Concert III: Missing Words

Anna Handler, CONDUCTOR

Collage New Music
Catherine French and Heather Braun, VIOLIN; Mary Ferrillo, VIOLA; Jan Müller-Szeraws, CELLO; Ian Saunders, DOUBLE BASS;  Sarah Brady, FLUTE; Alexis Lanz, CLARINET; Ron Haroutunian, BASSOON; Christopher Oldfather, PIANO; Andy Kozar and Chloe Swindler, TRUMPET; Hazel Dean Davis, HORN; William Lang, TROMBONE; Angel Subero, BASS TROMBONE; Craig McNutt, PERCUSSION

March 1, 2026, at 3pm
Goethe-Institut Boston (Boston, MA)

Presented in partnership with Goethe-Institut Boston

Pre-Concert Talk at 2:00pm with Artistic Director Eric Nathan and composers

The Nancy and Richard Lubin Concert

$35 General Admission; $15 Students

ABOUT

Collage New Music presents the world premiere of Eric Nathan's complete Missing Words series. Described as “brilliantly original stuff” by Musical America and “by turns witty and deadly earnest … makes for deeply compelling listening” by The Boston Globe, it is inspired by Ben Schott’s witty and poignant book Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition, Nathan’s work brings to life the unique German words Schott invented to describe everyday human experiences for which English has no direct equivalent. Through six sections, each scored for a different ensemble and composed of shorter movements, Missing Words illuminates the humor, beauty, and complexity of life’s shared moments, from the comic to the deeply emotional.

Missing Words was released on the 2022 New Focus CD release which The Boston Globe highlighted as a top release of 2022, but has never before been performed in concert as a complete series. This concert is the concert world premiere.

PROGRAM

Eric Nathan: Missing Words (2013-2021)

Missing Words I 
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, double bass

Missing Words II 
for brass quintet

Missing Words III 
for violoncello and piano

INTERMISSION

Missing Words IV
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello

Missing Words V
for violin, violoncello, piano

Missing Words VI 
for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello

Please join Collage for a reception following the performance