Name: What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow, with A Far Cry
Start: 2023-02-05T15:00:00
Location: New England Conservatory

Rob Kapilow

A Far Cry

Celebrity Series of Boston

Doors 6:00pm. Show 7:00pm. David Sedaris. America's best-selling humorist and social satirist, returns following publication of his most recent book of short stories, Happy Go Lucky, and his first ever children's book, Pretty Ugly. In his customary sartorial and humorous manner, David will make you laugh and think in equal measures, with all new, unpublished stories and commentary. As always, the reading will be accompanies by a pre and post-show book signing.

An Evening With David Sedaris

Ovens Auditorium

In the second installment of his two-part Inventing America series, Rob Kapilow explores Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring, with the expert assistance of Boston’s self-conducted chamber orchestra A Far Cry. Originally commissioned as a ballet for Martha Graham, the suite has become auditory shorthand for a kind of populist Americana, but Kapilow finds elements of the piece that keep avid listeners coming back as he illustrates Copland’s specific choices that surprise, subvert audience expectations, and set the work apart.