Sacred Heart: Explosion (newly revised)
National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conducting

October 4, 2007, 7:00 pm
October 5, 2007, 1:30 pm
October 6, 2007, 8:00 pm

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
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String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3
Brooklyn Philharmonic's Corigliano Festival 2008
February 2, 2008

Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, New York
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Sacred Heart: Explosion
The American Museum of Folk Art
Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger
April 15-September 21, 2008

The exhibition features works by 11 artists influenced by the work of self-taught artist Henry Darger, including Mr. Friedman’s orchestral piece, Sacred Heart: Explosion, which is based on one of Darger’s water color paintings of the same name. A live recording by the National Symphony Orchestra will be broadcast three times per hour at the Museum, throughout the exhibition. Mr. Friedman’s scores and score sketches are also on display.

The American Folk Art Museum
New York, NY
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String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3
Wordless Music at Whitney Live
June 27, 2008

Performed by ACME: American Contemporary Music Ensemble

The Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
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Sacred Heart: Explosion
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conducting

June 5, 2008, 8:00 pm
June 6, 2008, 1:30 pm
June 7, 2008, 8:00 pm
June 8, 2008, 3:00pm

Symphony Center
Chicago, IL
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