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Schott | EAM Season Preview: 2014-2015

Sep. 09, 2014

Schott | EAM Season Preview: 2014-2015

Birthday celebrations for Pierre Boulez, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Arvo Pärt, Chaya Czernowin and Bernard Rands portrait concerts at Miller Theatre, and the US Premiere of Thomas Adès's (pictured) Totentanz are just a few of this season's highlights from the Schott | EAM catalogue. Read on for a digest of this year's major events.




Thomas Adès

  • Following its premiere at the 2013 BBC Proms, Thomas Adès leads the New York Philharmonic in the US premiere of Totentanz, for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra, on March 12, 2015. nyphil.org


Julian Anderson

  • The London Philharmonic Orchestra gives the world premiere of Julian Anderson’s Violin Concerto on March 14, 2015 with soloist Carolin Widmann, led by Vladimir Jurowski. www.lpo.org.uk


Richard Ayres

  • Opening May 16, 2015, the Welsh National Opera mounts a new production of Richard Ayres’s Peter Pan in its newly revised version. The production, directed by Keith Warner, runs through July 25. www.wno.org.uk 


Gerald Barry

  • Gerald Barry is in residence with the Victoria Symphony as part of its New Music Festival, the composer’s first feature festival in North America. The Festival opens on March 7, 2015. victoriasymphony.ca


Robert Beaser

  • The world premiere of Robert Beaser’s The End of Knowing, for soprano, baritone, and wind ensemble, takes place on September 25, 2014 with Kevin Sedatole leading the Michigan State University Wind Symphony. music.msu.edu


George Benjamin

  • On April 26, the Vancouver Symphony performs the Canadian premiere of George Benjamin’s Olicantus, led by Gordon Gerrard. www.vancouversymphony.ca


Pierre Boulez

  • This season we celebrate the 90th birthday of Pierre Boulez. Many events take place around the world, including a portrait concert by The Cleveland Orchestra on January 15, led by Franz Welser-Möst. www.clevelandorchestra.com


Benjamin Britten

  • On October 30, Lincoln Center's White Light Festival features the US premiere of Netia Jones’s production of Benjamin Britten’s Curlew River featuring tenor Ian Bostridge and the Britten Sinfonia and Voices, conducted by Martin Fitzpatrick. whitelightfestival.org


Gavin Bryars

  • On March 21, 2015, Long Beach Opera presents the US premiere of Gavin Bryars’s Marilyn Forever at the Warner Grand Theatre. Also this season, Bryars is in residence at the Other Minds Festival and the Adelaide Festival. www.longbeachopera.org


John Casken

  • On May 7, 2015, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra delivers the US premiere of John Casken’s That Subtle Knot, a double concerto for violin, viola and orchestra. Thomas Zehetmair, who also appears as violin soloist alongside violist Ruth Killius, leads the performance. thespco.org 


Chaya Czernowin

  • Miller Theatre’s Composer Portrait series highlights the music of Chaya Czernowin on October 23, 2014, with a program of recent works performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and led by Steven Schick. The program includes the world premieres of 5 pencil action–sketches and Winter Songs V: Forgotten Light. www.millertheatre.com


Peter Maxwell Davies

  • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies celebrates his 80th birthday in September, with events scheduled throughout the season, including a birthday concert at the BBC Proms and a portrait concert with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, led by HK Gruber.


Peter Eötvös

  • The Boston University Opera Institute mounts a production of Peter Eötvös’s Angels in America, opening February 19, 2015.
  • Also this season, Alan Gilbert leads mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, baritone Russell Braun and the New York Philharmonic in the premiere of Eötvös’s new opera, Senza Sangue, in Cologne, Germany on May 1, 2015, followed by the US premiere on May 8 at Avery Fisher Hall. nyphil.org


Georg Friedrich Haas

  • On October 6, 2014, Sir Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic in the US premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’s dark dreams at Carnegie Hall in New York. www.carnegiehall.org
  • On January 31, 2015, Haas’s Traum in des Sommers Nacht receives its first North American performance as part of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival, led by Alexander Mickelthwate. www.wso.ca


Jonathan Harvey

  • On May 21, Susanna Mälkki leads the New York Philharmonic through a performance of Jonathan Harvey’s Tranquil Abiding. nyphil.org  


Toshio Hosokawa

  • The Detroit Symphony Orchestra gives the US premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Blossoming II on January 22, 2015, led by Jun Märkl. www.dso.org
  • Also this season, harpist Naoko Yoshino and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra give the world premiere of Hosokawa’s Aeolus “Re-Turning III” on October 9, and on October 24, the Arditti Quartet gives the premiere of Fluss, for string quartet and orchestra, alongside the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln.


