Q2 music to broadcast NJSO concerts Apr 21 and 28
WQXR’s online new-music station Q2 Music will broadcast two New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert programs at www.q2music.org this month. The performances—recorded in July 2014 at the Richardson Auditorium in Princeton—feature the world premieres of Edward T. Cone’s Symphony and works by the four composers of the inaugural NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute.
The station will air the NJSO’s special concert/lecture premiere performance of Cone’s Symphony on Tuesday, April 21, at 8 pm. It will then air the Orchestra’s “World-Premiere Saturday” program featuring music by inaugural NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute composers on Tuesday, April 28, at 8 pm. Each broadcast will become available for on-demand listening in the archives at www.q2music.org.
Distinguished composer, Princeton University Department of Music Chair and NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute Director Steven Mackey says: “We are proud to present an in-depth look at Edward T. Cone, an important Princeton University professor and composer whose influence continues to resonate with New Jersey composers. The April 21 broadcast captures our discussion and premiere of Cone’s symphony, which is perhaps his finest work.
“The composers of the inaugural NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute have tremendous careers on the horizon, and we are excited to share their work with Q2 Music’s vast listenership on April 28—I have confidence that this will be the first of many times listeners will hear from these talented artists.”
“Working with a major American orchestra is a singular and pivotal opportunity in any emerging composer’s career,” says Alex Ambrose, Q2 Music producer. “For Q2 Music to amplify the admirable educational work the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is doing through its inaugural Cone Composition Institute and to bring the resultant music, and that of Cone himself, to a large digital audience strikes at the core of what we, as a new-music station, aspire to do.”
April 21 broadcast: World premiere of Edward T. Cone’s Symphony
Distinguished composer, Princeton University Department of Music Chair and NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute Director Steven Mackey joined NJSO Music Director Jacques Lacombe for a discussion about Edward T. Cone’s legacy as part of the world premiere of Cone’s Symphony on July 18, 2014.
Cone has been a connective element through the five seasons of the Orchestra’s critically lauded New Jersey Roots Project, which celebrates composers born in New Jersey or influenced by their time spent in the Garden State. Through the project, the NJSO has presented not only Cone’s music but also the work of composers whose artistic identity was influenced by the late Princeton University professor.
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April 28 broadcast: World premieres of inaugural NJSO Edward T. Cone Institute composers
The NJSO’s “World-Premiere Saturday” program featured new music from the four composers of the inaugural NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute. Lacombe and the Orchestra performed Lembit Beecher’s Kalevipoeg in California, David Biedenbender’s Strange, Beautiful Noises, Daniel J. Choi’s Scaena Ager and Chris Rogerson’s Night and the City on July 19, 2014.
The world-premiere concert was the culmination of the intensive five-day Institute—a multi-faceted program that promotes new music and emerging composers. The participants were selected from an international applicant pool of university composition students and composers in the early stages of their professional careers. During a visit to Q2 Music’s studios, the composers participated in interviews that will air during the concert broadcast, in addition to comments by Institute director Steven Mackey.
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» Watch video interviews with each composer.
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