PRISM gives a free public concert as part of its week-long Interlochen Center for the Arts Saxophone Institute.
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PROGRAM
New York premiere of Graffiti II by Roberto Sierra
World premiere performances of:
New work by Flannery Cunningham, winner of PRISM Quartet’s Robert Capanna Commissioning Award
New work by Jung Yoon Wie, winner of The PRISM Quartet/Donald Sinta Commissioning Award
New work by Julian Hofstetter, winner of The PRISM Quartet/Walden School Commissioning Award
Voler by Andrew Litts
Additional works TBA
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PROGRAM
World premiere performances of:
New work by Flannery Cunningham, winner of PRISM Quartet’s Robert Capanna Commissioning Award
New work by Jung Yoon Wie, winner of The PRISM Quartet/Donald Sinta Commissioning Award
New work by Julian Hofstetter, winner of The PRISM Quartet/Walden School Commissioning Award
Voler by Andrew Litts
Additional works TBA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This program is presented with support from the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University and Conn-Selmer, Inc., and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. PRISM is a member of New Music USA’s New Music Impact Fund, made possible with funding from The Scherman Foundation’s Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund. Visit PRISM’s New Music USA profile.
PRISM Quartet premieres a new work by Roberto Sierra!
From Philadelphia Chamber Music Society website:
Join us in celebrating the bicentennial of a Philadelphia musical treasure with a concert of world-premiere chamber works by four of America’s finest living composers. Performed by four leading Philadelphia ensembles, the newly-commissioned works are all rooted in the history of our city, connecting audiences with the rich musical life of past and present Philadelphia.
Network for New Music; Curtis 20/21 Ensemble; PRISM Quartet; Astral Artists
Program of world premieres by Tania León, Stephen Jaffe, Roberto Sierra, and Augusta Read Thomas
$20
Come enjoy the premiere of a new work for saxophone quartet by ICO Composer-in-Residence James Aikman. While the saxophone was created by Belgian Adolphe Sax in the early 1840s, it strongly influenced French repertoire. Audiences will delight in the works of three outstanding French composers. New music champions the PRISM Quartet are featured.
PRISM Quartet
James Aikman, ICO Composer-in-Residence
Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Dutilleux | Au gré des ondesAikman | Concerto for Saxophone Quartet ( world premiere)
Duparc | Aux étoilesPoulenc | Sinfonietta
For tickets, please call us at 317.940.9607
Please visit the Mending Wall website.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall —Robert Frost
WORLD PREMIERE
Mending Wall is a fully staged concert exploring the meaning of walls in our world by giving musical form to questions about identity, community, division, and freedom. Soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Arturo O’Farrill join the PRISM Quartet in world premiere performances of works by four visionary composers—Martin Bresnick, George E. Lewis, Juri Seo, and O’Farrill—who take inspiration from poetry by Robert Frost, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Waly Salomão, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Directed by Jorinde Keesmaat with lighting design by Aaron Copp.
General Admission: $20 | Students/Seniors: $15 (all tickets $5 more at door)
Please visit the Mending Wall website.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall —Robert Frost
WORLD PREMIERE
Mending Wall is a fully staged concert exploring the meaning of walls in our world by giving musical form to questions about identity, community, division, and freedom. Soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Arturo O’Farrill join the PRISM Quartet in world premiere performances of works by four visionary composers—Martin Bresnick, George E. Lewis, Juri Seo, and O’Farrill—who take inspiration from poetry by Robert Frost, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Waly Salomão, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Directed by Jorinde Keesmaat with lighting design by Aaron Copp.
General Admission: $10 | Children: $5
Box office contact info:
Bryn Mawr College Box Office: 610-526-5210
Please visit the Mending Wall website.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall —Robert Frost
WORLD PREMIERE
Mending Wall is a fully staged concert exploring the meaning of walls in our world by giving musical form to questions about identity, community, division, and freedom. Soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Arturo O’Farrill join the PRISM Quartet in world premiere performances of works by four visionary composers—Martin Bresnick, George E. Lewis, Juri Seo, and O’Farrill—who take inspiration from poetry by Robert Frost, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Waly Salomão, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Directed by Jorinde Keesmaat with lighting design by Aaron Copp.
General Admission: $10 | Children: $5
Box office contact info:
Bryn Mawr College Box Office: 610-526-5210
Performing Joel Love’s saxophone concerto Solace: A Lyric Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Ensemble with the Arizona State Wind Orchestra under the direction of Jason Caslor
2020 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Opening Concert
Matthew Halls, guest conductor
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, chorus director
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
F.J. HAYDN Symphony No. 102
JAMES MacMILLAN Sinfonietta
BEETHOVEN Mass in C
Esteemed conductor Matthew Halls returns to lead the orchestra, Symphony Chorus and guest vocalists in Beethoven’s early, transcendent Mass in C. Haydn’s delightful Symphony No. 102 is jam-packed with surprises — especially the fun ending. James MacMillan’s Sinfonietta transports listeners “from the tranquil to the visceral and back again.” Don’t miss this stunning feast for the senses as you’re fully immersed in the superb acoustics of Helzberg Hall. Tickets from $25.
Concert II: Dislocation and Defiance
Most of us will experience some type of dislocative state in our lives–either a psychological feeling that we don’t belong, that we are unwelcome, or a literal displacement due to forces outside of our control. For our third Main Series concert we have programmed works that acknowledge and remember the atrocities of war, hatred, and violence alongside those that inspire us to stand up against them.
Concert II: Dislocation and Defiance
Most of us will experience some type of dislocative state in our lives–either a psychological feeling that we don’t belong, that we are unwelcome, or a literal displacement due to forces outside of our control. For our third Main Series concert we have programmed works that acknowledge and remember the atrocities of war, hatred, and violence alongside those that inspire us to stand up against them.
CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA DISCOUNT
Admission is FREE for concert presenters attending the 2019 Chamber Music American National Conference. Please enter the discount code “CMA-Presenter” for a 100% discount at checkout in order to reserve a seat, and show your credentials at the door.
Admission is HALF PRICE for all other Chamber Music America conference attendees. Please enter the discount code “CMA-Attendee” for a 50% discount at checkout in order to reserve a seat, and show your credentials at the door.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This program is made possible with generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and Conn-Selmer, Inc. PRISM is a member of New Music USA’s New Music Impact Fund, made possible with funding from The Scherman Foundation’s Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund. Visit PRISM’s New Music USA profile.
$22 general admissions, $17 students and seniors ($3 more at the door). Free admission or 50% discount for CMA Conference Attendees (see concert description for details)!
Box office contact info:
(800) 595-4849
Program
DEDICATIONS
Inkling by Roshanne Etezady
Speed Metal Organum Blues by Greg Wannamaker
Bop by Jennifer Higdon
Robert Schumann/Arr. by William Bolcom, Schumann Bouquet (from Album for the Young), 04:19
Leiber Mai (Beloved Maytime)
Sehr langsam
I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR MY TONE TONIGHT by Rudresh Mahanthappa
Featuring Mahanthappa
Free for CMA conference attendees
