LUKAS LIGETI ACFNY FESTIVAL
When: Thursday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 East 52nd Street, NYC, Train: E/M 53rd Street or B/D/F/M Rockefeller Center
Tickets: Free. Reservations are required. To reserve, visit acfny.org or call 212.319.5300.
Tangle (2006/08)
Performers: Thomas Bergeron (trumpet) + Candy Chiu (percussion)
Details: Tangle, for trumpet and percussion, was commissioned by the Borletti- Buitoni Trust for Colin Currie and Håkan Hardenberger.
Dust*** (2009)
Performer: Jennifer Hymer (kalimba)
Details: Dust was written for Hamburg-based pianist Jennifer Hymer. The kalimba, while frequently used in ethnic music, is surprisingly yet to be established as a solo new music instrument.
Play Addict (2013)
Performer: Jennifer Hymer (toy piano + digital sampler)
Details: Commissioned by Phyllis Chen, the bucolic, kinetic Play Addict premiered in New York City at Chen’s UnCaged Toy Piano Festival.
Lakoni in Kazonnde (2013)
Performers: Ben Reimer + David Cossin (drums)
Details: Written for Ben and David, this work for two drum sets premiered at the 2013 Bang on a Can Marathon. According to NewMusicBox.org, it is “a very impressive example of this integration. Inspired by Ghanian agogo bell traditions, Ligeti pits one drumset against another with intricate cross-rhythms overlaying on top of one another. It’s not as flashy as one might expect a double drumset piece to be, but infinitely more interesting.”
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Performers: Notebook – Lukas Ligeti (drums), Daniel Blake (saxophone), Lorna Krier (synthesizer), Eyal Maoz and Grey McMurray (electric guitars), and special guests tba
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Performers: Notebook, featuring Grey McMurray (guitar)
Kaleidoscope Point (2009)
Performers: Notebook – Lukas Ligeti (drums), Daniel Blake (saxophone), Lorna Krier (synthesizer), and Eyal Maoz and Grey McMurray (electric guitars)
Details: Kaleidoscope Point was written in 2009 for Notebook’s performance at the Whitney Museum. With Lukas on percussion, Notebook (formerly known as Kaleidoscope Point) explores the cross currents of classical, modernist, and world music.
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When: Sunday, June 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, Train: 2/3/4/5/D/M/N/R/B/Q Barclays Center
Tickets: $20/Students & Seniors $15. To purchase tickets, visit roulette.org or call 917.267.0363.
Trinity*
Performer: Vicky Chow (piano)
Details: Trinity was written in 2003 for pianist Jay Gottlieb’s album Continents.
Champagne for Urbana*
Performer: Vicky Chow (piano)
Details: Champagne for Urbana was written in 2006 for the 70th birthday of Ligeti’s composition teacher, Erich Urbanner.
Thinking Songs*
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Details: Commissioned by a consortium of 16 U.S. marimba soloists, Thinking Songs is a five-movement piece; this premiere performance will be performed by five members of the consortium.
Castle of Turns*** (2007)
Performers: Ensemble mise-en
Conductor: Oliver Hagen
Details: Castle of Turns was commissioned in 2007 by the German concert hall Tonhalle Düsseldorf. It received its U.S. premiere at Eastman College.
Zambezi* (1999, new version 2015)
Performers: Ensemble mise-en
Conductor: Oliver Hagen
Details: Commissioned by London’s Icebreaker, Zambezi was written for the group’s extremely unusual instrumentation. Ligeti created a new version for chamber orchestra, which will be premiered here.
Surroundedness** (2012)
Performers: Ensemble mise-en
Conductor: Oliver Hagen
Details: This piece was commissioned in 2012 by the seminal Austrian chamber orchestra, Ensemble “die reihe”, to celebrate its 50th anniversary season.
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Performers: Ensemble mise-en
Conductor: Oliver Hagen
Details: Featuring the largest ensemble of all the program’s pieces, this new work is written for 15 musicians and commissioned by the Austrian Cultural Forum New York.
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