Name: Missing Words
Start: 2026-03-01T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Goethe-Institut Boston

March 1, 2026, at 3pm
Goethe-Institut Boston (Boston, MA)
Presented in partnership with Goethe-Institut Boston
170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116
Pre-Concert Talk at 2:00pm with Robert Kirzinger, BSO Director of Program Publications, and Artistic Director Eric Nathan
The Nancy and Richard Lubin Concert
Anna Handler's performance is made possible with the generous support of Carl and Claudia Shuster
$35 General Admission; $15 Students

Collage New Music presents the world premiere of Eric Nathan's complete Missing Words series. Described as “brilliantly original stuff” by Musical America and “by turns witty and deadly earnest … makes for deeply compelling listening” by The Boston Globe, it is inspired by Ben Schott’s witty and poignant book Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition, Nathan’s work brings to life the unique German words Schott invented to describe everyday human experiences for which English has no direct equivalent. Through six sections, each scored for a different ensemble and composed of shorter movements, Missing Words illuminates the humor, beauty, and complexity of life’s shared moments, from the comic to the deeply emotional.
Missing Words was released on the 2022 New Focus CD release which The Boston Globe highlighted as a top release of 2022, but has never before been performed in concert as a complete series. This concert is the concert world premiere.
PROGRAM
Eric Nathan: Missing Words (2013-2021)
Missing Words I
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, double bass
Missing Words II
for brass quintet
Missing Words III
for violoncello and piano
INTERMISSION
Missing Words IV
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello
Missing Words V
for violin, violoncello, piano
Missing Words VI
for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello
Please join Collage for a reception following the performance