American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
José Luis Gomez, Conductor
Jordan Bak, Viola
Tommy Mesa, Cello
STEPHEN HARTKE Da Pacem for Cello and Orchestra (NY Premiere)
MALACHI BROWN New Work (World Premiere)
HORACIO FERNÁNDEZ Concerto Tumbado (World Premiere)
MICHAEL FRAZIER Los Quetzales for Viola and Orchestra (NY Premiere)
LAURA ORTMAN Unsurrenderable Glisten of the Ices for Orchestra and Electronics (World Premiere)
With its latest program of premieres, the American Composers Orchestra interrogates the popular association between “higher, faster, louder” and virtuosity. In five new works by distinguished American composers, the ensemble explores virtuosity on “the lower end of the sonic spectrum,” says Artistic Director Curtis Stewart, and they interrogate the concept of virtuosity itself and how it interacts with what we value both on and off the stage. José Luis Gomez conducts this fascinating new program, featuring violist Jordan Bak and cellist Tommy Mesa as soloists.