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Schott | EAM Season Preview (2016-2017)

Sep. 08, 2016

The 2016-17 season promises to be a thrilling year of world premieres, new opera stagings and exciting collaborations. Highlights include new operas by Gerald Barry (Alice's Adventures Under Ground), Andrew Norman (new children's opera), Chaya Czernowin (Infinite Now), and Ryan Wigglesworth (The Winters Tale), new orchestral works by Pierre Jalbert, Akira Nishimura, and Tansy Davies, as well as new symphonic vocal works by Jörg Widmann and Hannah Lash. Read on for a preview of this season's highlights:




Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the US premiere of a new chamber orchestra version of his Lieux Retrouvés, along with the West coast premiere of his Totentanz on February 10. 
 

Julian Anderson
The Boston Symphony Orchestra gives the North American premiere of Anderson’s recent orchestral work, Incantesimi, on January 26, conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi. 
 
 

Richard Ayres
The Komische Oper Berlin presents Richard Ayres’s family opera Peter Pan in a co-production with Welsh National Opera, directed by Keith Warner and conducted by Anthony Bramall, opening November 6. Ayrès’s chamber opera The Cricket Recovers has its Swiss premiere in a new production at Theater Basel on March 22.

Gerald Barry
One of the most anticipated events of the season, Gerald Barry’s new opera Alice's Adventures Under Ground receives its world premiere on November 22 with Thomas Adès conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Barbara Hannigan in the title role. The European premiere follows on November 28 in London. Also this season, Barry's 
Humiliated and Insulted for choir and orchestra has its debut with the RTE Symphony on February 10. 

Vincenzo Bellini
The Royal Opera House’s new production of Norma, directed by Àlex Ollé (of La Fura dels Baus), uses the recent critical performing edition published by Bärenreiter. The production opens September 12. 


Anthony Cheung
Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra in the world premiere of Anthony Cheung's new work for orchestra on May 18, commissioned as part of his Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Residency with the orchestra.
 

Douglas J. Cuomo
A new production of Cuomo’s chamber opera Arjuna’s Dilemma by One World Theatre in Nepal opened the season with 11 performances during the first week of September. The Dallas Opera presents a concert performance of the work in May in conjunction with OPERA America's annual conference. Cuomo’s new work for chamber orchestra, Objects in Mirror, receives its world premiere on November 8 with David Curtis leading the Orchestra of the Swan. 

Chaya Czernowin
Chaya Czernowin receives the world premiere production of her new opera, Infinite Now, at Vlaamse Opera Gent on April 18, directed by Luk Perceval and conducted by Titus Engel. Performances take place in Antwerp, Gent, Mannheim and Paris. On June 16, the Theater Freiburg gives the premiere of a new version (with chorus) of Czernowin’s Zaïde / Adama. 

Tansy Davies
The US premiere of Davies’s new concerto for four horns and orchestra takes place on April 27 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, following its world premiere on February 21 with the Philharmonia Orchestra. 
 

Peter Eötvös
Soprano Audrey Luna joins the Calder Quartet for the world premiere of Peter Eötvös’s The Sirens Cycle at Wigmore Hall on October 1, with performances following in Zürich, Madrid, Frankfurt, Paris and Donaueschingen. Also this season, Eötvös conducts the Filarmonica della Scala in the premiere of a new orchestral work at Milan's Teatro alla Scala on May 8. 

Beat Furrer
The Swiss/Austrian composer is the subject of a Miller Theatre Composer Portrait Concert, featuring the Either/Or ensemble, on February 2. The program includes the US premieres of two works: ira - arca for bass flute and double bass, and a new work for clarinet and string quartet. 

Alexander Goehr
Lahav Shani conducts the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Alexander Goehr’s Two Sarabands on October 13.   
 
 

Howard Goodall
The New York premiere of Goodall’s Eternal Light: A Requiem takes place on November 20, conducted by Jonathan Griffith at Carnegie Hall. 

 

Georg Friedrich Händel
The Halle Händel-Festival features Georg Friedrich Händel’s Esther in the first performances of Bärenreiter’s new Halle Händel critical edition with La Risonanza conducted by Fabio Bonizzoni on June 3. 
 

Anders Hillborg
The Phillips Collection hosts Swedish composer Anders Hillborg for its Internatonal Composers series with a portrait concert exploring his music. The concert take place March 9 with performances by the Calder Quartet, Axiom Brass and clarinetist Magnus Holmander. 

Paul Hindemith
As part of its Sight and Sound series, the Met Museum in New York presents Hindemith’s beloved Symphony “Mathis der Maler” along with an exhibition of the work of Max Beckmann. The performance takes place October 16 with Leon Botstein leading The Orchestra Now. 

