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“Band in Boston”
BMOP Plays Innovative Concert
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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is known for commissioning, performing and recording new music, and on January 22, 2010 it will continue to forge new paths in orchestral art with its “Band in Boston” concert. The performance will be particularly unique as the roles of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project will alternate and combine forces with guest saxophonists the PRISM Quartet and guest pianist Ursula Oppens. “Without compromising contemporary, classical writing, we’ll be welding the brass and winds into a surprisingly harmonious encounter,” explains Gil Rose, Artistic Director/Conductor of BMOP. “We hope to rock the socks off Boston concertgoers!”
“Band in Boston” will feature the works of Percy Grainger, Harold Meltzer, Wayne Peterson, Joseph Schwantner, and Igor Stravinsky. And The Winds Shall Blow (1994) by Wayne Peterson is a whimsy featuring winds, percussion and the PRISM Quartet; Privacy (2008) by Harold Meltzer is a concerto for winds, brass percussion and the pianist Ursula Oppens. Percy Grainger’s The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1948) is as grandiose as the concert concept itself—a work featuring a large wind band, organ, keyboard and percussion. The piece is large and multi-layered, giving BMOP and its guests plenty to work with. Joseph Schwantner’s Recoil (2004) is quirky and complex, a fresh viewpoint from the Pulitzer Prize winning Schwantner.
Most fittingly, “Band in Boston” will also include Igor Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1921). The piece finds its sweet spot in the replacement of a traditional string section with “colorful, chanting” winds.
Held at Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA on Friday January 22 at 8 pm, BMOP’s “Band in Boston” Concert is sure to be the orchestral smash of the season. To purchase tickets call (617) 585-1260 or visit www.newenglandconservatory.edu/jordanhall.