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Radius Ensemble • TRAILBLAZERS • Ensemble-in-Residence

Thursday • November 3, 2022   |   8:00 pm

While this event is open to the public, you must pre-register in order to gain access in person. No walk-ups will be allowed at Longy for performances.

 

Trailblazers is a program at the crossroads of nature and culture, freedom and restraint. The concert highlights National Native American Heritage Month with the world premiere of Boston-based composer, and member of the Choctaw tribe, Charles Shadle’s Chahta Aiasha (Choctaw Places) for oboe (doubling English horn) and strings. Next comes Judith Weir’s Wake Your Wild Voice (2008) for bassoon and cello, featuring the bassoonist as the unlikely virtuoso, “awakening…a wilder, more passionate voice than the instrument is often allowed.” Eric Ewazen’s pastoral Roaring Fork for wind quintet extends the theme of natural spaces, celebrating the Roaring Fork River valley’s spectacular scenery with bubbly textures and crystal clear harmonies. Finally, Debussy’s early Piano Trio in G Major foreshadows his later explorations and brings the program to a gauzy and ethereal close.

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Radius Ensemble liberates classical music for a new generation of music lovers with a fresh combination of eclectic programming and intimate performances by extraordinary musicians.

Named Boston’s Best Classical Ensemble 2016 by the Improper Bostonian, and winner of a 2013 CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, Radius Ensemble’s thoughtfully curated programs balance old and new, with repertoire ranging from beloved masterworks to riveting new music – brilliantly performed by some of the best Boston-based musicians. Radius’s go-for-broke performances are interspersed with “live liner notes,” brief remarks that enlighten and entertain. Musicians, composers, and listeners truly connect.

A chamber music ensemble of winds, strings, and piano, Radius Ensemble was founded in 1999 by oboist and impresario Jennifer Montbach. Radius’s subscription season includes a four-concert series at Pickman Hall at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, where the group has been Ensemble in Residence since 2011. Radius has also appeared on concert series throughout New England, including Rockport Music and Clark University. Radius has commissioned and premiered numerous works by Boston-area composers and has won several Meet the Composer grants. Committed to community engagement, Radius presents a free Saturday-morning family concert in Harvard Square, donates free tickets to disadvantaged children and their parents or mentors through local community service agencies, and works with students at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School.

Nine core members comprise Radius Ensemble. They are joined by additional musicians as repertoire warrants, including (but not limited to) harp, percussion, and double bass. The group has also collaborated with a thereminist, several narrators, and dancers; and has appeared with film, live and recorded electronics, and other multimedia.

Details

Date:
Thursday • November 3, 2022
Time:
8:00 pm
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Venue

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
Thanks to our partnership with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and their “Card to Culture” program, Longy School of Music of Bard College can offer free tickets to many of our diverse and innovative performance offerings. See the full list of participating “Card to Culture” organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.