Toshio Hosokawa
Jun Märkl leads the Oregon Symphony in the US premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Circulating Ocean on April 21. Earlier in the season, Märkl leads the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in the Canadian premiere of Hosokawa’s Blossoming II (October 22). 
 

Kamran Ince
Milwaukee’s Present Music opens its season with a performance of Ince’s Arches, for ensemble, led by Kevin Stalheim. The season continues with performances of Ince’s Nihavent Longa at the Louisiana State University as well as his Turquoise and Waves of Talya at the University of Houston. 

Vijay Iyer
Claire Chase gives the premiere of Iyer’s new work for solo flute at New York’s The Kitchen on December 1, part of her Density 2036 project. On May 26, Boston’s A Far Cry joins The Silk Road Ensemble for the world premiere of a new work. In June, the Ojai Festival hosts Iyer as its 2017 Music Director and features the world premiere of his new concerto for violin and chamber orchestra with soloist Jennifer Koh.

Pierre Jalbert
The world premiere of Jalbert’s new work for orchestra, In Terra, receives its premiere at Carnegie Hall on October 28 with the Shepherd School of Music Orchestra, followed by performances with the Milwaukee Symphony (June 16 & 17). Jalbert’s new Violin Concerto has its premiere on June 9 with Thomas Zehetmair leading the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and soloist Steven Copes. 

Ernst Krenek
The American Symphony Orchestra presents Ernst Krenek's 1928 one-act opera Der Diktator (The Dictator) on October 19 at Carnegie Hall. Leon Botstein leads the orchestra with James Bagwell leading the Bard Festival Chorale.
 

Thomas Larcher
Thomas Larcher’s recent cello concerto Ouroboros receives several first performances throughout the season with its dedicatee Jean-Guihen Queyras as soloist: UK premiere with the BBC Philharmonic (with cellist Matthew Barley, October 13); German premiere with the Munich Chamber Orchestra (November 16); Swedish premiere with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra (April 1); and the Asian premiere with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta (June 10). 

Hannah Lash
The world premiere of Hannah Lash’s Requiem takes place September 24 and 25 with the Yale Choral Artists and Yale Philharmonia in New Haven, CT and New York. Lash also receives the first complete performance of her large scale symphonic work The Voynich Symphony with the New Haven Symphony on May 4. 

Fred Lerdahl
The Daedalus String Quartet, long time collaborators with Fred Lerdahl, give the world premiere of the composer’s new string quartet, Chaconnes. Also this season is the premiere of a new work for two pianos with Quattro Mani. 
 

Lei Liang
Columbia University’s Miller Theatre presents a Composer Portrait Concert celebrating the work of Lei Liang on November 17, including the New York premiere of Luminous with bassist Mark Dresser and the premiere of a new work for Loadbang. 
 

György Ligeti
The London Symphony Orchestra presents a not to be missed production of György Ligeti’s extraordinary opera Le Grand Macabre, directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Performances take place January 14 and 15 at Barbican Hall.  
 

Philipp Maintz
On May 28, Christoph Eschenbach leads the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester in the world premiere of Philipp Maintz’s new work for large orchestra, hängende gärten. 

 

Jules Massenet
The Zürich Opera House presents a new production of Jules Massenet’s Werther in the first performances of the new critical edition published by Bärenreiter. The production opens April 2 with direction by Tatjana Gürbaca and conducted by Cornelius Meister.
 

Akira Nishimura
The Suntory Foundation for the Arts continues its renowned “Profile of A Composer” series this season with a celebration of Akira Nishimura. The event takes place on October 28 with the Tokyo Metopolitan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yoichi Sugiyama in the premiere of Nishimura’s Concerto for Liquid Orchestra as well as a new piano concerto—Piano Concerto “Crossing A · I”—jointly composed by Nishimura and Ichiro Nodaira. 

Andrew Norman
On June 17, Sir Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic in the world premiere of Andrew Norman’s new children’s opera (loosely inspired by Jules Verne’s 1865 novel “From the Earth to the Moon”, Jacques Offenbach’s 1875 operetta “A Voyage to the Moon”, and George Melies’ seminal 1902 silent film “A Trip to the Moon”), with stage direction by Ela Baumann. The UK premiere follows on July 9 with Rattle leading the London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Hall. 

Arvo Pärt
Following its acclaimed performance of Arvo Pärt’s Kanon Pokajanen in 2014, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts the Westminster Williamson Voices of Westminster Choir College for a repeat performance on November 19 in the museum’s Temple of Dendur. From September 2 - 11, the Nargenfestival’s 2016 Arvo Pärt Days Festival features more than 50 performances of works by the Estonian composer. 

Krzystof Penderecki
The Belcea Quartet gives the world premeire of Krzysztof Penderecki’s String Quartet No. 4 at Wigmore Hall on December 11, followed by performance in Madrid (December 13) and Brussels (December 15). 
 

