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2009 Festival of Contemporary Music
2009 FCM August 7-11, 2009
Augusta Read Thomas, Festival Director Five days of contemporary music performed by TMC Fellows, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and guest artists. The 2009 Festival will highlight vocal and solo piano music, the work of young and emerging composers, and four world premieres. Additionally, the programming of this year’s Festival reflects a remarkable variety of nationalities and styles. Programs are subject to change. Please check back at this website for updates throughout the year. | | | Friday August 7, Theatre
2:30pm Chamber Music Concert
Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center
| ROUSE Ku-Ka-Ilimoku
PINTSCHER Lieder Und Schneebilder
BOULEZ mémoriale (...explosante-fixe…Originel)
LANG Illumination Rounds
FURRER Voicelessness (the snow has no voice)
WONG String Quartet No. 1 (world premiere, TMC commission)
KNUSSEN Requiem - Songs for Sue | | Saturday, August 8, Theatre
2:30pm Chamber Music Concert
Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center
| BANCKS Rapid Transit (world premiere, TMC commission)
CORIGLIANO Snapshot: Circa 1909
RAKOWSKI Four Piano Etudes
BENJAMIN Upon Silence
JENEY Cantos para Todos
GREENSTEIN Boulez Is Alive
CHIN Akrostichon-Wortspiel | | Sunday, August 9, Ozawa Hall
10:00am Chamber Music Concert
Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center
| MATTHUSEN of memory and minutiae
DE RAAFF Un visage d'emprunt
KERNIS Two Movements (with Bells)
LEÓN Singin' Sepia
DUSAPIN Comoedia
TRAVERS Songs of Loss
MANOURY Last
WYNER Quartet | |
1pm Panel Discussion
Young Composers at FCM
Augusta Read Thomas, moderator
Jacob Bancks, composer
Judd Greenstein, composer
Paula Matthusen, composer
Aaron Travers, composer
Cynthia Wong, composer
(Free admission, open to the public)
| | | 8pm Chamber Music Concert
Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center
Lucy Shelton, soprano (Carter)
| SORENSEN The Shadows of Silnce
DAVIDOVSKY Festino
GRIME Clarinet Concerto (world premiere, TMC commission)
FEDELE Maja
DAVIES Neon
CARTER Poems of Louis Zukofsky (world premiere)
| | Monday, August 10, Ozawa Hall
6:45pm "Curating the Present"
Richard Dyer interviews Augusta Read Thomas, Festival Director
(Free admission for 8pm concert ticket holder)
| | | 8:00pm Orchestra Concert
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Stefan Asbury, conductor
Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
| ANDERSON Shir Hashirim
RIHM Verwandlung 2: Musik
ZORN Contes de Fées
LIEBERSON Drala
CHAPELA Ínguesu | | Tuesday, August 11, Ozawa Hall
8:00pm Piano Recital
The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood
Nicolas Hodges, piano
| RZEWSKI Nanosonatas – Book I
BOULEZ une page d’éphéméride (U.S. premiere)
BOULEZ Incises
THOMALL A Piano Counterpart (U.S. premiere)
FINNISSY Mit Arnold Schoenberg (U.S. premiere)
DUTILLEUX Trois Préludes | |
FCM Tickets
Friends of Tanglewood at $75 level receive one free admission and Friends at $150 or higher receive two free admissions to all Festival of Contemporary Music performances (excluding the BSO concert on August 9th) by presenting their membership cards at the Bernstein Gate one hour before concert time. Additional tickets are $11. For information on becoming a Friend of Tanglewood, call 617-638-9267, 413-637-5261. The 2009 Festival of Contemporary Music is made possible by the generous support of the Fromm Music Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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