The New Epoch Lucia Lin, Jonathan Miller, Diane Walsh

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Cello Sonata, L. 135:
• 1 Debussy: Cello Sonata, L. 135: I. Prologue 04:31
• 2 Debussy: Cello Sonata, L. 135: II. Sérénade - III. Final 07:22
• 3 Debussy: Violin Sonata, L. 140: I. Allegro vivo 05:20
• 4 Debussy: Violin Sonata, L. 140: II. Intermède. Fantasque et léger 04:24
• 5 Debussy: Violin Sonata, L. 140: III. Finale. Très animé 04:49
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Violin Sonata in A Minor, M. 73:
• 6 Ravel: Violin Sonata in A Minor, M. 73: I. Allegro 05:17
• 7 Ravel: Violin Sonata in A Minor, M. 73: II. Très vif 03:31
• 8 Ravel: Violin Sonata in A Minor, M. 73: III. Lent 06:17
• 9 Ravel: Violin Sonata in A Minor, M. 73: IV. Vif, avec entrain 06:11
• Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918): 2 Pieces for Violin & Piano:
• 10 Boulanger: 2 Pieces for Violin & Piano: No. 1, Nocturne 02:59
• 11 Boulanger: 2 Pieces for Violin & Piano: No. 2, Cortège 01:50
• Maurice Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera, M. 51:
• 12 Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera, M. 51 (Version for Cello & Piano) 03:03
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Berceuse, Op. 16:
• 13 Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16 03:53
• Total Runtime 59:27

Info for The New Epoch

Artists are liminal figures — they cross thresholds and collapse boundaries between past, present, and future. In THE NEW EPOCH, three musicians from the Boston Artists Ensemble interpret works by French composers Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, and Lili Boulanger, infusing these pieces with unprecedented freshness and clarity.

Each celebrated in their own right, cellist Jonathan Miller, violinist Lucia Lin, and pianist Diane Walsh join forces in every duo setting possible from this assortment of instruments. Exploring works written at the threshold of the First World War — with the world crossing into the violent twentieth century and composers reacting with music that looked both nostalgically back and innovatively forward — they underline the commonalities between each composer’s unique voice and reinterpret this music for our turbulent present.

Each celebrated in their own right, cellist Jonathan Miller, violinist Lucia Lin, and pianist Diane Walsh join forces in every duo setting possible from this assortment of instruments. Exploring works written at the threshold of the First World War –– with the world crossing into the violent twentieth century and composers reacting with music that looked both nostalgically back and innovatively forward –– they underline the commonalities between each composer’s unique voice and reinterpret this music for our turbulent present.

Jonathan Miller, cello
Diane Walsh, piano
Lucia Lin, violin

Jonathan Miller
is a 43-year veteran of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is founder and Artistic Director of the Boston Artists Ensemble. He is a founding member of the Gramercy Trio, which has premiered new works and received critical acclaim for its outstanding performances of standard repertoire. Miller has recorded the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas with Randall Hodgkinson which were described as “exciting” by The New York Times. He has also commissioned new works for cello by distinguished composers Judith Wier, Scott Wheeler, Matthew Aucoin, Harold Meltzer, and Gabriela Frank; on Naxos, Albany, PARMA, Centaur, and Newport Classic labels.

Now in its 41st season, the Boston Artists Ensemble began as the resident chamber music group of WGBH with weekly performances broadcast to over 80 stations nationwide. The Ensemble enjoyed a 25-year residency at the Peabody Essex Museum, and continues to bring live chamber music to audiences in the Greater Boston area.

Diane Walsh
Winner of the Munich ARD Competition and the Salzburg Mozart Competition, pianist Diane Walsh has performed concertos, solo recitals, and chamber music concerts throughout the United States and internationally. She has appeared at numerous summer festivals including Marlboro, Santa Fe, Bard, and Chesapeake, and was the artistic director of the Skaneateles Festival. She gave 113 performances of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations on stage in the Broadway production of Moisés Kaufman’s play 33 Variations, starring Jane Fonda. A graduate of the Juilliard School and Mannes School of Music, and a Steinway Artist, Walsh has released 19 recordings of diverse repertoire from four centuries, and has taught piano and chamber music at Mannes, Vassar College, and Colby College.

Lucia Lin
made her solo debut at age 11 with the Chicago Symphony and went on to be a prizewinner of numerous competitions, including Moscow’s prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition. She then held positions as Assistant Concertmaster at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Leader with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Currently Lin is Professor at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and a member of the Muir String Quartet.

Lin’s love for unique projects has led her to make connections across the arts. Her newest project — “In Tandem” — is a non-profit initiative dedicated to bringing new voices to classical music by commissioning 10 emerging composers.

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