J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV 564

Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Deuxième Fantaisie

Grace-Evangeline Mason (b.1994) Where the Birds Sing

César Franck (1822-1890) Pièce Héroïque

Andrew Forbes - Organ

Praeludium in G, BWV 568 attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Voluntary on the 100th Psalm, Z.721 Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, Op. 93 Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

Trivium Arvo Pärt (b.1935)

Where the Birds Sing Grace-Evangeline Mason (b.1994)

Aria (Symphony No. 1, Op. 36) Rachel Laurin (1961–2023)

From Flights of Fancy: Ballet for Organ - Ragtime Lullaby - Shimmy - Hymn William Albright (1944–1998)

From L’Ascension - Prière du Christ montant vers son Père - Transports de Joie Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Join Yorkshire-based organist, conductor, and composer Anthony Gray for an evening of music that spans the cosmic and the contemplative. Currently Director of Music at St Wilfrid’s, Harrogate, and Artistic Director of the Halifax Choral Society, Gray brings his rich musical background from Cambridge, Leeds Cathedral, and Bradford Cathedral to this unique performance.

Bob Chilcott Sun Dance
Kerensa Briggs Light in Darkness
Grace-Evangeline Mason Light, Revealing
Arvo Pärt Pari Intervallo
Price Retrospection (Elf on a Moonbeam)
Kristina Arakelyan Star Fantasy
Messiaen Le Banquet Celeste
Hans Zimmer (Arr. Richard McVeigh) Interstellar Suite
van Oortmerssen Nun Ruhen alle Walder

Praeludium in G, BWV 568 attrib. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Voluntary on the 100th Psalm, Z.721 Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, Op. 93 Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

from A Quaker Reader
- “…No darkness at all…”
- “Bewitching attire of the most charming simplicity…”
Ned Rorem (1923–2022)

Where the Birds Sing Grace-Evangeline Mason (b.1994)

Aria (Symphony No. 1, Op. 36) Rachel Laurin (1961–2023)

from Flights of Fancy: Ballet for Organ
- Ragtime Lullaby
- Shimmy
- Hymn
William Albright (1944–1998)

Transports de Joie (L’Ascension) Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Mit dem Projekt 2025 feiert das Jugendensemble für Neue Musik Bayern, JU[MB]LE, sein 10-jähriges Bestehen.

Die Programmplanung folgt dabei der Maxime, ein möglichst breit gefächertes Repertoire zu präsentieren. Dazu gehören Werke des Kanons der Neuen Musik genauso wie eigens für JU[MB]LE komponierte Werke.
Mit dem Kammermusikwerk Dérive I von Pierre Boulez, dessen 100. Geburtstag im Jahr 2025 gefeiert wird, steht ein Werk eines Säulenheiligen der Avantgarde auf dem Programm. Des Weiteren widmet sich das Ensemble mit dem Ensemblewerk Blick auf Kolchis erstmals einem des jüngst verstorbenen Wolfgang Rihm.

Neben diesem Blick zurück in die jüngere Musikgeschichte, wird das Ensemblewerk The Beaty of Decay der jungen britischen Komponistin Grace-Evangeline Mason zu hören sein und das Abendlied von Ulrich Kreppein, das eine spannende ästhetische Gegenposition dazu einnimmt.
Besonders gespannt sein darf man auf den Miniatur-Zyklus The Celestial Order of Chinese Animals des in München gebürtigen Komponisten Markus Schmitt, der eigens für das Jubiläumsprogrammentsteht.

Komponist:innen
Pierre Boulez, Ulrich Kreppein, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Wolfgang Rihm und Markus Schmitt

Mitwirkende
Johannes X. Schachtner (Musikalische Leitung)
JU[MB]LE Landesjugendensemble für Neue Musik Bayern

Strauss Don Juan
Grace-Evangeline Mason THE HART (world premiere)
Mahler Symphony No.4

Ryan Wigglesworth conductor
Sophie Bevan MBE soprano

There’s nothing the human voice can’t do. In Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, it paints a picture of heaven at the end of a journey through blue skies, summer storms and shining mountain peaks. Meanwhile, Grace-Evangeline Mason’s exciting new piece has been created especially for our soloist Sophie Bevan, a soprano with a voice of pure gold. Strauss’ Don Juan kicks things off in truly swashbuckling style.

