Bruce Christian Bennett, Of Memory: II. Terpsichore Don Myers, The Greek Muse: "Shut-up, Socrates" Patricio da Silva, No Cruising for the Muse Andy Tan, The Veil of Polyhymnia
Join us for Berkeley Symphony's groundbreaking new music series, Under Construction, as composers hear their works come to life for the very first time! Each informal evening features different works by our group of Emerging Composers in Residence, led by Music Director Joana Carneiro. A Q&A with the composer follows the reading/performance of each work. It's like open mic night... with full orchestra!
Joana's inaugural season continues with the inventive Berkeley composer Paul Dresher and his lush, multi-layered Cornucopia. Joana also introduces us to the music of Esa-Pekka Salonen, her mentor at the LA Phil, with resident artist Jessica Rivera singing his chamber setting of surviving texts by the Greek poet Sappho. Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony concludes this fascinating program.
A concert overture by the young German composer Jörg Widmann is followed by resident artist Jessica Rivera, singing Barber’s setting of James Agee’s poem of a summer evening as a young boy. The season concludes with the German master, Brahms.
Watch the Berlin Philharmonic perform the grand finale of the Brahms:
Thursday
May 20, 2010
8 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley (Directions)
Berkeley Akademie
Kent Nagano, Artistic Director
Beethoven, Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 Jörg Widmann, Versuch über die Fuge Mozart, Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 Soloists to be announced
Conductor Laureate Kent Nagano returns for a single intimate Berkeley Akademie performance, examining the works of the masters and how they are as relevant today as ever. Order today for best seating availability, as Berkeley Akademie concerts do sell out!
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