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Boston String Players presents The Heritage Project

Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM (ET)

Cambridge, MA

Boston String Players presents The Heritage Project

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Boston String Players presents "The Heritage Project," a showcase of music from various cultures and genres that make up the creative backbone of this group. Our program will culminate with Leonid Desyatnikov's arrangement of Piazzola's epic "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" featuring Lilit Hartunian on solo violin. This piece, which famously quotes Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," represents a new direction for traditional classical music, infused with a breath of "Nuevo Tango." Preceding the Piazzolla will be a new arrangement of Radiohead's "15 Step" by Sam Stapleton, and Debussy's "Danses Sacree et Profane" featuring harpist Ioana Comsa. Musicians from Greece, Japan, and Jordan are also showcased in this program, performing works composed in their respective home countries.

 

Our dress rehearsal is free and open to the public on February 3rd from 7:00-9:30pm, and the concert is Saturday February 4th, both at the First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden Street, Harvard Square). Doors open at 7:30pm, and the concert will be followed by a reception with drinks and snacks where you can mingle with musicians and fellow music lovers. Tickets are $18 at the door, $12 online, and $12 for students (please show valid ID at the door). www.BostonStringPlayers.org

 

Boston String Players presents "The Heritage Project"

Saturday February 4, 2012

Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:00pm

(Open dress rehearsal February 3, 7:00-9:30pm)

First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Harvard Square

 

Program:

Piazzolla / "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" arr. by Leonid Desyatnikov / Lilit Hartunian, Violin

Radiohead / 15 Step, arr. by Sam Stapleton (World Premiere)

Debussy / Danses Sacree et Profane / Ioana Comsa, Harp

Nao Sato / Shigure Uta (World Premiere)

Mohammed Sidiq / Nai Concertino

Bill Withers / Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone / Pamela Cumming, Violin

Alex Trampas / String Quartet No.3 (World Premiere)

Chen Gang & He Zhanhao / Excerpts from "Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto" / Steve Shey, Violin, Ioana Comsa, Harp

Pablo Casals / The Song of the Birds / Nick Upton, Cello

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First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM (ET)


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Boston String Players is an ensemble of student and young professional musicians who collaborate with upcoming visual and performing artists, and perform innovative concert programs that intertwine established classical pieces with contemporary and novel compositions of non-classical genres, often featuring the first-time performance of a new composition. The group offers a professional and collaborative music-making experience for fresh Boston-area talents, and encourages a broadening of the scope of classical music performance. BSP actively promotes spontaneous exchange between conductor, performer, and audience during concerts, and encourages direct audience feedback. The group strives to make classical music more accessible to a broader audience by holding interactive open rehearsals and delivering concerts that are casual and fun.

Founded in 2007 by artistic director and conductor Motoki Tanaka, BSP performers include recent alumni and current students of music conservatories, fine arts schools, and public and private universities in the greater Boston area. To continue to grow and develop in the diverse cultural hub that is Boston, the group relies on the help and support of a community of friends and fellow arts patrons and music lovers. BSP is always open to accepting help with securing venues for concerts, advertising and publicity management, transportation, and securing basic necessities such as music stands, scores and parts, and rehearsal venues. We thank our past, present and future patrons for their commitments and support, without which BSP could not continue to thrive.

www.bostonstringplayers.org