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