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A A A Comments By Amanda McCorquodale Thursday, Oct 6 2011

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New World Center

500 17th St.
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Category: Performing Arts Venues

Region: South Beach

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Despite its mysterious-sounding name, the Sphinx Commissioning Consortium is not a secret society conspiring toward a new world order. It’s a group of nine American orchestras that commission a prominent black or Hispanic composer to create a new work each year. As part of the Sphinx ennead, New World Symphony will present the world premiere of the 2011 commissioned work in Opening Fanfare, a program that officially launches NWS’s 24th season. This year’s Sphinx composer is James Lee III, a former composition fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. He wrote “Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula,” a festive piece that celebrates Judaism’s Feast of Tabernacles. Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct, and the program will also feature Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, who will perform Schumann’s Piano Concerto. Opening Fanfare begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center. If Saturday’s performance sells out, you can catch a live stream on the New World Center’s projection wall in SoundScape Park.
Sat., Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 16, 2 p.m., 2011

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