PostClassical Ensemble
| PostClassical Ensemble | |
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| Orchestra | |
| Short name | PCE |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Location | Washington DC, United States |
| Concert hall | Harman Center for the Arts |
| Music director | Angel Gil-Ordoñez |
| Website | www |
The PostClassical Ensemble is a classical music musical ensemble from Washington, D.C.. The organization was founded by conductor Angel Gil-Ordoñez and music historian Joseph Horowitz in 2003.[1]
History
For the first period of its history, the PCE performed in a variety of locations in the Washington, D.C. area. The ensemble debuted in 2005 with a performance of “Celebrating Don Quixote,” featuring a commissioned production of Manuel de Falla’s puppet opera Master Peter’s Puppet Show, along with rarely heard works by Oscar Espla and Roberto Gerhard. In the 2000s, the ensemble received a $200,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
In 2016, PCE's presentation of three American documentaries; “The Plow that Broke the Plains,” “The River,” and “The City,” with original scores by Virgil Thomson generated two Naxos DVDs. Its release of a newly recorded score for the Mexican docu-film Redes received a strongly positive view from the Los Angeles Times,[2] and its festival honoring the works of Bernard Hermann was praised by several U.S. music critics for highlighting Hermann's works.[3][4][5]
Activities
PostClassical Ensemble's repertoire emphasizes music composed after 1900, producing the work of artists such as Lou Harrison,[6] Bernard Hermann,[4] and Silvestre Revueltas.[7]
PCE has collaborated with such artists as pianists Jeremy Denk, Benjamin Pasternak, Alexander Toradze, William Wolfram, clarinetist David Krakauer, baritones Christòpheren Nomura and William Sharp, bass-baritone Kevin Deas, pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-fen, and other internationally prominent artists.
The group is also an artistic partner of Georgetown University as well as an educational partner of the National Gallery of Art.[1]
Music directors
- Angel Gil-Ordoñez 2003–Present
See also
References
- ^ a b Tim Smith (4 January 2011). "Innovation rewarded: Post-Classical Ensemble receives $200,000 Mellon grant". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ Kenneth Turan (2016-05-05). "Newly recorded score is highlight of Mexican neo-doc 'Redes'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ Armando Trull (2016-04-15). "'Psycho' And So Much More: Composer Bernard Herrmann Gets A D.C. Festival". WAMU. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ a b Charles Downey (2016-04-18). "Ensemble shines spotlight on Herrmann's film scores, and for good reason". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ David Mermelstein (2016-04-26). "More Than Hitchcock's Handmaiden". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ Anne Midgette (2016-03-13). "PostClassical Ensemble shows a new side of Lou Harrison". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ Joan Reinthaler (2014-05-14). "PostClassical Ensemble shines in its performance of Silvestre Revueltas's music". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
External links
- PostClassical Ensemble Official site
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