ACO Listening Party with Derek Bermel & special guests John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Hannibal Lokumbe, Eugene Moye, & Melinda Wagner
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Hannibal Lokumbe — African Portraits
Earl Kim — Violin Concerto
Melinda Wagner — Falling Angels
Derek Bermel — Voices
Laurie Anderson — Songs for A.E.
Frank Zappa — The Dog Breath Variations
John Adams — My Father Knew Charles Ives
Philip Glass — Symphony No. 9
ACO’s Artistic Director Derek Bermel hosts an hour-long listening party of live archival recordings made from ACO performances in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium from 1985-2012, with special guests John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Hannibal Lokumbe, Eugene Moye, and Melinda Wagner. Registrants will listen to previously unheard audio recordings of the following works:
David Diamond – Symphony No. 9
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
November 17, 1985
Hannibal Lokumbe – African Portraits
Paul Lustig Dunkel, conductor
October 11, 1990
Earl Kim – Violin Concerto
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Paul Lustig Dunkel, conductor
February 10, 1991
Melinda Wagner – Falling Angels
Paul Lustig Dunkel, conductor
October 29, 1995
Derek Bermel – Voices
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Tan Dun, conductor
May 24, 1998
Laurie Anderson – Songs for A.E.
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
February 27, 2000
Frank Zappa – The Dog Breath Variations
Steven Sloane, conductor
March 2, 2003
John Adams – My Father Knew Charles Ives
John Adams, conductor
April 27, 2007
Philip Glass – Symphony No. 9
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
January 31, 2012
Don’t miss this chance to hear previously unavailable recordings with commentary and history provided by Derek Bermel, and a chance to support ACO’s work in the coming season.
The livestream will take place at 6pm Eastern / 3pm Pacific.
Admission is free, but advanced registration is required.
Following the event, full recordings will be made available to donors who give $250+ to this event. Recording links will be password-protected, hosted online, and available for on-demand streaming through August 31, 2021.
Link to donate: https://donorbox.org/aco-general-donation-form