Asko | Schoenberg

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Seating Chart)
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 8 PM

Program

Program Notes

The Artists

This extraordinary opera by Carnegie Hall’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair (based on Dante’s Divine Comedy) combines “complexity, intellectualism, horror, beauty, multi-layering, allusions, historical and mythological references, and, above all, irony,” says Andriessen. The Los Angeles Times found it to be full of humor, along with “terrible fury” and “ravishing grace.”

The Program

Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 PM in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Louis Andriessen in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall.

Asko | Schoenberg
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor
Synergy Vocals
Claron McFadden (Béatrice)
Cristina Zavalloni (Dante)
Jeroen Willems (Lucifer)
Marcel Beekman (Casella)
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun, Director

LOUIS ANDRIESSEN	La Commedia (concert version, NY Premiere)
Program is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes, and will be performed without intermission

Sound Insights: Louis Andriessen

Drawing on a background in both jazz and avant-garde composition, Louis Andriessen creates works that can be “narrative … anecdotes … [or] sound hallucinations,” according to the composer.

Learn more about Louis Andriessen and his 2009–2010 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair events at Sound Insights, including videos, artist interviews, and more.