The Class of 2008
1st March 2007
John Harbison. Joan Tower.
The year 2008 is a milestone for each of these composers. Carter, the respected elder statesman of American music, reaches the century mark. Youngsters Corigliano, Harbison, and Tower celebrate their 70th birthdays. Each composer is a force to be reckoned with: Carter sets the standard of the musical vista; Corigliano is an uncompromising adventurer of sonic landscapes; Harbison is a master craftsman of creative artistry; and Tower is a trailblazer in independence and rhythmic ingenuity.
Below is a selected listing of their works; their complete worklists offer further programming ideas.
Elliott Carter
Holiday Overture
Duration: 10'
3333/4331/timp.perc/pf/str
The Minotaur, Suite from the Ballet
Duration: 25'
2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2/4220/timp.perc/pf/str
Variations for Orchestra
Duration: 24'
2(pic).2.2.2/4231/timp.perc/hp/str
John Corigliano
The Red Violin: Chaconne
Duration: 15'
Violin; 3(2pic).2.2.2/4.2Ctpt[=Dtpt].2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pf([cel]).hp/str
Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan
Duration: 37'
Soprano: 3(2pic).3(ca).3(Eflat+bcl).asx(barsx).3(cbn)/4.4.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pf.hp/str
Symphony No. 2
Duration: 40'
String orchestra (6.5.4.4.2 players minimum)
John Harbison
Canonical American Songbook
Duration: 15'
2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2200/timp.2perc/hp/str
Darkbloom: Overture for an Imagined Opera
Duration: 7'
3(pic).2+ca.3(bcl).3(cbn)/4221/timp.3perc/pf.hp/str
Milosz Songs
Duration: 30'
Soprano; 3(pic.afl).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2.2.2(btbn).0/timp.3perc/hp.cel/str
Joan Tower
Chamber Dance
Duration: 15'
2(pic).2.2.2/2200/timp.perc/str
In Memory
Duration: 12'
String orchestra
Made in America
Duration: 14'
2(2pic)2.2.2/2210/timp.perc/str
photos:
Elliott Carter by Nicholas Tucker
John Corigliano by J. Henry Fair
John Harbison by Katrin Talbot
Joan Tower by Noah Sheldon