Quarterly report
The first part of 2009 has been unusually busy for me – hence the meagre trickle of blog posts – but also very artistically exciting. Here’s a summary of my past two months worth of repertoire with the LO and the WCFSO [as with elsewhere on my site, music composed in the past 30 years is dated in bold]:
Stravinsky – L’histoire du soldat →
Marsalis – The Fiddler’s Tale [1998] →
Ellington – The Essential Ellington →
Philips – Dreams Interrupted [2005] →
Mozart – Overture, Cosi fan tutte →
Elgar – Enigma Variations →
Beethoven – Violin Concerto →
Bach [arr. Stokowski] – Toccata & Fugue →
Bartók – Suite, Miraculous Mandarin →
Copland – Lincoln Portrait →
Atwell – Kentucke [2008] →
Schickele – Lincoln at Ease [2007] →
Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes →
DBR – Voodoo Violin Concerto [2002] →
Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 2 →
Shostakovich – Festive Overture →
Barber – Overture, School for Scandal →
New charts with Sondre Lerche & Brandi Carlile [2009] →
Upcoming in the next few weeks:
Ives – Three Places in New England →
Edgar Meyer – Bass Concerto no. 1 [1993] →
Copland – Rodeo, Four Dance Episodes →
Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine [1986] →
Adams – Common Tones in Simple Time [1979] →
Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 2 [Audience choice] →
Arlen – The Wizard of Oz →
Update March 23: Add these to the list…
Liadov – Kikimora →
Tan Dun – Concerto for Pipa [1999] →
Sibelius – Symphony no. 2 →
