The Post-Classical Ensemble recently concluded its Fifth Season, the most ambitious season yet. We want to once again thank our sponsors, presenters and supporters for making 2007-08 one of our most successful seasons.
“The Post-Classical Ensemble may be the most thought-provoking music group in town . . . using its concerts as laboratories for musical thought experiments. Their performances can be demanding-- but they're invariably beautiful, and never dull.”
- Stephen Brookes, THE WASHINGTON POST
“In a brief introduction, Joseph Horowitz, the artistic director of the Post-Classical Ensemble, said that crossing boundaries is what this group is about and may be a key to the future of classical music. This program showed exactly what he meant.”
- Joseph McLellan, THE WASHINGTON POST
“A welcome, edgy addition to
the musical life of Washington.”
- Daniel Ginsberg, THE WASHINGTON POST
The 2007-2008 Season is made possible with support from:
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
The Aaron Copland Foundation
MARPAT Foundation
Ministry of Culture of Spain
National Council for Culture and the Arts of Mexico
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Post-Classical Ensemble at the Harman Center for the Arts - Programs 2008-09
Post-Classical Ensemble at the Harman Center for the Arts
Beginning in 2008-2009, POST-CLASSICAL
ENSEMBLE becomes an "artistic partner" of The
Harman Center for the Arts: our electrifying
one-of-a-kind chamber orchestra, now five
years old, will make The Harman Center for the Arts its
principal home.
The Mexican Odyssey
Thursday November 6, 2008, 7:00pm (to 10:00pm)
Sydney Harman Hall
Pedro Carboné, piano
Roberto Limón, guitar
Gregorio Luke, commentator
Mexico’s explosive cultural saga – from stark Mayan ceremonies to the torrid revolutionary art of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo – produced centuries of explosive music. This unique program, combining music, history, and visual art, includes the Aztec intensities captured by Carlos Chavez, the florid reverence of Mexican Baroque, and the shrill trumpets and booming tubas remembered by Silvestre Revueltas from his rural childhood.
Encounters: A John Adams Snapshot
April 22, 2009, 7:30pm
The Lansburgh Theatre
A rare opportunity for DC audiences to hear two cutting-edge compositions by an indispensable American original. Phrygian Gates, early Adams, is a landmark of keyboard minimalism, a 30-minute kaleidoscope of swirling colors and textures. Gnarly Buttons, late Adams, is a sizzling clarinet concerto distilling swing, blues, and jazz. Both works will be performed for the first time by two great American instrumentalists.
Pianist Benjamin Pasternak astonishing bravura and a deeply inquisitive and distinctive musical mind -The Boston Globe
Clarinetist David Krakauer a combination of soulfulness and electrifying showiness -The New York Times
More Programs in 2008-09
Carnival of The Creatures
A scary children’s concert
OCTOBER 26, 2008, 1PM
Strathmore. North Bethesda
Genadi Zagor and George Vatchnadze, pianos
Maggie Yin Horowitz, ballerina
Young narrators TBA
Saint Saens – The Carnival of the Animals (with
dancer and readings)
Saint Saens: Chopin Variations for two pianos
Henry Cowell – The Banshee, The Tiger
Ravel: Scarbo (with reading)
Prokofiev: Suggestion diabolique
Revueltas: Sensemayá (with reading)
[Poems by Ogden Nash and Nicolás Guillén]
Iberian Inspirations
March 1, 2009
Fortas Chamber Music Series
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Terrace Theatre
Harolyn Blackwell, soprano
Manuel de Falla: Psyché (soprano and orchestra)
Joaquin Turina: Poema en Forma De Canciones (soprano and piano)
Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002): Folia Daliniana (Sinfonietta for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Percussion and Strings)
Joaquin Rodrigo. Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios (soprano and orchestra)
INTERMISSION
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Choros no. 7 (Septet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, Violin, and Cello)
Roberto Gerhard: Cancionero de Pedrell (soprano and orchestra)
