The Unanswered Question
Elliot Carter
«Concertino» for Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
Edgar Varèse
«Intégrales» for Winds and Percussion
Charles Ives
«The Unanswered Question» for Chamber Orchestra
Conlon Nancarrow
Studies for Player Piano
John Adams
Chamber Symphony
Duration approx. 2 H. incl. intermission.
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The Unanswered Question
Abstract
The Unanswered Question
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati's contemporary music theater piece Amerika provides the framework for our Opera Nova Concert, which focuses on 20th-century American composers. America's compositional landscape is filled with ingeniously crazy misfits who have developed stylistically highly independent of modern-era European compositional styles. In our Opera Nova project, they'll make an appearance: from non-conformist Charles Ives and influence-wielding Edgar Varèse to Conlon Nancarrow, whose virtuosic rattling studies for player pianos add a special twist to this concert.