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Harbison work to be premiered by BSO, April 17-18
 MIT
Institute Professor John Harbison
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For Immediate Release: March 24, 2008
Contact:
Lynn Heinemann
MIT Office of the Arts
e-mail heine@media.mit.edu
(617) 253-5351
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Cambridge, MA...The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO),
conducted by James Levine, will present the world premiere of John Harbison's
Symphony No. 5 on April 17-18, at 8 p.m. in Symphony Hall (301 Massachusetts
Ave., Boston).
The BSO's program will also include a performance of Mahler's Das
Lied von der Erde.
Based on the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, Harbison's composition was commissioned
by the BSO. Scored for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra, the
work will feature Kate Lindsey
(in her BSO debut) and Nathan Gunn.
Robert Kirzinger, BSO Publications Associate will present a pre-concert talk
at 6:45 p.m.
Tickets range from $20-$103. To order, call (888) 266-1200 or purchase
on-line.
Harbison, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) has
received numerous awards and distinctions, including a MacArthur "genius" grant
and a Pulitzer Prize. He has composed in virtually every genre--from
solo to chamber to symphonic music and his works can be heard on Nonesuch,
CRI, New World Records and Harmonia Mundi. His most recent recording,
Ulysses--Complete Ballet (1984, rev. 2003) was released on March 1,
2008, on BMOP/sound, the new signature record label of BMOP (Boston Modern
Orchestra Project).
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