Donald Hall – Poetry & Music
NEW COMMISSIONS
Sun and Mon, May 10 and 11, 7:30 pm
With published works that span over seven decades, Donald Hall is one of the most celebrated poets in America. The 14th U.S. Poet Laureate will read and discuss his work with Sarah Rothenberg. As part of the program we present newly commissioned musical settings of Hall’s poetry from Milton Babbitt, Drew Baker, George Lewis, David Del Tredici, Joshua Schmidt, and Charles Wuorinen.
Renowned Saxophonist Geoffrey Deibel will premiere Drew Baker's 69F for tenor saxophone and pre-recorded sound. The complete program is as follows:
Aphasia -- Jesse Ronneau* Etki en Droutzy -- Francois Rosse69F -- Drew Baker+ Lied -- Hans Thomalla We Speak Etruscan -- Lee Hyla Blurred -- Bill Ryan*=U.S. Premiere +=World Premiere
Marilyn Nonken will perform Drew Baker's Stress Position for solo amplified piano. The program will also include Liza Lim's The Four Seasons (After Cy Twombly) and Richard Festinger's Le Pianiste.
Pianist Matthew McCright will perform Drew Baker's Asa Nisi Masa for solo amplified piano. The program will also feature Lisa Moore. This performance is made possible in part by the American Composers Forum Encore Grant program. More details to come.
Marilyn Nonken will perform Drew Baker's Stress Position for solo amplified piano. The full program includes:
Liza Lim: The Four Seasons (After Cy Twombly)Drew Baker: Stress PositionRichard Festinger: Le Pianiste
Dal Niente will perform Drew Baker's Inter for flute, bass clarinet, violin, and cello. Also featured are works by Kirsten Broberg, Beat Furrer, Keeril Makan and Tristan Murail.
