Seattle Modern Orchestra: Reflections on Sound & Silence
$10-$25
Gloria Cheng, piano (guest artist)
Vykintas Baltakas – Redditio for ensemble (2010) (US premiere)
Wolfgang Rihm – Chiffre II (Silence to be beaten) for 14 players (1983) (West Coast premiere)
Andrew Waggoner – Concerto for Piano (2016) (world premiere)
Seattle Modern Orchestra opens its 2016-17 season with a concert featuring works by three composers who reflect on the past, both personal and cultural, to create an expressive music for today. Both celebrated German composer Wolfgang Rihm and Lithuanian composer Vykintas Baltakas – winner of the 2003 Claudio Abbado International Composition Prize and the 2007 Ernst von Siemens Grants-in-aid Prize – recontextualize ideas from other works in their respective catalogs, with a language of gesture linking us to past traditions. Also on the program is the world premiere of American composer Andrew Waggoner’s Concerto for Piano, written for Grammy-winning pianist Gloria Cheng, conductor Julia Tai, and the Seattle Modern Orchestra.
--> This concert is an LMP CRITIC'S PICK, selected by Seattle music critic Thomas May.
Tickets: $25 general, $15 seniors, $10 students
About Seattle Modern Orchestra
Founded in 2010, Seattle Modern Orchestra (SMO) is the only large ensemble in the Pacific Northwest solely dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Led by co-artistic directors Julia Tai and Jérémy Jolley, SMO commissions and premieres new works from an international lineup of composers, in addition to presenting important pieces from the contemporary repertoire that are rarely if ever heard by Seattle audiences. The ensemble "operates at that exciting cusp between old and new, between tradition and innovation" (Vanguard Seattle) curating new sounds and experiences for concert goers in the region.
SMO provides audiences with performances of the best in contemporary chamber and orchestral music, and develops radio talks, lectures, and other forms of outreach in an accessible and inviting format all designed to expand the listener’s appreciation and awareness of the music of today.
http://www.seattlemodernorchestra.org/