Selected 2005-2006 Season Premieres
1st September 2005
John Harbison
Canonical American Songbook
Duration: c.15'
Albany Symphony/Miller; 22 September 2005; Saratoga Springs, NY
Joan Tower
Made in America
Duration: 15'
Glen Falls Symphony/Peltz; 2 October 2005; Glen Falls, NY
Gabriela Lena Frank
Inkarrí (Inca-Rey)
Duration: c. 23'
Kronos Quartet; 3 November 2005; Lawrence, KS
Joan Tower
Purple Rhapsody (Viola Concerto)
Duration: c. 17'
Paul Neubauer, viola
Omaha Symphony/Falletta; 4 November 2005; Omaha, NE
Gabriela Lena Frank
Manchay Tiempo (Time of Fear)
Duration: c. 15'
Seattle Symphony/Märkl; 10 November 2005; Seattle, WA
Leon Kirchner
New Work
Duration: 15'
Boston Symphony/Levine; 12 January 2006; Boston, MA
André Previn
Szymborska Songs
Texts by Wislawa Szymborska
Barbara Bonney, soprano; 6 February 2006; Bristol, England
Sofia Gubaidulina
Feast During a Plage
Duration: c. 25'
Philadelphia Orchestra/Rattle; 15 February 2006; Philadelphia, PA
John Harbison
Milosz Songs
Duration: c. 25'
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
New York Philharmonic/Spano; 20 February 2005; New York City
Bright Sheng
Concerto for Orchestra: Zodiac Tales
Duration: c. 25'
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eschenbach; 23 February 2006;
Philadelphia, PA
Augusta Read Thomas
Shakin'
Duration: 8'
(Homage to Igor Stravinsky and Elvis Presley)
Memphis Symphony/Loebel; 24 February 2006; Memphis, TN
John Corigliano
New Work
Duration: 3'
Young People's Chorus of New York/Nuñez; 15 March 2006; "Transient Glory" series, New York City
John Harbison
But Mary Stood
Duration: c. 17'
Cantata Singers; 19 March 2006; Boston, MA
John Harbison
Double Bass Concerto
Duration: 25'
Joel Quarrington, double bass
Toronto Symphony/Wolff; 1 April 2006; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mark Adamo
New Work
Duration: 5'
Young People's Chorus of New York/Nuñez; 15 April 2006;
"Transient Glory" series, New York City
Robert X. Rodríguez
Musical Dice Game
Duration: 12'
Dallas Symphony/Litton; 20 April 2006; Dallas, TX
Richard Danielpour
Triptych
Duration: c. 10'
Tracie Luck, mezzo-soprano
Wheeling Symphony/Raphael Smith; 19 May 2005; Wheeling, WV
Robert X. Rodríguez
Agnus Dei
Duration: c. 5 – 8'
(completion of Mozart Mass In C Minor)
Dayton Philharmonic and Chorus/Gittleman; 19 May 2006;
Dayton, OH
Robert X. Rodríguez
La Curandera
Opera Colorado Outreach Ensemble/Rodríguez; 13 May 2006;
Denver, CO
Joan Tower
Brass Quintet
Duration: c. 10 – 12'
American Brass Quintet; 4 May 2006; Juilliard School, New York City
Bright Sheng
New Work
Duration: c. 15'
Cho-Liang Lin, violin; 6 May 2005; Library of Congress
Joan Tower
New Work
Duration: c. 12 – 15'
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; 6 May 2006; New York City
Peter Lieberson
World in Flower
Duration: 30'
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
New York Philharmonic/Maazel; 25 May 2005; New York City
Augusta Read Thomas
Astral Canticle
Duration: 20'
Robert Chen, violin; Mathieu DuFour, flute
Chicago Symphony/Barenboim; 1 June 2006; Chicago, IL