World Premiere June 1-3 unEarth New York Philharmonic Jaap van Zweden, conductor with soprano Else Torp, The Crossing (men’s ensemble), and Young People’s Chorus of NYC stage direction by Anne Kaufman scenic projection design by Lucy MacKinnon sound design by Jody Elff lighting design by Ben Stanton [event link] (click to read NY Times […]
Read More Her Story Boston Symphony Orchestra with Lorelei Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor March 16-18 followed by performances with: San Francisco Symphony and National Symphony [Her Story] has a ferocity that is literally written into the score, but also an absence of resolution as it looks back to suffrage with one wary eye toward the future steps this […]
Read MoreHer Story Marin Alsop and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Lorelei January 6-7, 2023 followed by performances with: Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and National Symphony “ [Her Story] has a ferocity that is literally written into the score, but also an absence of resolution as it looks back to suffrage with one wary eye […]
Read MoreOn November 16 in Philadelphia at Congregation Rudolph Shalom and November 17 at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, The Crossing and cellist Maya Beiser (Donald Nally, conductor) premiere Michael Gordon’s new work Travel Guide to Nicaragua. Commissioned by Carnegie Hall and the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, Travel Guide to Nicaragua is written for The Crossing and cellist Maya […]
Read More European premieres prisoner of the state David Lang, libretto/music Elkhanah Pulitzer, director Cast: Claron McFadden — the assistant Davone Tines — the jailer Alan Oke — the governor Michael Wilmering — the prisoner (in Bochum, Rotterdam, and Bruges) Jarrett Ott — the prisoner (in Malmö and Barcelona) David Lang’s prisoner of the state—co-commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, […]
Read MoreMichael Gordon’s 1997 string orchestra work, Weather, is brought to life in a musical tour-de-force — a brand new collaboration between the UK’s Manchester Collective, award-winning BBC documentary sound artist Chris Watson and Spanish filmmaker Carlos Casas. On Thursday October 13 the Manchester Collective premieres a video of their collaboration. Combining live performance, field recordings and film, the collaborators transport the […]
Read MoreBig risks and adventurous friends: How composer Julia Wolfe became a renegade Tom Huizenga (NPR) September 15, 2022 Sometimes, all you need is a little push. In the fall of 1976, when Julia Wolfe arrived at the University of Michigan from Pennsylvania, she was just 17 and viewed herself as a “wild teenager” with her sights on […]
Read Moreread New York Times review from the premiere listen to NPR interview with Wolfe about Her Story Julia Wolfe’s Her Story, a 40-minute, theatrical work for orchestra and women’s chamber choir, received its world premiere September 15-17 with the Nashville Symphony and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. The world premiere is followed by performances in 2023 from co-commissioners Chicago Symphony […]
Read MoreSunday July 24, at Caramoor Music Center in Katonah, NY, Michael Gordon’s Field of Vision is premiered by conductor Doug Perkins and the University of Michigan percussion ensemble along with So Percussion Summer Institute Fellows. The work continues up the East Coast to PS 21 in Chatham, NY on Monday July 25, then to North Adams, […]
Read MoreFrom July 1-3 at Bard SummerScape David Lang and choreographer Pam Tanowitz premiere a new evening-length work, entitled Song of Songs. A hymn of yearning, steeped in images from the natural world, the dance was commissioned by The Fisher Center at Bard College, and the music was co-commissioned by The Fisher Center with LA Opera, The […]
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