The Inner Core

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Matthew Aucoin, composer/pianist
William Socolof, bass-baritone

In celebration of Pride Month, composer/pianist and MacArthur Fellow Matthew Aucoin and bass-baritone William Socolof (Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic) perform the regional premiere of The Inner Core, an album-length cycle of love songs, including the world premiere of two newly added pieces.

The Inner Core traces the arc of an imagined queer relationship, from adolescence through the couple's parting in early adulthood. Lyrical and tender, it offers a deeply felt meditation on love and its unraveling. Socolof will return to Hudson Hall next spring to perform in our upcoming production of Handel's Deidamia, directed by R. B. Schlather.

Matthew Aucoin is an American composer, conductor, writer, pianist, and a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. In recent seasons, his music has been performed by artists ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to the Philadelphia Orchestra, and commissioned by institutions including the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, and the Ojai Music Festival. Aucoin is a co-founder of the American Modern Opera Company. His book about opera, The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera, was published in 2021 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

William Socolof is an award-winning operatic bass-baritone and recitalist. He has appeared as a soloist with many premier North American orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Philharmonic Baroque Orchestra. He was a winner of the 2020 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. The New York City native graduated from The Juilliard School in spring 2022 with an Artist Diploma in Opera Studies and was awarded the Stephen Novick Grant for Career Advancement.

Tickets:
- Section 1: $55 (plus $5 fee)
- Section 2 & Balcony: $45 (plus $5 fee)
- Section 3: $30 (plus $4 fee)

Hudson Hall’s programs are made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.