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O2001 is 21
A Season of Premieres and Anniversaries


GEORGE TURNS 80 and MUSIC AT PENN

James Primosch, Four Sacred Songs
Jay Reise, Chesapeake Rhythms
Anna Weesner,The First Letter (first performance)
George Crumb,excerpts from each of the six American Songbooks

Ann Crumb, Jamie van Eyck, and Barbara Ann Martin, vocal soloists
Brad Smith, guest conductor (for Reise work)

09/25/09 - Friday at 8:00PM – The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
09/27/09 - Sunday at 3:00PM – Swarthmore College’s Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore

O2001 salutes Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Crumb on his 80th birthday with performances of excerpts from his monumental American Songbook series, all written for O2001. Works of the current University of Pennsylvania Composition faculty, where Mr. Crumb taught for more than 30 years, will also be performed - including a premiere by Anna Weesner.

(This program is funded, in part, with gracious funding from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Music Project, Beneficia Foundation, and the Theodore Presser Foundation)


SENSATIONAL HILA PLITMANN RETURNS!

Libby Larsen, Sonnets from the Portugese
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Five Images After Sappho
Franz Schreker, Chamber Symphony

11/14/09 - Saturday at 8:00PM – Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia
11/15/09 - Sunday at 7:30PM – Swarthmore College’s Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore

2009 Grammy Award winner Hila Plitmann joins James Freeman and O2001 for  concerts of music on texts by two remarkable poets: Sappho and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.  Schreker's rarely performed masterwork of 1916 completes this exciting program.

(Ms. Plitmann's appearance is sponsored by the William J. Cooper Foundation of Swarthmore College and Dr. Joel Porter)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM FREEMAN

Andrea Clearfield, A reminiscence sing (first performance)
George Crumb, Sun and Shadow (Philadelphia premiere)
David Finko, Glory to the King (first performance)
James Freeman, Three Songs from the '60s (first performance)
Gerald Levinson, new work
Jay Reise, Luanhuana (first performance)
Andrew Rudin, Celebrations (first performance)
Thomas Whitman, Midsummer Idyll (first performance)

12/13/09 - Sunday at 3:00PM Swarthmore College's Lang Hall, Swarthmore

We celebrate Orchestra 2001's founder and conductor James Freeman's 70th birthday  with the performance of the premieres of 7 new works by Philadelphia-based composers, all written for this occasion - as well as the local premiere of a new song cycle by George Crumb.


SAMUEL BARBER CENTENNIAL

Samuel Barber, Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Andrew Rudin, Piano Concerto (Philadelphia premiere)
Robert Maggio, new work, inspired by Barber's "Knoxville"
Paul Moravec, Violin Concerto (first performance)

Maria Bachmann, violin
Marcantonio Barone, piano
Laura Heimes, soprano

05/22/10 - Saturday at 8:00PM – The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
05/23/10 - Sunday at 3:00PM – Swarthmore College’s Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore

This program is partially funded by the Philadelphia Music Project.


One-Night Only!


O2001 JOINS THE PHILADELPHIA SINGERS AND RELACHE

03/06/10 - Saturday at 8:00PM
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. Philadelphia

Join The Philadelphia Singers and new music ensembles Relâche and Orchestra 2001 for the world premiere of Persephone by Philip Glass. The program also features the Philadelphia premiere of Steve Reich's You Are (Variations). The concert concludes with the Philadelphia premiere of two laude for female chorus from British composer Gavin Bryars' Cycle Lauda Cortonese. Don't miss this  extraordinary concert experience featuring works by some of the giants of contemporary music.

FOR MORE INFO AND TIX

www.orchestra2001.org, 267/687-6243, or rgv@orchestra2001.org

THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

VIGUE, *Tides
SCHWANTNER, Distant Runes and Incantations
CRUMB, *Voices from the Morning of the Earth with Ann Crumb, soprano; and Randall Scarlata, baritone

Our opening concerts open with two world premieres: the final volume of Pulitzer-prize winning composer George Crumb's monumental American Songbook series, Voices from the Morning of the Earth; and the newest work from emerging composer (and O2001's Executive Director) Ronald G. Vigue, featuring sensational singer-actress Ann Crumb.
  1. Fri., Oct. 3rd, 2008 at 8:00pm, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
  2. Sun., Oct. 5th, 2008 at 7:30pm, Swarthmore College’s Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore, PA

CARTER, Dialogues
CARTER, ASKO Concerto
PISTON, Divertimento
COPLAND, Appalachian Spring with Emanuele Arciuli, piano

Two celebrations! We honor the life and extraordinary importance of French pedagogue Nadia Boulanger as the mentor of young American composers with works by three of her foremost students: Walter Piston, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter. And we celebrate an important milestone for Mr. Carter - his 100th birthday - with two of his most recent works, featuring Europe's dynamic champion of American music, pianist Emanuele Arciuli.
  1. Sat., Nov. 15th, 2008 at 3:00pm, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia
  2. Sun., Nov. 16th, 2008 at 7:30pm, Swarthmore College’s Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore, PA

MESSIAEN, *Fantasie for violin and piano
LEVINSON, Morning Star
MESSIAEN, Visions de l’amen

Pianists James Freeman and Marcantonio Barone, joined by Philadelphia Orchestra member Barbara Govatos, celebrate the life and legacy of Olivier Messiaen (b. Dec. 10th, 1908) - on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Our program focuses on his epic and profoundly religious work for two pianos, Visions de l'amen, and includes the area premiere of his Fantasie for Violin and Piano, as well as Morning Star by Swarthmore College professor and recent Pew fellowship winner Gerald Levinson - one of Messiaen's last students.
  1. Wed., Dec. 10th. 2008 at 8:00pm, Swarthmore College’s Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore, PA

