The renowned Scharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra will offer three concerts to the AAR community and the city of Rome as the culminating events of a week-long residency. This will be the Scharoun Ensemble’s sixth annual visit and concert series at the American Academy. Featured will be music by David Lang (1991 Fellow), Ludwig van Beethoven (the E flat-major Septet op. 20), Robert Schumann (Fantasiestucke op. 73), Ernst von Dohnanyi (the C-major Sextet op. 37), and Johannes Brahms (Variations on a Theme by Schumann op. 9, arranged by D. Glanert). Also featured will be work by Eric Nathan, the Frederic A. Juilliard/Walter Damrosch Rome Prize Fellow in Musical Composition (including Nathan’s Multitude, Solitude and a world premiere of his Octet), and Dan Visconti, the Samuel Barber Rome Prize Fellow in Musical Composition (including Visconti’s Ramshackle Songs and Young Sycamore).

Concert I

Friday, February 14, 2014
9:00pm, Villa Aurelia
Music by David Lang, Dan Visconti, and Ludwig van Beethoven

Concert II

Saturday, February 15, 2014
9:00pm, Villa Aurelia
Music by Eric Nathan, Robert Schumann/György Kurtág, and Johannes Brahms

Concert III

Sunday, February 16, 2014
11:00am, Villa Aurelia
Music by Robert Schumann, Dan Visconti, Eric Nathan, and Ernst von Dohnanyi

Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis. You are kindly requested to take your seat fifteen minutes before the beginning of the performance.

This program is funded, in part, by grants from the Fromm Music Foundation and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music.