Chicago-based chamber choir Stare at the Sun delivers the world premiere to flash flood fiction. In addition, the concert will feature a performance of Caroline Shaw’s breathtaking cantata To the Hands and a work by Filipina composer Anya Lagman concerning one’s relationship to their country of ethnic heritage.
Chicago-based chamber choir Stare at the Sun delivers the world premiere to flash flood fiction. In addition, the concert will feature a performance of Caroline Shaw’s breathtaking cantata To the Hands and a work by Filipina composer Anya Lagman concerning one’s relationship to their country of ethnic heritage.
APRIL 7, 2024 4PM, Antonello Hall, MacPhail Center for Music
Bakken Ensemble performs stars on the ground, for string quartet at Antonello Hall, MacPhail Center for Music (Minneapolis, MN). More information below. Other pieces include:
Kaija Saariaho: Piano Trio “Light and Matter”
Toru Takemitsu: Orion for cello and piano
Stephen Hartke: “The King of the Sun”: Tableaux for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano
Camille Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet No. 2 in Bflat Major, Op. 41
Guest Artists:
Timothy Lovelace, piano
Daniel Orsen, viola
Inspired by the incredible images being received by the James Webb Space telescope, this program looks toward the stars. The program features a rarely played piano quartet by Camille Saint-Saens who was an amateur astronomer. Included are a cluster of contemporary works with cosmic themes.
Hub New Music premieres let it ring, a quartet for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello alongside new works by Princeton University faculty and graduate student composers.
TAK premieres of Montrose, an intermedia quintet for soprano, violin scordatura, flute, bass clarinet, objects, tape cassette players, and video. Presented by Princeton Sound Kitchen, featuring additional works by Princeton graduate student and faculty composers.
Orbit Duo premieres "hand in hand", a duo for violin and cello, at Open Waters Festival 2024.
TUE, JAN 9 2024, 8:30PM
Joseph Strug Concert Hall, 1385 Seymour St., Halifax
$25 Adult / $20 Senior / $15 Student (+ fees)
Upstream Members save $5. Available online or at the door.
Aliayta Foon-Dancoes (violin) Isidora Nojkovic (cello)
Hailed as “the new cross-continental duo to pay attention to” (Classical Post). Since founding their group in 2020, they have appeared at the Canadian Opera Centre, New Music Gathering, Gifts for the River Film Festival, and the Long Beach Opera Gala, and have commissioned five new works for violin and cello with generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts. Their performances have been described as packing "a mind-bending punch" (I Care if You Listen).
Bergamot Quartet performs "lucite dreams" at Sō Laboratories on Sunday, December 17, 2023 7:30 PM 9:30 PM. Featuring percussionists Jacob Harpster (US Army Band) and Steven White (MET Orchestra). Location: Sō Percussion Studio, 20 Grand Ave #205, Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA.
More info: https://www.bergamotquartet.com/upcoming-performances/2023/12/17/s-laboratories
On Tuesday November 28, 2023 at 8pm, JACK Quartet premieres “Wax Catalog”, a new two-movement 20-minute string quartet. Additional works by Justin Wright, Travis Laplante, and Juri Seo. This free, unticketed concert takes place at Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall on Princeton University’s campus. Reception to follow.
More info here: https://www.princetonsoundkitchen.org/current-season/jack-1
