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Weekend Concert Series

Imani Winds

Calderwood Hall

Sunday, December 5, 2021
1:30 pm

Program

Eugene Bozza, Scherzo (1945)
Elliott Carter, Quintet for Winds (1948)
Henri Tomasi , Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées (1963)
Paquito D’Rivera , Wapango (1990)
Valerie Coleman, Afro-Cuban Concerto (2001)
Anders Hillborg, Six Pieces for Wind Quintet (2007)

The Imani Winds bring a virtuoso showcase of wind music to Calderwood Hall. D’Rivera’s Wapango and Coleman’s Afro-Cuban Concerto combine the rich sonorities of the wind quintet with riffs and rhythms drawn from Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean. From his early lyrical period, Carter’s Quintet for Winds is a vivid, playful romp filled with jazzy syncopation, while works by Bozza, Tomasi, and Hillborg showcase the group’s fiery chemistry and stunning technical prowess. 

Performers

Brandon Patrick George, flute

Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe

Mark Dover, clarinet

Kevin Newton, French horn

Monica Ellis, bassoon

Ticketing

COVID-19 POLICY

While the City of Boston’s vaccination and mask mandates are lifted for general museum visits, the Gardner maintains its proof of vaccination and mask requirements for free and ticketed events in Calderwood Hall. Please visit the Know Before You Go web page for additional information, including accepted forms of documentation. Please contact the Box Office at 617 278 5156 for further assistance.


Tickets are required and include Museum admission. Choose from two seating sections. 

SECTION A: FLOOR LEVEL AND FIRST BALCONY

Adults $45, seniors $40, members $35, students & children ages 7-17 $20 (children under 7 not admitted).

SECTION B: SECOND AND THIRD BALCONIES

Adults $40, seniors $35, members $30,students & children ages 7-17 $20 (children under 7 not admitted).

HOW TO BUY TICKETS:

  • Online: Click the TICKETS button
  • By phone: Call the box office at 617 278 5156, Wednesday–Monday, 10 am–4 pm; Thursday until 6 pm; CLOSED TUESDAY

For sold-out performances, standby tickets may be available in the lobby no earlier than one hour before the performance begins. We cannot guarantee the availability of standby tickets for sold-out performances.

OF NOTE

  • Seating in Calderwood Hall is open within each seating level.
  • To request accessible or wheelchair seating please call the box office at 617 278 5156.
  • Seating begins 45 minutes before performance time. Once the performance begins, seating is not guaranteed.
  • No refunds or exchanges will be made.
  • Programs are subject to change.

Hemenway & Barnes LLP is the lead corporate sponsor of the Weekend Concert Series. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; Marie Louise and David Scudder Concert; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.