Summer Festivals
We're packing our suitcases again this summer for premieres and performances at music festivals from New Mexico to the Berkshires, Spain to Switzerland and beyond.
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August 19 – 21, 2010:
John Corigliano THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES
Ed Berkeley, stage director and
Michael Christie, conductor August 20, 2010:
Dmitri Shostakovich, SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN E-FLAT MAJOR
Edo de Waart, conductor Bang on a Can Festival, New York City and MassMOCA, MA
June 27, 2010: Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe: SHELTER
July 31, 2010: Featuring music by Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe
For complete schedule, visit http://bangonacan.org/marathon/schedule BBC Proms, London, UK
July 20, 2010: Gunther Schuller, WHERE THE WORD ENDS (UK premiere)
WDR Symphony Orchestra with Semyon Bychkov, conductor July 26, 2010: Simon Holt, A TABLE OF NOISES (London Premiere)
Colin Currie, percussion Thierry Fischer, conductor with BBC National Orchestra of Wales August 6, 2010: Hans Abrahamsen, WALD (UK Premiere)
Claire Booth, soprano and George Benjamin, conductor with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group August 11, 2010: Rued Langgaard, MUSIC OF THE SPHERES (UK Premiere)
Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano and Thomas Dausgaard, conductor with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra August 14, 2010: Tarik O'Regan, LATENT MANIFEST (World Premiere)
Andrew Litton, conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra August 25, 2010: Bent Sørensen, LA MATTINA (UK Premiere)
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano and Per Kristian Skalstad, conductor with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra August 26, 2010: Samuel Barber, VIOLIN CONCERTO
Gil Shaham, violin and David Robertson, conductor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra August 27, 2010: Samuel Barber, MUSIC FOR A SCENE FROM SHELLEY
Osmo Vänskä, conductor with the Minnesota Orchestra September 4, 2010: Thea Musgrave, ITHACA (World Premiere)
BBC Singers; Arditti Quartet; Endymion; David Hill, conductor September 4, 2010: Judith Weir, ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
BBC Singers; Arditti Quartet; Endymion; David Hill, conductor Berlin Unter Sternen, Berlin, Germany
August 14, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Cabrillo Music Festival, Santa Cruz, CA
August 8, 2010: Nathaniel Stookey, THE COMPOSER IS DEAD
Marin Alsop, conductor August 15, 2010: Philip Glass CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA
Wendy Sutter, cello and Marin Alsop, conductor Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
September 1, 2010: David Lang, FOR THE LOVE IS STRONG
Paul Hillier, conductor with Ars Nova Copenhagen Grafenegg Music Festival, Austria
August 20, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago, IL
June 25 – 26, 2010; William Schuman, A FREE SONG, SECULAR CANTATA NO. 2
Carlos Kalmar, conductor June 30, 2010; Witold Lutoslawski CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA
Carlos Kalmar, conductor Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Southfield, MI
June 19, 2010: Samuel Barber, CAPRICORN CONCERTO, FOR FLUTE, OBOE, TRUMPET AND STRINGS
Leonard Slatkin, conductor Great Mountains Music Festival, South Korea
August 5, 2010: Richard Danielpour, LACRIMAE BEATI and SONNETS TO ORPHEUS International Festival of Granada, Spain
July 10, 2010: Carlos Chávez, XOCHIPILLI (AN IMAGINED AZTEC MUSIC) La Jolla SummerFest 2010, La Jolla, CA
August 8, 2010: Bright Sheng, NORTHERN LIGHTS (US Premiere)
Lynn Harrell, cello and Victor Asuncion, piano Londrina Festival of Music, Brazil
July, 2010: Gian Carlo Menotti, THE MEDIUM
Ensemble New Hope Opera Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
August 16, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Lucerne Festival Academy, Lucerne, Switzerland
August 28, 2010: Gunther Schuller, FIVE PIECES FOR FIVE HORNS September 8, 2010: Hans Werner Henze, PHAEDRA (Swiss Premiere)
Mark Foster, conductor Mostly Mozart Festival, New York, NY
August 14, 2010: David Lang, FOR THE LOVE IS STRONG
Paul Hillier, conductor with Ars Nova Copenhagen Peninsula Music Festival, Ephraim, WI
August 3, 2010: Samuel Barber, CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, OP. 14
Maria Bachmann, violin and Victor Yampolsky, conductor August 12, 2010: John Corigliano, THE RED VIOLIN: CHACONNE FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
Minghuan Xu, violin and Victor Yampolsky, conductor August 17, 2010: Alan Hovhaness, MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN (SYMPHONY NO. 2
Victor Yampolsky, conductor Rheingau Musik Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany
August 18, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ruhrtriennale, ruhr 2010, Gladbeck, Germany
September 25, 2010: Hans Werner Henze, GISELA! OR THE STRANGE AND MEMORABLE WAYS OF HAPPINESS(World Premiere)
Steven Sloane, conductor with Pierre Audi, stage director / Christoph Hetzer, design Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, NM
July 27, 2010: Charles Ives, CONCORD SONATA
Jeremy Denk, piano Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Harrisonburg, VA
June 18, 2010: Samuel Barber, KNOXVILLE, SUMMER OF 1915, OP. 24
Kenneth Nafziger, conductor St. Timothy's Summer Music Festival, Anaconda, MT
July 10, 2010: Joan Tower, PIANO QUARTET (World Premiere)
members of the Muir Quartet plus pianist Michelle Levin Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
July 30, 2010: Charles Ives / Kenneth Singleton, POSTLUDE IN F, FOR BAND
Tanglewood Young Artists Wind Ensemble
H. Robert Reynolds, conductor August 12, 2010: Gunther Schuller, TRE INVENZIONI
Oliver Knussen, conductor August 13, 2010: Gabriela Lena Frank, ILLAPA
Elizabeth Rowe, flute and Miguel-Harth Bedoya, conductor August 14, 2010: Bright Sheng, THREE FANTASIES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO August 14, 2010: Yehudi Wyner, PASSAGE
John Harbison, conductor August 15, 2010: Milton Babbitt, VISION AND PRAYER August 15, 2010: John Harbison, A FULL MOON IN MARCH
Stefan Asbury, conductor Vail Music Festival, Vail, CO
July 20, 2010: Joan Tower, PIANO QUARTET Vestfold International Festival, Norway June 5-14, 2010: Aaron Jay Kernis, A DANCE OF LIFE (World Premiere)
Henning Kraggerud, violin Weimar Art Festival, Weimar, Germany August 13, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |