Renowned Swiss ensemble Lugano Percussion presents a concert of music for large percussion by leading Swiss and Italian composers. They are joined by soprano Rose Hegele (M.M. '18) and percussion soloist Matt Sharrock (M.M. '11 and instructor of core studies), performing two previously unheard pieces by beloved Boston composer William Thomas McKinley.
Hegele and Sharrock also will give the New England premiere of "Men Nor Gods" by Brittany J. Green, named one of 23 classical composers and performers to watch in 2023 by the Washington Post.
Lugano Percussion is led by Simone Mancuso, conductor.
Program Information
Repertoire
MATHIAS STEINAUER: Archaeopteryx (2021)
GIACOMO PLATINI: Here is the deepest secret nobody knows (2021)
LUCA STAFFELBACH: Hexomino (2021)
BRITTANY J. GREEN: Men Nor Gods (2017)
Rose Hegele, soprano
Matt Sharrock, percussion
WILLIAM THOMAS MCKINLEY: Again the Distant Bells (1981)
Matt Sharrock, vibraphone and marimba
LARS HEUSSER: Four Wheel Drive (2020)
WILLIAM THOMAS MCKINLEY: The Recycler (2014)
Rose Hegele, sopran
About the Artists
The Lugano Percussion Ensemble was first formed as Lugano Percussion Group at the Swiss Italian Conservatory by professor Mircea Ardeleanu. Lugano is a lakeside city in the Ticino region of Switzerland. The group has focused on contemporary music with particular attention to the fusion of musical and theatrical language elements and continuous sound research. Learn more about the ensemble.
Rose Hegele, soprano, facilitates artistically rigorous performance experiences that explore the extremes of human vocal and artistic expression in 20th- and 21st-century art music. She has been lauded for her ease with extended vocal techniques, creating "siren-like sounds that explored extremes of the vocal range" (Boston Music Intelligencer). Learn more about Hegele.
Matt Sharrock (they/them), percussion, has been hailed as one of "Boston's best percussionists" by I Care If You Listen. They are a versatile marimbist, percussionist, and conductor who tirelessly champions the music of living composers. They also are a member of Transient Canvas, Hinge, Boston Percussion Group, and the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston. Learn more about Sharrock.
Ensemble
LUGANO PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Simone Mancuso, conductor
Gregorio di Trapani, percussion
Alberto Toccaceli, percussion
Andrea Tiddi, percussion
Armando de Angelis, percussion
Luca Bruno, percussion
Sho Kubota, percussion
SOLOISTS
Rose Hegele, soprano*
Matt Sharrock, vibraphone/marimba*^
* Boston Conservatory alum
^ Boston Conservatory faculty
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
The Lugano Percussion Ensemble's U.S. tour was made possible through funding from the Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung.
Boston Conservatory thanks audience members for viewing this program information online. This paperless program saved 200 sheets of paper, 21 gallons of water, and 18 pounds of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions.
