Aging Magician
Composed by Paola Prestini
Libretto by and featuring Rinde Eckert
Co-created by Julian Crouch, Rinde Eckert, Paola Prestini, Mark Stewart
Stage directed by Julian Crouch
Co-scenic design and costume design by Amy Rubin
Instrument design by Mark Stewart
Projection and lighting design by Josh Higgason
Sound design by Marc Urselli
Produced by National Sawdust and Beth Morrison Projects
The Colorado
Composed by Paola Prestini
Libretto for “A Padre, a Horse, a Telescope,” by Dana Bonstrom
Libretto for “The Corrido” by William deBuys
Produced by National Sawdust
“From the Bones to the Fossils”
Composed by Paola Prestini
Sound design by Sxip Shirey
Knives and Violets & Muse of An Aged People
Composed by Paola Prestini
Commissioned by The Juilliard School
Fading Ecosystems
Composed by Paola Prestini
Commissioned by The Juilliard School
Means of Escape
Composed by Sean Shepherd
Commissioned by The Juilliard School
Published by Boosey and Hawkes
Performed by Andrew O'Donnell, clarinet; George Meyer, violin; Ari Evan, cello
Tuolumne
Composed by Sean Shepherd
Published and reprinted by permission of Hendon Music Inc., A Boosey & Hawkes Company
Performed by The Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Möst
Recording courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra
“Chants du Burgam”
Composed and Performed by Doudou N'Diaye Rose
Recording courtesy of Real World Records Ltd
Video performance by Mar Gueye
Selections from "27 2- and 3- Part Choruses
Composed by Béla Bartók
Reprinted by permission of Boosey & Hawkes
Performed by Gyor Girls' Choir, Miklós Szabó
Recording courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
“Bolyongas”
“Hejja Hejja Karahejja”
“Jatek”
“Kanon”
“Parnas Tancdal”
Published by Mgb Songs on behalf of Universal Music Publishing Embz Kft (ASCAP)
“Jószág-igézõ”
“Cipósütés”
Published by Boosey & Hawkes (ASCAP)
“Succotash”
Composed and performed by Herbie Hancock
Published by Hancock Music
Recording courtesy of Universal Music Group
Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
Composed by Manuel de Falla
Reprint courtesy of Monge y Boceta Asociados Musicales S.L.
Performed by Isabel Leonard, Brian Zeger
Recording courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc
“Blue Monk”
Composed and performed by Thelonious Monk
Published by and reprinted by permission of Ultra International Music Publishing, LLC
Recording courtesy of Concord Music Group
“Guajeo De Saxos”
Composed and performed by Israel “Cachao” Lopez
Recording courtesy of Craft Latino and Concord Music Group
“Boogie Patterns”
Composed by Denes Agay
Copyright © 1996 and 2019 by Yorktown Music Press, Inc.
Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLC
“Blues Before Sunrise”
Composed by John Lee Hooker
Published by BMG Platinum Songs US (BMI) obo Conrad Music, A Division of Arc Music Corp (BMI)
Performed by Muddy Waters
Recording courtesy of Universal Music Group
“Anandamrutha”
Composed by Muthuswami Dikshitar
Performed by Nithyasree Mahadevan
Recording courtesy of Amutham Music Private Limited
“Day-O (Banana Boat Song)”
Composed by William Attaway, Irving Burgie
Published by BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP) obo Caribe Music (ASCAP) and Reservoir Media Music
Performed by Harry Belafonte
Recording courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
Ambush from Ten Sides
Traditional Chinese
Performed by Wu Man, pipa
The Magic Flute, K.620
Recording courtesy of Universal Music Group
"Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"
Performed by Erika Miklósa, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
"Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön"
Performed by Christoph Strehl, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
"Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen"
Performed by Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Christoph Strehl
"Hm! hm! hm! hm! meinem Herzen"
Performed by Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Christoph Strehl, Caroline Stein, Heidi Zehnder, Anne-Caroline Schlüter, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
"O Isis und Osris"
Performed by René Pape, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Erwin Ortner
"Papagena! Papagena!"
Performed by Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Dorothea Röschmann, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
"Wie? Wie? Wie?"
Performed by Caroline Stein, Heidi Zehnder, Anne-Caroline Schlüter, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
"Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja...He da!"
Performed by Hanno Müller-Brachman, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Christoph Strehl
"O zittre nicht...Ist's ach denn Wirklichlkeit"
Performed by Erika Miklósa, Christoph Strehl, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
"Overture"
Performed by Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Into the Woods
Composed by Stephen Sondheim
Published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) OBO Rilting Music, Inc.
Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard LLC
Performed by Original Broadway Cast
Recording courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
“Prologue” Performed by Original Broadway Cast
“I Guess This Is Goodbye / Maybe They’re Magic”
Performed by Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Ben Wright
“Giants in the Sky”
Performed by John Cameron Mitchell
“Agony”
Performed by Original Broadway Cast
“Stay With Me”
Performed by Original Broadway Cast
“Lament”
Performed by Julia McKenzie
“Your Fault / Last Midnight”
Performed by Danielle Ferland, Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Ben Wright, Kim Crosby
Demos and interviews:
Sarna Lapine, director
Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, scenic designer
Valérie Thérèse Bart, costume designer
Henry Jenkinson, actor
Juliette Kenn de Balinthezy, actor
Fred Lassen, musical director
Maggie Walters, actor
Hansel and Gretel
Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck
Video courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera, featuring Jurowski, Coote, Schäfer, Plowright, Held, Langridge, Cooke, Oropesa
Reprinted by permission of Dover Publications
Six Bagatelles for Woodwind Quintet
Composed by György Ligeti
Published and reprinted by permission of Schott Music, Mainz
Performed by members of Decoda, Inc.:
Isabel Gleicher, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Alicia Lee, clarinet; Shelley Monroe Huang, bassoon; Alana Vegter, horn
Performed by Carnegie Hall Ensemble Connect Fellows:
Leo Sussman, flute; Tamara Winston, oboe; Noemi Sallai, clarinet; Yen-Chen Wu, bassoon; Wilden Dannerberg, horn
Performed by Quintett Wien Recording courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Musica Ricercata No.7
Composed by György Ligeti
Published and reprinted by permission of Schott Music, Mainz
Performed by Sarina Zhang, piano
Sonatina for Piano 4-Hands
Composed by György Ligeti
Published by and reprinted by permission of Schott Music, GmbH & Co. KG
Performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Irina Kataeva
Recording courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
“La Muerte del Ángel”
Composed by Astor Piazzolla
Published by WC Music Corps. (ASCAP) OBO Warner Chappell Music Argentina
Performed by Astor Piazzolla and Quinteto Tango Nuevo
Recording courtesy of Deutsche Welle
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L. 137
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Carol Wincec, flute, Cynthia Phelps, viola, Nancy Allen, harp
String Quartet Op. 76, No. 1 in G Major, Hob. 111:75
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Tokyo String Quartet
Recording courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
Out of Doors
Composed by Bela Bartok
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. in the U.S. and in the world excluding the U.S. by European American Music Distributors Company, Agent for Universal Edition
Le Sacre du Printemps
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Published by and reprinted by permission of Boosey & Hawkes
Performed by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Mariss Jansons
Recording courtesy of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Vox Balaenae
Composed by George Crumb
Performed by Eighth Blackbird
Recording courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Carnaval, Op.9
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Tiffany Poon, piano
Steel Hammer
Composed by Julia Wolfe
Published by and reprinted by permission of G. Schirmer, Inc. and Red Poppy, Ltd. (ASCAP)
From the album Steel Hammer (Cantaloupe Music CA21099)
Performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars & Trio Mediaeval
Recording courtesy of Red Poppy, Ltd.
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Kyung Wha Chung, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Recording courtesy of Universal Music Group
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14, I. Allegro molto appassionato
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Joshua Bell, Sir Roger Norrington, Camerata Salzburg
Recording courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
Video performance by Sean Lee, violin
Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings
Composed by Sofia Gubaidulina
Reprinted by permission of G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP)
Performed by Valeri Popov, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Pyotr Meshchaninov
Recording courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
L’Estro Armonico
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Rachel Podger
Recording courtesy of Channel Classics
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Recording performed by Jean-Guihen Queyras is courtesy of [PIAS] Recordings (UK) Limited
Recording performed by Mstislav Rostropovich is courtesy of Supraphon a.s.
Recording performed by Pieter Wispelwey is courtesy of Evil Penguin Records / EPR Classic
Sequenza V for Solo Trombone
Composed by Luciano Berio
Published and reprinted by permission of European American Music Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian agent for Universal Edition Vienna
Performed by Richard Harris
Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp Minor, op. post 66
Composed by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Derek Wang, piano
“They Can’t Take That Away From Me”
Composed by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Published by Steve Peter Music, Downtown DLJ Songs, Raleigh Music Publishing LLC, and WC Music Corp.
Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLC and Alfred Publishing
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Recording courtesy of Universal Music Group
Two Choral Songs, Op. 73
Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
Performed by The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood (conductor)
Recording courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
“Der Atlas”
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore
Recording courtesy of Universal Music Group
“Die Forelle”
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Jacob Ingbar, baritone
Coached by and performed with Adam Nielsen
“Du bist die Ruh”
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by John Brancy, baritone and Peter Dugan, piano
“What’s Going On”
Composed by Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC
“Feeling Good”
Composed by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Published by TRO Essex Music Group
Reprinted by permission of Published by TRO Essex Music Group and Concord Music Ltd., London
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Sir Simon Rattle, Vienna Philharmonic
Recording courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125, ‘Choral’: II. Molto Vivace
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Sir Simon Rattle, Vienna Philharmonic
Recording courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
“East St. Louis Toodle-Oo”
Composed by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley
Published by EMI Mills Music Inc. and Sony Music
Performed by Duke Ellington & The Washingtonians
Recording courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
“Volez, Plaisirs, volez!”
Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performed by Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion, Emmanuelle De Negri
Recording courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
"Gamelan Gong Kebyar Tinggi Seni Indonesi, Den Pasar (Baris)”
Traditional Balinese
Published by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Performed by Various Artists / Explorer Series
From the Album Bali: Gamelan & Kecak
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
Composed by John Williams
Published by Universal Pictures
Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLC
Recording courtesy of Universal Pictures
Video courtesy of Universal Studios
“The Flamingo”
Composed by Lynn Freeman Olson
Reprinted by permission of C.F. Peters Corp
Nadia Azzi, piano
Allison Hai-Ting Chinn, vocalist
Katherine Clinch, musician
Michelle Farah, oboe
William Ferguson, vocalist
Addison Frei, piano
Hiromi Fukuda, piano
Nicolee Kuester, horn
Timothy McDevitt, vocalist
Jessica Meyer, viola
Endea Owens, bass
Shereen Pimental, vocalist
Taurien Reddick, drums
Alexa Tarantino, saxophone
Vielka Kelly Weiss, vocalist
Katherine Whyte, vocalist
Jorell Williams, vocalist
Aaron Wunsch, piano
Yusnier Sanchez Bustamente, piano
Yuniel Jimenez, tres guitar