First Church in Boston Series

ACM’s 2011/12 signature series will take place at First Church in Boston’s historic Back Bay.  The First Church in Boston Series is comprised of two parts: a half-hour lunchtime concert on the Second Thursday of each month and two full-length evening programs.

Tickets are not required for the Mid-day programs.  Donations are accepted and appreciated.

First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough Street (MAP)

Mid-Day Concerts: “Second Thursdays”

12:15-12:45 PM

John Harbison: String Quartet No. 2

Thursday, October 13, 2011
Lydian String Quartet

Charles Wakefield Cadman: Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 56

Thursday, November 10, 2011
Claremont Trio

Piano works by George Chadwick, Arthur Foote, Margaret Lang, and Arthur Whiting

Thursday, December 8, 2011
Artem Belogurov, Piano

Piano works by Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford-Seeger

Thursday, January 12, 2012
Virginia Eskin, Piano

William Schuman: ”Amaryllis” Variations for String Trio

Thursday, February 9, 2012
Performers to be announced

Milton Babbitt: Homily for Snare Drum & Melismata for Solo Violin

Thursday, April 12, 2012
TBA, Snare Drum
Curtis Macomber, Violin

Roger Sessions: Six Pieces for Cello

Thursday, May 10, 2012
David Russell, Cello

Friday Evening Program I

7:30 PM

Sonatas and Piano Trios by Frederick Converse, Walter Piston,
Roy Harris, and Arthur Foote

Friday, November 4, 2011

Gabriela Diaz, Violin
Rafael Popper-Keizer, Cello
Yoko Hagino, Piano

Friday Evening Program II

7:30 PM

Small Ensemble Works by Walter Piston, William Schuman, Gian Carlo Menotti,
and Aaron Copland

Friday, March 9, 2012

Scott Parkman, Conductor