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03/07/2012
Kamran Ince’s Before Infrared at the University of Akron Symphony
On March 1, the University of Akron Symphony presented Kamran Ince’s Before Infrared , conducted by Guy Victor Bordo. Composed in 1986, the work saw its premiere performance with Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony in 1987. Following the success of the composer’s earlier orchestral ...
03/07/2012
With a run of eight performances opening on March 29, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts presents the US premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s complete incidental music to Much Ado About Nothing conducted by John Mauceri. The performance accompanies a new production of Shakespeare’s ...
03/06/2012
Morton Subotnick’s Monodrama , from Jacob’s Room, the composer’s new adaptation of music from his critically acclaimed chamber opera, premieres on the San Francisco Symphony’s American Mavericks series on March 11 in San Francisco. Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, Subotnick's Monodrama ...
03/06/2012
A Tribute to Lee Hoiby at Lincoln Center
On March 1, Joy in Singing presented a tribute to Lee Hoiby at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. The concert featured Katharine Dain, soprano, Sarah Miller, mezzo-soprano, Leon Williams, baritone, and pianist Jonathan Ware. Hoiby, who passed away in 2011, is celebrated as one of America’s ...
03/06/2012
Bernard Rands Performances in Pittsburgh, New York, and Maryland
The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic performs Bernard Rands’ Danza Petrificada on March 31 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and at Carnegie Hall on April 2. The performances of Danza Petrificada , which Rands wrote on commission from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2010 to honor Riccardo Muti's ...
03/06/2012
Music of Robert Beaser in Austin and Grand Rapids
The music of Robert Beaser sees several US performances in March 2012, including at the University of Texas-Austin and in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On March 23, Beaser’s Manhattan Roll , in the recently new version for concert band, is performed at UT-Austin by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble ...
03/06/2012
The Tales of Hoffmann at Theater an der Wien in Michael Kaye Integral Edition
Jacques Offenbach’s renowned French operatic masterpiece The Tales of Hoffmann is set for a run at the Theater an der Wien, with five performances from March 19 through 25 directed by Hollywood's legendary film director William Friedkin and conducted by Riccardo Frizza. The production utilizes ...
03/06/2012
Pierre Jalbert's Secret Alchemy Debuts in Arizona
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music debut Pierre Jalbert’s new ensemble piece Secret Alchemy on March 11. Scored for violin, viola, cello and piano, the work is a meditation on the creative process, which the composer likens to the methods of a medieval chemist. Jalbert comments: The first ...
03/06/2012
Peter Eötvös Curates Toronto Symphony’s New Creations Festival Featuring Jörg Widmann
March 1 marked the beginning of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 2012 New Creations Festival, this year curated by none other than Hungarian new music pillar Peter Eötvös. A distinct reflection of the composer’s omnivorous tastes and inspirations, the eighth annual New Creations Festival boasts an ...
03/02/2012
World première: Hezarfen by Fazil Say in Mannheim
Fazil Say has composed a thoroughly Turkish work for Mannheim: he has not only chosen to include the solo instrument and the rhythmic structures from the culture of his native land, but also the subject matter which has its origins in Istanbul. Hezarfen is the first name of the Osman aviation pioneer ...
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