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DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 20\, 2025 at 8 pm\nThomas Tull Concert Hall
  at the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building\n201 Amherst Street\, Massac
 husetts Institute of Technology\n\nFree admission with MIT ID\n\n \n\nKINA
 N AZMEH - The Fence\, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea for clarinet and cel
 lo (2016)\nELENA RUEHR - Carnival for wind quintet (2025) WORLD PREMIERE\n
 REENA ESMAIL - Nadiya for flute and viola (2017)\nMAURICE RAVEL - Piano tr
 io in A minor (1914)\n\n \n\nOur second concert of the season is our first
  subscription series concert at MIT’s gorgeous new Thomas Tull Concert H
 all. In The Fence\, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea—premiered by the Syr
 ian-born\, Brooklyn-based clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh and cellist
  Yo-Yo Ma—explores “two characters searching for memories of home.” 
 A world premiere follows\, the playful Carnival for wind quintet by our de
 ar friend\, the Boston composer Elena Ruehr. Next\, we share another wind 
 and string duo\, this one Indian-American composer Reena Esmail’s Nadiya
  for flute and viola. We end the concert with Maurice Ravel’s luminous m
 asterpiece\, the Piano Trio in A minor.\n\n \n\nLocated steps from Mass Av
 e\, behind Kresge Auditorium\, the new concert hall is a theater in the ro
 und\, with superb acoustics and full amenities. Click here for parking and
  dining options in the vicinity.\n\n \n\nAbout Radius Ensemble\n\nRadius E
 nsemble liberates classical music for a new generation of music lovers wit
 h a fresh combination of eclectic programming and intimate performances by
  extraordinary musicians.\n\nNamed Boston’s Best Classical Ensemble 2016
  by the Improper Bostonian\, and winner of a 2013 CMA/ASCAP Award for Adve
 nturous Programming\, Radius Ensemble’s thoughtfully curated programs ba
 lance old and new\, with repertoire ranging from beloved masterworks to ri
 veting new music – brilliantly performed by some of the best Boston-base
 d musicians.  Radius’s go-for-broke performances are interspersed with 
 “live liner notes\,” brief remarks that enlighten and entertain. \n\nA
  chamber music ensemble of winds\, strings\, and piano\, Radius Ensemble w
 as founded in 1999 by oboist and impresario Jennifer Montbach. Radius’s 
 subscription season includes a four-concert series at Pickman Hall at the 
 Longy School of Music of Bard College\, where the group has been Ensemble 
 in Residence since 2011. Radius has also appeared on concert series throug
 hout New England\, including Rockport Music and Clark University. Radius h
 as commissioned and premiered numerous works by Boston-area composers and 
 has won several Meet the Composer grants. Committed to community engagemen
 t\, Radius presents a free Saturday-morning family concert in Harvard Squa
 re\, donates free tickets to disadvantaged children and their parents or m
 entors through local community service agencies\, and works with students 
 at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School.\n\nEight core members comprise Radius 
 Ensemble. They are joined by additional musicians as repertoire warrants\,
  including (but not limited to) harp\, percussion\, and double bass.  The 
 group has also collaborated with a thereminist\, several narrators\, and d
 ancers\; and has appeared with film\, live and recorded electronics\, and 
 other multimedia.
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LOCATION:Building W18\, Thomas Tull Concert Hall
SUMMARY:Radius Ensemble: Currents
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CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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