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The Night of the Hunter Eleventh Anniversary of the Film Noir Series at NEC
A Ran Blake & Aaron Hartley Production
New England Conservatory Contemporary Improvisation Department
Hankus Netsky, chair Eden MacAdam-Somer, assistant-chair
Thursday, April 14, 2016 7:30 p.m.
NEC’s Jordan Hall
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER Eleventh Anniversary of the Film Noir Series at NEC
Introduction Hankus Netsky, Chair of Contemporary Improvisation
Scene I: Hing, Hang, Hung (10:38)
Lily Honigberg, violin Pilar Zorro, violin Rafael Natan, oboe
Jesse Gardner, bassoon Rex Bennett, trombone
Eck Sierra, piano, composer Taichiro Ei, percussion
NEC CI American Roots Ensemble
Eden MacAdam-Somer, director
Scene II: Leaning (1:32)
NEC CI American Roots Ensemble Eden MacAdam-Somer, director
Scene III: The Story of Right Hand, Left Hand (6:45)
Rafael Natan, oboe Adam Tuch, computer electronics
Scene IV: Amen (4:00)
Lily Honigberg, violin Rafael Natan, violin Pilar Zorro, violin
Taichiro Ei, percussion
Upcoming Concerts at NEC
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NEC COMPOSERS’ SERIES, Malcolm Peyton, director
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
“MUSIC AT THE MEETING HOUSE”
Nataly Wickham, soprano
(Pre-concert reception at 5:30 p.m.)
Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston (free admission)
FACULTY RECITAL: ALEXANDER KORSANTIA, piano
Copland Piano Variations; Beethoven Fifteen Variations, op, 35; Haydn Sonata in E-flat Major; Ravel La valse
Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
HONORS ENSEMBLE: Vi Trio
Monday, May 9, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
CHAMBER MUSIC GALA 1II
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
HONORS ENSEMBLE: NEC Jazz Honors Ensemble
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 8:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
NEC COMMENCEMENT CONCERT Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
Upcoming Concerts at NEC
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NEC JAZZ COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOP ORCHESTRA, Frank Carlberg,
director
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
NEC PHILHARMONIA, Hugh Wolff, conductor
Norman Drip Blip Sparkle Spin Glint Glide Glow Float Flop Chop Pop Shatter Splash; Adams Concerto for Violin, Alexi Kenney, violin; Stravinsky L’Oiseau de Feu
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., Symphony Hall, Boston; tickets required
HONORS ENSEMBLE: Leopold Piano Quartet
Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
FIRST MONDAY AT JORDAN HALL
Beethoven Ten Variations on “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu”; Takemitsu Ame no ki (Rain Tree); Reich Clapping Music; Dvořák Quintet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in A Major, op. 81
Performers include Soovin Kim, Ayano Ninomiya, violin;
Kim Kashkashian, viola; Natasha Brofsky, Paul Katz, cello;
Pei-Shan Lee, Alexander Korsantia, piano; Robert Schulz, Aaron Trant,
Jeffrey Means, percussion
Monday, May 2, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
NEC LAB ORCHESTRA, led by student conductors David Yi, Jacob Joyce,
and Radu Paponiu – Haydn Symphony No. 44; Kodály Galanta Dances; Mendelssohn Fingal’s Cave; Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Monday, May 2, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., Brown Hall
CHAMBER MUSIC GALA 1
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
CHAMBER MUSIC GALA 1I
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Brown Hall
Scene V: John’s Bad (2:13)
Seyun Park, piano Adam Tuch, piano
Scene VI: Save My Soul (2:29)
Alexandra Greenwald, piano
Scene VII: Daddy Powell (4:37)
Lily Honigberg, violin Rafael Natan, oboe
Jesse Gardener, bassoon
Intermission
Scene VIII: Dinner Time (8:53)
NEC Jazz Orchestra Ken Schaphorst, director
Marisa Waller, voice Seyun Park, piano
Scene IX: River Escape (7:22)
The Ladles Davey Harrison, voice
Caroline Kuhn, voice, tenor banjo Katie Martucci, voice, guitar
Lucia Purpura-Pontoniere, voice, violin
Scene X: Miss Cooper (5:54)
NEC Jazz Orchestra Ken Schaphorst, director
Scene XI: It’s a Hard World for Little Things (8:21)
Travis Bliss, tenor saxophone Sam Fribush, piano Umar Zakaria, bass Jon Starks, drums
NEC CI Chamber Ensemble
Eden MacAdam-Somer, director
Robbie Pate, voice Ilona Tipp, voice
Sam Fribush, Hammond B3 Organ
