Emi Ferguson

​“Blindingly impressive… a fizzing, daring display of personality and imagination.” — The New York Times

​Her Fly the Coop topped the classical charts, she performed alongside Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma at the 10th anniversary 9/11 commemoration, and she’s principal flute of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society.

​Program: Musical Storytellers

• ​Schubert, Arpeggione sonata D.821, I. Allegro moderato

• ​Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty

• ​Schubert: Auf dem Flusse (On the Stream)

• ​Lead Belly: Goodnight Irene

• ​Schubert: Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen

• ​Harry Burleigh: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

• ​Schubert, Arpeggione sonata D.821, II. Adagio

• ​Schubert, Arpeggione sonata D.821, III. Allegretto

• ​Harry Burleigh: My Lord What A Morning

• ​Schubert: Morgenguß (Morning Greeting)

• ​J.B.F. Wright: Precious Memories

​About the Artist:

​Emi Ferguson plays baroque flutes, modern flutes, and everything in between as a soloist and a member of leading early music and contemporary ensembles. Emi’s albums Fly the Coop: Bach Sonatas and Preludes with Ruckus (2019) and Amour Cruel (2017) were amongst the top 10 on the Classical & World Music Billboard Charts. Emi is a proud recipient of the 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the founder of the Exquisite Corpse Ensemble. More at: www.emiferguson.com