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June 1-2, 2012
DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NYC
Underwood New Music Readings
Six composers will join the ACO at the DiMenna Center for Music in what has become a rite of passage for aspiring orchestral composers. All will receive readings of the works listed below, and one of them will be selected to receive a $15,000 commission for a work to be performed by ACO during an upcoming season.
George Manahan, Music Director & Conductor
RYAN CHASE: The Light Fantastic
PETER FAHEY: Impressions
MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI: Concerto for Orchestra
PAUL KEREKES: Timber
PIN HSIN LIN: Symphony no. 3
BENJAMIN TAYLOR: Leaving White
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 7:30
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Orchestra Underground:
American Accounts
Musical narratives connecting our past, present and future.
George Manahan, Music Director
& Conductor
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Gabriel Kahane, piano, guitars & vocals
Amy Porter, flute
Ian Williams, electronics
MILTON BABBITT: From the Psalter
(ACO commission)
AARON COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY: Trail of Tears
(NYC Premiere, ACO co-commission)
GABRIEL KAHANE: Crane Palimpsest
(World Premiere, ACO/Jerome/NYSCA commission)
February 25, 2012 at 8:00
Speyer Hall
University Settlement
184 Eldridge Street, NYC
Composers Out Front:
Jessie Montgomery
The latest works by Jessie
Montgomery performed by PUBLIQuartet (string quartet), and members from the
Catalyst String Quartet, ICE, and Threeds in performances of original live music
to film and a world premiere of Scherzo for Winds. Jessie Montgomery is ACO’s Van Lier Emerging
Composer Fellow which is made possible by the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund and
Musical Arts Fund of the New York Community Trust.
Tuesday, January, 31, 2012 at 8:00
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium
Philip Glass at 75
Celebrating the composer’s milestone birthday with the premiere of his landmark new symphony.
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Maki Namekawa,
piano
Arvo Pärt: Lamentate (NYC Premiere)
Philip Glass: Symphony No. 9 (U.S. Premiere, Carnegie
Hall commission)
October 14-22, 2011
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