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Orpheus and Eurydice, Trouble in Tahiti
By Sarah Baird Knight, David Schotzko
Harrison Birtwistle's 40-minute scena, The Corridor, receives its U.S. premiere at Merkin Hall in New York City with conductor Brad Lubman and SIGNAL. "His new work, composed for a soprano, a tenor and six instrumentalists, lingers upon a specific instant in that story: the moment Orpheus turns to view Eurydice, thereby consigning her to oblivion. The music — urgent, astringent and ruminative by turns — is some of Mr. Birtwistle's most direct and potent." (The New York Times) MORE...
The latest edition of Bernstein Bound introduces the Programming Bernstein discussion board on Facebook, inviting programmers and artistic administrators to share their questions, ideas, and successes. The current topic of discussion is Leonard Bernstein's tragicomic operetta, Trouble in Tahiti — a few creative pairings can bring this 45-minute work to contemporary life. MORE...
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The Monster, the Ocean, and Women in Heels
By Sarah Baird Knight
Imagination runs wild at the symphony with Detlev Glanert's "raucous and uneasy phantasmagoria" Theatrum Bestiarum, delivering the Chicago Symphony Orchestra "one of the finest nights of this season." (Chicago Tribune) MORE...
In John Adams City Noir, "Melodies appear as inexplicably as a dirty blond in Philip Marlowe's office." (The Los Angeles Times) As Bogart said, it's "worth a stare." MORE...
Magnus Lindberg sets the New York Philharmonic off to sea with Al largo, closing his first season as Composer-in-Residence. MORE...
Anna Clyne, the most recent composer to join the house roster at B&H, looks ahead to two seasons as Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. MORE...
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