“With an early-music festival exploring works from the Venetian Republic, a Bruckner symphony cycle and a celebration of Steve Reich’s 80th birthday, Carnegie Hall’s 2016-17 season, announced on Tuesday, bears the unmistakable imprint of Clive Gillinson,” writes Michael Cooper in Tuesday’s (1/26) New York Times. The new season will continue Mr. Gillinson’s strong emphasis on classical music programming, from early music to the core repertory and on to contemporary composers. But it will also feature the continued expansion of several ambitious music education programs Mr. Gillinson has begun during his decade at Carnegie.” To open the season on October 6, Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. The Reich celebration will include the world premiere of his video opera “Three Tales” and a concert series called “Three Generations: Changing the Direction of Concert Music.” U.S. orchestras include the namesake orchestras of Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis Symphony, and San Francisco. The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, founded by Carnegie four years ago, will play at the hall again this summer and then tour Europe and South America. “And this summer Carnegie will also begin a new ensemble for young musicians from communities underserved by, and underrepresented in, the orchestral field.”
Posted January 27, 2016
