On July 14th at 6pm I conducted Mahler 4 with some of my favorite musicians. Molly Quinn sang the solo, Owen Dalby was the concertmaster. Read the rest of this entry »
May 17th, 2010 7:30pm
The Trinity Choir performed Nunc Per Speculum in Aenigmate on their final concert of the season, entitled “New (York) Music,” on May 17th. It can be viewed somehow online, but the link went bad. Will research that.
It was a fantastic performance and the entire concert is worth watching, with works by Judd Greenstein, Avery Griffin, Caleb Burhans, Lisa Bielawa, Charles Wuorinen, John Zorn, George Perle, Johannes Somary and Calvin Hampton.
The piece was premiered in January, 2009, and has been fully revised for this concert. It features three soloists-soprano, alto, tenor, each declaiming challenging prophetic texts, centered around Matthew 27, which quotes Jesus as saying, “Do not think that I came on earth to bring peace. I came not to bring peace, but a sword.” The work is an exploration of that text and a reflection on the prophetic tradition through I Corinthians, and is dedicated to the Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street.
A strong intersection!
February 2nd, 2010, 8:30pm
Nacole Palmer, one of my great colleagues, presented two of the Moby Dick songs in recital with Bénédicte Jourdois at the Tenri Cultural Institute. These two songs-Delight and Amours in the Deep make a healthy mini-cycle, and are an amuse-bouche for the hour-long project which is underway and which will be premiered in the Fall of 2011.
Nacole Palmer and Benedicte Jourdois
in concert
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
December 20th, 2009
I’ll be doing a lot of high countertenor singing as a part of Early Music New York’s Renaissance Christmas program at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in the superb St. James Chapel. Tickets at the door.
Performances are December 20th, 2pm
December 25th, 2pm and 8pm;
December 27th, 2pm
22 November, 2009
Drew Minter’s vocal ensemble at Vassar, the Vassar Madrigal Singers, will perform A Riveder Le Stelle on November 22nd at 3pm. To watch the concert online, follow the following link!
Dante Alighieri
November 16th, 2009
Clouds Above the Heather-Line, a work commissioned three years ago by the Carolina Chamber Music Festival, will be performed in Peru as a part of the Festival Internacional de Música Clasica Contemporánea. Lima, Peru.
The superb players will be: Jennifer Curtis, violin; Margaret Dyer, viola; Julia MacLaine, cello; Megan Levin, harp.
