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G.Schirmer257 Park Avenue South, 20th FloorNew York, NY 10010tel 212 254 2100fax 212 254 2013
News from G. Schirmer, Inc.and Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
Members of the Music Sales Groupwww.schirmer.com
May ’05
“Margaret Garner” Arrives
...there was a longperiod when the very lastthing I wanted to do wasre-imagine the languagefor and narrative ofMargaret Garner’s ordeal.
For more than fiveyears I had been inthrall to the material,trying to do justice tothe historical charactersinvolved whileexercising the license Ineeded to interrogatethe dilemma Margaretboth presented and
represented...
It often seemed beyondmy grasp. I took comfortand courage from twoconvictions: 1) narratives
of 19th-century African-American enslavement areinexhaustible — there cannever be [should never be] afinal one; 2) no humanexperience — howeverbrutalizing — was beyondart. If it were, then thebrutalizers will havetriumphed.
Some ten years later...Irealized that there weregenres other than novelsthat could expand anddeepen the story...
Enter Richard Danielpour...I knew his passion equaledhis intelligence and that histalent was overwhelming.Joining him in creating an
opera was no smallundertaking, but whateverreservations I had aboutmy maiden voyage intowriting a libretto werequickly overcome by mylongtime disappointmentwith the treatment oflanguage ascribed toAfrican-Americans. Thispowerfully evocativemetaphorical language, sodominated by inflection,nuance and rhythm, lentitself almost seamlessly tomusic. The challenge andsheer excitement ofproviding a composer withthe words from which themusic could soar wereirresistible...
To the real people wholived this tale, I trust wehave done them, theirheirs, and their spiritsjustice.
— Toni Morrison
seated, left to right: Toni
Morrison, Richard Danielpour;
standing, left to right: Denyce
Graves, Gregg Baker, and
Angela Brown
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20th-century poet PabloNeruda has inspired theimaginations of composersfrom Samuel Barber toOsvaldo Golijov to AugustaRead Thomas. Many of hispoems were written inadoration of his wifeMathilde. On 20 May,Peter Lieberson drawsfrom Neruda’s font with theLos Angeles Philharmonic’spremiere of his orchestralsong cycle Neruda Songs.
Michigan Opera Theatre performances continue through May. In July, Margaret Garnerreceives its second production at the Cincinnati Opera. Next season, the Opera Companyof Philadelphia mounts the work in March 2006 followed by Opera Carolina in April.
The story of Margaret Garner — a slave — is based on historic19th-century Antebellum events and American case law. It alsoserved as the inspiration behind librettist Toni Morrison’s 1987Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved. Margaret Garner, RichardDanielpour’s first opera, premieres on 7 May at the MichiganOpera Theatre. Co-commissioned with the Cincinnati Opera andthe Opera Company of Philadelphia, Kenny Leon directs andStefan Lano conducts.
“The topic, the people, the narrative theme, thepassion and universality made it more than worthyof opera; it begged for it.”
— Toni Morrison
“In July 1996, we each had an idea to propose tothe other; little did we know that we were not onlyeach proposing an opera, but an opera based on thesame story about Margaret Garner!”
— Richard Danielpour
Margaret Garner full evening
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Principal Roles:
Mezzo-soprano, Lyric Baritone,
Dramatic Soprano, Lyric Baritone
Secondary Roles:
Dramatic Tenor, Light Lyric Soprano,
Tenor, Lyric Tenor
SATB Black Chorus, 32 voices suggested
SATB White Chorus, 40 voices suggested
The five-movement 25-minute work will be sung inSpanish by the composer’swife, mezzo-sopranoLorraine Hunt Lieberson,and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
“I discovered these poemsby chance in the Albuquer-que airport,” Liebersonreflects. “Although thesepoems were written byanother, when I set them Iwas speaking directly to myown beloved Lorraine….”
Co-commissioned with theBoston Symphony, the BSOperforms the piece inBoston in November, andthen at Carnegie Hall.
