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A Far Cry announces Season Seven

Boston, May 8, 2013 – , the self-conducted chamber orchestra, announces its seventh and most ambitious season to date.

The season has expanded in several notable ways. This year, A Far Cry will present four concerts in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, doubling its presence there. Meanwhile, the group’s residency at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum brings six more programs to the table; four as part of its Sunday series and two genre-bending Avant Gardner Thursday evening shows. The four Sunday shows are also heard at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain on Saturday afternoons as part of A Far Cry’s local community series. This year A Far Cry is proud to share the news that all four of those community concerts can be heard free of charge, made possible in part by the Free for All Concert Fund.

Another new direction for A Far Cry’s Season Seven deals with large-scale collaboration. Twice in the season, A Far Cry will be working in depth with other groups: the Urbanity Dance Company and the vocal octet Roomful of Teeth. In both cases, the result of the collaboration will be a world premiere that embraces the connection between both groups – original choreography from Urbanity’s Betsi Graves, and a collaborative work by , newly the youngest composer to receive a Pulitzer.

Further world premieres commissioned by A Far Cry are on the way from composer Erik Nielson and toy pianist Phyllis Chen, who will also be soloing with the ensemble. Violists and Helen Callus will also be performing concerti with the collective this year; Kashkashian playing Schnittke’s terrifying “Monologue” and Callus offering the newly reconstructed Bach Concerto in E-Flat.

Also visible on stage at various times throughout the season will be several outstanding students from different programs that A Far Cry is collaborating with – entrepreneurial Fellows from NEC and competition winners from its Prep Department, and students from Project STEP, an organization working to address the underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in .

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Subscriptions to A Far Cry's eight-concert series at Jordan Hall and St. John's Church are $128 before July 1, $144 after July 1, and are available at www.afarcry.org or by sending a check to:

A Far Cry 146A South Street Jamaica Plain MA 02130

Single tickets will be available in August at www.afarcry.org (for Jordan Hall and St. John’s concerts) and www.gardnermuseum.org (for ISGM concerts)

For more information, please call 617.553.4887 or email [email protected].

Season Listing by Program:

Once Upon A Time

Gideon Klein: Partita, arr. Saudek Josef Suk: Serenade for Strings : Symphony No. 38, Prague

Saturday, 9/7 - 8 PM - Jordan Hall

Tapas

Jean Françaix: Six Preludes: Apertura Françaix: Six Preludes: Elegia : Fünf Stücke für Streichorchester Françaix: Six Preludes: Scherzo Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite Françaix: Six Preludes: Intermezzo alla tedesca Gioacchino Rossini: String Sonata No. 2, in C major Françaix: Six Preludes: Sogno Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 11 Françaix: Six Preludes: Finale

Saturday, 9/21 - 4 PM - St. John's Sunday, 9/22 - 1:30 PM – ISGM

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Andrew Norman: Gran Turismo : Brandenburg Concerto #3 : Muse : Symphony for Open Strings

Thursday, 12/5 – 7 PM – Avant Gardner, ISGM

The Melting Pot featuring Erik Nielsen, composer, whose new work is made possible by the Vermont Arts Council

Charles Ives: Largo and Scherzo from “3 short pieces” George Gershwin: Lullaby Erik Nielsen: New Work (world premiere) Lev Zhurbin: Vjola Suite Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet #3, American, arr. AFC

Saturday, 12/7 – 4 PM – St. John’s Sunday, 12/8 – 1:30 PM – ISGM

Chemistry featuring the Urbanity Dance Company with Betsi Graves, choreographer and Erik Nathan, composer/arranger

Johann Sebastian Bach: Various Dances, arr. Nathan Igor Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète

Saturday, 1/11 – 8PM - Jordan Hall

The Kings’ Feast featuring Helen Callus, viola

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia in Bb, Wq. 182 No. 2 Johann Sebastian Bach: Viola Concerto in E-flat Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik for Viola and Strings : Introduction and Allegro Henry Purcell: Suite from King Arthur

Saturday, 2/1 - 4 PM - St. John’s Sunday, 2/2 – 1:30 PM – ISGM

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The Mind’s Eye featuring Kim Kashkashian, viola

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Passacaglia, arr. AFC Sergei Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives, arr. Barshai/Balashov : Monologue for viola and strings Johann Sebastian Bach: Ricercare a 6 from Musical Offering, arr. AFC

