One World Premiere, two West Coast Premieres, and three composers-in-residence ushers into the Cabrillo Festival's 48th anniversary season. Maestra Marin Alsop leads her award-winning Festival Orchestra in the West Coast Premiere of British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Scherzoid. One of the most admired and widely performed composers of his generation, Turnage is known for his skillful blend of classical and jazz idioms. Scherzoid has been described as “a kaleidoscopic riot of blue-hued harmonies and silvery tuned percussion...” The spotlight then turns to the West Coast Premiere of a concerto for sextet and orchestra titled, On a Wire, written by 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon expressly for the acclaimed new music ensemble eighth blackbird. CityBeat raves that eighth blackbird's "sheer exuberance and affection for the music is as much a draw as the music itself." The evening concludes with the World Premiere of Michael Hersch’s Symphony No. 3. The Financial Times of London describes Hersch as "... one of the most fertile musical minds to emerge in the U.S. over the past generation." After waiting almost ten years to return to composing for full orchestra, Hersch wanted his next symphony to be premiered by Marin and her renowned Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. His return is a long awaited homecoming for a highly anticipated Festival commission.
The 2010 opening night begins with an outdoor Pre-Concert Talk by Marin Alsop and a special ticketed dinner prepared by Feast for a King and served alfresco at the Civic Auditorium. Reservations required.
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- Venue: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
- Date: Fri August 6, 2010 8:00pm
- City: Santa Cruz
- Price Range: $32-$47
- Tickets: 831.420.5260
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Program
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Scherzoid
Jennifer Higdon
On a Wire
Michael Hersch
Symphony No. 3
Performers
eighth blackbird
sextet
Jennifer Higdon
composer-in-residence
Mark-Anthony Turnage
composer-in-residence
Michael Hersch
composer-in-residence
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July 25, 2010
Composer Jennifer Higdon may have come late to the world of classical music (she famously didn’t start playing a musical instrument until she was in her teens), but she has certainly made up for any lost time. She holds the Milton L. Rock Chair in Composition Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, she’s in demand as a composer for symphonies and festivals, and her most famous work, blue cathedral, has become an often-performed staple of modern classical music. She returns to the Bay Area in August for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, where two of her pieces will be featured.
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