1990–2000, Music at the Millennium

The Hubble Space Telescope, photographed by an astronaut from the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2009

Concert Program VII

1990–2000, Music at the Millennium

A brilliant mosaic of musical voices illuminated the twentieth century’s final decade. Composers had a myriad of influences in their ears, from the world’s folk traditions to rock and roll. While such luminaries as Krzysztof Penderecki helped us process the traumas of the past century, a new generation looked anxiously and eagerly to a dawning horizon. This summer’s final Concert Program presents the uncompromising modernism, yesteryear Romanticism, and forward-looking audacity of music at the turn of the century.

PROGRAM

John Adams(Born 1947)
Road Movies for Violin and Piano (1995)
Bright Sheng(Born 1955)
Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet (1994)
Krzysztof Penderecki(Born 1933)
String Trio (1990–1991)
Mark O’Connor (Born 1961)
F. C.’s Jig for Violin and Viola (1992–1993)
Bruce Adolphe(Born 1955)
Couple for Cello and Piano (1998)
Steven Mackey(Born 1956)
Micro-Concerto (1999)
Thursday 8Aug 2024