The League of Composers/ISCM to Present Season Finale at Miller Theater, 6/11

The League of Composers/ISCM presents The Orchestra of the League of Composers' Season Finale concert on Thursday, June 11th at 8pm at Miller Theater. Featured on this program will be the world premiere of a commissioned work, A League of Notions, by Morris Rosenzweig and the U.S. premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Leino Songs, her 2008 settings of Eino Leino's poetry, with soprano Heather Buck as soloist.

A wide-ranging and spirited sampling from David Felder's monumental Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux will be presented for the first time in New York with Ms. Buck and bass Ethan Herschenfeld.

Honoring Irving Fine's centennial (1914-15), The Orchestra of the League of Composers will perform

Notturno for Strings and Harp.

WNYC's John Schaefer will host the concert and present interviews with the composers. A video interview with Ms. Saariaho will be showcased. Conductors Louis Karchin and Scott Voyles will share the baton for this evening's performances. Photo: Ezra Margono

Miller Theater at Columbia University 2960 Broadway at 116th Street, New York (212) 854-7799

Subway: 1 to 116th Street

Admission: $20; $10 Students & Seniors

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About The League of Composers/ISCM: The League of Composers, created in 1923, is the nation's oldest organization devoted to contemporary music. The League draws on a remarkably rich history, including such groundbreaking premieres as Schönberg's Die Glückliche Hand, Béla Bartók's Village Scenes, Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata and Anton Webern's Symphony for Chamber Orchestra. The League also sponsored the American premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du Printemps, many pieces by Aaron Copland, György Ligeti's Horn Trio, Karlheinz Stockhausen's Harlequin, and many works by former honorary Board Co-Chairs Elliott Carter and Milton Babbitt. For more informaton, visit www.leagueofcomposers.org.