MusicSunday, November 8
All-Cello Orchestra Pablo Casals 150th Birthday Celebration
Sunday, November 8 · 3-5 p.m. · Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center
- When
- Sunday, November 8 · 3-5 p.m.
- Where
- Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center1234 Columbus Avenue · Boston, MA · 02120
About this event
The cello speaks—perhaps more than any other orchestral instrument—in a way that feels human. Its range overlaps with the human voice, players share space with and embrace their instrument, and its warm, resonant sound expresses bittersweet emotions—longing, melancholy, grief—with authenticity and weight.
Conducted by Eugene Friesen, the 48-cello orchestra honors the 150th birthday of cellist and humanitarian Pablo Casals with arrangements of works by Casals, Villa-Lobos, and other beloved favorites.
Program
Carlos Gardel Por Una Cabeza Boston University ensemble; Michael Reynolds, director
Gabriel Fauré “Pie Jesu” from Requiem Longy School of Music of Bard College ensemble; Christine Lamprea, director
Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Nicole DiPasquale, soprano Dimitri Cervo Toro-Lobiana Boston Conservatory at Berklee BoCoCelli; Rhonda Rider, director
Pablo (Pau) Casals Nigra Sum, arr. Carles Gumí New England Conservatory of Music ensemble; Lluís Claret, director
Casals El cant dels ocells per a orquestra de violoncels [Bird Song] Lluís Claret, soloist Faculty ensemble: Kee-Hyun Kim, Mark Churchill, Nancy Hair, Rhonda Rider, Andrew Mark, Christine Lamprea, Mike Block
Mike Block When the Birds Sing Along in the Morning (2019), inspired by Pablo Casals’ memoir “Joys and Sorrows” Mike Block, vocals, cello; Lluis Claret, cello
Casals Sant Martí del Canigó (1943), transcription by Enric Casals Lluís Claret, soloist; Eugene Friesen, conductor Faculty Ensemble: Kee-Hyun Kim, Mark Churchill, Nancy Hair, Rhonda Rider, Andrew Mark, Christine Lamprea, Mike Block Andrés Mejía Rojas, Francesca McNeeley, Robert Mayes, Shoshonah Israilevich, Mina Kim, Javier Caballero, Michal Shein, Bithyah Israel, Rhea Gibson
Blaise Dejardin Aquarela do violoncello (2012) Kee-Hyun Kim, soloist Casals Sardana per a orquestra de violoncels (Sant Felix, 1927) All-Cello Orchestra (48 cellists), Eugene Friesen, conductor Berklee School of Music, Boston Conservatory of Music, Boston University, Longy School of Music, New England Conservatory students and faculty ensemble
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