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
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When composing, Augusta Read Thomasbelieves “Music must be alive and jump off thepage!” Jahja Ling and the San Diego Symphonywill jump the gun on the upcoming solstice,
when on 20 May theypremiere herCredences of Summer.
“I admire Augusta’swork,” Ling enthuses.“I find her intriguingbecause she is amultifacetedcomposer who weavestogether language,color and structure in
a personal way.” Credences of Summer — athree-movement work based on a Wallace
More Music from Poetry: Augusta Read Thomas and Sofia Gubaidulina
On 26 May, f lutist Sharon Bezaly, music directorMario Venzago, and Sweden’s Göteborg Symphonyoffer a new concerto by Sofia Gubaidulina: TheDeceitful Face of Hope and Despair. The title is a linetaken from T.S. Eliot’s poem “Ash Wednesday.”Known for her exploration of sound, Gubaidulinaexplores here the acoustic phenomena of intervallicpulsation that demarcate the highest and lowestreaches of our ability to hear, which become meta-phors for our “hope” and our “despair.”
Last month, Gubaidulina received the EuropeanCulture Prize for composition, bestowed on artistswhose works significantly represent diverse Europeanculture, independent thinking, and creativity.
Conductor Reinbert de Leeuw presented her with the prize during a ceremony that took place at theAmsterdam Concertgebouw. Gubaidulina’s next orchestral work is a co-commission from thePhiladelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony. The piece premieres next February inPhiladelphia with Simon Rattle.
MORE THOMAS INSPIRED BY STEVENS
Words of the Sea 17‘
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Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour 8‘
Mezzo-soprano and Countertenor;
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The Deceitful Face of Hope of Despair 26‘
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Zen Piano GardenTan Dun’s solo multimedia exhibition
“Visual Music 2005” opened on 16
April at the Shanghai Gallery of Art.
The installation incorporates elec-
tronic, visual and aural elements
centering on the rebuilding
process of abandoned pianos.
This show highlights a Zen piano
garden. “Visual Music 2005” is
part of a larger series of Tan’s visual
music projects involving hundreds of
pianos, which will tour internationally
over several years. The Shanghai
exhibit continues through 17 May.
photo: Parnassus Productions
Barry. John Barry. — Music from “James Bond”
“From Russia with Love” (1963)Bond Takes the Lektor 3‘
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“Goldfinger” (1964)Goldfinger 3‘
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Goldfinger — Suite 8‘
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“Thunderball” (1965)Thunderball 3‘
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“You Only Live Twice” (1967)You Only Live Twice 3‘
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You Only Live Twice — Suite 10‘
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“Diamonds Are Forever” (1971)Diamonds Are Forever 3‘
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“A View to a Kill” (1985)On Her Majesty’s Secret Service /
A View to a Kill 6‘
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“On Her Majesty’s SecretService” (1969)
Escape from Piz Gloria /Ski Chase 6‘
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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service / A View to a Kill 6‘
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We Have All the Time in the World4‘
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“The Living Daylights” (1987)Living Daylights — Suite 5‘
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These titles by the legendary John Barry, arranged/editedfor orchestra by Nic Raine, are new to the G. SchirmerRental Library from EMI. Call the library at 845-469-4699.
© 2005 by Musikverlag Hans Sikorski GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
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the audiencegrabs
intellectually andemotionally
Stevens poem of the same name — wascommissioned by San Diego to celebrate Ling’sinaugural season as music director. He contin-ues, “Her music has content and is ofteninfluenced by poetry. However, even though awork may not use texts, Augusta always has something to say and expresses herself clearly — she grabs the audience intellectually and emotionally.”
