Upcoming Concerts & Performances
9 upcoming concerts and performances from A Far Cry, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All classical in Greater Boston →
Sat Oct 24 – Sun Oct 25 · 3pm
Sat Oct 24 · 3pm, St. John's JP (Jamaica Plain) / Sun Oct 25 · 3pm, First Church Cambridge
Folie à deux, French for the madness of two, gathers six duos that run through every pairing of violin, viola, cello and marimba: Caroline Shaw's Limestone and Felt, Penderecki's Ciaccona, Golijov's Mariel and new works by Akshaya Avril Tucker, Fabian Otten and Paul Wiancko. Members of A Far Cry play.
Tue Oct 27 · 6:30pm
Members of A Far Cry play a collection of fine violins in the workshop of master luthier and orchestra board member Chris Reuning, each instrument with its own voice — a chance to listen closely and rank them by value before the answers are revealed. Wine and hors d'oeuvres; a benefit for the orchestra, and expected to sell out.
Sat Nov 7 · 7:30pm
Two works sprung from Luther's hymn 'A Mighty Fortress' — Bach's cantata Ein feste Burg, BWV 80, and Julius Eastman's Gay Guerrilla — with inti figgis-vizueta's Talamh opening the programme. A Far Cry is joined by the Boston Children's Chorus and four vocal soloists.
Sat Dec 19 – Sun Dec 20 · 3pm
Sat Dec 19 · 3pm, St. John's JP (Jamaica Plain) / Sun Dec 20 · 3pm, First Church Cambridge
A Far Cry pairs Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, and No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051, with Antoine Dauvergne’s Concert de Simphonies No. 4 in A major, Op. 4/2, and Corelli’s Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, known as the “Christmas Concerto.” Jae Cosmos Lee curated the programme, and the concert includes a reception.
Sat Jan 9 – Sun Jan 10 · 3pm
Sat Jan 9 · 3pm, St. John's JP (Jamaica Plain) / Sun Jan 10 · 3pm, First Church Cambridge
The latest Coming to Boston programme turns to Haiti: Werner Jaegerhuber's folk-drawn Plainte nocturne, Robert Durand's First Quartet, Daniel Bernard Roumain's Quartet No. 1 'X,' after Malcolm X, and music by Jean 'Rudy' Perrault, alongside the poet and storyteller Charlot Lucien. A Far Cry plays.
Fri Feb 12 · 7:30pm
A Far Cry's Valentine's programme, curated by Crier Rafael Popper-Keizer: Pachelbel's Canon, the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth, George Walker's Lyric for Strings, Schoenberg's Notturno and Vasks's Lonely Angel among them, with Boston Poet Laureate Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah reading between the pieces.
Sat Mar 13 – Sun Mar 14 · 3pm
Sat Mar 13 · 3pm, St. John's JP (Jamaica Plain) / Sun Mar 14 · 3pm, First Church Cambridge
A chamber programme on greatness, built around Valerie Coleman's Shotgun Houses, a tribute to Muhammad Ali for clarinet and strings. Around it: Haydn's 'Quinten' Quartet, Op. 76 No. 2, Rebecca Clarke's Pastorale, and Golijov's Ever Yours, drawn from Van Gogh's letters to his brother. Members of A Far Cry play.
Sat Apr 10 · 5:00pm
A Far Cry's annual Side by Side, this year on film music, seats students from Project STEP and New England Conservatory inside the orchestra: Takemitsu's Three Film Scores, Korngold's Symphonic Serenade, Arlen's 'Over the Rainbow,' and a world premiere by Quinn Mason written for the players and Project STEP.
Sat Jun 5 · 7:30pm
A Far Cry marks its twentieth season with a masked ball at the BCA Cyclorama, a genre-crossing party moving from Baroque dance to disco, costumes and dancing encouraged. The orchestra promises Mozart alongside Chic, Berlioz alongside the Bee Gees.
