Join Natalie Boberg and the Magari Ensemble on Friday April 19th in San Francisco Conservatory’s Hume Concert Hall to experience Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece: Quartet for the End of Time 🎶 This performance is presented amongst anecdotal and stunning visuals that capture Messiaen’s experience with synesthesia. 

More from Natalie about the experience: “Messiaen had a condition called Synethesia, which is essentially when one perception triggers another. His ability to vividly associate colors with sounds certainly influenced all of his musical works, but it is in the score for the second movement of this Quartet where he first references colors: noting the cascading “blue - orange” chords in the piano part. 

In an attempt to step into Messiaen’s shoes and his musical language, I sat with a recording, pencil, and notebook one night, and wrote down every color that came to mind for me as I listened. The result is what you will see tonight - how Messiaen’s music comes to life for me as I play the work.”

You won’t want to miss this!

🗓️ Friday April 19th, 2024 

⏰ 7:30pm

📍Caroline Hume Concert Hall at San Francisco Conservatory 

50 Oak St, San Francisco, CA 94102

🌎Livestream Link: https://vimeo.com/event/1718470/8c981de8f2

Program

Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

Natalie Boberg, Violin

Liam Cameron, Clarinet

Calvin Kung, Cello

Lior David, Piano

Natalie Boberg presents Woven Tonalities: an exploration of the intersection of musical textures and textiles through two interactive art installations and works by William Grant Still, Bach, Bacewicz, Gabriella Smith, and River Sawchyn.

Featuring Avi Randall, the Lumaca Quartet- Tara Hagle, Philip Rawlinson, Lily Stern, and artists Julia Boberg, Liz Kleiber, and Lisa Kraus.

Join via the livestream here: https://necmusic.edu/streaming-brown

Password: NECAY23

NEC Philharmonia and conductor Hugh Wolff present works by Florence Price, Unsuk Chin, and Haydn, recorded in Jordan Hall and streamed to your home.

NEC Philharmonia and conductor Hugh Wolff present works by Florence Price, Unsuk Chin, and Haydn, recorded in Jordan Hall and streamed to your home.

Livestream here: https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-philharmonia-hugh-wolff-price-chin-haydn

This concert features 4 pieces that could not be more different from each other: a film score written by Johnny Greenwood (a member of the rock band Radiohead), a score by Indian-American composer Reena Esmail that draws stylistically upon the North Indian Hindustani classical tradition, a moving elegy by Quinn Mason who is an up and coming black composer from Texas, and a treasured classic from Stravinsky. The message of the concert is a celebration of eclecticism, diversity, stylistic variety, and the ability of each piece to affect our perception of the others.

Live Stream Link Here: https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-philharmonia-tristan-rais-sherman-21-ad-greenwood-esmail-mason-stravinsky