Chris Thile – March 24, 2012 at 7 PM

AMERICAN ORIGINALS

Stern Auditorium | Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall

BERNSTEIN/arr. CHIHARA Suite for Small Orchestra
from Trouble In Tahiti (World Premiere)
CHRIS THILE Mandolin Concerto
CLINT NEEDHAM Project 440 World Premiere
COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite

Tickets from $29
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Experience two of the brightest American stars from the past century and two newcomers who are burnishing their own names into the national pantheon. We open with the world premiere of a suite from Leonard Bernstein’s one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti, a deeply moving blend of musical theater and classical traditions arranged by another distinguished American composer, Paul Chihara. Grammy-winning composer/performer Chris Thile—the charismatic leader of Punch Brothers, “one of the greatest young bands in the country, bluegrass or otherwise (Village Voice)”—makes his Orpheus debut with his own jaw-dropping Mandolin Concerto. Clint Needham writes bright, explosive music; his Project 440 commission will add to an impressive array of orchestral credits. The program concludes with the unadorned beauty of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring, still the defining work of American concert music after nearly sixty years.

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