BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130518T124555CEST-2876IiExNW@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130518T104555Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Transfigured Night\nEvent Url: http://www.artsbosto n.org/event/detail/441655992/Transfigured_Night\nEvent Date Begin: 2013-01 -31\nEvent Date End: 2013-01-31\n\n Two people walk through a bare\, cold grove.\nWoman: I'm carrying a child\, not yours.\nI walk in sin beside you .\nMan: A special warmth flickers\nFrom you into me\, from me into you.\nI t will transfigure the strange man's child.\nTwo people walk through the l ofty\, bright night.\nfrom Stanley Applebaum's translation of Richard Dehm el's poem\nIn 1899\, at the dawn of a new century\, composer Arnold Schoen berg created a breakthrough musical work\, Verklä\;rte Nacht (Transfig ured Night). In creating this epic half-hour of unprecedented sounds\, Sch oenberg drew on his love of two opposing musical models of his time: Brahm s's pure\, abstract music\, Wagner's musical storytelling&mdash\;along wit h a poem that was scandalous for its time in treating an illegitimate chil d as a catalyst for human transformation. Paradoxically\, Schoenberg's unc ompromising quest for a new musical aesthetic was triggered by this consum mate musical peace offering.\nWriting for string sextet\, Schoenberg expre ssed a vision of orchestral scale. In fact\, he eventually created an arra ngement for string orchestra (in 1917\, revised in 1943)\, and on February 27\, Donald Palma and the NEC Chamber Orchestra offer the opportunity to hear this version of the work.\nEach year John Heiss recruits students int erested in performing 20th- and 21st-century music to join the NEC Contemp orary Ensemble. After a fall concert that included an early modernist icon that is often on the Contemporary Ensemble playlist\, Schoenberg's Pierro t Lunaire\, Heiss continues his Schoenberg survey.\nAlso on the program: a 1938 trio by Bé\;la Bartó\;k based on Hungarian and Romanian dance melodies\; and Gunther Schuller's 1979 Octet\, written shortly after he stepped down from the presidency of New England Conservatory.\nBart&oa cute\;k Contrasts\nRobyn Bollinger\, violin\nNathan Raderman\, clarinet\nY annick Rafalimanana\, piano\nSchuller Octet\nAmy Galluzzo\, Sarah Ryu\, vi olin\nDanielle Weibe\, viola\nYina Tong\, cello\nEdward Kass\, double bass \nJohn Diodati\, clarinet\nSean Maree\, bassoon\nNick Rubenstein\, horn\nR ead Gunther Schuller's notes on this work.\nSchoenberg Transfigured Night \nAudrey Wright\, Alexi Kenney\, violin\nWenting Kang\, Alice Webber\, vio la\nEmileigh Vandiver\, Andrew Larson\, cello\nSince 1967\, John Heiss has taught NEC students the roots of 20th-century modernism both in the class room and as a conductor and coach. His courses on Ives\, Schoenberg\, and Stravinsky have shaped generations of musicians. Due to the accuracy of hi s ear in rehearsals\, Stravinsky called him 'the pitch doctor.'\n\nStart t ime: Seating is first come\, first served DTSTART:20130131T000000 DTEND:20130131T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Transfigured Night TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR