yucong Huang, Piano
- improvisations
- Mark Dresser, Bass (guest artist)
Ending Concerts
The final events of SICPP happen on Friday and Saturday.
Friday, June 21st
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre @ New England Conservatory
- 12:30pm – sound installations by Yanqi Chen, Declan Siefkas, and Ni Zheng
- 2:00pm – Electronics Workshop concert
- 4:00 – 7:00pm – sound installation by Campbell Payne (Jordan Hall 124), sound installations by Yanqi Chen, Declan Siefkas, and Ni Zheng continue
- 9:00 – 10:30pm (post-concert) – sound installation by Campbell Payne continues
Saturday, June 22nd
Brown Hall @ New England Conservatory
- 2:00pm – Iditarod concert begins!
- 2:00 – 9:00pm – sound installations by Edward Cunneen and William Rothermel in Jordan Hall rooms 118 and 124.