Thomas notes that two 20th-century giantsinspired the work: Luciano Berio and IgorStravinsky. “Berio’s process influenced me. Heused the phrase ‘remembering the future’ todescribe his musical philosophy...he saw himselfas reexamining the past through the present....Ilove The Rite of Spring. It has shaken me at thecore. When I write, I examine small musicalobjects (a chord, a motive, a rhythm, a color,etc.) and explore them from many perspectives.In this manner, Credences of Summer is a tinyhomage to The Rite of Spring. It takes on anorganic, circular, self-referential character...Iimbued it with an irrepressible sense of color,motion and wonder.”
Credences of Summer 15‘
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There once was a straight Line whofell in love with a Dot. But, thanksto a Squiggle, the Dot didn’t evenknow the Line existed. Norton Justerknew in his 1963 illustrated bookThe Dot and the Line: A Romance inLower Mathematics. Robert X.Rodríguez has created a setting fornarrator and ensemble that premiereson 1 May in Dallas with narratorFred Curchack and Voices ofChange, led by Larry Loh.
His musical version is the firstmultimedia treatment of the booksince Chuck Jones’s 1965 Academy-award-winning short film. Rodríguezgives cameo appearances to familiar
Mathematical Romance
musical quotes. Amotif from Tristan andIsolde surfaces at themention of the Line’slove for the Dot. Thenthere are two Bachkeyboard lines thattangle with each otherin an “erudite” way.Rodríguez comments,“The music representsthe three charactersthrough a series of leitmotifs: quick,repeated notes for The Dot; scales orglissandos for The Line; and aprimitive, repetitive motiveaccompanied by clusters for TheSquiggle. The instrumental parts are
virtuosic, withprominent solopassages for timbralpairs of instruments…[while] the percussionwriting is colorful,and includes suchnontraditional soundsas ratchet, slidewhistle, siren,flexatone, policewhistle, whip,
cowbells, the jawbone of an ass andlion’s roar.”
The Dot and the Line c.18‘
Text: Norton Juster
Narr; fl, cl, vn, vc, hp, perc, pf;
opt slides and/or dancers
(Re)view — Gian Carlo Menotti: “The Saint of Bleecker Street”
Seastar Books, ISBN: 1587170663
The Dot and the Line joinsRodríguez’s other Juster adaptation,A Colorful Symphony (for narratorand orchestra), based on a chapter inJuster’s best-known work, ThePhantom Tollbooth (1961).
A Colorful SymphonyText: Norton Juster from “The Phantom Toll Booth”Narrator; 3(pic)222/4231/timp.3perc/hp.pf/strScore 50482673 $35.00
On 27 December 1954, The Saint of Bleecker Street, AMusic Drama in Three Acts, became the fourth ofGian Carlo Menotti’s operas to open on Broadwayunder the baton of Thomas Schippers. Enthusiasti-cally welcomed by the Broadway audience —although some critics couldn’t reconcile their operaticroots to the Broadway context — it was almostuniversally hailed for its groundbreaking immediacyand the melodic force of Menotti’s treatment of thesubject. The New York Times sent both its opera anddrama critics to the opening — both reviews wereraves.
The story of The Saint of Bleecker Street is of a youngwoman, Annina, whose extreme religious faithtorments her brother, Michele, while it captivates asmall neighborhood in New York’s Little Italy.Menotti himself describes the tension between thesiblings Annina and Michele as the battle betweenfaith and reason and those tensions are portrayed inwhat Menotti felt was some of his most lusciousmusic and arguably the most stirring choruses he everpenned.
Each successive (and successful) revival of the workhas demonstrated its timelessness and theatricalpotential in the face of a trend, among some critics,to ignore his legacy and contribution to Americanmusical theater. A landmark BBC broadcast of theopera in 1956 made television history first by being
...it represents Menotti at hisgreatest point of musical anddramatic maturity.
— Harriet Johnson,New York Post,
December 1954
Rarely has a composer come tohis majority with such coolcommand of all things musicaland theatrical as Gian CarloMenotti does in The Saint. Thenew opera...is in every way anaccomplished work, a perfectlycontrolled distribution ofpassion, rococo excitement andorchestral brilliance.
— Walter F. Kerr,New York Herald Tribune,
January 1955
It is music bursting with life, inwhich the orchestra is the hero,and melody is still king.
— Louis Biancolli,New York World-Telegram and Sun,
March 1965
the most lavish live television production to date andthen, gratifyingly, with unprecedented audienceratings and praise. Menotti describes the future ofThe Saint best, “Only the future will say who is rightor wrong. My Saint, so far, enjoys good health and Ihave a suspicion that it will survive me and mycritics.”
A 2001 Spoleto Festival recording of the completeopera, under the direction of Richard Hickox, isavailable on Chandos, with Julia Melinek’s Anninafollowing an impressive lineage of Anninas that hasincluded Catherine Malfitano, Joan Sena, andCamilla Williams.
The Saint of Bleecker StreetMusical drama in three acts.Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize in Music.Libretto by the composerS, Mz, Mz, Bar, B; Mz, S, Mz, Bar;SSAATTBB chorus;2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/strstage music: pic/3tpt.tbn.tba/2perc
Vocal score 50337910 $50.00Libretto 50340030 $4.95
Gian Carlo Menotti will be honored this monthby the American Music Center when theypresent him with their Letter of Distinction.
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G. Schirmer selected performances May ’05
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Musicorda FestivalThomas (GS)Caprice ★★★Rachel Barton Pine,violinSouth Hadley, MA
Tower (AMP)IncandescentEmerson String QuartetWashington, DC
Adams (AMP)The Chairman Dances(May 13, 15)Honolulu Symphony
Harbison (AMP)The Flower-Fed Buffalos(May 13, 14)Cantata Singers ofBoston
Barber (GS)Violin ConcertoNew York City Ballet
Prague Spring FestivalHusa (AMP)Sonata for Violin andPianoPrague, Czech Republic
Piston (AMP)Fantasy for EnglishHorn, Harp and StringsSeattle Symphony
Corigliano (GS)The Red Violin:ChaconneJohn Lowry, violin;Calgary Philharmonic
Schuman (AMP)American FestivalOvertureSpringfield SymphonySpringfield, MA
Adamo (GS)Little Women ★★(May 19 )New York City OperaTokyo, Japan
Kernis (AMP)Musica CelestisJuilliard School ofMusic
Lieberson (AMP)Neruda Songs ★★★Shostakovich(GSR)Symphony No. 10(May 20 - 22)Lorraine HuntLieberson, mezzo-soprano;Los AngelesPhilharmonic
Thomas (GS)Credences of Summer★★★(May 20 - 22)San Diego Symphony
Sheng (GS)Colors of Crimson ★★(May 20, 21)Evelyn Glennie,percussionVancouver SymphonyVancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada
Corigliano (GS)Gazebo Dances(May 23, 24)University of Texas atAustin
Green Umbrella SeriesLieberson (AMP)Free and EasyWandererHorn ConcertoPiano QuintetRilke SongsWilliam Purvis, horn;Lorraine HuntLieberson, mezzo-soprano;Los AngelesPhilharmonic NewMusic Group
Gubaidulina (GSR)The Deceitful Face ofHope and of Despair★★★Sharon Bezaly, flute;Göteborg SymphonyOrchestraGöteborg, Sweden
Barber (GS)Knoxville, Summer of1915(May 27 - 29)Colorado Symphony
