Takemitsu Tribute

*World Premiere, written in memory of Toru Takemitsu
**Boston Premiere, written in memory of Toru Takemitsu

Gil Rose, conductor
[Previously scheduled for April 15, 2005]

This concert is made possible in part through the support of the Asian Cultural Council, the Freeman Foundation, and the Shogakukan Publishing Company.

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Concert Date 
Fri, 2005-05-27 20:00
Season 
Pictured Musicians 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Kaze-no-Oka (Hill of the Winds) (2005)*
Water Concerto (1998)**
Requiem for Strings (1957)
Three Film Scores (1994)
November Steps (1967)
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Program Notes Host 
Program Notes at 7:00pm

Downtown

Gil Rose, host

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Concert Date 
Tue, 2003-11-04 19:00
Season 
Pictured Musicians 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Clapping Music (1972)
hands
Sonata for Viola and Percussion (1960)
viola
percussion
Like Spinning Plates (2001)
cello
percussion
Cant (2002)
cello
percussion
Contemplation of the Little Big Muff (2000)
cello
percussion
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Uptown

Gil Rose, conductor

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Concert Date 
Fri, 2003-11-14 20:00
Season 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Composition for Twelve Instruments (1948/54)
After Serra (2000)
Flashbacks (1995)
Time after Time (2000)
Music for Twelve (1985)
Program Notes Host 
Program Notes at 7:00pm

Boston ConNECtion

*Selected score from the 6th annual BMOP/NEC composition contest
**Winner of the 5th annual BMOP/NEC concerto competition

Gil Rose, conductor

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Concert Date 
Sat, 2004-01-17 20:00
Season 
Pictured Musicians 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Harlan's Structures (2003)*
Themes from a Midsummer Night (2001)
Contes des Fees (1999)
violin**
Variants for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (1964)
drums
bass
vibes
piano
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Mayhem

Gil Rose, host

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Concert Date 
Tue, 2004-02-10 19:00
Season 
Pictured Musicians 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Rebonds (1987-89)
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1948)
Naturale (1985)
Les Moutons de Panurge (1969)
percussion
piano
viola
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John Adams: Nixon in China

Gil Rose, conductor

Libretto by Alice Goodman

Co-production with Opera Boston

Chou En-Lai: Tom Meglioranza
Richard Nixon: Andrew Schroeder
Henry Kissenger: Drew Poling
Nancy T'ang (First Secretary to Mao): Majie Zeller
Second Secretary to Mao: Susan Forrester
Third Secretary to Mao: Glorivy Arroyo
Mao Tse Tung: Daniel Norman
Pat Nixon: Elizabeth Weigle
Chiang Ch'ing (Madame Mao Tse Tung): Anne Harley
Boy: Asa Sutton
Prometheus Dance Company

Scott Edmiston, director
Diane Arvanites-Noya and Tommy Neblett, choreographers
Carole Charnow, producer

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Concert Date 
Fri, 2004-03-12 19:30
Sun, 2004-03-14 19:30
Season 
Pictured Musicians 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Nixon in China (1987)
Chou En-Lai
Pat Nixon
Mao Tse Tung
Chiang Ch'ing (Madame Mao Tse Tung)
Contributing Musician Status 
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The Next Next

Gil Rose, host

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Concert Date 
Tue, 2004-05-11 19:00
Season 
Pictured Musicians 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Age of Aircraft (2002)
cello
Avoidance Tactics #1 for Piano and Electronics (1999-2001)
piano
Worst of all is to Begin (2004) for solo piano
piano
Five Scenes for Vibraphone Solo (1986)
percussion
Artifacts - A musical tale of scholarly adventure (1996)
viola
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Next

*World Premiere, commissioned by the Catherine and Paul Buttenweiser Foundation

Gil Rose, conductor

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Concert Date 
Fri, 2004-05-21 20:00
Season 
Pictured Musicians 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Sky Above Clouds (1989)
Aurora (2000)
piano
Persistent Memory (1997)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra "Landscape with Blues" (2001)
clarinet
War Chant (2004)*
Contributing Musician Status 
0
0
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0
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Program Notes Host 
Program Notes at 7:00pm

Chinese in America

*World Premiere, commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University, and BMOP
**World Premiere of orchestra version

Gil Rose, conductor

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Concert Date 
Fri, 2002-10-11 20:00
Season 
Pictured Musicians 
Contributing Musician Meta 
Jian (Gold) (2002)*
pipa
River Songs (2001)**
erhu
H'un (Lacerations) (1966-76)
Fiddle Suite (1997)
erhu
Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa (1999)
pipa
Ge Xu (Antiphony) (1994)
Contributing Musician Status 
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