The third annual Madison New Music Festival will take place from Friday, August 10th to Sunday, August 12th, with concerts at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Robinia Courtyard, and a venue to be announced. The festival will feature performances by clarinet and percussion duo Conduit, soprano Caitlin Mead, clarinetist Kristina Teuschler, and many more.
The third annual Madison New Music Festival will take place from Friday, August 10th to Sunday, August 12th, with concerts at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Robinia Courtyard, and a venue to be announced. The festival will feature performances by clarinet and percussion duo Conduit, soprano Caitlin Mead, clarinetist Kristina Teuschler, and many more.
György Kurtág (*1926) Stele for large orchestra Normally, the roles are clearly divvied up: the orchestra sits on the stage, the audience in the hall. But on the Special Event Day, everything is different, and you are suddenly in the thick of things instead of just being there. Two concerts will allow you to take a seat […]
“A Work Comes into the World: Eötvös’ Reading Malevich” A way to make classical music straightforward: When the workday is over but the evening has not quite begun – there’s time for music then. More exactly: for 40 minutes of music. Always at 18.20, before the “big event” symphony concerts, selected Festival artists are presented in the […]
“Prayers for Dance-Mimes: Stockhausen’s Inori” A way to make classical music straightforward: When the workday is over but the evening has not quite begun – there’s time for music then. More exactly: for 40 minutes of music. Always at 18.20, before the “big event” symphony concerts, selected Festival artists are presented in the 40min series. Admission […]
The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY presents a “Hungarian connection” spanning three generations. The new work by Peter Eötvös concerns the Russian painter Kasimir Malevich. Eötvös’s compatriot Máté Bella, his junior by four decades, was inspired by Greek mythology to write his enormously sensual-sounding Lethe, about the “stream of forgetting,” for string orchestra. Stele, written in 1994, is the […]
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) INORI. Adoration for two soloists and large orchestra Swiss premiere “The new function of music must be a religious one,” declared Karlheinz Stockhausen in his early years. Yet it was not until the 1970s, intensified through his encounter with East Asia and Zen Buddhism, that the spiritual orientation of his creative work clearly […]
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) INORI. Adoration for two soloists and large orchestra Swiss premiere “The new function of music must be a religious one,” declared Karlheinz Stockhausen in his early years. Yet it was not until the 1970s, intensified through his encounter with East Asia and Zen Buddhism, that the spiritual orientation of his creative work clearly […]
London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Sir Simon Rattle conductor Matthias Pintscher conductor Duncan Ward conductor Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) GRUPPEN for three orchestras Twice is better than once – that holds true indeed for the complex scores of the 20th and 21st centuries. Yet it is not just for that reason that you can hear Karlheinz Stockhausen’s trail-blazing GRUPPEN two times […]
Orchester der Lucerne Festival Academy Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Tamara Stefanovich piano conductor Matthias Pintscher PROGRAMME Peter Eötvös Reading Malevich György Kurtág Stele op. 33 George Benjamin Sudden Time Bernd Alois Zimmermann Dialoge / Konzert für zwei Klaviere und großes Orchester Their constant commitment to contemporary music is what pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich have in common […]
Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Gergely Madaras conductor Jamil Attar dancer-mimes Emmanuelle Grach dancer-mimes Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) INORI. Adoration for two soloists and large orchestra “The new function of music must be a religious one,” declared Karlheinz Stockhausen in his early years. Yet it was not until the 1970s, intensified through his encounter with East Asia and Zen […]
Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Peter Eötvös conductor Winnie Huang dancer-mimes Diego Vásquez dancer-mimes Paul Jeukendrup sound design Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) INORI. Adoration for two soloists and large orchestra After having given the Swiss premiere of Inori in Lucerne, a highlight of the “Kosmos Stockhausen” series, the musicians of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY will travel to Paris and Berlin to continue […]
ODE TO AMERICA! Join the CSO as we celebrate the best of American classical music! Copland’s pioneering Symphony No. 3 includes the famous Fanfare for the Common Man—a work that epitomizes the sound of America. In addition, CSO Timpanist Beth Albert takes center stage to perform Michael Daugherty’s timpani concerto, Raise the Roof. Although often overlooked, the timpani (kettle […]
ODE TO AMERICA! Join the CSO as we celebrate the best of American classical music! Copland’s pioneering Symphony No. 3 includes the famous Fanfare for the Common Man—a work that epitomizes the sound of America. In addition, CSO Timpanist Beth Albert takes center stage to perform Michael Daugherty’s timpani concerto, Raise the Roof. Although often overlooked, the timpani (kettle […]
With Semplice Players
With Semplice Players
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES INTRO Experience an evening of symphonic blockbusters from around the world, including Gershwin’s American in Paris, Brahm’s Hungarian Dance, Ravel’s Bolero, and more. Special apprearances by Charleston’s Latin percussionist, Gino Castillo, and the Charleston Taiko Drummers.
Featuring works by Brahms, Haydn, Puccini, Smetana, and Mendelssohn. Adam Dorn and Aaron Schwartz, violins Kyle Price, cello
A Thousand Cranes 3:00PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 Strings of the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Chris Whittaker, Conductor In partnership with Tampopo Ramen Led by music director Chris Whittaker, the strings of the WHCO come together to perform music inspired by Japan and Japanese-American composers. After the concert, Friends of WHCO enjoy a food and […]