ENSEMBLE ACJW OCTOBER 2015 PROGRAM
FEATURED GUEST COMPOSER: Timo Andres
FRIDAY, October 16, 2015
7 p.m. Pre-performance Discussion
8 p.m. Performance
Helen Filene Ladd Recital Hall
Arthur Zankel Music Center
CONCERT PROGRAM
SCHUMANN: 惭盲谤肠丑别苍别谤锄盲丑濒耻苍驳别苍, Op. 132
TIMO ANDRES: Piano Quintet
BRAHMS: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B Minor, Op. 115
Presented by the Department of Music and the Office of Special Programs
Residency made possible by generous support from Beverly Sanders Payne '59 and David B. Payne
Andres's new works include a piano quintet for Jonathan Biss and the Elias String Quartet, commissioned and presented by Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and San Francisco Performances; a solo piano work for Kirill Gerstein, commissioned by the Gilmore Foundation; a new string quartet for the Library of Congress, premiered by the Attacca Quartet; and a new piece for yMusic. Upcoming commissions include a major work for Third Coast Percussion and an ensemble song cycle to be premiered by himself, Gabriel Kahane, Becca Stevens, Ted Hearne and Nathan Koci at the Ecstatic Music Festival and presented by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra鈥檚 Liquid Music series.
Recent highlights include solo recitals at Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, (le) Poisson Rouge, and San Francisco performances; a weekend of performances in Los Angeles, featuring a new work for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and a performance of his re-composition of the Mozart 鈥淐oronation鈥 concerto; and performances of Crashing Through Fences by eighth blackbird. Collaborative projects of the past season include a duo program with Gabriel Kahane at the Library of Congress and a world premiere performance of selected Philip Glass 脡tudes, alongside the composer, as part of Nico Muhly鈥檚 鈥淎 Scream and An Outrage鈥 festival at the Barbican.
Timo earned both his bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees from Yale and in addition to music, he has worked occasionally as a professional graphic and web designer. He is one sixth of the Sleeping Giant composers鈥 collective and performs regularly with ACME. He has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI and ASCAP, as well as grants from New Music USA and the Copland Fund.
A new album of his orchestral works, Home Stretch, was released by Nonesuch Records in July 2013.
An avid cyclist, Andres can often be sighted commuting astride his 1983 Mercian.