Saturday, 3/7 – 8 PM - Jordan Hall

Scenes from Childhood featuring Phyllis Chen, composer and toy pianist

Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question Felix Mendelssohn: String Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major Phyllis Chen: New Work for Toy Piano and Strings (world premiere) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 12 Variations on Twinkle Twinkle, K. 265, arr. AFC Ingram Marshall: Evensongs

Thursday, 4/17 – 7 PM – Avant Gardner, ISGM

Cries featuring Caroline Shaw, composer, and Roomful of Teeth

Josquin Des Prez: La déploration sur la mort de Jehan Ockeghem, arr. Shaw Caroline Shaw: New Work (world premiere) : D. 810, Death and the Maiden, arr. Mahler

Saturday, 5/10 – 4 PM – St. John’s Sunday, 5/11 – 1:30 PM – ISGM

Happily Ever After

Don Carlo Gesualdo: Moro Lasso, arr. AFC Bernard Hermann: Suite from Psycho Aaron Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring JPP: Suite of Finnish dance music, arr. AFC

Saturday, 5/23 – 8 PM - Jordan Hall

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Season repertoire by composer: Louis Andriessen: Symphony for Open Strings Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia in Bb, Wq. 182 No. 2 Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3 Ricercare a 6 from Musical Offering, arr. AFC Viola Concerto in E-flat Various Dances, arr. Nathan Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Passacaglia, arr. AFC Phyllis Chen: New Work for Toy Piano and Strings (world premiere) Aaron Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet #3, American, arr. AFC Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 11 Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro Jean Françaix: Six Preludes George Gershwin: Lullaby Don Carlo Gesualdo: Moro Lasso, arr. AFC Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite Bernard Hermann: Suite from Psycho Paul Hindemith: Fünf Stücke für Streichorchester Trauermusik for Viola and Strings Charles Ives: Largo and Scherzo from “3 short pieces” The Unanswered Question JPP: Suite of Finnish dance music, arr. AFC Josquin Des Prez: La déploration sur la mort de Jehan Ockeghem, arr. Shaw Gideon Klein: Partita, arr. Saudek Ingram Marshall: Evensongs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague 12 Variations on Twinkle Twinkle, K. 265, arr. AFC Felix Mendelssohn: String Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major Erik Nielsen: New Work (world premiere) Andrew Norman: Gran Turismo Sergei Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives, arr. Barshai/Balashov Henry Purcell: Suite from King Arthur Gioacchino Rossini: String Sonata No. 2, in C major Franz Schubert: String Quartet D. 810, Death and the Maiden, arr. Mahler Alfred Schnittke: Monologue for viola and strings Caroline Shaw: New Work (world premiere) Igor Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète Josef Suk: Serenade for Strings Christopher Theofanidis: Muse Lev Zhurbin: Vjola Suite

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Season soloists and collaborators: Helen Callus, viola Phyllis Chen, composer and toy pianist Betsi Graves, choreographer Kim Kashkashian, viola Erik Nathan, composer/arranger Erik Nielsen, composer Roomful of Teeth, vocal octet Caroline Shaw, composer Urbanity Dance Company

Concert locations:

Jordan Hall 295 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA, 02115

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 280 The Fenway Boston, MA, 02115

St. John’s Episcopal Church Revere Street and Roanoke Avenue Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130

About A Far Cry:

A Far Cry stands at the forefront of an exciting new generation in classical music. According to the New York Times, the self-conducted orchestra “brims with personality or, better, personalities, many and varied.” A Far Cry was founded in 2007 by a tightly-knit collective of 17 young professional musicians – the Criers – and since the beginning has fostered those personalities, developing an innovative structure of rotating leadership both on stage and behind the scenes. By expanding the boundaries of orchestral repertoire and experimenting with the ways music is prepared, performed, and experienced, A Far Cry has been embraced throughout the world with more than two hundred performances, three albums, a powerful presence on the internet, and a successful European debut tour. The Criers are proud to call Boston home, and maintain strong roots in the city rehearsing at their storefront music center in Jamaica Plain and fulfilling the role of Chamber Orchestra in Residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Collaborating with local

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A Far Cry is generously supported in part by the Free for All Concert Fund, the Harvard Musical Association, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

146A South Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 617.553.4887 www.afarcry.org

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