New England Philharmonic program offers a fresh vision of familiar vistas

By Katherine Horgan, Boston Classical Review

The New England Philharmonic offered a typically bracing program on the theme of New England at Boston University’s Tsai Performance Center on Sunday afternoon. In its exploration of local landscapes and composers, the program cast the familiar in a new light.

In Sunday’s program, “New Music New England,” music director Tianhui Ng sought to celebrate the “musical riches” of the area as a hub for compositional innovation and musical history. With the understandable exception of Charles Ives, all of the composers featured on the program were present for the performances of their work and the audience had the pleasure of hearing their remarks in advance of each piece. In addition to Ng’s accessible and generous commentary, this made a challenging program lucid and intriguing.

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