Boston Conservatory Hemenway Strings

Name: Boston Conservatory Hemenway Strings
Start: 2023-02-11T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-02-11

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Saturday / February 11, 2023 / 8:00 p.m.

Seully Hall

8 Fenway, Floor 4

Boston

02215

United States

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Lynn Chang directs Boston Conservatory Hemenway Strings in a performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, featuring Svens Scriveris, Kristin Barrett, Celeste di Meo, and Isabella Yee; Vivaldi’s concerto for viola and cello featuring Jayna Leach and Jean Taglia; William Grant Still’s Ennanga featuring Charles Overton (harp); and works by Jessie Montgomery and Kenji Bunch.

Program Information

Repertoire

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ANTONIO VIVALDI: Concerto in G Minor for Viola and Cello

Jayna Leech, viola
Jean Taglia, cello

KENJI BUNCH: Nocturne for Strings

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Voodoo Dolls

WILLIAM GRANT STILL: Ennanga for Harp and Strings

Charles Overton, harp

—INTERMISSION—

ANTONIO VIVALDI: The Four Seasons

Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, "Spring"
I. Allegro
II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
III. Allegro pastorale

Celeste Di Meo, violin

Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, "Summer"
I. Allegro non molto
II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
III. Presto

Svens Skriveris, violin

Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, "Autumn"
I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto
III. Allegro

Bella Yee, violin

Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, "Winter"
I. Allegro non molto
II. Largo
III. Allegro

Kristin Barrett, violin

A Note from the Director

Our program spans more than 300 years of classical music, including one of the most popular and beloved compositions: Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

About the Artists

Charles Overton, harp, is a professor of harp at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Learn more about Overton.

Emmett G. Price III is chair of Africana studies at Berklee. Learn more about Price.

Ensemble

VIOLIN
Lynn Chang
Antony Atonya
Mira Steenbrugge
Anna Wirtz
Christine Chen
Svens Skriveris
Kristin Barrett
Celeste Di Meo
Bella Yee
Jayna Leach
Andrew Keeve
Zeynep Yigitoglu
T'yara Leuseur

CELLO
Clair Bostick
Tristan Hernandez
Jean Taglia
Andres Avila

BASS
Nicolette Kindred

KEYBOARD
Ani Hutchens

READER
Amanda Tan

Concert Services Staff

Senior Manager of Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Concert Production Coordinator – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Manager of Performance Technology – Wes Fowler
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalo

Special Thanks

Charles Overton
Emmett G. Price III

Boston Conservatory thanks audience members for viewing this program information online. This paperless program saved 130 sheets of paper, 14 gallons of water, and 12 pounds of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions.