Voices of the Heart

Emi Ferguson
Michael Poll
Sunday April 6, 2025, 3 PM

Award-winning flutist Emi Ferguson will appear in a collaborative concert with classical guitarist and conductor Michael Poll in “Voices of the Heart” at 3 pm, Sunday, April 6, 2025. This event is a rare opportunity to hear them perform together, and their second appearance at the Stone Church Cultural Center.

Suite for Lute by J.S. Bach

Songs by John Dowland

Sonata in D Major by Ferdinand Rebay (1851-1914)

Air for solo flute by Tōru Takemitsu

Fantasie in e Minor for solo flute by G.P. Telemann

Arpeggione Sonata by Franz Schubert

Free to Youth under 18 and holders of the Massachusetts Card to Culture. Link for information and tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/friendsofthestonechurch/1256715

Reviewers from The Boston Music Intelligencer reviewer described their “Pastoral Concert” at the Stone Church in 2022 as ‘loving, dance-like, and with such verve that the audience burst into applause before the end of the piece they were playing,’ Astor Piazzola’s Histoire du Tango.

Hailed by critics for her ‘tonal bloom’ and ‘hauntingly beautiful’ flute playing, English-American performer, composer and vocalist EMI FERGUSON has blazed new musical trails in her flute performances, compositions, and vocal artistry. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2023, Ferguson appears in live concerts and festivals around the world as a flute soloist and with groups including the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), Ruckus, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the Manhattan Chamber Players. As the music director of Camerata Pacifica Baroque, she creates innovative live chamber music concerts presenting virtuosic musicians in Southern California. Ferguson was a featured performer alongside Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon and James Taylor at the 10th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony of 9/11 at Ground Zero. Her performance of ‘Amazing Grace’ that day is now part of the permanent collection at the 911 Museum.

As a guitarist, MICHAEL POLL is known for his interpretation of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, heard on his album “7-String Bach,” which was called ‘masterful’ by Gramophone Magazine, featured on the BBC, and has been streamed over one million times. Poll has performed across North and South America and in Europe and has entertained five sitting Lord Mayors of the City of London as well as the Speaker of the Parliament.

Both Poll and Ferguson have made waves with their recordings. More information about the artists can be found on their websites: emiferguson.com and michaelpollguitar.com.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Mass Cultural Council and by grants from Local Cultural Councils of Barre, Hardwick-New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, and Petersham.