James Tenney-Milton
Babbitt:
American
Iconoclasts
Manhattan Sinfonietta
Jeffrey Milarsky,
conductor and music
director
Saturday
& Sunday, February 9-10, 2008, 8:00pm
Merkin
Concert Hall
(129 West 67th St.)
The Manhattan Sinfonietta is pleased to
announce a weekend of concerts taking place
February 9-10, 2008, 8 PM at Merkin Hall.
Labeled American Iconoclasts, the festival
focuses on the legacies of two pivotal
experimental American composers, the late James
Tenney and the still very active nonagenarian
Milton Babbitt. Jeffrey Milarsky will conduct
members of the Manhattan Sinfonietta in works
by Tenney and Babbitt, as well as several of
their students: Larry Polansky, Michael Byron,
Christopher Buchenholtz and Jonathan Dawe (the
last two with new commissions for the
occasion), interspersed with older works by
Cowell and Schoenberg. This tracing of several
multi-generational strands of experimental
music will produce subtle and refined
connections over the course of the
weekend.
In addition
to the concerts, a series of talks on the
music and legacies of Tenney and Babbitt
will be held at Columbia University's Music
Department on the morning and afternoon of
the 9th, a chance for several composers and
scholars to further illuminate the music of
these deeply original
artists.
The concerts will take place at the newly
remodeled Merkin Concert Hall. Tickets are
available at the box office for $15/8
(students), and are free for Columbia students
with a valid ID.
Concert #1
Feb. 9, 2008, 8PM (7:15 pre-concert talk by
Larry Polansky)
Merkin Concert Hall (129 W. 67th St.)
*James Tenney –-
Harmonium #7
(2000) for any twelve
sustaining instruments
*Larry Polansky –-
Sh'ma: Fuging Tune in G
(1979) for ensemble
*Henry Cowell –-
Ensemble
(1925) original version for String Quintet
and Thundersticks
*Michael Byron –-
Awakening at the Inn of the
Birds
(2003) for string quartet
Concert #2
Feb. 10, 2008, 8PM
Merkin Concert Hall (129 W. 67th
St.)
*Milton Babbitt –-
Ars Combinatoria
(1981) for small orchestra
*Arnold Schoenberg –-
Herzgewachse
Op. 20 (1911) for soprano, celesta,
harmonium, and harp
*Jonathan Dawe –-
Symphony of Imaginary Numbers
(world premiere)
*Christopher Buchenholz –-
in Just
(text by E.E. Cummings)
(world premiere)
FEBRUARY 9&10, 2008: CONCERT DETAILS
© Manhattan Sinfonietta, 2007