Previn (GS)A Streetcar NamedDesire(May 27 - June 4)Sajandi OrkesterEstonia
Tan Dun (GS)Water ConcertoRobert Schulz,percussionBoston ModernOrchestra Project
Ellington/arr. Gould(EMI)Solitude(May 18 - 22)Baltimore Symphony
Stravinsky (GS)Concerto in E-flat(“Dumbarton Oaks”)Baltimore ChamberOrchestra
Sheng (GS)The Phoenix ★★(May 19, 20)Anne Margrethe Dahl,soprano; DanishNational SymphonyOrchestraFrederiksberg,Denmark
Chávez (GS)Sinfonia India(Symphony No. 2)Schuman (AMP)Symphony No. 3Seattle Symphony
Danielpour (AMP)Oratio PauliCantori New YorkNew York Society forEthical Culture
Guarnieri (AMP)Symphony No. 2Dresden PhilharmonicDresden, Germany
Barber (GS)First SymphonySecond EssayTokyo MetropolitanSymphonyTokyo, Japan
Husa (AMP)Music for Prague 1968West Point MilitaryAcademy BandHighland Falls, NY
Schnittke (GSR)Concerto Grosso No. 2Civic Orchestra ofChicago
Tower (AMP)For DanielKalichstein-Laredo-Robinson TrioBrattleboro, VT
Diamond (GS)Symphony No. 4Seattle Symphony
Corigliano (GS)A Petition to theGovernorMuseum of Televisionand RadioNew York City
Laderman (GS)Nonet of the Night(May 12, 13)Idyllwild Arts AcademyLos Angeles, CA
Dresden FestivalWolfe (RP)My Beautiful Scream★★Kronos Quartet;Dresdener SinfonikerDresden, Germany
Weir (CH)Concerto for Piano andString OrchestraLinda Lee Thomas,pianoVancouver SymphonyVancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada
Gould (GS)Concertette for Violaand BandUniversity ofWashingtonSeattle, WA
Tan Dun (GS)Song of PeaceUniversity of Denver
Raritan River MusicFestivalThomas (GS)Memory: Swells★★★Newman and OltmanGuitar DuoClinton, NJ
Lang (RP)The So-Called Lawsof NatureEvelyn Glennie,percussionLos AngelesPhilharmonic NewMusic Group
Thomas (GS)Spirit MusingsChicago ChamberMusicians
Mason (CH)ChaplinOperas ★★Della Jones, mezzo-soprano; RichardSuart, baritone;EnsembleIntercontemporainLincoln CenterNew York City
Gould (EMI)American SaluteEighth AnnualNational WindEnsembleCarnegie HallNew York City
Lang (RP)songs for lou reed(excerpts)Bang On a Can All-StarsBergen, Norway
photo: Glimmerglass Opera
Rodríguez (GS)Dot and the Line ★★★Food of LoveVoices of ChangeDallas, TX
Danielpour (AMP)An American Requiem(selections)Cornell University
Grainger (GS)Children's MarchI'm 17 Come SundayIrish Tune from CountyDerryMarching Song ofDemocracyShallow BrownUnited States MarineBandWashington, DC
Harbison (AMP)Piano Trio No. 2Amelia TrioSt. Paul, MN
Gubaidulina (GSR)Hour of the SoulNew EnglandConservatory
Shostakovich (GSR)Viola SonataSymphony No. 15Kremerata MusicaZankel HallNew York City
Adams (AMP)HarmoniumMcPhee (AMP)Tabuh-Tabuhan(May 4, 5)Pacific Symphony
Mechem (GS)Tartuffe(May 4 - 8)North Carolina Schoolof the Arts
Balada (GS)Preludis ObstinantsAdam Kent, pianoNew York City
Tower (AMP)For DanielKalichstein-Laredo-Robinson TrioDenver, CO
Wolfe (RP)Dig Deep(May 4 - 8)Del Sol String QuartetSan Francisco, CA
80th Birthday Year
Music at NYUSchuller (AMP)New York UniversityEnsembles
