SIGNAL
Thursday, May 27, 2010 7:30 pm
SIGNAL
Brad Lubman, Conductor
Part of Merkin's Contemporary Contexts series. SIGNAL, a large ensemble comprised of some of New York’s most gifted and innovative musicians, will perform the WORLD PREMIERE of Stabat Mater by Nico Muhly, celebrated as “one of the next great hopes for the future of classical music” by New York Magazine. Muhly has worked with Philip Glass, Björk and Antony and the Johnsons and composed the score for the 2008 film The Reader. The program also includes the AMERICAN PREMIERE of The Corridor by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, one of the most prominent figures in European contemporary music. This piece for two singers and an ensemble explores the climax of the Orpheus myth: his fatal glance back at Eurydice.
Don’t miss a pre-concert performance by FACE THE MUSIC, Kaufman Center’s critically-acclaimed teen ensemble, who will perform Nico Muhly's Honest Music and How About Now at 6:30 pm in the Balcony Lobby.
Sir Harrison Birtwistle's The Corridor by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
Download the accompanying text from Muhly and Birtwistle's pieces
Contemporary Contexts subscribers can purchase tickets to concerts in the New Sounds Live series for $20 (phone and in person orders only).
Single tickets: $25, $30 premium seating
Half-price student tickets are available in advance: $12.50 (Student tickets must be purchased in person at the box office. A valid student ID is required.)
EVENT ABBREVIATIONS:
AGRH = Ann Goodman Recital Hall,
KC = Kaufman Center,
LMS = Lucy Moses School
MCH = Merkin Concert Hall,
SMS = Special Music School,
YAP = Young Artist Program