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Sunday, October 31, 1999 at 3pm
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Lauren Flanigan, soprano
LOUIS BALLARD: Incident at Wounded Knee
(N.Y. Premiere)
ROBERT BEASER: The Heavenly Feast
(N.Y. Premiere)
Commissioned by ACO and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
ALVIN SINGLETON: 56 Blows (N.Y. Premiere)
CURTIS-SMITH: GAS! – The Great American Symphony
Sunday, January 9, 2000 at 3pm
Roots
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
JOHN CAGE: Quartets
AMY BEACH: Symphony in E minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic”
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS: Tomorrow’s Song, as Yesterday Sings Today (World Premiere) Commissioned by ACO with the support of the late Francis Goelet
DANIEL ROUMAIN: Harlem Essay for Orchestra and Digital Audio Tape
(World Premiere) Commissioned by ACO with the support of the Helen F. Whitaker Fund
Sunday, February 27, 2000 at 3pm
Lindbergh…
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
Laurie Anderson, electric violin
Robert Wilson, narrator
Suzan Hanson, soprano
Maria Jonas, mezzo-soprano
John Duykers, tenor
Leon Williams, baritone
Stephen Morscheck, bass
Judith Clurman Chorale, Judith Clurman, director
SAMUEL BARBER: Night Flight, Op. 19a
KURT WEILL: The Lindbergh Flight
LAURIE ANDERSON: Songs for A.E. (bassed on the story of Amelia Earhart
(World Premiere)
Commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation
PHILIP GLASS/ROBERT WILSON: Act V from “The White Raven” (U.S. Premiere)
Thursday, March 23, 2000 at 6pm
Museum of Modern Art
George Antheil Centennial in Music & Film
Anthony de Mare, piano
A celebration of Antheil’s centennial in film and music. The evening
includes a short recital of piano works by Antheil, including Death
of the Machines and The Airplane Sonata which inspired
his notorious Ballet Mécanique.
Also featured is a screening of Angels Over Broadway (1940), directed by Ben Hecht, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Rita Hayworth, with a score by Antheil.
No tickets necessary. There is no additional charge for the program, beyond the regular price of admission to the museum.
Presented in collaboration with The Musuem of Modern Art.
Saturday, April 1, 2000, 10am – 5pm
Weill Recital Hall
Copland-Sessions: American Music Coming of Age
A symposium and chamber music concert featuring “Music from the Copland House.”
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Copland-Sessions
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
ROGER SESSIONS: Symphony No. 3
AARON COPLAND: Short Symphony
JENNIFER HIGDON: Fanfare Ritmico
(N.Y. Premiere) Co-commissioned by ACO and the Women’s Philharmonic
GEORGE ANTHEIL: Ballet Mécanique
Performance of Ballet Mécanique is made possible with the support of Yamaha Corp. of America.
Monday, April 3, 2000 9:30am – 2:30pm & 2pm – 5pm
Masonic Hall
Whitaker New Music Reading Sessions
The culmination of ACO’s annual national search for the best new orchestral music by emerging professional composers.
Dennis Russell Davies & Paul Lustig Dunkel, Conductors
Robert Beaser, Artistic Advisor
RAFAEL HERNANDEZ: Man Expanding
JOHN KLINE: Anytime Soon
JASON FREEMAN: Diffusions
JAMES MATHESON: Gliss
MATTHEW LIMA: A Golden Momentary Blur
BRIAN ROBISON: Imagined Corners
JUAN CUELLAR: Tatambo