Summer Festivals :: Schirmer News Summer 2010

We're packing our suitcases again this summer for premieres and performances at music festivals from New Mexico to the Berkshires, Spain to Switzerland and beyond.

Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO
August 19 – 21, 2010:
John Corigliano THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES
Ed Berkeley, stage director and
Michael Christie, conductor

August 20, 2010:
Dmitri Shostakovich, SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN E-FLAT MAJOR
Edo de Waart, conductor

Bang on a Can Festival, New York City and MassMOCA, MA
June 27, 2010: Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe: SHELTER

July 31, 2010: Featuring music by Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe

For complete schedule, visit http://bangonacan.org/marathon/schedule

BBC Proms, London, UK
July 20, 2010: Gunther Schuller, WHERE THE WORD ENDS (UK premiere)
WDR Symphony Orchestra with Semyon Bychkov, conductor

July 26, 2010: Simon Holt, A TABLE OF NOISES (London Premiere)
Colin Currie, percussion Thierry Fischer,  conductor with BBC National Orchestra of Wales

August 6, 2010: Hans Abrahamsen, WALD (UK Premiere)
Claire Booth, soprano and George Benjamin, conductor with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

August 11, 2010: Rued Langgaard, MUSIC OF THE SPHERES (UK Premiere)
Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano and Thomas Dausgaard, conductor with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra

August 14, 2010: Tarik O'Regan, LATENT MANIFEST (World Premiere)
Andrew Litton, conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

August 25, 2010: Bent Sørensen, LA MATTINA (UK Premiere)
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano and Per Kristian Skalstad, conductor with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

August 26, 2010: Samuel Barber, VIOLIN CONCERTO
Gil Shaham, violin and David Robertson, conductor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

August 27, 2010: Samuel Barber, MUSIC FOR A SCENE FROM SHELLEY
Osmo Vänskä, conductor with the Minnesota Orchestra

September 4, 2010: Thea Musgrave, ITHACA (World Premiere)
BBC Singers; Arditti Quartet; Endymion; David Hill, conductor

September 4, 2010: Judith Weir, ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
BBC Singers; Arditti Quartet; Endymion; David Hill, conductor

Berlin Unter Sternen, Berlin, Germany
August 14, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Cabrillo Music Festival, Santa Cruz, CA
August 8, 2010: Nathaniel Stookey, THE COMPOSER IS DEAD
Marin Alsop, conductor

August 15, 2010: Philip Glass CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA
Wendy Sutter, cello and Marin Alsop, conductor

Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
September 1, 2010: David Lang, FOR THE LOVE IS STRONG
Paul Hillier, conductor with Ars Nova Copenhagen

Grafenegg Music Festival, Austria
August 20, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago, IL
June 25 – 26, 2010; William Schuman, A FREE SONG, SECULAR CANTATA NO. 2
Carlos Kalmar, conductor

June 30, 2010; Witold Lutoslawski CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA
Carlos Kalmar, conductor

Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Southfield, MI
June 19, 2010: Samuel Barber, CAPRICORN CONCERTO, FOR FLUTE, OBOE, TRUMPET AND STRINGS
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Great Mountains Music Festival, South Korea
August 5, 2010: Richard Danielpour, LACRIMAE BEATI and SONNETS TO ORPHEUS

International Festival of Granada, Spain
July 10, 2010: Carlos Chávez, XOCHIPILLI (AN IMAGINED AZTEC MUSIC)

La Jolla SummerFest 2010, La Jolla, CA
August 8, 2010: Bright Sheng, NORTHERN LIGHTS (US Premiere)
Lynn Harrell, cello and Victor Asuncion, piano

Londrina Festival of Music, Brazil
July, 2010: Gian Carlo Menotti, THE MEDIUM
Ensemble New Hope Opera

Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
August 16, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Lucerne Festival Academy, Lucerne, Switzerland
August 28, 2010: Gunther Schuller, FIVE PIECES FOR FIVE HORNS

September 8, 2010: Hans Werner Henze, PHAEDRA (Swiss Premiere)
Mark Foster, conductor

Mostly Mozart Festival, New York, NY
August 14, 2010: David Lang, FOR THE LOVE IS STRONG
Paul Hillier, conductor with Ars Nova Copenhagen

Peninsula Music Festival, Ephraim, WI
August 3, 2010: Samuel Barber, CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, OP. 14
Maria Bachmann, violin and Victor Yampolsky, conductor

August 12, 2010: John Corigliano, THE RED VIOLIN: CHACONNE FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
Minghuan Xu, violin and  Victor Yampolsky, conductor

August 17, 2010: Alan Hovhaness, MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN (SYMPHONY NO. 2
Victor Yampolsky, conductor

Rheingau Musik Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany
August 18, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

ruhrtriennale, ruhr 2010, Gladbeck, Germany
September 25, 2010: Hans Werner Henze, GISELA! OR THE STRANGE AND MEMORABLE WAYS OF HAPPINESS(World Premiere)
Steven Sloane, conductor  with Pierre Audi, stage director / Christoph Hetzer, design

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, NM
July 27, 2010: Charles Ives, CONCORD SONATA
Jeremy Denk, piano

Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Harrisonburg, VA
June 18, 2010: Samuel Barber, KNOXVILLE, SUMMER OF 1915, OP. 24
Kenneth Nafziger, conductor

St. Timothy's Summer Music Festival, Anaconda, MT
July 10, 2010: Joan Tower, PIANO QUARTET (World Premiere)
members of the Muir Quartet plus pianist Michelle Levin

Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
July 30, 2010: Charles Ives / Kenneth Singleton, POSTLUDE IN F, FOR BAND
Tanglewood Young Artists Wind Ensemble
H. Robert Reynolds, conductor

August 12, 2010: Gunther Schuller, TRE INVENZIONI
Oliver Knussen, conductor

August 13, 2010: Gabriela Lena Frank, ILLAPA
Elizabeth Rowe, flute and Miguel-Harth Bedoya, conductor

August 14, 2010: Bright Sheng, THREE FANTASIES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

August 14, 2010: Yehudi Wyner, PASSAGE
John Harbison, conductor

August 15, 2010: Milton Babbitt, VISION AND PRAYER

August 15, 2010: John Harbison, A FULL MOON IN MARCH
Stefan Asbury, conductor

Vail Music Festival, Vail, CO
July 20, 2010: Joan Tower, PIANO QUARTET 

Vestfold International Festival, Norway

June 5-14, 2010: Aaron Jay Kernis, A DANCE OF LIFE (World Premiere)
Henning Kraggerud, violin

Weimar Art Festival, Weimar, Germany

August 13, 2010: Avner Dorman FROZEN IN TIME
Martin Grubinger, Percussion, Andris Nelsons, Conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra