Persichetti @ 100 and Music from the Generation He Inspired
18 October 2015; 3 pm
Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute of Music
Network for New Music Ensemble; Jan Krzywicki, conductor
Concert Program | Review in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Network celebrated the legacy of Vincent Persichetti on the occasion of his 100th birthday, with Philadelphia and world premieres by Persichetti and his brilliant students. Featured: the world premiere/commission of Behzad Ranjbaran's "Concerto for English Horn and Strings", and the Philadelphia premiere of Persichetti's "Quintet for Piano and Strings".
Richard DANIELPOUR: River of Light (2007)
Hirono Oka, Natalie Zhu
Vincent PERSICHETTI: Quintet for Piano & Strings, Op. 66 (1954)
Hirono Oka, Julia Li, Burchard Tang, Priscilla Lee, Natalie Zhu
Steve REICH: Nagoya Marimbas (1994)
Christopher Deviney, Angela Zator-Nelson
Marga RICHTER: Threnody (2006)
Paul Arnold, Che-Hung Chen, John Koen
Behzad RANJBARAN: Concerto for English Horn and Strings (2015)
World Premiere / NNM Commission
Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English Horn; Jan Krzywicki, conductor; Paul Arnold, Che-Hung Chen, Guillaume Combet, Mary Javian, Priscilla Lee, Julia Li, Hirono Oka, Michal Schmidt, Burchard Tang