Miller Theatre Announces Their 2009-2010 Season Line-up

Opening Night: THE BLUE RIDER IN PERFORMANCE, In conjunction with the KANDINSKY retrospective at The Guggenheim

Miller Theatre re-animates a lightning rod moment in cultural history using music, light, and dance to evoke Kandinsky's revolutionary 1912 Blue Rider Almanac
Concept and direction: Sarah Rothenberg
Choreography: Karole Armitage With the Brentano String Quartet, Susan Narucki, and dancers from Armitage Gone! Dance

EIGHT PREMIERE-FILLED COMPOSER PORTRAITS

IANNIS XENAKIS: Steven Schick & ICE perform a feast of masterworks by the Greek revolutionary

GALINA USTVOLSKAYA: a rare glimpse at the wild sound world of this reclusive student of Shostakovich

RALPH SHAPEY: an all-star cast pays homage to this radical traditionalist

KAIJA SAARIAHO: Jennifer Koh and ICE play the Finnish master's mysterious violin concerto

Lou Reed: Fireworks plays an incredible transcription of Lou Reed's cult classic Metal Machine Music

BENET CASABLANCAS: Miller introduces the shimmering harmony & whimsical spirit of the Spanish composer

SEBASTIAN CURRIER: Christopher Taylor gives an encore performance of Currier's brilliant piano concerto

HELMUT LACHENMANN: SIGNAL & JACK attack the jarring & intense work of the German composer

WORDLESS MUSIC MEETS MILLER FESTIVAL

Ronen Givony and Miller's new director Melissa Smey curate a series blending indie-rock & the new classical

THIRD YEAR OF ACCLAIMED LUNCHTIME CONCERTS SERIES

Three brilliant young soloists play Bach over 18 free lunchtime concerts

in the cozy confines of Columbia's Philosophy Hall:

Alisa Weilerstein plays the six Cello Suites

Jennifer Koh plays the six Sonatas and Partitas for violin

Benjamin Hochman plays the six keyboard Partitas

BACH & THE BAROQUE FEATURES THREE DEBUTS

Simone Dinnerstein • Ensemble Caprice • Trio Settecento

THE BELOVED EARLY MUSIC SERIES IS BACK WITH FIVE SHOWS

The Tallis Scholars • La Poème Harmonique • Vox Vocal Ensemble • Orlando Consort • Flanders Recorder Quartet

FIVE FORMIDABLE JAZZ ARTISTS BRING THEIR GROUPS TO MILLER

Cyrus Chestnut • Marty Ehrlich • Eric Reed • Carla Cook • Damien Sneed

SPECIAL EVENT

Columbia University School of the Arts presents the William Schuman Award Concert honoring Pauline Oliveros

Miller Theatre at Columbia University

2009-2010 Concert Schedule:

(For the most up-to-date information, visit www.millertheatre.com)

Opening Night

Tickets: $35

Wednesday, September 23, 8:00PM
Friday, September 25, 8:00PM
The Blue Rider In Performance

Co-produced with Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, Producer, in conjunction with the KANDINSKY retrospective at The Guggenheim Museum starting September 18th
Sarah Rothenberg, concept and direction
Marcus Doshi, lighting and set design
Sven Ortel, projection design
Brentano String Quartet
Mark Steinberg, violin
Serena Canin, violin
Misha Amory, viola
Nina Lee, cello
Susan Narucki, mezzo-soprano

Sarah Rothenberg, piano, special guest choreographer Karole Armitage with dancers from Armitage Gone! Dance music by Alban Berg, Thomas de Hartmann, Arthur Lourié, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Scriabin, and Anton Webern

Composer Portraits

Tickets: $25 • Subscription: $160; $100 for 5 concerts

Saturday, October 17, 8:00PM
Iannis Xenakis

Échange (1989)

Palimpsest (1979)

Akanthos (1977)

Thalleïn (1984)

O-Mega (1997)
International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick, conductor and percussion soloist

Saturday, November 7, 8:00PM

Galina Ustvolskaya
Trio (1949)
Piano Sonata No. 6 (1988)
Octet (1949-1950)
Composition 2 (1972-1973)
Piano Sonata No. 4 (1957)
Composition 3 (1974-1975)
Fifth House Ensemble
Melissa Ngan Snoza, flute
Jennifer Woodrum, clarinet
CrystAl Hall, oboe
Karl Rzasa, bassoon
Andrew Williams, violin
Eric Snoza, bass
Adam Marks, piano

Tuesday, November 17, 8:00PM

Ralph Shapey

Five for violin and piano (1960)

Interchange (1996)

Movements (1960)

Etchings (1945)

Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Group (1954)

Three for Six (1979)
Miranda Cuckson, violin, viola, and artistic director
Charles Neidich, clarinet
William Purvis, horn
Blair McMillen, piano
Argento Chamber Ensemble
New York Woodwind Quintet
Talujon Percussion Quartet
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Michel Galante, conductor

Sunday, November 22, 8:00PM

Kaija Saariaho
Onstage discussion with Kaija Saariaho
Terrestre (2002)
Lichtbogen (1985-1986)
Graal théâtre (violin concerto) (1994; rev. 1997)
Jennifer Koh, violin
International Contemporary Ensemble

Friday, February 5, 8:00PM

Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music

Metal Machine Music (1975)
Fireworks Ensemble
Ulrich Krieger, conductor and saxophone

Thursday, February 25, 8:00PM

Benet Casablancas
Onstage discussion with Benet Casablancas

New Epigrams (1997)

Little Night Music (1992)

Four Darks in Red (world premiere; Miller Theatre commission)

Seven Scenes from Hamlet (1988-1989)
Perspectives Ensemble
Sato Moughalian, artistic director
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor

Friday, March 5, 8:00PM

Sebastian Currier
Onstage discussion with Sebastian Currier
Night Time (1998)
new work (world premiere, Miller Theatre commission)
Piano Concerto (2006 Miller Theatre commission)
Christopher Taylor, piano
Manhattan Sinfonietta
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor

Thursday, April 1, 8:00PM

Helmut Lachenmann: 75th Birthday Celebration
Onstage discussion with Helmut Lachenmann

Wiegenmusik (1963)

Pression (1969-1970)

Guero (1970; rev. 1988)

Ein Kinderspiel (1980)

String Quartet No. 2 "Reigen seliger Geister" (1989)

"...Zwei Gefühle..." (1991-1992)
Helmut Lachenmann, piano and speaking soloist
Lauren Radnofsky, cello
JACK Quartet
SIGNAL
Brad Lubman, conductor

Bach and the Baroque

Tickets: $35 • Subscription: $84

Saturday, November 14, 8:00PM
Bach and the Bohemian Gypsies
J. S. Bach Polonaises
Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (arr. Matthias Maute)
Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto in E minor
anonymous selections from the Uhrovska collection of 1730
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute, artistic director, recorder, and flute

Friday, December 4, 8:00PM

Chamber Music of Germany: J. S. Bach and Friends
Johann Schop Nobelman
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Sonata in D minor
Georg Muffat Sonata in D major
Johann Philipp Krieger Sonata Seconda
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach Sonata Terza
J. S. Bach Fugue in G minor, BWV 1026
Sonata in E minor
Dietrich Buxtehude Sonata in G major
Johann Georg Pisendel Sonata in D major
Trio Settecento
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba
David Schrader, harpsichord

Saturday, January 30, 8:00PM
Bach and the Concerto
J. S. Bach selections from the Well Tempered Clavier, Book II:
Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874
Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872
Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878
selections from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080:
Contrapunctus 1, 6, 9, 13a, 13b
Chorale: Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein
Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
American Contemporary Music Ensemble

Early Music

Tickets: $35/40 • Subscription: $144

Saturday, December 12, 8:00PM
Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 W. 46th Street)
Josquin's Mass for the Virgin Mary
Josquin des Prez Missa de Beata Virgine
John Nesbett Magnificat
Thomas Tallis Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter
William Byrd Ye sacred muses
Tribulationes civitatum
Vigilate
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director

Saturday, January 23, 8:00PM
Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 W. 46th Street)
Cavalieri Lamentations
Emilio de' Cavalieri Lamentations of Jeremiah
Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre, conductor

Saturday, February 6, 8:00PM

Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 W. 46th Street)
The Art of the Canon
anonymous Sumer is icumin in
Guillaume de Machaut Ma fin est mon commencement
Jean de Ockeghem Prenez sur moi
John Dunstable Gloria in canon
Josquin des Prez Ave Maria (à 4)
Jean Mouton Nesciens mater
Thomas Tallis Miserere nostri
William Byrd Miserere mihi, Domine
W. A. Mozart Kyrie in G, K. 89
Johannes Brahms Canons for women's voices (selections)
Joseph Haydn Canons on the Ten Commandments (selections)
Anton Webern Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen
Richard Dirksen Proverbial Canons
Vox Vocal Ensemble
George Steel, conductor

Saturday, February 20, 8:00PM
The American Academy of Arts & Letters (156th Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive)
Circa 1600
Matthew Locke Suite I in D minor
Josquin des Prez Scaramella va alla guerra
Comment peult haver joye
Costanzo Festa Contrapuncti sopra la spagna
G. P. da Palestrina Ricercar del quarto tuono
JohAnn Hermann Schein Suite No. 20 in D minor
Tarquinio Merula Canzon la marcha
Flanders Recorder Quartet

For tickets, the public should call the Miller Theatre Box Office at 212/854-7799, M-F, 12-6PM beginning on August 17 or visit www.millertheatre.com.
(Tickets available for purchase online starting August 3.)

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