Three recent works showcase the composer's colorful and arresting visions, including the American premiere of the cello concerto Mania, and the Piano Sonata performed in New York for the first time by guest artist Gloria Cheng.   

This program, the second in Carnegie Hall's Making Music 2001 series, also features a conversation between the composer/conductor and Ara Guzelimian, the series' moderator.  

Read the New York Times review of this concert here.   

laura claycomb soprano
gloria cheng piano  
anssi karttunen cello   
esa-pekka salonen conductor

esa-pekka salonen
mania (2000)
american premiere
for cello solo and ensemble

five images after sappho (1996)
new york premiere
for soprano and ensemble

dichotomie (1996)
new york premiere
for piano

witold lutoslawski
chain 1 (1984)
for ensemble

steven stucky
ai due amici (2000)
for ensemble