Digital Commencement Concert, Part I | Celebrating the Class of 2020 HD

We are delighted to share the musicianship of the NEC graduating class in this Part One of two digital concerts – premiering on Friday, May 15, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., as part of NEC’s originally-planned commencement weekend. Join us in watching and celebrating! Digital Commencement Concerts Part I and II are introduced by Margie Apfelbaum, Director of Large Ensemble Administration. As Margie says, “To the graduates of the Class of 2020, congratulations, you made it. Stay curious. We love you.” ABOUT THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS: While our official 2020 Commencement will be deferred to the fall, NEC students, alumni, faculty, and President Kalyn gather online during the weekend of May 15-17, 2020 for an online celebration of the Class of 2020. Our two-part digital concert festivities lead up to our Celebration of the Class of 2020, premiering Sunday, May 17 at 11 a.m. ET. Please also tune into our second of two Digital Commencement Concerts, premiering Saturday, May 16 at 6:15 p.m. ET. All events may be viewed at https://necmusic.edu/events/celebrating-class-2020 CONCERT PART I – PROGRAM OF PERFORMANCES: Verdi (arr. Mancini) “Grand March from” Aida | NEC Trumpet Class of 2020 | 1:54 Kirk Franklin: Riverside | NEC Gospel Ensemble | 5:27 Liszt: La Campanella | Fa Boyi, piano | 10:52 Alex Matheson: Message of Friendship | Emma Burge, violin | 15:57 Rachmaninoff: “It cannot be!” Op. 34, No. 7 and “They answered” Op. 21, No. 4 | Cara Bender, soprano and Chih-Yu Cynthia Yu, piano | 20:15 Haydn: Concerto for Cello No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2, iii: Allegro | Annie Jacobs-Perkins, cello with NEC Chamber Orchestra | 24:19 Charles: When I Have Sung My Songs | Daon Drisdom, tenor | 29:51 DeBarge: I Like It | NEC Rhythm & Blues Ensemble | 32:21 Beethoven (arr. Eunghee Cho): Symphony No. 7, II Allegretto | Laurence Lesser’s NEC Cello Class 2019-2020 | 37:02 Wenbin Lyu: Quarantine Rhapsody (for electric piano) | Zhaoyuan Qin, electric piano | 42:11 Bozza: Bucolique | Xibei Jia, clarinet and Wen Pan, piano | 44:01 Beethoven: Sonata Op. 101 ii. Vivace alla marcia | Hongxi Li, piano | 51:50 Solo Viola | Fang Xue, viola | 56:52 Bartók: Sonata for Piano Sz. 80 iii. Allegro | Zhaoyuan Qin, piano | 58:47 Debussy: Syrinx, L. 129 | Madeline Cawley, flute | 1:02:30 Strauss (arr. Merz Trio): Morgen | Merz Trio: Lee Dionne, piano; Brigid Coleridge, violin; and Julia Yang, cello | 1:05:46 Bach/Rachmaninoff: Prelude from Violin Partita in E Major | Aristo Sham, piano | 1:10:06 Tyler Bouque: Canto XXXI.C: Angelus Novus | Matthew Henson, double bass | 1:13:57 Lehár: “Vilja” from The Merry Widow | Madison Fitzpatrick, soprano and Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek, piano | 1:19:36 Robert Bui: The Sun Hasn’t Even Thought About Rising | Emma Burge, violin | 1:25:23 Ester Wiesnerova: Nechcem Nebudem | featuring Pritesh Walia, guitar; Ian Buss, tenor; and Joey Rosin, fuijara | 1:29:01 Lavell Blackwell: Fragile-house | Alex Garde, percussio