The BSO/GHO Alliance, under the leadership of Andris Nelsons, features a series of co-commissions, with new works presented each year of the partnership, starting with works by German composer Jörg Widmann and American composer Sean Shepherd which premiered in Boston and Leipzig in the 2017-18 season.
Sean SHEPHERD
Express Abstractionism
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall
8 February 2018
World Premiere
Gewandhausorchester, Gewandhaus zu Leizpzig
31 August 2018
European Premiere
Jörg WIDMANN
Partita
Gewandhausorchester, Gewandhaus zu Leizpzig
8 March 2018
World Premiere
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall
29 March 2018
European Premiere
Andris DZENITIS
Mara
Gewandhausorchester, Gewandhaus zu Leizpzig
4 October 2018
World Premiere
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall
8 November 2018
US premiere
Sebastian CURRIER
Aether
Soloist: Baiba Skride
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall
2 May 2019
World Premiere
Gewandhausorchester, Gewandhaus zu Leizpzig
16 May 2019
European Premiere
Betsy JOLAS
Letters from Bachville
Gewandhausorchester, Gewandhaus zu Leizpzig
12 September 2019
World Premiere
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall
7 November 2019
USA Premiere
HK Gruber
Short Stories from the Vienna Woods
Gewandhausorchester, Gewandhaus zu Leizpzig
26 March 2020
World Premiere
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall
2 April 2020
USA Premiere
Arturs MASKATS
My River runs to thee… (Homage to Emily Dickinson)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall
21 November 2019
World Premiere
Gewandhausorchester, Gewandhaus zu Leizpzig
30 April 2020
European Premiere