O Premieres!
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Commissioned works and premieres by today's most exciting composers juxtaposed with works by pioneers of the 20th century.
The programs sampled on this page reflect the links between pioneering American composers and the composers who inherited their iconoclasm. Representative programs include:
new works interspersed with studies by Charles Ives;
the work of young composers paired with senior contemporary music masters;
or a kaleidoscope of works, ranging from those rooted in 20th-century modernist classicism to the avant-garde
Rhythmically inventive, dramatic, and colorful, these programs invite new and initiated audiences alike to experience compelling contemporary music.
Berman wishes to thank Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble for sponsoring many of these original programs.
Programs
Merkin Concert Hall Program (New York debut recital, March 1999)
Pioneers & Premieres I program (April 1993)
2022
Franz Schubert
Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 (1827)
Hungarian Melody in B Minor, D. 817 (1824)
Jeff Nichols
Caracole (1996)
Amy Beth Kirsten
Prayer for a Wounded King (2022) — World Premiere
Arthur Levering
Garland for Steven Stucky: Theme and Variations (2020) — World Premiere
J. S. Bach
The Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 1 (1721):
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 852
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Minor, BWV 853
Su Lian Tan
The Other Pictures (2021)
I. Portrait — World Premiere
Charles Ives
Adagio con moto, from Piano Sonata No. 1 (1909)
David Sanford
Underground (2020) — New York Premiere
Marti Epstein
The Piano in the Palace Beautiful (2019) — New York Premiere
Luiz Castelões
Six Pop Themes (2020) — New York Premiere
2019
Nadia Boulanger
Vers la vie nouvelle (1918)
Aaron Helgeson
Through Glimpses of Unknowing (2012)
David Rakowski
Twîfff (2015) — World Premiere
Timo Andres
How Can I Live in Your World of Ideas? (2007)
Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana, op. 16 (1838)
2017
Mauricio Kagel
An Tasten (1977)
Dániel Péter Biró
Shevarim (Breakings) (2017) — World Premiere
Scott Lindroth
Prosody (2017) — World Premiere