From NYTimes.com:
Annie Gosfield (Saturday) Along with the guitarist Roger Kleier, Ms. Gosfield, an innovative composer, keyboardist and bandleader, planned the programming for a spartan downtown-music laboratory this month. As part of that, during an 8 p.m. set she presents a new string quartet, “The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon,” played by the Jasper String Quartet; and “EWA7,” a concert-length trio work inspired by factory sounds. The Jasper String Quartet returns at 10 p.m. to repeat Ms. Gosfield’s piece along with works by Haydn and Berg. At 8 and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Smith)
Jack Quartet (Wednesday) An exciting young ensemble closely associated with bold modern works, the Jack Quartet offers an intriguing range of pieces here: Bach’s Contrapunctus 14 (from “The Art of Fugue”), Webern’s “Six Bagatelles” (Op. 9), Toshio Hosokawa’s “Blossoming” and Philip Glass’s String Quartet No. 5. At 8 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Smith)
Blair McMillen (Friday) This adventurous pianist offers premieres by Erica Ball and Derek Geary and recent works by Annie Gosfield, Judd Greenstein, Daniel Felsenfeld and Giacinto Scelsi as part of a monthlong contemporary music festival overseen by Ms. Gosfield and Roger Kleier. At 10 p.m. the pianist Joseph Kubera performs scores by Anthony Coleman, Alvin Lucier and Michael Byron. At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street,East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Schweitzer)
Margaret Leng Tan (Thursday) This ever-inventive musician offers two programs. At 8 p.m. she celebrates the release of “She Herself Alone: The Art of the Toy Piano 2” (Mode). At 10 p.m. Ms. Tan offers John Cage’s “Four Walls,” a work that foreshadows minimalism and, according the composer, deals with the “disturbed mind.” At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Schweitzer)
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