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Orchestra of the League of Composers

2010-2011 Season 		  Saturday, June 18, 2011
8:00 PM
Miller Theatre
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Orchestra of the League of Composers presents FIVE PREMIERES! presented by the League of Composers and the International Society for Contemporary Music

THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY OCCURED IN A PREVIOUS SEASON!

Hosted by WNYC's John Schaefer and conducted by Louis Karchin. Featuring soloists Virgil Blackwell and Fred Sherry.


The concert features world premieres of three newly commmissioned works: Sound Merger (2011) by Arthur Krieger, Violent, Violent Sea (2011) by Missy Mazzoli (also a commission by the Barlow Endowment), and Talking Points (Right Wing Echo Chamber)(2010) by David Rakowski will be performed alongside Elliott Carter's Concertino for Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (2008, a U.S. premiere, written at age 100), and Shulamit Ran's Silent Voices (2010, U.S. premiere), a composition based on Dan Pagis's poem, Draft of a Reparations Agreement.



The League will also pay tribute to the late Milton Babbitt with a special performance by Fred Sherry of Babbitt's More Melismata (2006).




Visit the League's website for more information or contact Lisa Freeman, director of administration, at info@leagueofcomposers.org.


Ticket Price: $20; $10 for students and seniors
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