ACO's Summer Listening Party

Thank you for supporting ACO in the 2020-21 season! We are pleased to provide exclusive access to a summer's worth of archival recordings from live ACO performances in Carnegie Hall’s famed Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage from 1985-2012.

We will be refreshing this page with four volumes of recordings between now and August 31, 2021. You will receive an email from us once new recordings are posted. If you have any questions, please email Sydney Cusic at sydney [at] americancomposers [dot] org.

PHASE 1 | June 24, 2021 – July 8, 2021

This phase has concluded.

Phase 2 | July 9, 2021 - July 22, 2021

Hannibal Lokumbe’s African Portraits. Conducted by Paul Lustig Dunkel, ACO Co-Founder. (October 11, 1990)

Melinda Wagner’s Falling Angels. Conducted by Paul Lustig Dunkel, ACO Co-Founder. (October 29, 1995)

Laurie Anderson’s Songs for A E. Conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, ACO Co-Founder & Conductor Laureate (February 27, 2000)

PHASE 3 | July 23, 2021 – August 5, 2021

Frank Zappa’s The Adventures of Greg Peccary. Conducted by Steven Sloane (March 2, 2003)

John Adams’ My Father Knew Charles Ives Conducted by John Adams (April 27, 2007)

Anthony Davis’ Wayang V. Conducted by Steven Sloane (April 28, 2004)

PHASE 4 | August 6, 2021 – August 31, 2021

Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 9. Conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, ACO Co-Founder & Conductor Laureate (January 31, 2012)

https://soundcloud.com/amcomporch/philip-glass-symphony/s-wLncMJkWrCi?in=amcomporch/sets/6-24-listening-party-with/s-SEgU4UrVUvj

Derek Bermel’s Voices with Bermel on Clarinet. Conducted by Tan Dun (May 24, 1998)

https://soundcloud.com/amcomporch/derek-bermels-voices-with-bermel-on-clarinet/s-ECjYTwPUuld?in=amcomporch/sets/6-24-listening-party-with/s-SEgU4UrVUvj