A kaleidoscopic string trio that “fully inhabits the spirit of the works they are playing in the moment, with as ardent a flame as if they had written it themselves” (Fanfare), Black Oak Ensemble returns to Ravinia with the grand reveal of their latest laser-fine focus. “Dance of the Night Sky”—also due to be released as their latest Cedille album—highlights works by living women composers in the United Kingdom.

Featuring Marc-André Hamelin, piano
George Jackson, conductor
WT Composition Premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4
Grace-Evangeline Mason – The Imagined Forest
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite

Hear the pianist the NY Times calls “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess,” paired with an enchanting orchestral tone poem by young British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason and Stravinsky’s thrilling ballet.

Featuring Marc-André Hamelin, piano
George Jackson, conductor
WT Composition Premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4
Grace-Evangeline Mason – The Imagined Forest
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite

Hear the pianist the NY Times calls “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess,” paired with an enchanting orchestral tone poem by young British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason and Stravinsky’s thrilling ballet.

Flautist Meera Maharaj and pianist Dominic Degavino have enjoyed much success as a duo, since forming in 2017. They share a love of jazz, as well as contemporary classical music and endeavour to incorporate these interests into their recitals, promising a passionate finale to the 66th Concert Series.

Programme to Include;
Johann Nepomuk
Hummel: Sonata in D Major, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré: Sonata No.1 in A Major
Blaž Pucihar: Sonatina for flute and piano
Grace-Evangaline Mason: The Butterfly and the Stone
Chick Corea: Free Fall
Geoff Eales: Remembrance
Geoff Eales: In the Pocket

Programm - Voll Blumen

Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen - Flowerfall. A flourishing Fantasy

Liza Lim - Garden of Earthly Desire

– Pause –

Grace-Evangeline Mason - The Beauty of Decay (Österreichische Erstaufführung)

Enno Poppe - Blumen (Österreichische Erstaufführung)

Join us at City Church for the public performance of a concert that we will have performed throughout area prisons and homeless shelters. This concert will celebrate the changing of seasons and the hope of new life after death - as seen in nature and in our own lives. The music on this program will feature music old and new, from Haiti, China, Argentina and more.

Six new commissions: Claire Cope, Trapped; Jenni Watson, Radius; Dani Howard, Neverland; Grace-Evangeline Mason, In the Fragrant Air; Adam Caird, Saxophonic Movements; Apollo Saxophone Quartet, Journey Across the Impossible (silent film project).

An immersive concert experience. Step inside a 360 degree world of music.
In an experience that places you at the heart of the music, immerse yourself in a surround-sound chamber music concert where the music isn’t confined to a stage, but envelops you. Where each note comes alive and draws you into the centre of the performance.

Embark on a journey, from the warmth of a summer afternoon (Barber), through the fading light of sunset and twilight (Turina), to a lively night-time celebration (Mozart), a walk home through a midnight city (Mason), the soft glow of a flickering match illuminating the night’s calm (Hindson), the first light of dawn (Pepin), and finally, the arrival of sunrise (Sallinen).

• Samuel Barber Summer Music Op. 31

• Joaquin Turina 'Crepuscular' from Scene Andalouse

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 'Allegro' from Serenade in C minor K.388

• Grace Evangeline Mason Midnight Spires

• Matthew Hindson 'A Single Match' from Light Music

• Camille Pepin Avant les clartes de l'aurore / Before the light of dawn

• Aulis Sallinen Sunrise Serenade

Six new commissions: Claire Cope, Trapped; Jenni Watson, Radius; Dani Howard, Neverland; Grace-Evangeline Mason, In the Fragrant Air; Adam Caird, Saxophonic Movements; Apollo Saxophone Quartet, Journey Across the Impossible (silent film project). Free pre-concert talk at 6.30pm.

