May 20, 6:00 pm Lou Harrison When California maverick composer Lou Harrison found the bulkiness of the American gamelan was limiting performances of his ravishingly persuasive Suite for Violin, he trimmed a few sections and made an all-strings version. This immanently portable adaptation should enter the standard concerto repertory of 21st century orchestras. The seductive siren call of Terry Riley's music gained him a major commission in Sweden, but like the mythic Greek sailors lured to shipwreck, the premiere — broadcast live on Swedish radio — was as calamitous as any in music history. Overshadowed by his landmark phenomenon In C, Riley's astonishing conductor-less Olsen III asks a large ensemble of instrumentalists and singers to listen as they have never listened before.
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Suite for Violin with String Orchestra (1996)
Terry Riley
Olson III (1967) US Premiere
Alyssa Park, violin
Jacaranda Strings
Jacaranda Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Mark Alan Hilt, conductor