Scene XII: No (4:15)
Nima Janmohammadi, setar, & Friends
Upcoming Concerts at NEC
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NEC CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE, John Heiss, director
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E Major; Crumb Vox Balaenae; Swire Three Little Pieces for a Curious Quartet; Agócs Immutable Dreams Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
NEC JAZZ ORCHESTRA: “The Music of Kenny Wheeler”
Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
HONORS ENSEMBLE: Neruda String Quartet
Friday, April 22, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., Jordan Hall
FACULTY RECITAL: DOMINIQUE EADE, jazz voice Works by Eade, Frissell, Carmichael, Van Zandt, Ellington, Otis, Smith,
Ritchie, Powell, and Dylan with Jed Wilson, piano, Kenan Adnawi, oud, and
Nima Janmohammadi, American setar Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 8:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
MUSIC FOR FOOD: Fugue & Fantasy No. 3
Works by Reinecke and Mozart performed by Robert Sheena, oboe, James
Sommerville, French horn, Miriam Fried and Yoo Jin Jang, violin, Paul Biss and
Kim Kashkashian, viola, Marcy Rosen, cello, and Michael Bukhman, piano; all
proceeds will benefit The Women’s Lunch Place; suggested donation:
general admission $25; students $10. Info
Monday, April 25, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., Brown Hall
NEC CONCERT CHOIR, CHAMBER SINGERS, WIND ENSEMBLE, Erica
Washburn, Jonathan Richter, conductors; Stephanie Beatrice, graduate
conductor – Weinstein Gott hämmert for chorus and wind ensemble;
Brahms Drei Gesänge, op. 42; Pärt Da pacem Domine; Rheinberger Ave Regina
and Tribulationes; world premieres of Sanlıkol Șu Yalan Dünya and Maglione
Night, Veiled Night (arr. for double chorus)
Monday, April 25, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
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Upcoming Concerts at NEC
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HANDEL: AGRIPPINA
NEC Opera students and members of NEC Philharmonia, under the
direction of Crystal Manich; Christopher Larkin, guest conductor
Saturday, April 16-Tuesday, April 19, 2016, Paramount Theater,
Boston; performance times vary– tickets required
HONORS ENSEMBLE: Jordan Wind Quintet
Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 8:00 p.m., Jordan Hall
MARION RUBIN BERMAN ’31 PIANO HONORS CONCERT
NEC pianists play works by Babbitt, Bach, Brahms, and Schoenberg
Monday, April 18, 2016, at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
SONATA NIGHT XV, Max Levinson, coordinator
Sonatas by Beethoven
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 6:30 p.m., Williams Hall
TUESDAY NIGHT NEW MUSIC
New music by NEC student composers, performed by their peers
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall
NEC Jazz Orchestra
Ken Schaphorst, director
Saxophones
Nigel Yancey, alto saxophone
Raef Sengupta, alto saxophone
Aaron Blumenthal, tenor saxophone
Brian Aronow, tenor saxophone
Daniel Sagastume, baritone saxophone
Trumpets
Jordan Skomal
Daniel Hersog
David Adewumi
Jeffrey Cox
Alex Quinn
Trombones
Eric Stilwell
Blake Manternach
Rex Bennett
Chris Bassett
Jon Elbaz, piano
Andrew Abenante, guitar Ryan Sands, drum
NEC American Roots Ensemble
Eden MacAdam-Somer, director
(acoustic voice)
Marisa Waller Farayi Sumbureru
Caroline Kuhn
Pilar Zorro Lily Honigberg Maura Scanlin
Elise Leavy Franzi Seehausen
Rafael Natan
Alexander Whiting Sam Talmadge
Daniel Klingsberg
Aidan Scrimgeour
Eli Cohen
NEC CI Chamber Ensemble
Eden MacAdam-Somer, director
Ana López, voice
Lily Honigberg, violin Rafael Natan, violin
Pilar Zorro, violin Dylan McKinstry, guitar
Jinhee Jung, flute
Rubin Hohlbein, trumpet Daniel Bitrán, clarinet
Zachary Mayer, baritone saxophone
DoYeon Kim, gayageum Carlos Pino, bass Seyun Park, piano
Allá arriba en aquel cerro
Tengo un pozo de agua clara
Donde se lava la virgen
Los piecitos y la cara
Nube de agua
Nube de agua, nube de agua
Clavelito, clavelito
Clavelito, Clavelito
Estrella de la mañana
Claro Lucero del día
Cómo no me despertaste
Si se iba el alma mía
Mariposa, Mariposa
Up on that hill
I have a well with clear waters
Where the virgin washes
Her feet and her face
Cloud made of water
Cloud water
Little carnation, little carnation
Little carnation, little carnation
Morning star
Clear morning star
How come you didn’t wake me up
When my soul was leaving?