May 2Sonata Serenata
May 3Meditation ★
May 4The Past is in the Present ★
Thomas (GS)Moon Jig ★★★The Lincoln TrioChicago, IL
Husa (AMP)Music for Prague 1968University of Californiaat Fullerton
Schnittke (GSR)Concerto Grosso No. 5(May 5 - 7)Chicago Symphony
Tilson Thomas (KON)AgnegramLondon SymphonyOrchestra
Corigliano (GS)CreationsThe Prairie EnsembleUrbana, IL
Ellington (GS)Harlem(May 6, 7)Hong KongPhilharmonic
Husa (AMP)Sonata a TreBoston Musica Viva
Kapilow (GS)Dr. Seuss's GreenEggs and HamBeloit JanesvilleSymphony
Laderman (GS)Piano Trio No. 2Jung TrioToronto, Ontario,Canada
Lang (RP)Are You Experienced?Thames ValleyUniversityEaling, England
Rodríguez (GS)Hot Buttered Rumba(May 6, 7)Arkansas Symphony
Tan Dun (GS)Concerto for StringOrchestra and PipaEstonian NationalSymphony
Danielpour (AMP)Margaret Garner ★★★(May 7, 11, 14, 20, 22)Toni Morrison, librettoMichigan Opera Theater
Johnson (AMP)The Four-Note Opera★★Cottbus, Germany
Adams (AMP)Harmonielehre(May 7, 8)New World Symphony
Gordon (RP)Light Is Calling(May 7, 14)Red Duck MusicSanta Barbara, CA
Tower (AMP)In MemoryChicago Music NowEnsemble
Ives (AMP)Symphony No. 3,“The Camp Meeting”Riegger (AMP)Study in SonoritySeattle Symphony
Lang (RP)The Anvil ChorusPavel Giunter,percussionVilnius, Lithuania
Lang (RP)again (afterecclesiastes) ★★★Cerddorion ChorusBrooklyn, NY
Balada (EMI)CumbresBanda de MistalaAmposta, Spain
Barber (GS)Adagio for StringsVereinigte StädtischeBühnenKrefeld, Germany
Kernis (AMP)Lament and PrayerUNAM PhilharmonicOrchestraMexico City, Mexico
Previn (CH)Four OutingsFlorida Brass QuintetSarasota, FL
Nørgård (WH)TurnTanaka (CH)CrystallineEve Egoyan, pianoGuelph, Ontario,Canada
Lang (RP)again (afterecclesiastes)Cerddorion ChorusMerkin Concert HallNew York City
Lindberg (CH)Quintetto Dell'estateOnix EnsembleMexico City, Mexico
Nørgård (WH)TurnTanaka (CH)CrystallineEve Egoyan, pianoMontreal, Quebec,Canada
Frank (GS)Illapa ★★(May 17, 18)Lucas Robatto, fluteOrquesta Sinfonica daBahiaBahia, Brazil
Barber (GS)First Symphony(May 17, 19)BournemouthSymphonyBournemouth,England
Gould (GS)StringmusicOrchestre d'AuvergneClermont, France
Tan Dun (PPI)Crouching TigerConcerto(erhu version)(May 20, 21)Karen Hwa-chee Han,erhu;University ofCalifornia at Riverside
Danielpour (AMP)The Awakened HeartSeattle PhilharmonicOrchestra
Gould (GS)The Jogger and theDinosaurOrchestre National duCapitolToulouse, France
Lang (RP)cheating, lying,stealingeighth blackbirdChicago, IL
Tower (AMP)For DanielYehuda Hanani, cello;Yehonatan Berick,violin; Joan Tower,pianoPittsfield, MA
Wolfe (RP)Lick(May 28, 29)Ensemble PhoenixBasel, Switzerland
Tower (AMP)Petroushskates ★★Beijing ModernMusic FestivalChina
Previn (HC)Triolet for BrassAlgonquin ArtsManasquan, NJ
Tan Dun (GS)The MapWater ConcertoKristina Cooper,cello;Gert Francois,percussion;Shanghai SymphonyNagoya, Japan
Sheng (GS)The Phoenix ★★Anne Margrethe Dahl,soprano; DanishNational SymphonyOrchestraBeijing, China