WHITMAN/ANDERSON, *A Scandal in Bohemia

O2001 honors Swarthmore College's long-standing contribution to Philadelphia's cultural life with a world premiere of a new opera. Sherlock Holmes lives again in Arthur Conan Doyle's A Scandal in Bohemia; music by Thomas Whitman, libretto by Nathalie Anderson. The same team that created the hugely successful, The Black Swan in 1988.
  1. Fri., Feb. 6th, 2009 at 8:00pm, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
  2. Sun., Feb. 8th, 2009 at 7:30pm, Swarthmore College’s Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore, PA

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RUDIN, *Viola Concerto
FINKO, Piccolo Concerto
FINKO, Piano Concerto
CORIGLIANO, The Red Violin Suite

Sensational concerti for brilliant performers, including the world premiere of a new work by Andrew Rudin, featuring violist Brett Deubner. Philadelphia superstars Marcantonio Barone and Mimi Stillman perform the music of another outstanding Philadelphian, Russian émigrè David Finko. Famed violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn will be our soloist in John Corigliano's Oscar-winning music from the movie The Red Violin. Ms. Pitcairn owns the actual red violin in the acclaimed movie, and will be performing on it!
  1. Fri., May 22nd, 2009 at 8:00pm, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
  2. Sun., May 24th, 2009 at 3:00pm, Swarthmore College’s Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore, PA
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*Denotes first performance or area premiere

FOR TICKETS:

www.orchestra2001.org or 215/893-1999

FOR INFO:

610/544-6610


Bienvenue à la saison française!

Throughout the ‘07-08 concert season, O2001 will be celebrating la culture francophone. Debussy and Dutilleux; Messiaen and Milhaud; Varèse and Boulez. Their musical use of timbre, meter, and space, along with bird-calls and exotic instruments, have influenced the way we listen to music in the 21st century. You will hear some marvelous sounds during O2001’s 19th season of extraordinary performances.

Concert I

CRUMB AND TCHAIKOVSKY: THREE PREMIERES!
Syrinx – Debussy
Density 21.5 – Varese
Concert Piece for Flute and Strings – Tchaikovsky (area premiere)
--- Jeffrey Khaner, flute soloist
Otherworldly Resonances - Crumb (area premiere)
American Songbook V: Voices from a Forgotten World – Crumb (world premiere)
  1. Saturday, Sept. 15th at 8:00pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA
  2. Sunday, Sept. 16th at 3:00pm, Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, S. Broad Street, Philadelphia

Concert II

EXOTIC BIRDS, KURT WEILL, AND GILBERT KALISH
Violin Concerto – Weill
--- Igor Szwec, violin soloist
No Two Breaths – Mackey (area premiere)
Oiseaux exotiques – Messiaen
--- Gilbert Kalish, piano soloist
  1. Saturday, Oct. 6th at 8:00pm, Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Philadelphia
  2. Sunday, Oct. 7th at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Concert III

IMANI WINDS JOINS O2001!
La création du monde – Milhaud
Umoja – Coleman
Quintette en forme de choros – Villa-Lobos
Divertimento, K. 270 – Mozart
New Work – Coleman
  1. Saturday, Nov. 3rd at 8:00pm, Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Philadelphia
  2. Sunday, Nov. 4th at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Concert IV

A BOULEZ MASTERWORK: A PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE!
Le marteau sans maître – Boulez
--- Freda Herseth, vocal soloist; Jason Vieaux, guitar soloist
Innocence and Experience – Krantz
--- Jason Vieaux, guitar soloist
The Golden Apples of the Sun – Bunch
--- Kenji Bunch, viola soloist with Marcantonio Barone, guest conductor
  1. Saturday, Jan. 26th at 8:00pm, Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Philadelphia
  2. Sunday, Jan. 27th at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Concert V

MYSTERIES FOR ORCHESTRA: LE RACCORDEMENT FRANÇAIS!
Mystère de l’instant – Dutilleux
Violin Concerto – Reise (world premiere)
--- Maria Bachmann, violin soloist
Symphony no. 2 - Honegger
  1. Saturday, April 12th at 8:00pm, Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, S. Braod Street, Philadelphia
  2. Sunday, April 13th at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

FOR TICKETS TO ALL CONCERTS:

www.orchestra2001.org or call: 1800.595.4TIX or 1.215.922.2190
Adults: $32.00, Seniors $27.00, students always free with valid ID
Note: All Swarthmore concerts are free: suggested donation $32/27.
Call 1.215.922.2190 to reserve your Swarthmore tickets.

2007

Crumb and Tchaikovsky: Three Premieres!
Sept. 15th at 8:00pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA
Sept. 16th at 3:00pm, Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Exotic Birds, Kurt Weill, and Gilbert Kalish
Oct. 6th at 8:00pm, Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 7th at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA

Imani Winds Joins O2001!
Nov. 3rd at 8:00pm, Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA
Nov. 4th at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA

2008

A Boulez Masterwork: A Philadelphia Premiere!
Jan. 26th at 8:00pm, Independence Seaport Museum at Penn’s Landing, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 27th at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Honegger's King David with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
March 8th at 8:00pm, 1st Baptist Church, 17th and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia, PA,
For tickets: 215.735.9922 or www.mcchorus.org

Mysteries for Orchestra: Le raccordement français!
April 12th at 8:00pm, Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
April 13th at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

World Premiere of George Crumb's American Songbook VI: Voices from the Morning of the Earth
October 27th, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th & 7th Ave., New York, NY,
For information: www.carnegiehall.org