September 16 - October 2
Kirke Mechem The Rivals
Skylight Opera
Richard Carsey, conductor
Milwaukee, WI
WORLD PREMIERE
September 17
Augusta Read Thomas Psalm 91
Khorikos
The Shrine Church of Saint Anthony of Padua
New York, NY
COUNTRY PREMIERE
Hans Abrahamsen Wald
Peter Maxwell Davies De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis
New Juilliard Ensemble
Joel Sachs, conductor
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
New York, NY
WORLD PREMIERE
September 24
Augusta Read Thomas Dream Catcher for Solo Viola
Carol Rodland, viola
North Carolina School for the Arts
WORLD PREMIERE
September 24
Philip Glass Partita for Solo Violin
Timothy Fain, violin
Symphony Space
New York, NY
WORLD PREMIERE
September 30, October 1 and 4
John Corigliano One Sweet Morning
New York Philharmonic
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo soprano
Alan Gilbert, conductor
New York, NY
WORLD PREMIERE
October 1
David Lang Reason to Believe
Trio Mediaeval
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Oslo, Norway
WORLD PREMIERE
October 11
Augusta Read Thomas Double Helix
Janet Sung and Yuan-Qing Yu, violins
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
WORLD PREMIERE
October 13 and 16
Daniel Catán Il Postino
Opera de Bellas Artes
Mexico City, Mexico
COUNTRY PREMIERE
October 13
Tarik O'Regan Acallam Na Senorach
National Chamber Choir (Ireland)
Stewart French, guitar
Paul Hillier, conductor
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
WORLD PREMIERE
October 14
Michael Gordon Timber
Mantra
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
COUNTRY PREMIERE
October 15
David Lang Cheating, Lying, Stealing (wind band version)
Bowling Green State University Wind Ensemble
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
WORLD PREMIERE
October 16
John Harbison Closer to My Own Life
The MET Orchestra
Christine Rice, mezzo soprano
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
WORLD PREMIERE
October 21
Poul Ruders Romances
Misha Amory, viola; Sarah Rothenberg, piano
The Juilliard School
New York, NY
WORLD PREMIERE
October 21
Augusta Read Thomas Of Paradise and Light (cello version)
Cello Ensemble of Roosevelt University
Julian Hersh, conductor
Chicago, IL
WORLD PREMIERE
October 21 - 23
John Corigliano Festival Weekend
Symphony No. 1 *
Violin Concerto
Pied Piper Fantasy *
Clarinet Concerto
To Music
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
* COUNTRY PREMIERE
October 27 (Atlanta) and November 5 (Carnegie Hall, New York, NY)
Esa-Pekka Salonen Nyx
Atlanta Symphony
Robert Spano, conductor
Atlanta, GA
COUNTRY PREMIERE
November 11- 13
Richard Danielpour Vox Terrae
Lancaster Symphony
Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
Fulton Opera House
Lancaster, PA
WORLD PREMIERE
November 14
André Previn Clarinet Quintet *
André Previn Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Terezin Music Foundation
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston, MA
* WORLD PREMIERE
November 16, 18 and 20
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Kommilitonen
Juilliard Opera and Orchestra
Anne Manson, conductor
David Poutney, librettist and stage director
The Juilliard Theater
New York, NY
COUNTRY PREMIERE
November 17 - 20
Sofia Gubaidulina Concerto for Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
San Francisco, CA
COUNTRY PREMIERE
November 30
Nathaniel Stookey Mahl/er/werk
New England Conservatory
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Boston, MA
COUNTRY PREMIERE
November 30 and December 1
Kaija Saariaho Emilie Suite *
Kaija Saariaho Nymphéa
Avanti Chamber Orchestra
Elizabeth Futral, Soprano
Hannu Lintu, Conductor
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
* WORLD PREMIERE
December 2 - 4
Dmitri Shostakovich arr. Gerard McBurney Orango
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Los Angeles, CA
WORLD PREMIERE
December 6
Marc Neikrug Quartet No. 4
Chamber Music in Napa Valley
Shanghai Quartet
Napa, CA
WORLD PREMIERE
December 31
The Enchanted Island
Devised and Written by Jeremy Sams
The Metropolitan Opera
William Christie, conductor
New York, NY
WORLD PREMIERE