Laderman (GS)DuettiComposer’sCooperativeNew York City
Gubaidulina (GSR)ConcordanzaOrpheus ChamberOrchestra
May 3Seattle, WA
May 4Napa, CA
May 5Los Angeles, CA
May 7Santa Fe, NM
May 10Carnegie HallNew York City
On 19 May, theNew York CityOpera gives the
Asian premiere ofMark Adamo’sLittle Womenin Tokyo at the
2005 WorldExpo.
Across the world and also on 19 May, Denmark welcomes Bright Sheng.Soprano Anne Margrethe Dahl joins the Danish Symphony Orchestra led
by Thomas Dausgaard in the European premiere of the orchestral song cycleThe Phoenix. The work — a co-commission with the Seattle Symphony —
is Sheng’s English adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen tale. TheDSO brings the work to Beijing for its Asian premiere on 31 May.
“Little Women” Bright Sheng
photo: Alex Cao
Dragonetti/arr.Schuller (AMP)Concerto ForDoublebassHouston YouthSymphony
Gregson (NOV)Tuba ConcertoSpokane Symphony
Dmitri KabalevskyPiano Concerto No. 3,“Youth Concerto”reduction for two pianosScore 50485536 $12.95
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Benedict Mason channels amusical voice for Charlie Chaplin,when the EnsembleInterContemporain conducted byJonathan Nott presentsthe US premiere ofChaplinOperas on 26May at Lincoln Center’sRose Theater.
Originally commissionedby the Ensemble Modernand premiered in 1998,ChaplinOperas wasconceived as a multime-dia concert work thatengages a dialoguebetween Chaplin’s genius and livemusic. Mason’s score accompaniesthree silent films: “Easy Street,”“The Immigrant,” and “TheAdventurer.”
“I wish fervently that today’s film-makers would see the potential ofsilent film and live music,” Masonexclaims. “There is a dichotomyabout trying to write music 75 years
on, for unchangeable visual materialthat is fixed in its values and codesof practise. There is also no point inresorting to the usual insipidpastiche....Furthermore Chaplin isso much a myth now, and his
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comedy routines so well known orpredictable, that they have noneed of the original type of musichis films were used to.”
Mason asserts that hisscore isn’t “tame politebackground accompani-ment that might as wellnot be there. It is notmusical exhibitionism incompetition with the
film. And it does nottreat the silence ofsilent film as ashortcoming.
“There is a free exchange betweenscreen and pit of ‘bad jokes.’ Themusicians are very vocal, and agood humored anarchic rumpus isalways just around the corner. Themusic develops the potential for acertain surrealism, oftenemphasising the asymptoticnightmare, frequently implied butunderplayed in the films. I findthis also to be a good antidote to
the sentimentality andmawkishness that isnever far away inChaplin's films.”
The music reflectsMason’s “fascination
with puns, riddles, paradoxes,catchphrases, proverbs and literaryquotes. All of these elements arestrung together to form aconversational commentary on awide range of related subjects.”
ChaplinOperas 75‘
Russian and English texts (with subtitles)
Mezzo-soprano and Bass-baritone;
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John HarbisonDarkbloom: Overture for an Imagined Opera 7'
John Harbison’s Darkbloom is an overture to an opera based on VladimirNabokov’s Lolita that he decided not to write, for obvious reasons....Themusic does the job an opera overture is supposed to; it offers a promise of
what’s to come by creating adistinctive color, atmosphere,texture. The music opens with aseductively swaying rhythm, andmelodies associated with the not-exactly guileless heroine and the not-
exactly honest male protagonist. A playful later episode depicts a tennisgame that is not-exactly innocent in the eyes of the manwho is observing it, and ends with high, shimmering laughter,or what the composer calls “a frail epiphany.” Sexy,funny, dangerous — quite a lot for 10 minutes to accom-plish, but Harbison has the imagination and the chops to carry it off.
— Richard Dyer, Boston Globe
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figure, announced by thelow brass and bassoons as atrudging and portentousascent. Both the soloist andthe orchestra elaborate onthis stepwise theme,sometimes enveloping it infiligree, sometimes breakingit violently into shards. Thesensibility is romantic and
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