PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE PERFORMS “MUSIC IN TWELVE PARTS” (PARTS 7,8,9)
Philip Glass Ensemble performs Music in Twelve Parts over four sets on February 16 (4:30pm and 7:30pm) and February 17 (6pm and 9pm). Each set includes three parts.
Monday, February 17 at 6:00 PM
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE PERFORMS “MUSIC IN TWELVE PARTS” (PARTS 10,11,12)
Philip Glass Ensemble performs Music in Twelve Parts over four sets on February 16 (4:30pm and 7:30pm) and February 17 (6pm and 9pm). Each set includes three parts.
Monday, February 17 at 9:00 PM
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
MUD/DROWNING
Mabou Mines and Weathervane Productions, in association with Philip Glass’s The Days and Nights Festival, present a unique celebration of legendary playwright and director María Irene Fornés, featuring the New York premiere of Philip Glass’s’ transformation of her five-page play Drowning into an opera and a version of Fornés’s Mud.
Friday, February 21 and Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 PM; Sunday, February 23 at 5:00 PM
Mabou Mines, 150 First Avenue, New York, NY
PREMONITIONS OF SPRING
The North/South Chamber Orchestra will perform recent works by American composers Roger Wesby, Andrew Thomas, David Maves, and Max Lifchitz. Violinsit Claudia Schaer and pianist Helen Lin will appear as soloists.
Sunday, February 23 at 3:00 PM
Christ and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 120 West 69th Street, New York, NY
BOLCOM, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, BIELAWA, WINKLER
An die Musik NYC presents The Parhelion Trio, soprano Erin Heisel, tenor Jamon Maple, pianist Andrea Christie, and violist Nickolas Kaynor in a concert of music spanning the past 100 years. Ranging from beloved 20th-century song cycles by William Bolcom and Ralph Vaughan Williams to new works for flute, clarinet, and piano, the concert will conclude with premieres performed by Parhelion Trio. Featuring the world premiere of Lisa Bielawa’s Rondolette (2020/2011), arranged for trio, and the New York City premiere of Rhapsody (2019) by Peter Winkler.
Sunday, February 23 at 4:00 PM
Union Temple, 17 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
FAIR TRADE TRIO
Jessica Meyer–Photo by Tatiana DaubeckJessica Meyer–Photo by Tatiana Daubeck
The program begins with Jessica Meyer’s I Only Speak of the Sun, which was inspired by Rumi’s Ode by the same title while exploring the palette of colors the string trio can produce, followed by Schnittke’s String Trio, and Faure’s first piano quartet.
Sunday, February 23 at 5:00 PM
Our Saviour’s-Atonement, 178 Bennett Avenue, NY
Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I’ve heard for the first time this week and come recommended.
