Concert II: Scenes from a Novel

Ken-David Masur, CONDUCTOR
Tony Arnold, SOPRANO (2026-27 Artistic Partner)
Kebra-Seyoun Charles, BASS (2026-27 Artistic Partner)

Collage New Music
Catherine French, VIOLIN; Heather Braun, VIOLIN; Jan Müller-Szeraws, CELLO; Sarah Brady, FLUTE; Alexis Lanz, CLARINET; Christopher Oldfather, PIANO; Craig McNutt, PERCUSSION, Nick Tolle, PERCUSSION

November 15, 2026, at 7:30pm
Goethe-Institut Boston (Boston, MA)

Presented in partnership with Goethe-Institut Boston

The Ferdinando Buonanno Concert

Pre-Concert Talk at 6:30pm with Artistic Director Eric Nathan and composers

$35 General Admission; $15 Students

ABOUT

Led by guest conductor Ken-David Masur, this program celebrates the 100th birthday of György Kurtág through works connected by homage, folk traditions, and reflections on love, loss, and resilience. Centered around Kurtág’s Scenes from a Novel, featuring Artistic Partners Tony Arnold and Kebra-Seyoun Charles, the program includes new works by Peter Child and Eun Young Lee inspired by medieval texts, Korean folk art, opera, and personal tributes to friendship and perseverance, alongside Seyoun-Charles’s blues-inflected compositions and Eric Nathan’s Short Stories, inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach and Kurtág’s lifelong practice of musical homage.

PROGRAM

Kebra-Seyoun Charles: This is the Day (2021)
Bass

Kebra-Seyoun Charles: I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me (2024)
Bass

Eun Young Lee: Minhwa (2026)
World premiere, 2026-2027 Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

Peter Child: New Work (2026)
World premiere, 2026-2027 Collage Commission
Soprano, cimbalom, violin, cello, bass

INTERMISSION

György Kurtág: Shadows from Signs, Games and Messages
Bass

György Kurtág: Hommage à John Cage from Signs, Games and Messages
Bass

Eric Nathan, “I. Cello” from Short Stories (2021)
Collage commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

György Kurtág: Scenes from a Novel
For Kurtág’s 100th birthday celebration
Soprano, violin, bass, cimbalom

Please join Collage for a reception following the performance