Premieres & New Repertory
In the 2008-2009 season, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents several premieres and performs numerous works for the first time here.
(These milestones are for Chicago Symphony Orchestra main series subscription concerts only.)
UNITED STATES PREMIERE
Glanert Theatrum bestiarum, Songs and Dances for Large Orchestra, March 19
Turnage & Scofield Scorched for Jazz Trio and Orchestra, May 21
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE
Thomas Street Song for Symphonic Brass, October 2
Alomía Robles El cóndor pasa, October 23
Martínez y Compañón Colección de música virreinal, October 23
Luzuriaga Responsorio, October 23
Frank Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout, October 23
Frank Illapa, October 23
Ginastera Ollantay, October 23
Golijov Mariel for Cello and Orchestra, October 23
López Fiesta!, October 23
Pärt Symphony No. 4 (Los Angeles), January 22
Bennett Abraham Lincoln, February 21
Harris Symphony No. 6 (Gettysburg), February 21
Carter Réflexions, February 26
Bach Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord in A Minor, BWV 1044, April 3
Respighi Trittico botticelliano, April 9
Fauré Dolly (orch. Rabaud), April 9
Webern Im Sommerwind, April 23
Stucky Funeral Music for Queen Mary (after Purcell), May 7
Sibelius Rakastava, May 14
Ellington Three Black Kings, May 21
Dvořák Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, June 13
Dvořák The Jacobin, June 18
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MusicNOW, Symphony Center's contemporary music series, presents the world premiere performances of three MusicNOW commissions in 2008-2009: new works by Gonzalo Grau, Derrick Hodge, and Jeremy Flower; CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Mark-Anthony Turnage's Out of Black Dust (a MusicNOW co-commission with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Barbican Centre) receives its U.S. premiere. MusicNOW also will introduce Chicago to new music by such composers as Brett Dean, Heiner Goebbels, Lee Hyla, Michael Ward-Bergeman, Hanspeter Kyburz, and Mead Composer-in-Residence Osvaldo Golijov, among others, performed by musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
For historical CSO premiere information, click here.
Updated February 2009 |
