The latest scheduled shows from Wordless Music:
Wordless Music Presents
The Wordless Music Orchestra
Brad Lubman, conductorJanuary 16-17, 2008
The Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street, NYCPerforming:
John Adams: Christian Zeal and Activity
Gavin Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic
Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver7:00 PM doors / 8:00 PM show
$30 general admission(limited ticket availability!)
Next up in the Wordless Music series’ 2007-08 season:
Conductor Brad Lubman will lead a 50-piece Wordless Music Orchestra in a program of contemporary music exploring the subjects of religion, technology, and modernity. The concerts will include John Adams’ Christian Zeal and Activity (1973), for chamber ensemble and tape; Gavin Bryars’ The Sinking of the Titanic (1969), for orchestra and tapes; and the U.S. premiere of Radiohead guitarist and composer Jonny Greenwood’s Popcorn Superhet Receiver (2006) for string orchestra, parts of which can now be heard in the score to Paul Thomas Anderson’s extraordinary new film There Will Be Blood.
The Wordless Music Orchestra has been assembled specifically for the occasion of these concerts, and will feature a one-time gathering of 50 of the brightest young talents in New York’s classical- and new-music community. Between them, they represent more than two dozen ensembles that have drawn inspiration from the music of Jonny Greenwood and Radiohead throughout the band’s 15-year history, including such groups as Alarm Will Sound, So Percussion, the FLUX Quartet, the Jack String Quartet, Signal, Zero Gravity, Fireworks, ACME, Newspeak, the NOW Ensemble, and more. The Wordless Music orchestra will be led by conductor Brad Lubman, know n for his work with the Steve Reich Ensemble and Ensemble Modern.
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