Zachary Woolfe of the NY Times tweeted earlier today that he was listening to Virgil Thomson's The Mother of Us All, which seems to me to be perfect for today's election. However, if you happen to be in NYC, there's this fabulous Orchard Circle program:
Tuesday, Nov 8th, Election night, 2016 at 8pm
DiMenna Center, Cary Hall
450 West 37th Street, New York, New York
DiMenna Center, Cary Hall
450 West 37th Street, New York, New York
Election Night Bash
Berlin Philharmonic members
led by Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Music by Ned Rorem, John Harbison, Fred Lerdahl, John Corigliano,
Phillip Glass, Milton Babbitt, Lowell Liebermann, Augusta Read Thomas,
Laura Schwendinger, Roger Sessions, Daniel Brewbaker, Virgil Thompson,
Eric Moe, Charles Wuorinen, Sebastian Currier, and Nathan Currier
Orchard Circle will have its inaugural concert, with leading members of the Berlin Philharmonic including their Concertmaster, on what is shaping up to be our nation's craziest night in recent memory - election night, November 8th, 2016.
Andreas Buschatz, Concertmaster
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Principal harp
Mathieu Dufour, Principal flute
Matthew McDonald, Principal bass
Cornelia Gartemann, violin
Julia Gartemann, viola
Moky Gibson-Lane, cello
plus Emma Tahmizian and Eric Moe, pianists
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