As we mentioned oh…about two years ago… the DSO will play Carnegie Hall this May. Wednesday May 11, to be precise. And now comes word that, if you happen to want to see this performance, tomorrow at 11 a.m. you can buy tickets for $25.
The orchestra, led by Jaap Van Zweden and accompanied by the Dallas Symphony Chorus, performs Steven Stucky’s August 4, 1964. The DSO commissioned and premiered the work here in Dallas in September 2008 to mark the 100th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s birth. The “both highly dramatic and subtle” performance caused critic Olin Chism to remark: “Devoting an entire concert to a single, brand-new work takes guts. It’s becoming clear that Van Zweden isn’t your ordinary music director.” Here’s Olin’s review .
Press release follows
SPRING FOR MUSIC
Uncommon concerts for $25 at Carnegie Hall
2011 SPRING FOR MUSIC PROGRAMS REVEALED
Tickets go on sale Thursday, February 17 at 11am
for 2011 Festival only!
All Tickets $25
(CarnegieHall.org / Carnegie Hall Box Office / CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800)
ORCHESTRAS CHOSEN FOR 2013 FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED
The inaugural festival of SPRING FOR MUSIC (www.springformusic.com) will take place at Carnegie Hall from May 6 – May 14, 2011, with seven concerts in nine days, all starting at 7:30pm. Spring for Music is a new and innovative festival of concerts by North American symphony and chamber orchestras built around adventurous and creative programs at affordable prices: tickets are $25 (limited number of tickets at $15).
The “Spring for Music” 2011 concerts will be broadcast live by Classical 105.9 FM WQXR in New York City and distributed nationally by American Public Media as part of their new series, “Classical Live.”
SPRING FOR MUSIC 2011
Complete programs for seven 2011 concerts
Tickets at $25 available February 17 at 11am
1. Friday, May 6, 2011
ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
“THE NEW BRANDENBURGS”
Aaron Jay Kernis: Concerto with Echoes
(Inspired by Brandenburg No. 6)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Commission
Melinda Wagner: Little Moonhead
(Inspired by Brandenburg No. 4)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Commission
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Orpheus
(Inspired by Brandenburg No. 5)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Commission
Christopher Taylor, piano
*****
Christopher Theofanidis: Muse
(Inspired by Brandenburg No. 3)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Commission
Stephen Hartke: A Brandenburg Autumn
with world premiere fourth movement
(Inspired by Brandenburg No. 1)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Commission
Paul Moravec: Brandenburg Gate
(Inspired by Brandenburg No. 2)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Commission
2. Saturday, May 7, 2011
TOLEDO SYMPHONY
Stefan Sanderling, music director
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
*****
André Previn/Tom Stoppard: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Director: Cornel Gabara
Cast: Pete Cross – Alexander
David de Christopher – Ivanov
Yazan “Zack” Safadi – Sasha
Kevin Hayes – Colonel
Benjamin Pryor – Doctor
Pamela Tomasetti – Teacher
New York City premiere of full orchestra version
3. Tuesday, May 10, 2011
ALBANY SYMPHONY
David Alan Miller, music director
“SPIRITUALS RE-IMAGINED”
George Tsontakis: “Let the River be Unbroken”
“The Spirituals Project:”
John Harbison: “Ain’t goin’ to study war no mo’”
Donal Fox: “Hear de’ lams a-cryin’”
Bun Ching Lam: “Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child”
Tania León: “Didn’t my Lord Deliver Daniel”
Daniel Bernard Roumain: “Harvest”
Kevin Beavers: “Deep River”
Richard Adams: “Stan’ Still, Jordan”
Stephen Dankner: “Wade in de’ Water”
Albany Symphony Commissions
Nathan De’Shon Myers, baritone
*****
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring – complete ballet
4. Wednesday, May 11, 2011
DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Jaap van Zweden, music director
Steven Stucky: August 4, 1964
Indira Mahajan, soprano
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Vale Rideout, tenor
Rod Gilfry, baritone
Dallas Symphony Chorus (prepared by Don Krehbiel)
New York premiere
(Dallas Symphony Orchestra commission first performed in September 2008 to commemorate the 100th birthday of President Johnson.)
1. Thursday. May 12, 2011
OREGON SYMPHONY
Carlos Kalmar, music director
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question
John Adams: The Wound-Dresser
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
*****
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4
2. Friday, May 13, 2011
THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in D for Strings
Maria Schneider: Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories
for soprano and chamber orchestra
SPCO Commission
Maria Schneider, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
*****
Béla Bartók: Five Hungarian Folk Songs
(arranged for strings by Richard Tognetti)
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”
3. Saturday, May 14, 2011
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
Kent Nagano, music director
“THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYMPHONY”
Giovanni Gabrieli: Excerpts from Symphoniae Sacrae for brass
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonias 1 to 5 (for keyboard)
Anton Webern: Symphony, Op. 21
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonias 8 & 9 (for keyboard)
Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonias 11, 12, &15 (for keyboard)
Angela Hewitt, piano
*****
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
2012 ORCHESTRAS
(repertoire to be announced in May 2011)
Spring for Music 2012 features SIX orchestras
consecutively from May 7 – 12, 2012 (Monday – Saturday)
Houston Symphony / Hans Graf, music director (May 7, 2012)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra / William Eddins, music director (May 8, 2012)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra / Jacques Lacombe, music director (May 9, 2012)
Alabama Symphony Orchestra / Justin Brown, music director (May 10, 2012)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart, music director (May 11, 2012)
Nashville Symphony / Giancarlo Guerrero, music director (May 12, 2012)
2013 ORCHESTRAS ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME
Spring for Music 2013 features SIX orchestras
consecutively from May 6 – 11, 2013 (Monday – Saturday)
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / Marin Alsop, music director
(May 6, 2013)
ALBANY SYMPHONY / David Alan Miller, music director
(May 7, 2013)
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA / JoAnn Falletta, music director
(May 8, 2013)
OREGON SYMPHONY / Carlos Kalmar, music director
(May 9, 2013)
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA with the MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS
James Conlon, music director of May Festival (May 10, 2013)
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / Christoph Eschenbach, music director
(May 11, 2013)
NOTE: While orchestras selected are not eligible to apply for consecutive years, please note that the Albany Symphony and Oregon Symphony have been selected in 2011 and again in 2013.
Leadership gifts for Spring for Music have been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Marguerite G. and H. F. Lenfest, and Jan and Daniel R. Lewis. Major funding for “Spring for Music” 2011 is provided by MetLife Foundation. Additional funding for the inaugural season is being provided by Irving Harris Foundation and The Edgemer Foundation, among others.
The festivals are presented by Spring for Music in partnership with Carnegie Hall.
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