PostClassical Ensemble

The PostClassical Ensemble is a classical music musical ensemble from Washington, D.C.. The organization was founded by conductor Angel Gil-Ordoñez and music historian Joseph Horowitz in 2003.[1]

PostClassical Ensemble
Orchestra
Short namePCE
Founded2003 (2003)
LocationWashington DC, United States
Concert hallHarman Center for the Arts
Music directorAngel Gil-Ordoñez
Websitewww.postclassical.com

History

For the first period of its history, the PCE performed in a variety of locations in the Washington, D.C. area. The ensemble debuted in 2005 with a performance of “Celebrating Don Quixote,” featuring a commissioned production of Manuel de Falla’s puppet opera Master Peter’s Puppet Show, along with rarely heard works by Oscar Espla and Roberto Gerhard. In the 2000s, the ensemble received a $200,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

In 2016, PCE's presentation of three American documentaries; “The Plow that Broke the Plains,” “The River,” and “The City,” with original scores by Virgil Thomson generated two Naxos DVDs. Its release of a newly recorded score for the Mexican docu-film Redes received a strongly positive view from the Los Angeles Times,[2] and its festival honoring the works of Bernard Hermann was praised by several U.S. music critics for highlighting Hermann's works.[3][4][5]

Activities

PostClassical Ensemble's repertoire emphasizes music composed after 1900, producing the work of artists such as Lou Harrison,[6] Bernard Hermann,[4] and Silvestre Revueltas.[7]

PCE has collaborated with such artists as pianists Jeremy Denk, Benjamin Pasternak, Alexander Toradze, William Wolfram, clarinetist David Krakauer, baritones Christòpheren Nomura and William Sharp, bass-baritone Kevin Deas, pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-fen, and other internationally prominent artists.

The group is also an artistic partner of Georgetown University as well as an educational partner of the National Gallery of Art.[1]

Music directors

See also

References
  1. Tim Smith (4 January 2011). "Innovation rewarded: Post-Classical Ensemble receives $200,000 Mellon grant". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  2. Kenneth Turan (2016-05-05). "Newly recorded score is highlight of Mexican neo-doc 'Redes'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  3. Armando Trull (2016-04-15). "'Psycho' And So Much More: Composer Bernard Herrmann Gets A D.C. Festival". WAMU. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  4. Charles Downey (2016-04-18). "Ensemble shines spotlight on Herrmann's film scores, and for good reason". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  5. David Mermelstein (2016-04-26). "More Than Hitchcock's Handmaiden". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  6. Anne Midgette (2016-03-13). "PostClassical Ensemble shows a new side of Lou Harrison". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  7. Joan Reinthaler (2014-05-14). "PostClassical Ensemble shines in its performance of Silvestre Revueltas's music". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
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