Music in the Making
John Corigliano
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Approximate length 2:00
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Public Radio, and Amercian Composers Forum are pleased to announce the inaugural season of the Composer Conversation Series, events of which will take place at MPR’s UBS Forum September 2012 through May 2013. A co-presentation of The SPCO, MPR and ACF, the Composer Conversation Series is hosted by Classical MPR program director Daniel Gilliam and features some of today’s most original, prominent, and prestigious voices in composition. The 2012/13 season is comprised of live interviews with distinctive creators John Luther Adams, Laurie Anderson, Nicola Campogrande, John Corigliano, Shawn Jaeger and Maria Schneider; time devoted for audience Q&A; and informal pre- and post-show receptions.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Public Radio, and Amercian Composers Forum are pleased to announce the inaugural season of the Composer Conversation Series, events of which will take place at MPR’s UBS Forum September 2012 through May 2013. A co-presentation of The SPCO, MPR and ACF, the Composer Conversation Series is hosted by Classical MPR program director Daniel Gilliam and features some of today’s most original, prominent, and prestigious voices in composition. The 2012/13 season is comprised of live interviews with distinctive creators John Luther Adams, Laurie Anderson, Nicola Campogrande, John Corigliano, Shawn Jaeger and Maria Schneider; time devoted for audience Q&A; and informal pre- and post-show receptions.
Featured Composer
“John Corigliano’s musical language is unique and unmistakable yet rooted in the grand traditions of the past... He is a performer’s dream — every note has a place, a direction and a purpose, and his mastery of sound colour in orchestration is unparalleled." – Joshua Bell, Gramophone
The American John Corigliano continues to add to one of the richest, most unusual, and most widely celebrated bodies of work any composer has created over the last forty years. Corigliano's numerous scores—including three symphonies and eight concerti among over one hundred chamber, vocal, choral, and orchestral works—have been performed and recorded by many of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world...READ FULL BIO
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Composer Conversation Series events are FREE but reservations are required (tickets available Monday, January 7). Details at classicalmpr.org/composers.
The interviews will also be available online in their entirety following the live events.
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