Boston University Choral Ensembles, March 22, 2014

This is the concert program of the Boston University Choral Ensembles performance on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., at Marsh Chapel, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Mass by Igor Stravinsky, Tribulationes by Josef Rheinberger, Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt by Heinrich Schütz, Ave Regina by Josef Rheinberger, and Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied by Heinrich Schütz. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

"Musica adattata allintelligenza ed alle esigenze del pubblico" : Giuseppe Verdi, Errico Petrella, and their Audience

As we shall see, the two composers can be understood as opposites in many respects. While some superficial details of Verdis style were imitated by contemporary operatic composers, Verdi should be understood as exceptional, as pursuing a unique path amidst the Italian opera of his time. Rather than imitating either the concision of Verdis operas or their even more striking dramatic intensity, Petrella and most other Italian composers of the period instead downplayed these elements and sought instead to develop melodic appeal above all

(Dis)embodying myths in ancien régime opera: multidisciplinary perspectives

Throughout the Ancien Régime, mythology played a remarkably vital role in opera, defining such epoch-making works as Claudio Monteverdi’s La favola d’Orfeo (1607) and Christoph Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride (1779). The operatic presence of the Greco-Roman gods and heroes was anything but unambiguous or unproblematic, however. (Dis)embodying Myths in Ancien Régime Opera highlights myth’s chameleonic life in the Italian dramma per musica and French tragédie en musique of the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Written by eminent scholars in the fields of music, literature, theater, and cultural studies, the six essays in this book address important questions. Through what ideological lenses did the Ancien Régime perceive an ancient legacy that was fundamentally pagan and fictitious, as opposed to Christian and rationalistic? What dramaturgies did librettists and composers devise to adapt mythical topics to altering philosophical and esthetic doctrines? Were the ancients’ precepts obeyed or precisely overridden by the age of ‘classicism’? And how could myths be made to fit changing modes of spectatorship? Enlightening and wide-ranging on an essentially multidisciplinary development in European culture, (Dis)embodying Myths in Ancien Régime Opera will appeal to all music, literature and art lovers seeking to deepen their knowledge of an increasingly popular repertoire

Boston University Chamber Orchestra and Women of Symphonic Chorus, Friday, November 17, 2000

This is the concert program of the Boston University Chamber Orchestra and Women of Symphonic Chorus performance on Friday, November 17, 2000 at 8:00 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Gloria in D major, RV 589 by Antonio Vivaldi and Symphony No. 2 by Kurt Weill. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, November 24, 2014

This is the concert program of the Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performance on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The work performed was War Requiem, op. 66 by Benjamin Britten. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Boston University Chorus, April 23, 1988

This is the concert program of the Boston University Chorus performance on Saturday, April 23, 1988 at 8:00 p.m., at Marsh Chapel, 735 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were the following by Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86 and No. 11, No. 13, No. 15, and No. 16 from Act II of "Fidelio," Op. 72. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus, November 18, 2013

This is the concert program of the Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus performance on Monday, November 18, 2018 at 8:00 p.m., at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Dona nobis pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gloria by Francis Poulenc, and Psalm 90 by Charles Ives. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Encounters and blind spots: Pirandello, Evreinov and Brecht

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Devine songs: Connections and exchanges between secular song and sacred music, featuring the music of Johannes Ockeghem, March 1, 2013

This is the concert program of the Devine songs: Connections and exchanges between secular song and sacred music, featuring the music of Johannes Ockeghem performance on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 8:00 p.m., at The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Ma maistresse, Missa Ma maistresse, Alius discantus super O rosa bella, Fors seullement, Missa Fors seullement, D'ung aultre amer, Presque transi, Missa Mi mi, Gilles de Bins, dit Binchois, and Missa De plus en plus by Johannes Ockeghem. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Boston University Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Chorus, October 4, 2007

This is the concert program of the Boston University Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Chorus performance on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were Overture to "Le nozze di Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 1 in D, "Classical" by Sergei Prokofiev, and Mass in D minor, "Missa in Angustiis" "Lord Nelson" by Franz Joseph Haydn. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund