Editing Expo (Magnus Lindberg)

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'''''EXPO''''' is an [[orchestra]]l composition by the Finnish composer [[Magnus Lindberg]]. It was the first work commissioned by the [[New York Philharmonic]] under the conductor [[Alan Gilbert (conductor)|Alan Gilbert]], and was Lindberg's first commission as the orchestra's [[Artist-in-residence|composer-in-residence]].  The piece was first performed on September 16, 2009 at [[David Geffen Hall|Avery Fisher Hall]], [[New York City]], during Alan Gilbert's inaugural concert with the New York Philharmonic.<ref name="Score">{{Cite web |last=Lindberg |first=Magnus |authorlink=Magnus Lindberg |year=2009 |title=EXPO |publisher=[[Boosey & Hawkes]] |url=http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Magnus-Lindberg-EXPO/53130 |accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes">{{cite web |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |authorlink=Anthony Tommasini |title=Gilbert Debuts as Philharmonic's Director |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 17, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/arts/music/18phil.html |accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref>  ''EXPO'' was the first newly commissioned work to open the New York Philharmonic's concert season since the premiere of [[Aaron Copland]]'s ''[[Connotations (Copland)|Connotations]]'' under [[Leonard Bernstein]] on September 23, 1962.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |authorlink=Anthony Tommasini |title=THE NEW SEASON - CLASSICAL MUSIC; The New Guy on the Philharmonic Block |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 13, 2009 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E6D7163DF930A2575AC0A96F9C8B63 |accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lunden |first=Jeff |title=New York Philharmonic Gets A New Director |work=Tiny Desk |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=September 17, 2009 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112863954 |accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Steve |title=Embracing the Orchestra as Alive |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 25, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/arts/music/27smith.html |accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |authorlink=Allan Kozinn |title=A New Tone Is Part of a New Tenure |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 1, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/arts/music/02phil.html |accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref>

==Composition==
''EXPO'' has a duration of roughly 10 minutes and is composed in a single [[Movement (music)|movement]].{{Expand section|date=May 2016}}

===Instrumentation===
The work is scored for a large orchestra comprising two [[Western concert flute|flutes]], [[piccolo]], two [[oboe]]s, [[cor anglais]], two [[clarinet]]s, [[bass clarinet]], two [[bassoon]]s, [[contrabassoon]], four [[French horn|horns]], three [[trumpet]]s, three [[trombone]]s, [[tuba]], [[timpani]], two percussionists, [[Pedal harp|harp]], and [[String section|strings]].<ref name="Score" />

==Reception==
Reviewing the world premiere, [[Anthony Tommasini]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "an urgent, inventive 10-minute piece" and wrote, "as Mr. Lindberg, a pragmatic composer, surely realized, this occasion did not warrant a gnarly, intimidating modern piece. Not that 'EXPO' was some easygoing crowd pleaser. It is an intense, complex and elusive piece, yet somehow celebratory."<ref name="NYTimes" />  Jeff Dunn of the ''San Francisco Classical Voice'' called it "a terrific curtain raiser, 10 minutes of alternating string whooshes (reminiscent of Lindberg's Finnish countrymen [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]] and [[Einojuhani Rautavaara|Rautavaara]]) and brass chorales."<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunn |first=Jeff |title=Heras-Casado: High Energy Sparks SFS Program |work=San Francisco Classical Voice |date=February 14, 2013 |url=https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/san-francisco-symphony/heras-casado-high-energy-sparks-sfs-program |accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref>"  David Patrick Stearns of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' similarly observed, "Part [[fanfare]], part [[Concerto for Orchestra|concerto for orchestra]], ''Expo'' is an aerobic workout for all sections of the orchestra and [...] an exhilarating showcase. Though far from Lindberg's best work, ''Expo'' is a fine curtain-raiser. And if ever you felt lost in the high-traffic orchestration, you could at least glom onto the near-quotations of [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]]'s ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' in the brass writing.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stearns |first=David Patrick |title=Alan Gilbert conducts Philadelphia Orchestra at Kimmel |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 22, 2011 |url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-01-22/news/27043337_1_richard-woodhams-philadelphia-orchestra-guest-conductor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709081959/http://articles.philly.com/2011-01-22/news/27043337_1_richard-woodhams-philadelphia-orchestra-guest-conductor |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref>"

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