Tobias Picker
The Boston University Opera Institute brings Tobias Picker’s Emmeline to its mainstage for a new production opening February 23, directed by Jim Petosa and conducted by William Lumpkin. 2016 also marks the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Picker’s beloved orchestral tone poem, Old and Lost Rivers. The work can be heard around the country this season, with performances by the National Symphony Orchestra (March 9), the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (October 13), the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, Quad City Symphony Orchestra (November 5), and the Clear Lake Symphony (September 16). 

Matthias Pintscher
Alisa Weilerstein joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new cello concerto, Un despertar, conducted by François-Xavier Roth on March 23. Also this season is the debut of a new work for baritone and orchestra with Christoph Eschenbach leading the NDR Sinfonieorchester and baritone Bo Skovhus (April 6). 

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Two new critical performing editions of stage works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, part of Bärenreiter’s Opera Omnia Rameau Edition, see their premieres this season: the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas McGegan and in a production by Catherine Turocy, debut the OOR edition of Le Temple de la gloire (Version 1745) on April 28, and the Komische Opera premiere the new critical edition of Zoroastre (Version 1756) for their production opening on June 18. 

Bernard Rands
Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival features a performance of Bernard Rands’s concerto for oboe and ensemble, Concertino, on October 9. His Ceremonial for concert band receives performances by the Indiana State University and the University of Wisconsin. 

Camille Saint-Saens
On December 11, François-Xavier Roth leads the Gürzenich Orchestra in the first performances of Bärenreiter’s new critical performing edition of Saint-Saëns’s Orgelsymphonie, with organist Daniel Roth.
 

Kenji Sakai
America’s leading presenter of Japanese contemporary and traditional music, Music From Japan, presents a portrait concert of works by composer Kenji Sakai on February 18 in New York, including the premiere of a new work commissioned for the occasion. 
 

Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
The Berlin Deutsche Oper debut Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini’s new opera Edward II on February 19. Thomas Søndergard conducts, with stage direction by Christof Loy. 
 
 

Joseph Schwantner
Guitarist Nick Goluses gives the premiere of a new work for solo guitar this season, and ensembles throughout the country perform works by Schwantner, including Troy University (Percussion Concerto), Chamber Orchestra of the Springs (New Morning for the World), Boston Conservatory (Distant Runes and Incantations), the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (New Morning for the World) and the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra (Chasing Light).  

Johannes Maria Staud
Columbia University’s Miller Theatre continues its Composer Portraits series with an in depth look at the music of Johannes Maria Staud on April 8, featuring the US premiere of Par Ici! performed by Ensemble Signal. 
 

Josef Suk
The Essen Philharmonic debuts Bärenreiter’s new critical performing edition of Josef Suk’s Asrael on November 17, led by Tomáš Netopil. 

 

Sir Michael Tippett
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra begins a multi-season Tippett cycle with performances of the composer’s Ritual Dances (November 11), Symphony No. 1 (November 24) and Symphony No. 2 (February 9). 
 

Manfred Trojahn
The Zürich Opera House presents the Swiss premiere of Manfred Trojahn’s opera Orest, opening February 26. Erik Nielsen conducts the production, with direction by Hans Neuenfels and stage design by Katrin Connan. 
 

Carl Vine
James Gaffigan leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Carl Vine’s trombone concerto Five Hallucinations, inspired by Oliver Sacks’s exploration of atypical mental states, with solist Michael Mulcahy on October 6. 
 

Huw Watkins
The Hallé Orchestra gives the word premiere of Huw Watkins’s Symphony, conducted by Mark Elder, on April 20. 

 

Kurt Weill
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra commemorates the 90th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s historic transatlantic flight with a rare performance of Weill and Brecht’s The Flight of Lindbergh (Lindberghflug) on September 16 & 17, conducted by David Robertson. 
 

Jörg Widmann
The new Elbphilharmonie Hamburg opens its doors with the premiere of Jörg Widmann’s new oratorio, featuring soprano Marlis Petersen, baritone Thomas E. Bauer and Kent Nagano conducting the Hamburg Philharmonic along with the Choir of the Hamburg State Opera and the AUDI Youth Choral Academy. Widmann also receives the premiere of a new work for ensemble, composed for the Barenboim-Said Academy, as part of the opening concert of the new Pierre Boulez Concert Hall at the Barenboim-Said Akademie. 

Ryan Wigglesworth
Ryan Wigglesworth’s highly anticipated opera The Winter's Tale makes its debut at the English National Opera on February 27, conducted by Wigglesworth and directed by Rory Kinnear, with set design by Vicki Mortimer. The season also includes the world premiere of a new orchestra work by Wigglesworth for the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on May 11.

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