Note from the Music Director

"It would be every composer’s dream to have a work played with the technical precision and emotional commitment that is offered by Richard Pittman and his assembly of musicians." -Elisa Birdseye, Boston Musical Intelligencer, May 9, 2011

The review above reflects Boston Musica Viva’s longstanding commitment to serving living composers and our audiences by presenting the best of the music of our time. In the past 42 years of working with outstanding musicians, we feel that the present core ensemble is our best ever. The strength of our premiere performances has helped many works enter the international chamber music repertoire.

Our programs are designed to show you the variety of today’s music and to share the musical thinking of some of the world’s best composers. We aim to juxtapose new works and music of the recent past to give you a sense of the evolution and revolution of music.

Our 43rd season features four world premieres: an exciting new work by Rakowski, Hoffer’s chamber concerto for our cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws, Greene’s new work for BMV and youth percussion ensemble Marimba Magic, and Korde’s song cycle for Carnatic soprano Deepti Navaratna. We will bring back previously commissioned works by Perera, Gandolfi, Sims, and Steinberg.

The atmosphere at our concerts is user-friendly: our composers and I give verbal program notes to provide a “key” for each piece, and you can meet the composers, our wonderful musicians, and your fellow audience members at our post-concert receptions.

Please join us as a subscriber and take an active part in the evolution and revolution of music.

-Richard Pittman