So far, the orchestra has raised $100,000 for the group.
More than 70 groups have joined so far, the orchestra said, including PUBLIQuartet, Emmanuel Baptist Church and the Bulgarian Children's Chorus.
Just how far the orchestra is willing to go in its explorations was exemplified by its "Orchestra Tech" festival in October.
A pity, though, that having gone so far, the orchestra presents only half of the work: the first three cantatas.
(Schweitzer) Classical Music A Far Cry Orchestra With Oneohtrix Point Never & David Lang (Saturday) Daniel Lopatin, the experimental performer and composer who works under the name Oneohtrix Point Never, collaborates with A Far Cry Orchestra on a performance of David Lang's "Darker" as the centerpiece of this concert, a presentation by Ecstatic Summer and part of the River to River Festival.
Mr. Slatkin particularly welcomes the Carnegie appearances, he said, to demonstrate "how far the orchestra has come in a very short time" after its six-month strike in the 2010-11 season.
If the challenge is met -- so far the orchestra has raised $18 million -- it will give the organization an $80 million nest egg, $10 million of which can be used for operations, with the rest destined for an endowment currently at $18 million.
Mr. Slatkin, who became music director of the Detroit Symphony in 2008, said before the festival that he was eager to show "how far the orchestra has come in a very short time," since its six-month strike in the 2010-11 season.
You don't want to go into battle with people you don't like". One of his favorite moments of his tenure so far: the orchestra's first European tour in 2006.
So far, however, orchestras have faced contractual and technological hurdles.
As the far-flung orchestra members arrived for Mr. K.'s final concert, suddenly we saw her, that little girl, now grown, a professional musician herself.
