2011-12 Concert Season
Concert Schedule:
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All concerts are held at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University. The venue is accessible via the MBTA Green Line and is wheelchair-accessible.
This season is funded by Boston University, the Greek Ministry of Culture, the George Demeter Realty and individual contributions.
Rehearsals are free and open to the public. You are welcome to come and observe the interaction between composers, conductor and musicians in preparing new music for performance. For times and dates please email aleaiii@bu.edu or call (617)353-3340.
Theodore Antoniou, conductor
ALEA III
Free admission
Special event for the premiere performance of the finalists' works. At the end of the concert, the ALEA III Prize will be awarded by a distinguished panel of judges.
Works:
- Juan José Bárcenas (Mexico) | Stenographic Figure
- Carlos de Castellarnau (Spain) | Amnios
- Stylianos Dimou (Greece) | String Quartet No. 1
- Ayaz Gambarli (Azarbaijan) | Méthode de sens
- Aaron Jay Myers (USA) | Late Night Banter
- Norbert Palej (Poland) | Divertimento
Theodore Antoniou, conductor
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Charles Ives
Gunther Schuller, conductor
Free admission
Alea III celebrates the life and work of Charles Ives, an astonishing pioneer, with an evening devoted to his music.
Works:
- The Unanswered Question
- Tone Roads #3
- Steeples and Mountains
- Chromatimelodtune
- Scherzo All the Way Around and Back
Plus almost a dozen more of Ives’s works, which Gunther Schuller found unfinished in the Library of Congress, and which he completed and edited, rescuing them from oblivion.
Gunther Schuller, conductor
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Free admission
Boston University faculty composers conduct and perform their own pieces.
Participating Composers
- Martin Amlin | Invention and Pantoum
- Richard Cornell | Scherzo
- Richard Cornell | Toccate
- Joshua Fineberg | Tremors arranged for ensemble by Davide Ianni
- Samuel Headrick | Concertante 314 for 8 Double Basses
- Rodney Lister | Songs from Delmore Schwartz
- John H. Wallace | Five Miniatures
Soloists
- Ceceilia Allwein, soprano
- Edwin Barker, double bass
- Mark Berger, viola
- Jessie Wen-Chieh Lo, piano
- Linda Toote, flute
Conductors
- Richard Cornell
- Samuel Headrick
- Davide Ianni
- Rodney Lister
- John H. Wallace
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Edwin Barker
Jessie Wen-Chieh Lo
Ceceilia Allwein
Mark Berger
Theodore Antoniou, conductor
ALEA III
Free admission
A 10-month long project leading to rehearsals and a public performance of new works by talented young composers from around the world, written for ALEA III.
Participating Artists
- Ioannis Angelakis
- Anteo Fabris
- Igor Iwanek
- Dylan Mattingly
- Heather Stebbins
- Adria Stolk
- Alexander Trampas
- Benjamin Warsaw
Theodore Antoniou, conductor
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Roman Totenberg
Andreas Tselikas, conductor
Free admission
An evening of music for strings to salute the great violinist, colleague and friend, Roman Totenberg.
Works:
- John Adams (USA) | Shaker Loops (I)
- Federico Ermirio (Italy) | Ode 1959
- Witold Lutoslawski (Poland) | Partita
- Theodore Antoniou (Greece) | Celebration VII
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil) | Suite for Strings (I&III)
- Giya Kancheli (Georgia) | A Little Daneliade
Soloists:
- Dana Mazurkevich, violin
- Yegeny Kutik, violin
- Timothy Bozarth, piano
- with special guests Boston University Strings
Andreas Tselikas, conductor
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Dana Mazurkevich
Yevgeny Kutik