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  Menuet II
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(photo of Luca Guglielmi at Bach Keyboard Journeys by Cheryl Willoughby)

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In two recent concerts from the Calderwood Hall at the Gardner Museum, A Far Cry plays music from the 12th and 21st centuries, and pianist Paavali Jumppanen and violinist Corey Cerovsek play Beethoven.

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Hildegard von Bingen: O ignis spiritus paracliti (The Origin of Fire)

Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
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     II. Teneramente
     III. Calmo, Sospeso
     Postlude: Lento
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    Heiliger Dankgesang

A Far Cry, Chamber Orchestra-In-Residence at the Gardner Museum


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Corey Cerovsek, violin; Paavali Jumppanen, piano
More about Jumppanen's role in the museum's acquisition of a new piano

(image courtesy of the Gardner Museum)

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Courtney Lewis conducts Boston's Discovery Ensemble in performances at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall and Classical New England's Fraser Performance Studio.

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 2

Esa-Pekka Salonen - Mania
Kacy Clopton, cello

Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Aaron Copland - Clarinet Concerto
William R. Hudgins, clarinet

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