Encore BSO Recitals at BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

This week Boston Symphony Orchestra will present an Encore BSO Recitals stream featuring a horn-centric program of Schumann, Dukas, and Mozart, and two compositions by BSO Associate Principal Horn Richard Sebring, his Awaken! A New Day! for Alphorns and-music written in the wake of the killing of George Floyd-Listen, to the Cry of Your Fellow Man with former TMC Fellow and harpist Charles Overton. Available for viewing at www.bso.org beginning Thursday, OCTOBER 22 at noon through NOVEMBER 19; the Encore BSO Recitals series is offered as a nine-concert series for a donation of $25 through www.bso.org. BSO HomeSchool spotlights BSO Youth and Family Concerts Conductor Thomas Wilkins in a short online conducting tutorial recorded last spring. Addressing the subject of stage anxiety, this week's segment is available free of charge at youtube.com/bostonsymphony.

ENCORE BSO RECITALS, AVAILABLE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, STARTING AT NOON
This program of horn-centric music features not only the standard orchestral French horn but also its cousin, the long alphorn of Swiss, German, and Austrian tradition. BSO Associate Principal Horn Richard Sebring and colleague Michael Winter perform Sebring's own new composition for alphorns to start this program. The second Sebring work is a duet for horn and harp with former TMC Fellow Charles Overton that was written in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. "The important thing was that what we created was of this moment and it was honest," said Overton to the Boston Herald. "For me it felt like less of a political statement or artistic statement and more like therapy. It helped me reconnect with music in a really meaningful way."

Standard-repertoire horn pieces by Schumann, Dukas, and Mozart-including the substantial Quintet in E-flat for horn and strings-complete the program.

Program Listing: Encore BSO Recitals, Thursday, OCTOBER 22-releases at noon and is available through Thursday, NOVEMBER 19
Richard SEBRING Awaken! A New Day! for Alphorns (world premiere recording)
Richard Sebring and Michael Winter, alphorns
Richard SEBRING and Charles OVERTON Listen, to the Cry of Your Fellow Man (world premiere recording)
Richard Sebring, horn; Charles Overton, harp
SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro, for horn and piano
DUKAS Villanelle, for horn and piano
Richard Sebring, horn; Vytas Baksys, piano
MOZART Horn Duos selected from K.487/496a
Richard Sebring and Michael Winter, horns
MOZART Horn Quintet in E-flat, K.407
Rachel Childers, horn; Tatiana Dimitriades, violin; Cathy Basrak and Kathryn Sievers, violas; Mickey Katz, cello

Some Background on the Encore BSO Recitals Series
The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Encore BSO Recitals is an eclectic nine-week online concert series spotlighting 50 musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in small ensembles and giving viewers a rare opportunity to experience the individual artistry of many of the musicians who make up the world-renowned ensemble. With newly recorded musician intros and special live Q&As accompanying select programs, the Encore BSO Recitals series reprises programming initially recorded and aired this past summer for the Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival.

Performances in the Encore BSO Recitals series will be released each Thursday at noon, SEPTEMBER 17-NOVEMBER 12. The series as a multiple-stream package, accessible through www.bso.org, is available for a minimum donation of $25; all subscribers to the 2019-20 BSO Symphony Hall season and Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival will be able to enjoy the online content free of charge. Most of the Encore BSO Recitals will be available for viewing for up to 30 days, with the entire season coming to a close on NOVEMBER 19. Click here to view the complete listing for the nine-week Encore BSO Recitals programs and description of the highlights of the Encore BSO Recitals programs.