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Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 8:00 pm
Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium
Different Trains
Dramatic music for strings featuring a haunting sonic landscape by Steve Reich, one of America’s most influential composer-creators
Steven Sloane, conductor
James Stubbs, trumpet
JOHN ADAMS: Christian Zeal and Activity
CHARLES WUORINEN:Grand Bamboula
ANNA WEESNER: Still Things Move
(New York Premiere)
IRVING FINE: Serious Song: A Lament for String Orchestra
ALAN HOVHANESS:The Holy City, op. 218
STEVE REICH:Different Trains (Version for String Orchestra and pre-recorded tape)
(New York Premiere)
Friday, February 27, 2004 at 7:30 pm
Carnegie Hall at Zankel Hall
Orchestra Underground
Two new works that re-invent the orchestra concert with multimedia and altered instrumentation
Steven Sloane, conductor
Andrew Armstrong, piano
LISA BIELAWA: The Right Weather
(World Premiere, Commissioned by the Helen F. Whitaker Fund)
MICHAEL GORDON: Gotham
(World Premiere, ACO Commission)
In Collaboration with Ridge Theater and Hypnotic Pictures
BILL MORRISON, filmaker
LAURIE OLINDER, visual artist
BOB McGRATH, director
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 8:00 pm
Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium
Fanfares and Fire
A high-energy blast of new music with reflective music by Nicholas Maw
Steven Sloane, conductor
eighth blackbird
DAVID SCHOBER: Split Horizon Concerto for Sextet and Orchestra
(World Premiere, Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation)
DARON HAGEN: Fire Music
(New York Premiere)
NED ROREM: Lions
NICHOLAS MAW: The World in the Evening
(New York Premiere)
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 8:00 pm
Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium
Improvise!
Improvisation meets the orchestra…the centerpiece of a week-long festival
Steven Sloane, conductor
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
Anthony Davis, piano
Chico Freeman, saxophone
Gerry Hemingway, percussion
ALVIN SINGLETON: When Given A Choice
(World Premiere, Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress and American Composers Orchestra)
EARLE BROWN: Event: Synergy II
ANTHONY DAVIS: Wayang V
(New York Premiere)
GEORGE LEWIS: Virtual Concerto
(World Premiere, ACO Commission)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Les Trois Rois Noirs
Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Friday May 21, 2004 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
13th Annual Whitaker New Music Readings
ACO’s annual round-up of the best and brightest works by emerging American composers.
Robert Beaser, artistic director
Jeffrey Milarsky & Carl St. Clair, conductors
Stephen Hartke and Michael Daugherty, mentor composers
DANIEL BRADSHAW: Jubilus
ANTHONY CHEUNG: 1st Movement, from Symphony No. 1
RALF GAWLICK: De La Mas Sabrosa Y Agradable Vida
KRISTIN KUSTER: The Narrows
JONATHAN NEWMAN: Hip + Now
THOMAS OSBORNE: The Burning Music
ROBERT PATERSON: Electric Lines
CHRISTOPHER TRAPANI: North