2000s

April 14, 2009

Pile Driver (2004) . . . . Richard McCandless

Aquarium* (2009) . . . . . Massimo Lauricella

Ionisation (1931) . . . . . Edgard Varese

Crystal Canon for Edgard Varese (1974). James Tenney

Rotativa (1929-32) . . . . . Giacinto Scelsi

Estudo para Instrumentos a Percussao** (1953). M Camargo Guarnieri

Ionisation . . . . Edgard Varese

*First Performance, Written for OPG

**American Premiere


April 23, 2008, at the University of Akron

Village Burial with Fire (1989) . . . . . James Wood


April 22, 2008

Ohko . . . . Iannis Xenakis

Loose Change Coin Collection II (2007) . . Ross Karre ’05

First Performance, Written for OPG

Stroboscope (2003) . . . . Luka Ligeti

Shadow Plays (1994) . . . . . . Kevin Beavers

James Kalyn, saxophone; Daniel Walden, piano

This Too Shall Pass (2006) . . . . Nomi Epstein

Village Burial with Fire (1989) . . . . . James Wood


April 24, 2007

* Parade (2003) . . . Guo Wenjing

Threads (2005/6) . . . Paul Lansky

**The Coriolis Effect . . . Amelia Kaplan

* Home Organs . . . . . Thomas Meadowcroft

Krasch! (1993) . . . . Anders Nilsson

*American Premiere

**First Performance, written for OPG


April 25, 2006

Stonewave (1990) . . . Rolf Wallin

Pulse (1939) . . . . Henry Cowell

*Disjecta (2006) . . . . Ross Feller

*Five Doors (2005/6) . . Matthew Jenkins

Persephassa (1969) . . . . Iannis Xenakis

*First Performance, Written for OPG


April 21, 2006- Trinity Church, Cleveland

Persephassa (1969) . . . Iannis Xenakis


September 28, 2005

Rrrrrrr.... (1981-82) . . . Mauricio Kagel

I. Railway Drama

II. Ranz des Vaches

III. Rigaudon

IV. Rim Shots and Co.

V. Ruf

VI. Rutscher


May 3, 2005, Concert for Harrison Birtwistle Residency

For O, for o the hobbyhorse is forgot (1976) . . . . . Harrison Birtwistle

Andrew Burke, Zachary Crystal, Matthew Jenkins,

Ross Karre, Michael Lehman, Jared Twenty


April 29, 2005- at the First United Methodist Church of Oberlin

Kerberos (1990) . . . Sydney Hodkinson

Jonathan Hepfer

Laredo . . . . Kyle Gann

Kosio Dobroykov

Rhythm Strip (1997) . . . Askell Masson

Michael Rosen, Aaron Williams

Homily (1987) . . . . Milton Babbitt

Jared Twenty

Prim (1984) . . . . . Askell Masson

Aaron Williams

Klopfzeichen . . . Werner Heider

Jonathan Hepfer, Jared Twenty


April 22, 2005- New Music Festival, Heidelberg College

For o, for o the hobbyhorse is forgot . . Harrison Birtwistle


April 12, 2005

Canticle No. 1 (1940) . . . . . . . . Lou Harrison

Synthecism No. 6 (1987/97) . . . . . Brian Bevelander

*Ideogram (2005) . . . . . . . Lewis Nielson

Stèle (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . Gérard Grisey

**Shiftwork (1994) . . . . . . . Howard Skempton

For o, for o the hobbyhorse is forgot** (1976). Harrison Birtwistle

*First Performance, written for OPG

**First American Performance


April 27, 2004

Fanfare for Klaus Huber (1987) . . . . . . . . Brian Fernyhough

The Frame Problem (2003) . . . . . . . . . . James Romig

Anima (1996) . . . . . . . Theodore Wiprud

*KSI (2003) . . . . . . . Dominique Lemaître

Fanfare for Klaus Huber . . . . . . . . Fernyhough

From Drama, Op. 23 (1995) . . . . . . .Guo Wenjing

I; V; VI

Strange Attractions (1999) . . . . . . . Sebastian Armoza

**Cross Section (1992) . . . . . Akio Yasuraoka

*Premiere- Written for OPG

**First American Performance


October 3, 2003, on the Contemporary Music Ensemble Concert

DNA (2003) . . . . . Joan Tower


October 5, 2003, at the Cleveland Museum of Art

DNA (2003) . . . . . Joan Tower


April 8, 2003

Thanatos (1997) . . . . . . . John Kaefer

Labyrinth No.3 (1940/41) . . Lou Harrison

Toccata (1965) . . . . . Alan Stout

Paul Cohen, saxophone

Zelig (2002) . . . . . . Dominique Lemaître

Amores (1943) . . . . . . . John Cage

Concert Piece (2002) . . . . Allen Houston

Timothy McKay, timpani


March 20, 2002

Stem Cells (2001) . . . . . . . Jerome Margolis

Karma Quintet (1999) . . . Davide Zannoni

The Paces of Yu (1992) . . Arthur Jarvinen

Gustavo Aguilar, berimbau

6 Marimbas (1992) . . . . . . . Steve Reich

Images de Peaux (1996) . . . . Bruno Giner


October 11, 2001-Cleveland Museum of Art Festival of New Music

Click . . . . . . . . . . Mary Ellen Childs


March 22, 2001

Wake for Charles Ives (1974) . . . James Tenney

Hocket for Henry Cowell (1974) . . James Tenney

Crystal Canon for Edgard Varese (1974) . .James Tenney

Passagese Nuageux (1994) . . . . . François Rose

Refrain (1999) . . . . . . . . . Peter Child

Click (1992) . . . . . . . . Mary Ellen Childs

Five Dream Sequences (1968) . . . Walter Ross

*LEX (1990/93) . . . . . . . . Michael Dougherty

Gregory Fulkerson, violin

* Written for OPG


March 21, 2000

Musique de Tables (1998) . . . Thierry deMey

Zythos (1997) . . . . Iannis Xenakis

James Desano, trombone

American Premiere

Second Construction (1940) . . . . . . John Cage

Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs . . . John Cage

Marlene Ralis Rosen, soprano

Nowth Upon Nacht (1984) . . . . John Cage

Marlene Ralis Rosen, soprano