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FALL 2008
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Iannis Xenakis's Oresteia
Mon, Sept 8, 7:30 pm
One of the most important modernist composers of the 20th century, Iannis Xenakis, reimagined Aeschylus' epic tragedy Oresteia through the lens of Japanese Noh theater. Excerpts are performed prior to the New York premiere at the Miller Theatre. George Steel discusses this production with director/choreographer Luca Veggetti, the late composer's wife, author and screenwriter Francoise Xenakis and former Xenakis collaborator Sharon Kanach.
A Two-Part Affair: Ballet and Modern Meet Uptown
NEW COMMISSION
Sun & Mon, Sept 21 & 22, 7:30 p.m.
Works & Process commissions choreographers Brian Reeder and Pam Tanowitz to collaborate on an evening of new dance pieces. Renaissance music and contemporary waltzes are performed by virtuoso pianist Alan Feinberg. Dance writer Robert Greskovic moderates the discussion with the creative team, including costume designer and Project Runway finalist Jillian Lewis.
Celebrating the Life of Antony Tudor
Sun & Mon, Oct 5 & 6, 7:30 p.m.
ABT celebrates the centennial of legendary choreographer Antony Tudor with excerpts from his most beloved ballets. Kevin McKenzie participates in the panel discussions
Fred Sherry & Peter Serkin
Sun & Mon, Oct 19 & 20, 7:30 p.m.
Pianist Peter Serkin, described by The New York Times as "exhilarating" and "triumphant," teams up with New York's cellist Fred Sherry in a program that intriguingly juxtaposes old and new. Charles Wuorinen's Fast Fantasy and An Orbicle of Jasp and Beethoven's Sonata Op. 102 #2.
NY. 2022
NEW COMMISSION
Fri & Sat, Oct 24 & Oct 25, 8 pm
Visual artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and composer Ari Benjamin Meyers create an original performance installation for the Peter B. Lewis Theater. Inspired by the iconic science-fiction movie Soylent Green (1974) depicting a disturbing vision of New York City in 2022, this "musical drama about endings" will be performed by Staten Island's Richmond County Orchestra (musical director Alan Aurelia).
Presented in conjunction with theanyspacewhatever exhibition, on view Oct 29–Jan 5, 2009. The exhibition galleries will open at 7 p.m.
Afghanistan: Mission Impossible?
Sun, Oct 26, 7:30 p.m.
British diplomat Rory Stewart journeyed by foot across war-torn Afghanistan in the winter of 2002, bringing him face to face with wild wolves, snow drifts, and even the Taliban. His best-selling book The Places in Between chronicling his journey has been hailed by The New York Times as "in very nearly every sense, too good to be true." Stewart will share stories from his remarkable journey and current insights into Afghanistan.
Wuorinen at 70
NEW COMMISSION
Sun & Mon, Nov 2 & 3, 7:30 p.m.
Celebrating Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Charles Wuorinen's 70th birthday, James Levine conducts Ashberyana, Wuorinen's setting of John Ashbery poems with members of the Brentano String Quartet, Leon Williams, James Pugh, and Sarah Rothenberg. Works & Process commissions Sean Curran to choreograph The Mission of Virgil, inspired by scenes from Dante's Inferno. Rothenberg moderates a discussion with Wuorinen.
Genes & Jazz
Sun & Mon, Nov 16 & 17, 7:30 p.m.
Nobel Prize-winning cancer researcher Harold Varmus and his son, jazz trumpeter and composer Jacob, merge their creative efforts to explore the ways that genes and notes affect complex organisms and compelling music. This father-son duo compares the work of cells to the development of musical ideas. The Jacob Varmus Quintet performs.
John Zorn - Shir Ha-Shirim
NEW COMMISSION
Sun & Mon, Nov 23 & 24, 7:30 p.m.
Scored for five female voices and two narrators, Shir Ha-Shirim is John Zorn's lush and sensitive setting of the Song of Songs, which is Solomon's—and perhaps the world's—first erotic verse. This romantic and lyrical project evokes feelings of love, eroticism, and spirituality and features a specially commissioned dance piece.
Peter & The Wolf
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Sat & Sun, Dec 13, 14, 20, 21, 2:30 p.m. & 4 p.m.
Mon & Tues, Dec 15, 16, 4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.
General Ticket $35
Member Ticket $30
Isaac Mizrahi, described by The New York Times as "wickedly charismatic," narrates Sergei Prokofiev's charming children's classic performed by the Juilliard Ensemble. A brand new visualization by the legendary Brazilian designers Campana Brothers with lighting design by Jennifer Tipton brings this story to life for the young and young at heart.
Free Holiday Concert - Guggenheim Rotunda
NEW COMMISSION
Sun & Mon, Dec 21 & 22, 6 p.m.
Celebrate the season with the joyous sound of holiday music in the museum's Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda. In addition to 16th- and 17th-century works, this year also features the world premiere of a Works & Process commissioned work by Nico Muhly. George Steel conducts Vox Vocal Ensemble and The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble in what has become a beloved annual tradition.
Works & Process Programs Streamed on the Net
Karole Amitage's The Elegant Universe
The Metropolitan Opera—Satyagraha with Philip Glass and Peter Gelb
New York City Opera's King Arthur with Mark Morris & Isaac Mizrahi
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