From The New York Times:
Alarm Will Sound (Friday and Saturday) For most of his lifetime, the wildly inventive, rhythmically hyper-intricate works that Conlon Nancarrow wrote for player piano were considered unplayable by humans. In recent years, an increasing number of musicians have taken up the challenge, including the members of the fearless new-music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, who will present arrangements of these musical Rubik’s Cubes as part of the Whitney Museum’s current exhibition “Anywhere in Time: A Conlon Nancarrow Festival.” Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2:45 and 8 p.m. There is also a marathon performance of Nancarrow’s complete works for player piano from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. 99 Gansevoort Street, at Washington Street, 212-570-3600, whitney.org. (da Fonseca-Wollheim)
Ekmeles (Monday) As part of the Five Boroughs Music Festival, this a cappella vocal ensemble, which focuses on new and seldom performed works, joins forces with players from TILT Brass and Loadbang for new pieces by Wolfgang Rihm, Christopher Fisher-Lochhead and Matthias Spahlinger. At 7:30 p.m., DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, Manhattan, 5bmf.org. (Schweitzer)
Electroacoustic Music Festival (through Sunday) With ever more sophisticated technology at their fingertips, composers of electronic music are producing a dizzying array of works that often draw on video and performance art, too. For one week the Abrons Arts Center will host wall-to-wall programming of recitals, installations and discussions. Full schedule available online at nycemf.org. At various times, 466 Grand Street, at Pitt Street, Lower East Side, 212-352-3101, nycemf.org. (da Fonseca-Wollheim)
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