Paul Creston
1906 - 1985
American
Summary
Creston considered his greatest "teachers" to be Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel. He wrote in an accessible, conservative style that incorporated song and dance idioms and often featured unusual instruments like the trombone, marimba, or saxophone. Lush harmonies and expansive orchestrations characterize an often brash and spontaneous body of work, organized around a remarkable mastery of thematic development evident in works such as the Symphony No. 2 and Chant of 1942.
Creston was the recipient of many awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the New York Music Critics' Circle Award for his Symphony No. 1. He is the author of Principles of Rhythm and Rational Metric Notation as well as numerous articles analyzing four centuries of rhythmic practice.
— 1999
Performances
20th March 2026
- SOLOISTS
- Dieter Pöll, marimba
- PERFORMERS
- Patentorchester München
- CONDUCTOR
- Folko Jungnitsch
- LOCATION
- Residenz Herkulessaal, Munich, Germany
20th March 2026
- PERFORMERS
- Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Octavio Más-Arocas
- LOCATION
- Wharton Center for Performing Arts, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
21st March 2026
- PERFORMERS
- Cordancia Chamber Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Rachel Lauber
- LOCATION
- Artisanworks, Rochester, NY, United States of America
21st March 2026
- PERFORMERS
- Reading Symphony(MA) Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- George Ogata
- LOCATION
- Reading Memorial High School, Reading, MA, United States of America
22nd March 2026
- PERFORMERS
- Cordancia Chamber Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Rachel Lauber
- LOCATION
- Incarnate Word, Rochester, NY, United States of America