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Music of Mark-Anthony Turnage in Chicago and Washington D.C.
This month the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Steven Sloane perform the US premiere of Turnage's Scorched, Oliver Knussen leads musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra through Dark Crossing, and starting June 4 Chicago Opera Vanguard present five performances of his opera Greek.
May. 04, 2009Arvo Pärt's Symphony No. 4 Los Angeles on Wordless Music Series
Following its world premiere at the Los Angeles Philharmonic in January, Arvo Pärt's Symphony No. 4, Los Angeles,receives its New York Premiere by Jeffrey Milarsky and the Wordless Music Orchestra as part of the Wordless Music Series at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on May 8.
May. 04, 2009Gavin Bryars' The Bulls of Bashan at Spoleto Festival USA
John Kennedy and the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra perform Gavin Bryars' violin concerto The Bulls of Bashan on May 23.
May. 04, 2009Argento Chamber Ensemble Performs US Premiere of Pierre Boulez's Improvisé pour le Dr. Kat Merkin Concert Hall
May. 01, 2009On Tuesday, May 5, the Argento Chamber Ensemble, led by Music Director Michel Galante, performs the US premiere of Pierre Boulez' Improvisé pour le Dr. K. The performance is …
The Music of Matthias Pintscher in New York, Germany and Australia this Spring
On April 6 Klangforum Wien presents Matthias Pintscher's Shining Forth for solo trumpet, featuring trumpeter Anders Nyqvist, at New York City's Austrian Cultural Forum. On April 25, Pintscher leads the Ensemble ACJW in his Carnegie Hall debut through his work Choc at Zankel Hall.
Apr. 02, 2009- Howard Goodall's choral piece Eternal Light: A Requiem, which continues to tour with the Rambert Dance Company in its successful choreographed version, is also available as a standalone concert piece and still awaits its US Premiere.
- Eliot Fisk and the American Composers Orchestra led by Dennis Russell Davies perform the New York premiere of Robert Beaser's Guitar Concerto, co-commissioned by the ACO, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, and the Brucknerhaus Orchester Linz. That same night ACO performs the US premiere of Thomas Larcher's piano concerto Boese Zellen.
Miroslav Srnka Wins Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Composer's Prize
The young Czech composer Miroslav Srnka has been awarded this year's Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Composer's Prize and his new composition for winds and percussion will be performed at the award ceremony on May 15, 2009 in the Münchner Kammerspiele.
Apr. 01, 2009Vivaldi's Motezuma Given U.S. Premiere at Long Beach Opera
Last month Long Beach Opera gave the successful US premiere of Vivaldi's opera Motezuma. The new performing edition is available now from Baerenreiter.
Apr. 01, 2009- Klangforum Wien performs the music of Beat Furrer, Morton Feldman and others paired with films by 20th-and 21st-century filmmakers on April 4 at Alice Tully Hall in their program Free Radicals. You can catch more of the music of Feldman and Furrer later this month at the Red Light New Music series concert at the Chelsea Art Museum on April 10.