Delight of the Muses

Delight of the Muses is a Boston Modern Orchestra Project concert conducted by Gil Rose, bringing together four eclectic works centered on inspiration, memory, language, and musical history. The program opens with the world premiere of Anthony De Ritis’s orchestral-and-electronic work, followed by Samuel Barber’s celebrated setting of James Agee’s recollection of a summer evening. Soprano Julia Bullock also performs two arias from Matthew Aucoin’s meditation on memory, language, and loss.

The concert concludes with Charles Wuorinen’s Delight of the Muses, a Mozart homage drawing on material from Don Giovanni. The work serves as an irreverent, theatrical finale, shifting among comic, sentimental, and exuberant moods.

When: Friday, November 6, 2026

Showtime: 7:30 PM

Venue: Jordan Hall

Tickets: Price not available

Program: Anthony De Ritis, Jiggedy Jingle Jaunty Jaunty (2026), a world premiere for orchestra and electronics; Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947); Matthew Aucoin, Two Arias from No One’s Rose (2021); and Charles Wuorinen, Delight of the Muses (1991).

Performers: Gil Rose, conductor; Julia Bullock, soprano; and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

Featured Work: De Ritis’s world premiere pays tribute to James Joyce and Luciano Berio through a cross-generational musical dialogue.

Vocal Repertoire: Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 sets James Agee’s 1938 prose about a child’s recollection of a summer night. Aucoin’s two arias set poems by Paul Celan and examine memory, language, and loss.

Note: The concert program is subject to change.