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David Lang’s prisoner of the state — co-commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, De Doelen, Barbican Centre, l’Auditori, Bochumer Symphoniker, Concertgebouw Bruges and Malmö Opera — premiered in June 2019 with the New York Philharmonic, and received its British premiere in January 2020 at the Barbican Centre in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and conductor Ilan Volkov…
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2+picc, 2, 3+Eb+bcl,3 / 2 alto sax, ten sax, bari sax / 4,3,2+btbn,euphonium, 1 / piano, 4 perc, string bass
Bowling Green State University
soprano, percussion, viola, cello
The Fisher Center at Bard College with co-commissioning support by The Los Angeles Opera
soprano and piano
The Fisher Center at Bard College with co-commissioning support by The Los Angeles Opera
chamber choir, plus 4 voices (SATB) each playing simple percussion
the National Chamber Choir of Ireland
for chamber choir
Glimmerglass Opera
mumbling choir
Pulitzer Arts
David Lang’s newest work, the whisper opera, receives its world premiere on May 30 at the MCA in Chicago by the International Contemporary Ensemble with Tony Arnold as solo soprano.
This one-of-a-kind work is performed with the musicians, singer, and audience enclosed in an intimate, onstage set. Composed for flute, clarinet, percussion, cello, and solo soprano, the music and the environment work together to convey themes of secrets, and the tension between what we hide and what we choose to reveal…
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