Brass and the City features Melbourne-based collective Lyrebird Brass. Faculty of the Melbourne University and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Lyrebird Brass will perform a fascinating program from Baroque to modern day. Commencing with flemish composer Leonora Duarte and her Sinfonia No. 2 (arranged by Abby Black), Victor Ewald’s Quintet No. 1, living British composer Grace Evangeline Mason and Australians Catherine Likhuta and Alice Humphries. The program finishes with Andrew Batterham’s Melbourne Mosaic. Orange Chamber Music Festival is a four day boutique event, praised for its sophisticated appeal and excellence in programming. It combines the very best of the Region's hospitality with incomparable musical experiences, with chamber music at its core.

Experience an exhilarating program showcasing dynamic works by trailblazing composers. Immerse yourself in the captivating melodies of Leonora Duarte, Cahty Likhuta, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Victor Ewald, and Alice Humphries. The highlight is Michael Tilson Thomas's sumptuous "Street Song," transporting you through lush soundscapes.

Choral Evensong conducted by Rhys King with music by Mason, Walker, Marlow and Thomas.

Evensong
Prelude: Méditation Delvincourt
Responses: Shephard
Psalm: 18.1-29
Canticles: Stanford in G
Anthem: Prevent Us, O Lord Byrd
Hymn: 415
Voluntary: Light, Revealing Grace-Evangeline Mason

Embark on an exciting journey with this rich tapestry of music, featuring contemplative works from Victoria Poleva (David's Psalm), Arvo Pärt (Fratres) and Barber (Agnus Dei) alongside the rhythmically intricate Time Piece by Paul Patterson. 

The surroundings of Holy Trinity Church pair perfectly with the meditative tranquility of Tavener's Prayer of the Heart and the programme features two contemporary works by young composers: A Memory of the Ocean - a vivid sonic portrait of the sea by Grace-Evangeline Mason, and the vibrant and energetic World O World by Jacob Collier.

Formed in 1985 the Apollo Saxophone Quartet has enjoyed four decades at the forefront of the UK classical music scene. During this time, the group has without doubt made the largest single contribution to the repertoire for saxophone quartet in the UK, commissioning and premiering well over 100 works, many of which are now considered core repertoire and are performed by saxophone quartets worldwide. For this concert, the group presents a performance of two contrasting halves. The first set features five commissions from the quartet’s 2022/23 season - engaging and varied new works from some of the most exciting new generation of UK composers, each of which showcases different aspects of the sound world of the saxophone quartet, creating moods, colours and textures ranging from the sublime and ethereal to driving energetic and rhythmically compelling.

In its 53rd Season, Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic boldly champions the power of unity, forging profound connections within our diverse communities through the spirit of collaboration. This Season is a testament to our unwavering commitment to inclusivity and innovation, spotlighting groundbreaking compositions by women and American composers alongside timeless masterworks of the classical canon. Through this dynamic fusion of tradition and exploration, the 2024|2025 Season not only celebrates the depth of musical expression but also illuminates the boundless resilience and creativity of the human spirit. Prepare to be captivated, inspired, and moved as we embark on a journey that embodies the essence of what makes the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic a beacon of artistic excellence and cultural enrichment. 

Transporting audiences into a realm of festive delight, "Holiday Dreams" offers a captivating blend of seasonal cheer and musical charm. Grace-Evangeline Mason's "The Imagined Forest" sets a magical tone, weaving together melodies that evoke the spirit of the holidays. Tchaikovsky's classic "Nutcracker Suite" is reimagined by local legend Duke Ellington by infusing familiar melodies with jazz-inflected brilliance that captivates listeners with its exuberant energy and nostalgia. The second half of the concert features a selection of holiday choral works, filling the hall with the joy of the season as we collaborate with the stunning Alexandria Choral Society!