Save the Date(s)!!
On September 17th and 18th, The Ikarus Chamber Players will present a magnificent concert at the Duo Cultural Arts center in downtown New York. Read the rest of this entry »
Save the dates for the premiere of La fête de l’été
July 29th, 2010A great review for our July 14th Mahler 4
July 29th, 2010A beautiful evening of music, and a very nice review by Steve Smith in the July 16th New York Times.
Sheep Island Ensemble in Jonesport, Maine!
July 27th, 2010A small manifestation of the Sheep Island Ensemble, consisting of Nacole Palmer, Bénédicte Jourdois, and myself, performed for a most receptive and warm audience in Jonesport, Maine, way downeast.
It was a moving experience to perform this rich music for people who rarely experience classical music performed live, and we made lots of friends. Special thanks to James and Tay Cooper, who hosted us while we were up there.
Doppelgangers
Interview on PRI
July 24th, 2010A friend sent me this link-I was featured on a PRI segment on Mahler’s 150th Birthday celebration.
Check out ca. 1:45 into the segment…
Meet Me Online!
May 27th, 2010I was featured on the most recent Trinity webcast, and wanted to share the link with you all. It’s a nice six-minute video that has footage of me singing, conducting, teaching, and composing, and is very well done by the great video staff at Trinity.
Enjoy!
The Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street performs “Nunc Per Speculum in Aenigmate”
April 25th, 2010The 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!
Isabelle Demers to premiere new work for organ
January 6th, 2010Isabelle Demers, one of the finest young organists in the country, will be premiering a work of mine for organ at a concert in January 2011. Meditation on Captain Kidd was commissioned by J. Warfield Price, and will also be featured on a DVD and CD recording that Isabelle will be making with the estimable Geoffrey Silver. Stay tuned for purchasing details.
*Please note that the premiere has been pushed back from its original July date as Isabelle wishes to present the work after a longer period of preparation.
The Messiah, online
December 16th, 2009Last Sunday and Monday I sang in Trinity Wall Street’s Messiah. Of the many Messiah’s I’ve sung, this was one of the most beautifully expressed, shaped, and felt. Robert Mealy inspired a string sound that was sumptuous, strong, and filled with pathos, my soloist colleagues gave powerful performances, and I was very moved to be led by Jane Glover, who I hold in the highest regard.
The performance is available on Trinity’s website, and I highly recommend it to you.
Watch and hear it here-look up “Messiah 12.14.2009″
Nacole Palmer, soprano
December 6th, 2009
Nacole Palmer, one of my great colleagues, will be presenting 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 2010.
Nacole Palmer and Benedicte Jourdois
in concert
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
$25 Suggested Donation
Vassar Madrigal Singers to perform “Riveder”
November 19th, 2009Drew Minter’s ensemble at Vassar, the Vassar College Madrigal Singers, will perform my challenging a cappella work A Riveder Le Stelle, with a text from Dante’s Inferno, this Sunday the 22nd of November at 3pm. The concert is thankfully broadcast live on the internet, so you can watch it from anywhere in the world! I’m very honored and excited to be working with Drew and his singers, and look forward to my first virtual performance.
Watch it here