Butterfly, butterfly
Production Credits
Produced and Directed by Ran Blake and Aaron Hartley
Film Editing: Aaron Hartley
Administrative Support: Greta DiGiorgio, Eden MacAdam-Somer,
Hankus Netsky, Tom Novak, Ken Schaphorst
Poster Image: Justin Erickson
Guest Speakers: Hankus Netsky
Concert Halls: Frank Casados, Charles Hargreaves, Perry Johnson,
Marie von Kampen, Corinne King, Sasha Mirsky,
Mohan Poormaphaneran, Karen Snitkin, John Stanton, Joe Walker,
Natalie Wheeler, Bob Winters, Brian Yankee
Audio Department: Nick Davison, Lisa Nigris, Loren Stata Press and Publicity: Ann Braithwaite, Greta DiGiorgio, Aaron Edgcomb,
Aaron Hartley, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Katie McShane, Hankus Netsky,
Rob Schmieder
Program: Ran Blake, Aaron Hartley, Sally Millar
Scene XI: It’s a Hard World for Little Things
Thelonious Monk Ruby, My Dear
Traditional, harmonized by Antonio Estévez arr. Ana López
Tonadas de ordeño (see text below)
Anthony J. Showalter lyrics by Elisha Hoffman
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Scene XII: No
Improvisation based on a composition by Nima Janmohammadi Tonadas de ordeño
Noche oscura y tenebrosa
Préstame tu claridad
Para seguirle los pasos
A una ingrata
Que se va
Mañana por la mañana
Cubre tu patio de flores
Que te viene a visitar
La virgen de los dolores
Clavelito, clavelito
Clavelito, Clavelito
Estrella de la mañana
Claro Lucero del día
Cómo no me despertaste
Si se iba el alma mía
Mariposa, Mariposa
Dark and scary night
Let me borrow your clarity
To follow the steps
Of an ungrateful woman
That’s leaving
Tomorrow morning
Cover your yard with flowers
Because the virgin that brings pain
Is coming to visit you
Little carnation, little carnation
Little carnation, little carnation
Morning star
Clear morning star
How come you didn’t wake me up
When my soul was leaving?
Butterfly, butterfly
Film Used Tonight
Night of the Hunter (1955)
Directed by Charles Laughton
Produced by Paul Gregory
From a Novel by Davis Grubb
Screenplay by James Agee
Cinematography by Stanley Cortez
Film Editing by Robert Golden
Original music by Walter Schumann
Orchestration by Arthur Morton
Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell
Peter Graves as Ben Harper
Shelley Winters as Willa Harper
Billy Chapin as John Harper
Sally Jane Bruce as Pearl Harper
Evelyn Varden as Icey Spoon
Don Beddoe as Walt Spoon
Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper
Gloria Castillo as Ruby
James Gleason as Birdie Steptoe
Repertoire Used Tonight
(in chronological order)
Compositions not mentioned were storyboarded and/or improvised
by students, faculty, and guests for their respective scene(s)
Scene 1: Hing, Hang, Hung
Eck Sierra Overture to Sinister Fate
Walter Schumann arr. Arthur Morton
(from original film score)
Hing, Hang, Hung
Scene II: Leaning
Anthony J. Showalter lyrics by Elisha Hoffman
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Scene III: The Story of Right Hand, Left Hand
Rafael Natan Careening on a Neverlasting Farm
Knowles Shaw (1874) George Minor (1880)
Bringing In the Sheaves
Scene IV: Amen
Walter Schumann arr. Rafael Natan
(from original film score)
Hing, Hang, Hung
Scene V: John’s Bad
Walter Schumann arr. Arthur Morton
(from original film score)
Theme for Willa
Scene VI: Save My Soul
Alexandra Greenwald Save my Soul
Walter Schumann arr. Arthur Morton
(from original film score)
Theme for Willa
Scene VII: Daddy Powell
Walter Schumann arr. Arthur Morton
(from original film score)
Theme for Willa
Scene VIII: Dinner Time Walter Schumann arr. Ken Schaphorst (from original film score)
River Escape
Walter Schumann arr. Arthur Morton
(from original film score)
Once Upon a Time There Was a Pretty Fly
Scene IX: River Escape
Walter Schumann arr. Arthur Morton
(from original film score)
Once Upon a Time There Was a Pretty Fly
Walter Schumann arr. Arthur Morton
(from original film score)
Hush Little One, Hush…
Scene X: Miss Cooper
Walter Schumann arr. Ken Schphorst (from original film score)
Happy Theme for Miss Cooper