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NewsLudovico Ensemble 2008-2009 Concert SeriesAll concerts in Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway From FranceMonday, October 20, 2008, 8:00pmTombeau in Memoriam Gerard Grisey by Philippe Hurel Vortex Temporum by Gerard Grisey From Great BritainSunday, November 23, 2008, 8:00pmCantata X by Jonathan Harvey Nenia: The Death of Orpheus by Harrison Birtwistle Dark Mother by Andy Vores (Featuring Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Julianne Lee) Boston Conservatory Student WorksTuesday, January 27, 2009, 8:00pm(Featuring Pianist Karolina Rojahn, Cellist Eliza Jacques, Soprano Aliana de la Guardia, and Percussionist Nick Tolle) Roman Garnett Concert Series IFriday, February 6, 2009, 6:00pmKafka Fragments by György Kurtág (Featuring Soprano Aliana de la Guardia and Violinist Gabriela Diaz) Roman Garnett Concert Series IISunday, February 8, 2009, 5:00pmCrippled Symmetry by Morton Feldman (Featuring Pianist Karolina Rojahn, Flutist Jessi Rosinski, and Percussionist Nick Tolle) From AustriaSunday, April 19, 2009, 8:00pmMorphologische Fragmente Marsyas II by Olga Neuwirth Presto con Fuoco by Beat Furrer World Premier composition by Rudolf Rojahn (Composer in residence for The Ludovico Ensemble) Kurtag Kafka Fragments on The World Books PodcastSoprano Aliana de la Guardia, who "has yet to disapoint" (Nine Dots Boston) and Violinist Gabriela Diaz who "shone in her extended solo passages, finding a balance between bravura display and self-abnegating cooperation" (The Phoenix) visited the WGBH Studios on the morning of Thursday, February 5 and performed some excerpts from Kurtag's Kafka Fragments for The World Books Podcast's Bill Marx. http://www.theworld.org/worldbooks The World Books Podcast is co-produced by BBC World Series in London, Public Radio International, & WGBH Boston. Ms. de la Guardia and Ms. Diaz performed the work in entirety on the evening of February 6, 2009 as a part of the The Ludovico Ensemble's Roman Garnett Concert Series. The virtuosity of the piece and musicality of their performance was praised by audience members. One audience member commented "I wasn't a Kurtág fan before, but I certainly am now." For more information about The Ludovico Ensemble, Roman Garnett Concert Series, or how to sponsor more compelling concerts such as this one please contact ludovico@ludovicoensemble.org. For more information about performers Aliana de la Guardia and Gabriela Diaz, please contact Allissa Oxford, guerillaopera@gmail.com. |