Kamran Ince

  • Present Music offers a portrait concert, “Ince by Ince”, highlighting the long relationship between Kamran Ince and the ensemble, with the composer conducting. www.presentmusic.org


Vijay Iyer

  • The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) celebrates the music of Vijay Iyer with a series of performances titled "Music of Transformation". The concerts feature performance's of Iyer's Mutations I-X as well as Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi, with a film by Prashant Bhargava and performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), directed by Steven Schick. Performances take place December 18 through 20 at the BAM Harvey Theater. www.bam.org


Pierre Jalbert

  • Clarinetist Charles Neidich joins the Pro Arte Quartet for the premiere of Pierre Jalbert’s Howl on September 27. eamdc.com/news
  • On November 5, the Morgenstern Trio delivers the premiere of Jalbert’s Piano Trio No. 2, commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music.  www.arizonachambermusic.org
  • Later this season, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra gives the world premiere of a new work for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra, featuring Sasha Cooke as soloist. The premiere takes place on April 23. rocohouston.org


Hannah Lash

  • On September 21, pianist David Kaplan premieres Hannah Lash’s Liebesbrief an Schumann as part of his “Interludes and Interruptions” project at Lyrica Chamber Music lyricachambermusic.org
  • The Flux Quartet delivers the world premiere of a new string quartet, Menuet Antique et Fragile, at the Guggenheim Museum on February 22.


Fred Lerdahl

  • On April 23, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra premieres a new work by Fred Lerdahl at the Ordway Concert Hall. thespco.org.


Lei Liang

  • The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble and pianist Yukiko Takagi premiere Liang’s Inkscape, for percussion quartet and piano, on October 2 at the Boston Conservatory Theater
  • On March 29, Steven Schick leads the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in the premiere of Luminous, a new chamber concerto for double bass and ensemble, featuring Mark Dresser as soloist.


Tigran Mansurian

  • Tigran Mansurian’s Four Serious Songs “Concerto No. 2” receives its US premiere on November 20 with violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja joining the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.


Andrew Norman

  • Andrew Norman composes a new work for the Calder Quartet, which premieres on March 11 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA, with a repeat performance in Los Angeles at Disney Hall on May 30.
  • Try receives performances with the New World Symphony, led by John Adams, as well as with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson.


Arvo Pärt

  • Arvo Pärt celebrates his 80th birthday this season and sees the premiere of a large-scale theater project with director Robert Wilson. The production, Adam’s Passion, receives its first performances in May in Tallinn at the Noblessner Foundry, and includes Pärt’s Adam’s Lament, Miserere, Tabula Rasa as well as new works composed for the project.


Tobias Picker

  • Opera San Antonio opens a production of Fantastic Mr. Fox on September 23 at the new Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. On December 7, Gil Rose leads the Boston Modern Orchestra Project in a concert performance of the work.
  • On June 13, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis opens a new production of Emmeline, directed by James Robinson and conducted by George Manahan. www.opera-stl.org
  • The Long Beach Opera and Chicago Opera Theater debut a new production of Thérèse Raquin on January 24 and February 20, respectively. The production is directed by Andreas Mitisek.


Matthias Pintscher

  • On October 9, The Cleveland Orchestra performs the world premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Idyll, led by Franz Welser-Möst. www.clevelandorchestra.com
  • Pintscher’s concerto for violin and orchestra, Mar’eh, receives its US premiere on February 19 with soloist Karen Gomyo and the National Symphony Orchestra, led by the composer.


Bernard Rands

  • Closing out a spectacular 80th birthday year, New York’s Miller Theatre presents a Bernard Rands portrait concert on November 13, featuring the International Contemporary Ensemble and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the NY premiere of the composer's new song cycle, Folk Songs, among other works. www.millertheatre.com


Wolfgang Rihm

  • The National Symphony Orchestra performs the US premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Piano Concerto on January 15, with soloist Tzimon Barto and conductor Christoph Eschenbach. www.kennedy-center.org/
  • The Arditti Quartet joins the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for the Canadian premiere of Rihm’s Concerto Dithyrambe on January 31, led by Alexander Mickelthwate. www.wso.ca


Alvin Singleton

  • Michael Votta conducts the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra in the world premiere of Alvin Singleton’s Where the Good Sounds Live on November 7. Following the premiere, the work is heard again in a performance by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jack Stamp, on November 15. Singleton's new band piece then travels to 20 additional university wind esembles, all co-commissioners, over the course of the next two seasons.


