Schnyderfest: Concerto for Pipa and Orchestra
He is most recently the composer of Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, premiered by Opera Philadelphia and acclaimed in the New York Times (“a pulsing, jazz-infused score”) and Philadelphia Inquirer (“a great piece”) en route to this summer’s Lincoln Center Festival.
Program
Part one: Trans-atlantic
- Schnyder: Alladin: Tales from Another Time (2002)
- Schnyder: Worlds Beyond (1999)
- Schnyder: Blues for Schubert (1999)
- Schnyder/Kurt Weill: Zuhaelterballade from Threepenny Opera
- Schnyder/Gershwin: The Half of it Deary Blues
- Schnyder: Trio for soprano saxophone, bass trombone, and piano (1996)
- Schnyder/Robert Stolz: Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt
- Schnyder/Gershwin: Let Them Eat Cake
- Schnyder/Beethoven: Around the World (seid umschlungen Millionen) — American premiere (2006)
Part two: Trans-pacific
- Min Xiao-fen: Adaptations of Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, etc. for solo pipa
- Schnyder: Concerto for Pipa and Orchestra (2016) – world-premiere performance; PCE commission
Artists
- Min Xiao-fen – pipa
- David Taylor – bass trombone
- Daniel Schnyder – saxophone
- Matt Herskowitz – piano
- PostClassical Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Practical information
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