OTHER HEADLINE EVENTS
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Sunday, Nov. 9,
1 pm
Generations Concert
Piano students from the Preparatory and Continuing Studies divisions and the Conservatory
Works by French composers, in honor of Messiaen's 100th birthday.
Pickman Hall
Free admission
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Sunday, Nov. 9
7 pm
Faculty Artist Recital
 Kirsi Perttuli,
violin
COPLAND:
Violin Sonata
DEBUSSY:
Violin Sonata
PROKOFIEV:
Violin Sonata in
F minor, op. 80
Pickman Hall
Free admission
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Tuesday, Nov. 11
8 pm
"Longitude"
Longy's exciting new-music ensemble, featuring Conservatory artists
Pickman Hall
Free admission
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Sunday,
Nov. 16, 8 pm
Faculty Artist Recital
Eleanor Perrone,
piano,
with
Esther Ning Yau, piano
MENOTTI:
Ricercare and Toccata (1953)
on a theme from "The Old Maid and the Thief"
BRAHMS:
Vier Klavierstucke, Op. 119 (1893)
GRANADOS:
Four Spanish Dances from Op. 5 (1892-1900)
STRAVINSKY:
Concerto for Two Solo Pianos (1935)
BOLCOM:
The Serpent's Kiss (1969)
Pickman Hall
Free admission
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NOVEMBER 2008
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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 11
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 LONGY TO GO
"Musical Time Machine"
At Sunday's kickoff of Literacy Month at the Boston Children's Museum, Juliana Soltis, baroque and modern cello, and Sarah Paysnick, baroque and modern flute, both graduate students in Longy's Experiential Education Program, will perform in a "Musical Time Machine," going back in time (complete with period costumes) to show the differences between early and modern instruments. Two shows: 11:30 am and 12:30 pm, KidStage Theatre, main level, Boston Children's Museum, 300
Congress St., Boston. For more information about this event, check out the museum's calendar.
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 , 7 PM REGATTABAR
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 Longy at the Regattabar
The Charles Hotel
One Bennett St.
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Liberate yourself! Join us for a colorful program that showcases what "classical" music is supposed to be -- in a relaxed jazz-club setting. Enjoy the fire and fantasy of Donald Martino's preludes for piano performed by faculty artist Hugh Hinton, arrangements by the Turtle
Island String Quartet played by a Conservatory string quartet, a cello performance by
Longy Artist Diploma candidate Sergey Antonov, most recent winner of
the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and a Rabe composition played by trombonist Gilberto Cruz. Seating begins at 7 pm for 7:30 pm show. Tickets (new price): $15. Call 617.395.7757. Buy online.
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FRIDAY, NOV. 14, 8 PM PICKMAN HALL
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 Longy Chamber Orchestra
Guest Conductor:
Federico Cortese
Suggested donation: $10 adults, $5 students/seniors
Conducting matters!
Come to Pickman Hall to enjoy a performance by Longy's largest ensemble, directed by one of Boston's favorite conductors.
STRAVINSKY: Symphony for Winds
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade
BERIO: Les Chemins with concerto competition winner Dennis Shafer, saxophone
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, "Tragic"
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MONDAY, NOV. 17, 8 PM PICKMAN HALL
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 The Pacifica Quartet
"Carter 100th:
Celebrating the Legendary Elliott Carter"
Longy celebrates the 100th birthday of legendary composer Elliott Carter, who studied under Longy faculty member Nadia Boulanger.
This is part of a citywide series of Carter birthday celebration concerts being held at Longy, New England Conservatory, Harvard and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The series features Carter's five string quartets
and other works. The Longy concert by the renowned Pacifica Quartet, who are Visiting Artists in Chamber Music at Longy, features Carter's String Quartet No. 3, Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 132, and Crumb's "Black Angels." For more information, click here. Tickets: $30 general, $20 seniors/students. Longy Box Office 617.876.0956 x1500 or buy online.
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