I’m heading south for a few days, but if I were around I’d check out some of the following.
- John Page Conducts the NEC Philharmonia
Sibelius’s Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22, “Legends”, Walton’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, with soloist Hanna Lee, a student of Kim Kashkashian, and Dvorák’s Symphony No.7.
Wednesday, Oct. 28th, 8:00, Jordan Hall - More Stanley Donen at the Harvard Film Archive
Friday, Oct. 30th: Movie Movie at 7:00, Staircase at 9:00
Saturday, Oct. 31st: Bedazzled at 7:00, Damn Yankees at 9:00 - Silent Films with Live Music at the Somerville Armory
If you’ve never seen a silent film with live music, it’s one of the most unique aesthetic experiences you’ll ever have. If you have, then you know what a treat this is.
Friday, Oct. 30th: The Alloy Orchestra plays to The Phantom of the Opera, doors open at 6:30, show at 7:15, $21 advance, $26 at the door (ouch!)
Saturday Oct. 31st: Devil Music scores Nosferatu, doors open at 6:30, show at 7:15, $16 advance, $19 at the door - HRDC’s Marat/Sade Opens the 30th
Showimes, Loeb Ex, free with reservations - A Far Cry Concert #1
Biber: Battalia à 10, Geminiani: Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C major, Hossfeld: title tba (world premiere), Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1
October 30th, 8:00, Jordan Hall, tickets $12 students, $17 seniors, $27 regular
October 31st, 4:00, St. John’s Episcopal Church (Revere St. and Roanoke Ave., Jamaica Plain), tickets $10 - Blodgett Chamber Music Series Presents the Chiara Quartet
Prokofiev String Quartet No. 1, Webern 5 Stücke für Streichquartette, Brahms Viola Quintet in G Major
Oct. 30th, 8:00, Harvard’s Paine Hall (1 Oxford Street, Music Building), free tickets (get them in advance at the Harvard Box Office) - Company One’s The Overwhelming Opens Oct. 30th at the BCA and Halloween may be a good time to check out Sleep No More or Spooky World
- Emanuel Music Haydn/Schoenberg Chamber Concert #2
November 1st, 4:00, Emmanuel Church, $30 general, $10 students - First Monday at Jordan Hall #2
Nov. 2nd, 8:00, Jordan Hall, Free
…and I’ll be listening to this:
Devendra Banhart's new album "What Will We Be"
