music Naoko Sugiyama: Solo Piano Sunday, Nov. 6, 3 p.m. Pianist Naoko Sugiyama, a faculty member of the Boston Arts Academy and Longy School of Music, celebrates Franz Liszt’s bicentennial with his Sonata in B minor (1854). The program also includes Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Debussy’s “Pour le piano.”
Exsultemus: “Music for Voices and Viols by Byrd, Gibbons and Tomkins” Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m. Declared “unquestionably in the top tier of Renaissance vocal ensembles in the Northeast” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Exsultemus rejoices in early music’s best-known favorites and rediscovered gems spanning the medieval, Renaissance and early baroque periods. Peter Phillips, director. Supported by the Brandeis Arts Council.
Photo by Susan Wilson.
Joshua Gordon and Randall Hodgkinson: Birth of the Duo (Short Form and Long Form) Sunday, Nov. 13, 3 p.m. “Insightful and impassioned.” —The New Yorker Joshua Gordon and Randall Hodgkinson’s look back on Beethoven’s revolution of the cello-piano duo as an art form is juxtaposed with the work of Arthur Berger (1912–2003), legendary composer and Brandeis faculty member.
MusicUnitesUS Music can unite diverse cultures in our own neighborhoods and transcend boundaries in the global community. Join the exploration through concerts, workshops and open classes on related topics. For a full residency schedule, visit go.brandeis. edu/MusicUnitesUs.
Navarasa Dance Theater Residency: Oct. 27– 29 Concert: Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m. (preconcert lecture, 7 p.m.) Free preview concert: Thursday, Oct. 27, 4 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium. “An experience that stunned the audience with its complexity and beauty.” —The Times of India Navarasa Dance Theater devises stories for the stage using classical Bharatanatyam dance of India, western modern dance, martial arts and contemporary text, presented with comic timing and innovative staging. The dancers portray encounters with entities as varied as Bob Marley, Love, the Divine and the military in Iraq, Afghanistan or Rwanda. Aparna Sindhoor, artistic director. Spring semester MusicUnitesUS residencies include Nimbaya! — Women Drum and Dance Company of Guinea (February) and Improvisations in Raga (March). MusicUnitesUS is made possible in part by the Brandeis Arts Council, Brandeis Office of Global Affairs, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Massachusetts Cultural Council and CDQ Charitable Trust.