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November 15, 2026, at 7:30pm Goethe-Institut Boston (Boston, MA)
Tickets are available here https://givebutter.com/scenesfromanovel
Presented in partnership with Goethe-Institut Boston
The Ferdinando Buonanno Concert
Pre-Concert Talk at 6:30pm with Artistic Director Eric Nathan and composers
$35 General Admission; $15 Students
ABOUT
Led by guest conductor Ken-David Masur, this program celebrates the 100th birthday of György Kurtág through works connected by homage, folk traditions, and reflections on love, loss, and resilience. Centered around Kurtág’s Scenes from a Novel, featuring Artistic Partners Tony Arnold and Kebra-Seyoun Charles, the program includes new works by Peter Child and Eun Young Lee inspired by medieval texts, Korean folk art, opera, and personal tributes to friendship and perseverance, alongside Seyoun-Charles’s blues-inflected compositions and Eric Nathan’s Short Stories, inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach and Kurtág’s lifelong practice of musical homage.
PROGRAM
Kebra-Seyoun Charles: This is the Day (2021)
Bass
Kebra-Seyoun Charles: I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me (2024)
Bass
Eun Young Lee: Minhwa (2026)
World premiere, 2026-2027 Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
Peter Child: The Garden (2026)
World premiere, 2026-2027 Collage Commission
Soprano, cimbalom, violin, cello, bass
INTERMISSION
György Kurtág: Shadows from Signs, Games and Messages
Bass
György Kurtág: Hommage à John Cage from Signs, Games and Messages
Bass
Eric Nathan, “I. Cello” from Short Stories (2021)
Collage commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
György Kurtág: Scenes from a Novel
For Kurtág’s 100th birthday celebration
Soprano, violin, bass, cimbalom
Please join Collage for a reception following the performance
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Event venue
Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon St,Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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