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(Conductor, Pianist) N PERFORMANCE VISION Bright Sheng MAJOR GUEST APPEARANCES AS CONDUCTOR AND PIANIST San Francisco Symphony (conductor, pianist) New York Chamber Symphony (conductor) Seattle Symphony Orchestra (conductor, pianist) Carnegie Hall Association (conductor, pianist) San Francisco Ballet (conductor) Lincoln Center Festival (conductor) Tanglewood Music Center (conductor, pianist) Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia (conductor) Spoleto Festival, USA (conductor, pianist) Brevard Music Festival (conductor, pianist) Silk Road Project Workshop/Tanglewood Music Center (conductor, pianist) Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival (conductor, pianist) Hong Kong Philharmonic (pianist) New West Symphony Orchestra, CA (conductor, pianist) Lexington Symphony Orchestra, KY (conductor) Orchestra 2001, Philadelphia (conductor, pianist) Asian Youth Orchestra (conductor) Bowdoin Summer Music Festival (conductor, pianist) Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (pianist) Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (pianist) La Jolla Chamber Music Festival (pianist) Seattle International Music Festival (pianist) Seattle Chamber Music Festival (pianist) University of Michigan Contemporary Direction (conductor, pianist) University of Washington New Music Ensemble (conductor) Western Washington University (conductor, pianist) MAJOR MUSIC DIRECTORSHIPS AND ARTISTIC DIRECTORSHIPS Bright Sheng San Francisco Symphony “Wet Ink” New Music Festival (two weeks, 8 concerts) Tanglewood Music Center/Festival of Contemporary Music (one week, 12 concerts) (see attached programs) Seattle Symphony “East Meets West” -- A Pacific Rim New Music Festival (two weeks, 4 concerts) CONDUCTING REPERTOIRE Bright Sheng Traditional Music Bartók Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs Hungarian Sketches Dance Suite Dance of Transylvania Rumanian Folk Dances Concerto for Orchestra Suite #1 for orchestra, op. 3 Suite #2 for orchestra, op. 4 Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin Piano Concerto #1 Piano Concerto #2 Piano Concerto #3 Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion Viola Concerto, op. post. Violin Concerto #1 Violin Concerto #2 Four Orchestra Pieces Berlioz Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Harold in Italy, op.16 Requiem, op.5 Bernstein/Sheng Arias and Barcaroles Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances West Side Story: Overture Overture to Candide Chichester Psalms Fancy Free: Suite Trouble in Tahiti Symphony #2 (“The Age of Anxiety”) Serenade Busoni Turandot Suite, op. 41 Copland Appalachian Spring Two Pieces Clarinet Concerto Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Lincoln Portrait Music for a Great City Music for the Theater Quiet City El salón México Symphony #3 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Tushmalov) Night on Bald Mountain Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky, op 78 Classical Symphony, op 25 Piano Concerto #3 Violin Concerto #2 American Overture Peter and the Wolf, op 67 Romeo and Juliet: Suites #1, #2, #3 Ravel Ma Mere l’Oye (Mother Goose): 5 Pieces enfantines Ma Mere l’Ove (Mother Goose): full ballet Shéhérazade (w/solo soprano) Shéhérazade, overture de feerie Boléro Piano Concerto in G major Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major Daphnis et Chloé, Suite #1 Daphnis et Chloé, Suite #2 Rapsodie espagnole Tzigane, for violin and orchestra La Valse Respighi Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome) Fontane di Roma Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, op.35 Sinfonietta on Russian Themes, op.31 Tsar Sultan: Suite, op 57 Tsar Sultan: Flight of the Bumblebee Shostakovich Symphony #8 Symphony #5 Symphony #10 Symphony #13 (“Babi Yar”) Chamber Symphony Sibelius Symphony #2 Symphony #5 Violin Concerto, op. 47 Strauss, R. Don Juan, op 20 Don Quixote, op 25 Metamorphosen Salome’s Dance Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Stravinsky Le Chant du Rossignol (Song of the Nightingale) Agon L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) Pétrouchka (1947 version) Firebird Suite Symphony in C Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Danses concertantes Capriccio for piano and orchestra Les Noces CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE Includes works by: John Adams Hang Yong David Lang P.Q. Phan Bright Sheng (All Works) Steve Stucky Tan Dun SAMPLE PROGRAMMING IDEAS Bright Sheng Chinese Theme Program I (possible title: “China Dreams”) Stravinsky Le Chant du Rossignol (Song of the Nightingale) Sheng Flute Moon ========= Sheng China Dreams Bartók Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin Program II (possible title: “China Dreams”) Ravel Ma Mere l’Oye (Mother Goose): 5 Pieces enfantines Sheng Two Poems from the Sung Dynasty ========== Sheng Postcards Busoni Turandot Suite, op. 41 Silk Road Theme Program I (possible title: “From China to Rome”) Bartók Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs Sheng Flute Moon ======= Sheng Red Silk Dance Respighi Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome) Program II (possible title: “The Thread of Silk”) Stravinsky The Firebird Suite Sheng “The Song and Dance of Tears” for pipa, sheng, violoncello, piano and orchestra ======== Ravel Shéhérazade Sheng China Dreams Program III (possible title: “The Huns of Asia”) Sheng Tibetan Swing Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta ========= Sheng Two Poems for Violoncello and Orchestra Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, op.35 "War and Repression" Program I Sheng Nanking! Nanking! ======== Shostakovich Symphony #8 Program II Sheng Hun (Lacerations): In Memoriam 1966-1976 ======== Shostakovich Symphony #10 FESTIVALS “Pacific Rim” (with the Seattle and Vancouver Symphonies) (possible titles: “East and West”; “Music of the Pacific Rim”) “Chinese Music” (with festivals in Hong Kong and China) “Silk Road Music” (with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project) "American Music" (with the Tanglewood Music Center) (possible titles: “America the Beautiful”; “The Splendor of American Music”) Artistic approach: Each festival includes elements of: 1) Western classical composers whose works reflect these regions; 2) non-Western musical traditions from these regions; 3) works by contemporary composers from these regions; 4) works by contemporary composers not from these regions but influenced by the music from these regions. Community outreach: Each festival can incorporate Western and non-Western performers from the local community, as well as composers and performing groups specializing in ethnic genres. The program also can be brought to individual, possibly underserved communities within the region; we bring the music to them, as well as invite them to come to us. The impact of such a music festival is intensified by coordinating it with other festivals in the area that highlight related genres such as literature, art, or theater. Ancillary events – such as exhibitions, lectures, and artistic demonstrations at local museums and universities – can also be presented, to help further involve the community in this venture, offer fascinating insights, and provide for a city-wide enthusiasm, or "ownership," of the festival. -- Bright Sheng, January 4, 2003 (Sample festival programs I) “AMERICA–THE BEAUTIFUL” FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC TANGLEWOOD 2002 BRIGHT SHENG, Artistic Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM I July 20, 2002 A Celebration of American Art Songs: A musical tribute to soprano Phyllis Curtin Roger Sessions On the Beach at Fontana (1930) (1896-1985) soprano, piano John Cage The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) (1912-1992) baritone, piano Theodore Chanler Thomas Logge (1937) (1902-1961) baritone, piano A Bidget (1937) tenor, piano Virgil Thomson Susie Asado (1896-1981) tenor, piano Ned Rorem The Serpent (1969) (born 1923) I am Rose (1955) soprano, piano Remarks and reflections on the life and work of Phyllis Curtin by Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe Ned Rorem Some Trees—Three Poems for Three Voices (1968) Some Trees The Grapevine Our Youth Soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, piano Alan Smith Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn (2002) (born 1955) (world premiere; commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center) Prologue 1. Stationed in Europe: I had seen fire Good morning darling I am still the busiest guy …the build up 2. Crossing the English Cannel—Recitativo: I am the only officer 3. France, having survived the Normandy Invasion, D-Day: Downpour of rain The order of the day It is still inconceivable 4. Telegram—Schism WESTERN UNION Epilogue soprano, piano William Schuman From Five Rounds on Famous Words (1956) (1910-1981) Health 2 baritones, 2 bass-baritones Beauty 4 mezzo-sopranos Caution 3 tenors Aaron Copland Vocalise (1927) (1900-1990) soprano, piano From Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1949-50) There came a wind like a bugle I felt a funeral in my brain mezzo-soprano, piano I’ve heard an organ talk sometimes Going to Heaven! mezzo-soprano, piano Carlisle Floyd From The Mystery: Five Songs of Motherhood (1960) (born 1926) Gentleness Rocking soprano, piano Leonard Bernstein Two Love Songs (1948) (1918-1990) Extinguish my eyes… When my would touches yours… tenor, piano ‘Make our Garden Grow’ from Candide (1956, rev. 1973) all singers and piano four hands PROGRAM II Overture: American Classics –– 10:30 am John Cage Credo in US (1942)) (1912-1992) percussion, record player, radio, piano Jacob Druckman Valentine (1969) (1928-1996) doublebass Tromba Marina (1981) 4 doublebasses Aaron Copland Sextet (1937) (1900-1990) Allegro Lento Finale clarinet, piano, string quartet ========================== Morton Feldman Extensions IV (1953) (1926-1987) three pianos George Crumb Madrigals, Book I (1956) (born 1929) I. 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