American Composers Orchestra, Jeffrey Zeigler at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

The complicated relationship between humankind and the natural world is depicted in three innovative works. Nina C. Young’s Out of whose womb came the ice depicts Ernest Shackleton’s daring expedition to Antarctica in music and video, while Pulitzer Prize–winning composer John Luther Adams’s Become River is one chapter of his ongoing series of pieces that explore desert, mountain, tundra, and other landscapes and waterscapes. Mark Adamo’s cello concerto is an apocalyptic Four Seasons with Adamo celebrating and mourning four extreme landscapes: Glacier, Desert, Space, and Floodplain. Part of: Zankel Sampler I American Composers Orchestra is also performing November 13...

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The complicated relationship between humankind and the natural world is depicted in three innovative works. Nina C. Young’s Out of whose womb came the ice depicts Ernest Shackleton’s daring expedition to Antarctica in music and video, while Pulitzer Prize–winning composer John Luther Adams’s Become River is one chapter of his ongoing series of pieces that explore desert, mountain, tundra, and other landscapes and waterscapes. Mark Adamo’s cello concerto is an apocalyptic Four Seasons with Adamo celebrating and mourning four extreme landscapes: Glacier, Desert, Space, and Floodplain. Part of: Zankel Sampler I American Composers Orchestra is also performing November 13. Performers American Composers Orchestra George Manahan, Music Director and Conductor David Tinervia, Baritone Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello Program JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Become River (NY Premiere) MARK ADAMO Last Year Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra (World Premiere) NINA C. YOUNG Out of whose womb came the ice (expanded version; World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall) Support for the 125 Commissions Project is provided by members of Carnegie Hall's Composer Club.

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