| Aug 2, 2018 |
| DaPonte String Quartet Summer Series II: What the Light Was Like |
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Thursday August 2 |
| Sponsor: |
Friends of the DaPonte String Quartet |
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Maine Jewish Museum |
| Contact: |
Kathleen Moses |
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267 Congress St. |
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Portland, ME United States |
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207 529 4555 |
| e-mail: |
info@daponte.org |
| Web: |
http://www.daponte.org |
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World Premiere of
Richard Danielpour Quartet
On Aug. 2 at 7:30pm join the DaPonte String Quartet for the premiere of a major new work by renowned composer Richard Danielpour: String Quartet No. 8 "What the Light Was Like," based on a poem by Maine poet Amy Clampitt and read, at the Portland premiere, by another beloved Maine poet, Richard Blanco. The premiere will be followed by four more performances throughout August featuring different guest readers.
Tickets ($31.50 online, $35 at the door) are available at www.daponte.org |
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| Aug 2, 2018 |
| Mostly Mozart: Grand Pianola Music. |
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German-born conductor Christian Reif, described as “the complete package” by the San Francisco Chronicle, makes his New York conducting debut on Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, part of Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. A former conducting student of Alan Gilbert at The Juilliard School, Reif leads the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) in a program celebrating the fusion of piano and technology, centered around John Adams’s Grand Pianola Music. The concert also includes Courtney Bryan’s Songs of Laughing, Smiling, and Crying and a newly revised version of George Lewis’s epic chamber piece Voyager using artificial intelligence technology. |
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| Aug 2, 2018 |
| NYChillharmonic |
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The NYChillharmonic is a very big band that plays very big music. A 22-piece progressive jazz-rock ensemble from NYC, the NYChillharmonic has played in all five boroughs of New York City, and now they’re gearing up for an international tour. This concert will feature the group’s signature blend of pop and orchestral soundscapes in a set of richly-layered, wildly arranged, all original songs. |
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| Aug 2, 2018 |
| Sounds of Spontaneity |
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Brandon Lopez Solo
Jozwiak/Swanson/Zenkoff Trio
Jack Wright / Evan Lipson / Weasel Walter Trio
An evening of improvisation celebrating the sound of spontaneity. Brandon Lopez is a composer and improviser gaining a reputation for visceral, moving solo contrabass performances throughout the world and he will play solo contrabass. The trio of bassist Zachary Swanson, multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Jozwiak and reed player Stan Zenkoff will present acoustic music unbound by genre and created in the moment that will only exist then and there. The trio of legendary saxophonist and writer Jack Wright, who doesn't play in New York City nearly enough, his frequent collaborator Evan Lipson on contrabass, and musical extremist Weasel Walter on drums and percussion will play a freely improvised set. |
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| Aug 3, 2018 |
| Valley of Search |
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Alan and his band, including pianist Cooper-Moore and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis will perform his free jazz album Valley of Search live for the first time in over 40 years. Originally released in 1975 by India Navigation, Valley of Search has enjoyed a cult status and captures a unique and very alive historical slice of New York’s creative improvised jazz underground. This show commemorates the first ever reissue of the album on June 29.
As the Village Voice said: “These are the musicians who are taking the chances today and their gifts and commitment ought to be attended.” |
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| Aug 4, 2018 |
| Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles |
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Back by popular demand with a fresh set list of Beatles favorites. Hear Can’t Buy Me Love, Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude and many more, all performed with a full symphony orchestra! |
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| Aug 4, 2018 |
| Sandbox Percussion Showcase |
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Hailed by the Washington Post for their “high-end playfulness” and “jaw-dropping virtuosity”, the NYU Sandbox Percussion Showcase is the culmination of the NYU Sandbox Percussion Seminar. Featuring works by Jason Treating and Robert Honstein, the players will conjure eclectic soundscapes from traditional instruments, like marimbas and vibraphones, as well as unorthodox objects like glass bottles, tin cans, and tuned metal pipes. The result is a dazzling showcase of the contemporary percussion ensemble and all that it can do. |
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| Aug 5, 2018 |
| Avalon String Quartet performs at Music Mountain |
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Sunday afternoon welcomes Avalon String Quartet with guest artist Soyeon Kate Lee, Piano performing Beethoven: Piano Quartet #2 in D Major, WoO 36; Mozart: String Quartet in D Major, K. 575 “Prussian;” Shostakovich: String Quartet #7 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 108; and Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 1.
Described by the Chicago Tribune as “an ensemble that invites you — ears, mind, and spirit — into its music,” the Avalon String Quartet has established itself as one of the country’s leading chamber music ensembles. Korean-American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee has been lauded by the New York Times as a pianist with "a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style," and by the Washington Post for her "stunning command of the keyboard.” |
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| Aug 6, 2018 |
| For Those Who Died Trying |
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Part concert, part photo exhibit, part memorial to Thailand Human Rights Defenders. This world premiere concert, by NYC's Mivos Quartet, presents a musical elegy for 37 victims who were killed or went missing because of their efforts to stop powerful interests who wanted to destroy their community's environment. Composed by Frank Horvat, each piece is inspired by the story behind the photos in Luke Duggleby's essay, For Those Who Died Trying. Duggleby traveled across Thailand placing a portrait of each victim (a Buddhist tradition) at the place, when possible, they were murdered or went missing. This string quartet utilizes just the musical pitches/letters found in each victims' name - implanting their unique musical DNA in each piece. |
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| Aug 9, 2018 |
| It's All True |
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It’s All True is an opera-in-suspension from New York ensemble Object Collection based on the complete live archives of iconic underground band Fugazi.
“One of the most confronting and exhilarating things I’ve seen.” – BBC Radio
Grounded upon the Live Archive series of the Washington DC outfit, composer Travis Just and writer/director Kara Feely’s work uses only the incidental music, text and sounds, none of Fugazi’s actual songs. An obsessive leap into 1500 hours of gig detritus spanning shows from 1987 to 2002, and encompassing random feedback, aimless drum noodling, pre-show activist speeches, audience hecklers, and the police breaking up gigs. All of this material is the foundation of an ear-body-and-mind-flossing 100 minutes for 4 voices/performers, 4 electric guitars/basses and 2 percussionists. |
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