Week of Events
Carnegie’s Decoda Plays Recent Works
Since 2008, Carnegie Hall has co-sponsored a two-year fellowship for young musicians called Ensemble Connect. In 2012, a group of those fellows formed Decoda – Carnegie’s first-ever affiliate ensemble. Decoda will give the New York premiere of a new work by Adam Schoenberg on May 14. The intriguing program also includes Hannah Kendall’s Vera, Hanns […]
Knights Premiere Reconceived Montgomery
The world premiere of a new orchestration for violin and chamber orchestra by Michi Wiancko of Jessie Montgomery’s Rhapsody No. 2 will open the Knights’ May 16 appearance at Carnegie Hall. Gabriel Kahan’s Heirloom and Anna Clyne’s Shorthand for cello and orchestra will also receive their New York premieres on a program that includes Mozart’s […]
Premiere Of Unsuk Chin’s ‘Alaraph’
South Korean composer Unsuk Chin was co-commissioned to write Alaraph ‘Ritus des Herzschlags’ for the San Francisco Symphony, which will give its U.S. premiere on May 16-18. Chin has described the work as having two main inspirations: pulsating binary stars and the traditions of Korean courtly and folk music. Ryan Bancroft conducts this program, which includes […]
Oratorio ‘Sacrifice of Isaac’ Premieres
On May 16 and 18, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will give the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s oratorio Sacrifice of Isaac. The ASO’s music director laureate, Robert Spano, conducts a program that includes another work involving sacrifice, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/robert-spano-rite-of-spring
Florentine Stages Piazzolla’s Fantastical Opera
Accompanied by musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Florentine Opera will give performances of Astor Piazzolla’s sensual María de Buenos Aires on May 17-19. Composed in 1968 with a libretto by Horacio Ferrer, the fantastical opera tells the story of a girl swallowed up by the city, only to haunt it after death. Catalina […]
New Work By Anna Clyne
On May 17-19, guest conductor Markus Stenz will lead the New Jersey Symphony in the East Coast premiere of their co-commission from Anna Clyne, her new piano concerto called ATLAS. Jeremy Denk will be the soloist. The program opens with Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture and concludes with Beethoven’s Third Symphony, the Eroica. https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/jeremy-denk-anna-clyne-beethovens-eroica
Cotton Field Photos Inspire Song Cycle
Inspired by John Dowell’s photographs of workers in the cotton fields, COTTON is a song cycle for two voices and piano, setting new texts by eight poets. The work will receive its New York premiere on April 18 at the 92nd St Y, with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, baritone Justin Austin, and pianist Laura Ward. https://www.92ny.org/event/denyce-graves-and-justin-austin
Swedish Rarity ‘Breaking Waves’ In Milwaukee
A program on May 18 called Crowning Glory by Milwaukee’s Concordia Chamber Orchestra will feature a rarely heard symphonic work, Bränningar (“Breaking Waves”), by Swedish composer Helena Munktell (1852-1919). Two movements from Max Richter’s re-imagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 complete the program. http://www.concordorchestra.org/concerts.html
Tan Dun Conducts Tan Dun
Renowned composer Tan Dun will grace the podium for a May 18-19 program, leading the Baltimore Symphony in his own music plus two works by Stravinsky: Fireworks and Song of the Nightingale. Besides Tan Dun’s Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds, the composer/conductor will present the U.S. premiere of his Five Muses of Dunhuang. https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/18302
