Boston Wagner Society is thrilled to welcome distinguished conductor, Jonathan McPhee, to present “The Essential RING.” This will be a lecture on his work of reducing the Ring Cycle, and all the intricacies that a project like this entails.
Maestro McPhee’s arrangement of Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle, entitled “The Essential RING”, was premiered by Lexington Symphony and has received international acclaim as a wonderful, and respectfully approachable version of this masterpiece and is available from Boosey & Hawkes. Inc.
Sunday November 17; 2pm EST on Zoom
FREE to BWS Members - RSVP via email for registration
$10 to non-members - we will send you a registration link upon purchase.
Jonathan McPhee is equally at home as a conductor for the symphony, ballet, and opera. He is Conductor Emeritus of Boston Ballet having served as Music Director for the Boston Ballet Orchestra for 28 years. Mr. McPhee maintains an active guest conducting schedule in addition to his position as Music Director for Lexington Symphony.
As Music Director for Lexington Symphony, his Young People’s Program “Orchestrating Kids Through Classics™” won the 2010 Music Advocate Award presented by the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) as well as a NEA Grant in 2013. Lexington Symphony and Maestro McPhee also received a 2012-2013 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music.
Mr. McPhee's works as an arranger and composer are in the repertoires of orchestras and ballet companies around the world. His edition of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and the complete Firebird ballet are the only reduced orchestrations of these works authorized by the Stravinsky Trust. Mr. McPhee’s compositions and arrangements are published by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. & Schott Music Publishers in Germany.
In recent seasons Mr. McPhee has conducted many orchestras at home and abroad including the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (SA), London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarasota Symphony (FL), Germany’s Hamburg Philharmonic, the Ukraine National Opera Orchestra, Houston Ballet Orchestra, and conducted performances at the Dubai Opera House and Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan.
Some of the world's most distinguished dance companies for which Mr. McPhee has served as conductor include The Royal Ballet (England), Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, The Australian Ballet, the New York City Ballet, Den Norske Ballett in Norway, and The Royal Danish Ballet in Denmark. In addition to a broad repertoire in the field of dance, Mr. McPhee has conducted grand opera, pops concerts, musical theatre and operetta.