PROGRAM

These days, we relish every performance as a chance to celebrate coming together, with each other and with you, as a community. We are reminded now, more than ever, of how quickly that feeling of community and sense of place can be taken away. We wear blue and gold today in a show of support for the people of Ukraine, and with the wish that through music, we can find space for reflection, gratitude for togetherness, and hope for a more just world.

THEN AND NOW

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 (13’)

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro assai

SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981)

Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21 (15’)

I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Allegretto
III. Allegro con brio

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

Concerto in E-flat Major “Dumbarton Oaks” (16’)

I. Tempo giusto
II. Allegretto
III. Con moto

—INTERMISSION—

CAROLINE SHAW (b. 1982)

Entr’acte (13’)

DAVID CROWELL (b. 1980)

Woven in Earth and Sky* (10’)


JESSIE MONTGOMERY (b. 1981)

Strum for String Orchestra (8’)

*A Far Cry will preview David Crowell’s new work on Apr. 2 at St. John’s Church; the World Premiere will take place at Dumbarton Oaks on Apr. 3.

A Far Cry’s St. John’s Series is generously supported by grants from the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.