American Composers Orchestra Announces 2019-2020 Concerts at Carnegie Hall
Derek Bermel, Artistic Director & George Manahan, Music Director
Featuring major premieres by John Luther Adams, Mark Adamo, Nina C. Young, and Hilary Purrington
NEW ENGLAND ECHOES: Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 7:30 PM at Zankel Hall
- World premiere of Hilary Purrington’s Guitar Concerto, featuring JIJI
- World Premiere of orchestrations by Hilary Purrington and Hannah Lash of Selected Songs by Charles Ives, featuring Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
- New York City Premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s Evidence
THE NATURAL ORDER: Thursday, April 2, 2020, 7:30 PM at Zankel Hall
- New York City Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winner John Luther Adams’ Become River
- World Premiere of Mark Adamo’s Last Year: Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra featuring Jeffrey Zeigler
- World Premiere of the expanded version of Nina C. Young’s Out of whose womb came the ice featuring David Tinervia, baritone and R. Luke DuBois, projection designer