8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Michael Collins & Michael McHale. The clarinetist and pianist’s program includes Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina which premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1981. Widor’s
Introduction et rondo was composed in 1898. At its première in 1935, Bax’s clarinet sonata was actually played twice; it was repeated in the program when the sheet music for a work by Lennox Berkeley was lost in the post. Each of the four
Time Pieces by Robert Muczynski highlights a characteristic of the clarinet in terms of range, technical prowess, tone color, and expressiveness. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE
12 pm ET: Mark Morris Dance Group presents
Dido and Aeneas. A screening of the 1995 film directed by Barbara Willis Sweete who recreated the
Dido and Aeneas set on a sound stage in Toronto and filmed it without the constraints of a proscenium stage and with Morris in his critically acclaimed role. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Morris and Sweete and launches a week of activities including talks with dancers and artistic collaborators. Dance with MMDG classes for all levels to learn excerpts of the work; Dance for PD classes appropriate for anyone with mobility concerns. View here and on demand for one week.
An Advent calendar for listening pleasure
BLUE HILL To celebrate the holiday season, Blue Hill Bach has created an online “Advent calendar” for music lovers’ listening pleasure, Dec. 1-25.
Collaborating with the Zenith Ensemble, Blue Hill Bach is offering daily a rich variety of seasonal treats from introductions to the northern New England choir’s individual singers to famed folk singer Noel Paul Stookey’s reading of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1863 poem “Christmas Bells,” which later became a beloved Christmas carol.
Blue Hill Bach’s free Holiday Advent Calendar introduces the audience to the Zenith Ensemble’s singers, who share reflections about holiday music. They include sopranos Nacole Palmer and Michele Kennedy, alto Melissa Attebury, tenor Eric Christopher Perry, baritone Charles Wesley Evans and bass John David Adams. Daily posts also include celebrations of the first and last days of Hanukkah and the winter solstice. The choir, which includes s