Annual American Composers Update
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich is in her fourth year as holder of
the first Carnegie Hall Composer's Chair, during which
time she has written three works on commission from Carnegie
Hall:
Peanuts Gallery (based on Charles Schulz
characters), for young pianist and orchestra; a Violin
Concerto; and
String Quartet No. 2. She has also
designed and hosted Carnegie Hall's award-winning series
"Making Music", now in its third season. In Apr., Carnegie
Hall will host the Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Composers' Workshop,
featuring a concert of four young composers specially
commissioned for this event by Carnegie Hall. Zwilich
also has begun a video archive of composer interviews
filmed at Carnegie Hall.
Premieres
The Emerson String Quartet introduced
String Quartet
No. 2 at Carnegie Hall.
Performances
In Paris, France, Pamela Frank and the Orchestre de Paris,
under Christoph von Dohnanyi, presented the Zwilich
Violin
Concerto, Oct. 14-17, 1998. John Nelson conducted
the Cologne (Germany) Philharmonie in
Prologue and
Variations, Dec. 6-8, 1998. A Louisville (KY) Orchestra
program, conducted by Uriel Siegel, featured the Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson
Trio in
Triple Concerto, Jan. 28-29, 1999. In 1999,
pianists K. and M. Lebeque and the National Symphony Orchestra,
under Leonard Slatkin, will perform
Images in Washington,
DC (Mar. 13-15) and at Carnegie Hall (Mar. 23). The Gala
opening of the Trenton, NJ War Memorial Auditorium will
feature
Celebration, with the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra, Zdenek Macal conducting, Mar. 10, 1999.
Publications
Violin Concerto; violin and piano reduction;
Romance;
violin and piano or chamber orchestra;
String Quartet
No. 2; all by Merion Music (
Presser).
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