presents
The 2008 New Music Festival
April 22, 29 & May 6
*All concerts $20 at the door
or buy a season pass for $40 on April 22
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 | The Peace of Wild Things: Wendell Berry in Song An evening of music in celebration of the farmer/poet Wendel
Berry. Wendell Berry lives, writes and farms in north Kentucky - a celebrated,
poet, novelist and essayist he is respected by both the political and philosophical
left and right. His poetry contains contemporary and poignant themes of
nature and the self, faith, war, politics and time. This evening highlights
composers who have have been inspired by his words adding depth, passion
and beauty to these contemporary statements. The performers will be soprano Emily
Albrink, who has been touring the US singing Nurina in Golijov's opera
Ainadamar and international prize winning tenor Steven Ebel, accompanied
by the impeccable Wilson Southerland piano with special guests Mitchell Johnson,
violin and Malina Rauschenfels, cello.April 22 • 8pm • Christ & St Stephen's Church • $20* (120 W. 69th Street, NYC) "I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. " Scott Gendel - The Space Between (a prize winning song cycle) 2006 Ben Yarmolinsky - Berry Songs (2001) Forrest Pierce - Not again in this flesh - cello and piano Steven Ebel- Look Out (2007) - World Premiere William George - Twilight Songs (2008) - World Premiere Larry Nickel - Wendell Berry Songs (2008) - World Premiere |
 | ARTSongs: Music inspired by Art & Architecture April 29 • 8pm • Saint Peter's Church • $20* (Citicorp - 54th & Lexington) Music and Visual Art have long since inspired one another. This concert explores the inspiration of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture on modern composers. This will also be New Music New York’s first multi-media concert, featuring projections and movement artists. Performers will be Alyssa Reit, harp; Beth Anne Hatton, soprano; Zachary Stains, tenor; Andrew Pau, piano; Malina Rauschenfels, cello; William Dickerson, flute, Mitchell Johnson, violin. Repertoire: Lou Harrison - Suite for Harp & Cello (cave paintings) - for harp and cello Stephen Paulus - Art Songs (2 paintings, 2 sculptures) - tenor & piano Mark Koval - La Femme au Chapeau (Matisse) - harp, flute, viola Collaborative composition - Four Femmes* (4 paintings) - soprano, tenor, harp, cello Alyssa Reit - Il Priggione (Michaelangelo sculptures) - harp, viola, cello, piano Steve Cohen - All Nite Diner (Hopper "Nighthawks") - all instr. (no voices) Richard Gleaves - Skyscraper songs* (Ayn Rand) - Soprano, piano, cello Anthony Iannocconi - Portraits (Modigliani, Miro, Picasso) - piano solo Andrew Norman - Light Screens (Frank Lloyd Wright) - violin, viola, cello, flute Steven Ebel - Privilege of Art* (Emerson) - whole ensemble + voices |
      | Rule Britannia: Folk Songs of the Commonwealth & Colonies May 6 • 8pm • Saint Peter's Church • $20* ( Citicorp - 54th & Lexington) Folk Songs settings from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Canada and the U.S., with Sopranos Megan Weston and Susan Holsonbake; Tenor William George; Pianist Andrew Pau; Cellist Malina Rauschenfels; Violinist Mitchell Johnson; Flutist William Dickerson. Repertoire: Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Songs ,John Corigliano: 3 Irish Folksongs Richard Gleaves: Carrickfergus Ralph Vaughan Williams: 2 English Folksongs Benjamin Britten: The Ash Grove; selections from The Beggar's Opera Michael Tippett: Love-duet from Robin Hood* Gustav Hoyer: 3 American Folksongs** William George: Canadiana Suite* * U.S. premiere ** World Premiere commission |