Morton Subotnick

  • Morton Subotnick's Music Academy has just launched, with another two sections available in November. Subotnick's unique new ear training and music making method presents a child-friendly and experiential approach to learning, creating and performing music. www.musicfirst.com/msma
  • Wergo Records releases an album of landmark recordings from 1978-1982, including After the Butterfly, for trumpet, instrumental ensemble and electronic ghost score, as well as The Wild Beasts, for trombone, piano and electronic ghost score.
     

Peteris Vasks

  • The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performs the US premiere of Peteris Vasks’s Lonely Angel, for violin and orchestra, on January 24, with Karina Canellakis as both soloist and conductor. www.laco.org


Rufus Wainwright

  • The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) features the US premiere of Robert Wilson's production of Shakespeare's Sonnets, featuring music by Rufus Wainwright. The production runs October 7 through 12 at the Howard Gilman Opera House in New York. www.bam.org


Huw Watkins

  • On April 18, the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra gives the US premiere of Huw Watkins’s Little Symphony, conducted by David Danzmayr. Watkins joins the symphony as piano soloist in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2. www.promusicacolumbus.org


Kurt Weill

  • HK Gruber conducts Die sieben Todsünden and excerpts from Der Silbersee with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Angelika Kirschlager as Anna I, and the Amacord Vocal Quartet in Sweden, Germany and Austria, November 7 – 20, 2014. www.orebrokonserthus.com
  • Kurt Weill and Paul Green’s 1936 anti-war musical Johnny Johnson is presented by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the first performance of the critical edition, November 20-24, 2014. The Kurt Weill Edition volume, edited by UNC David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, won the prestigious Claude V. Palisca Award of the American Musicological Society.
  • Jacaranda Chamber Ensemble performs Weill’s Violin Concerto and Kleine Dreigroschenmusik in Santa Monica on February 21, 2015, with Alyssa Park, violinist, and Mark Alan Hilt on the podium. www.jacarandamusic.org
  • The Royal Opera House presents the Covent Garden debut of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in a new translation by Jeremy Sams, March 10 through April 4, 2015. John Fulljames directs; Mark Wigglesworth conducts. www.roh.org.uk
  • Lyric Stage in Irving, Texas, offers the first performance of the forthcoming Kurt Weill Edition of Lady in the Dark, the classic Kurt Weill/Ira Gerswhin/Moss Hart hit musical, with full orchestra, April 24 – May 3, 2015.
  • The Road of Promise, the new concert adaptation of Kurt Weill and Franz Werfel's 1937 epic musical spectacle, The Eternal Road, is given its U.S. premiere at Carnegie Hall on May 6-7, 2015, with The Collegiate Chorale and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Ted Sperling conducts and directs the adaptation by Ed Harsh, featuring Anthony Dean Griffey, Danny Burstein, Mark Delavan, Philip Cutlip, and Lotte Lenya Competition finalists and winners Lauren Michelle, Megan Marino, and Justin Hopkins. A recording of the performance will be produced by The Collegiate Chorale for Navona Records, with digital distribution by Naxos. collegiatechorale.org


Jörg Widmann

  • Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra in the music of Jörg Widmann on its fall European tour, with works including Teufel Amor, Lied, Con Brio and Flûte en suite with Joshua Smith as soloist. eamdc.com
  • Widmann’s Piano Concerto is given its world premiere by Yefim Bronfman with the Berlin Philharmonic on December 18, with the US premiere taking place January 19 with the San Francisco Symphony, also with Yefim Bronfman as soloist.


Ryan Wigglesworth

  • The Cleveland Orchestra performs the world premiere of Ryan Wigglesworth’s Études-Tableaux on January 16, led by Franz Welser-Möst. www.clevelandorchestra.com


John Woolrich

  • On October 16, Christian Zacharias leads the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in a performance of John Woolrich’s Ulysses Awakes, for viola and ten strings, featuring Maiya Papach as soloist. thespco.org


Joji Yuasa

  • On November 23, violist Teng Li joins the Esprit Orchestra for the Canadian premiere of Joji Yuasa’s Reveled Time, led by conductor Alex Pauk. www.espritorchestra.com 

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