Anxiety of Influence | Timo Andres, Leo Carey, and Peter Mendelsund
Timothy Andres – Photo by Jonathan Waiter
This is a discussion with pianist/composer Timo Andres, artist/book designer Peter Mendelsund, and The New Yorker’s Leo Carey. Andres, whose most recent album, Home Stretch, explores and recreates pieces by Mozart and Brian Eno, is a huge admirer of Peter Mendelsund, who has designed book jackets for iconic authors such as Joyce, Kafka, Cortázar, and Foucault. Together with the help of critic Carey, they will talk about their respective “anxiety of influences” and the ways in which they hope to remain faithful to a tradition while making it their own. Copies of Home Stretch, which releases that day, will be on sale.
Tuesday, July 30 at 7 PM
Free
Housing Works, Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street New York, NY
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James Carson & Lyndon Rochelle
Pianist James Carson & drummer Lyndon Rochelle perform together at Rockwood Music Hall.
Tuesday, July 30 at 11:15 PM
Free (donations welcome)
Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2 196 Allen Street, New York, NY
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Jherek Bischoff with Jen Goma, Greg Saunier, and Contemporaneous
Jherek Bischoff – Photo by Thomas Deneuville
Following an opening set of folk-inspired music by Shawn Jaeger and Donnacha Dennehy, Contemporaneous will play with “pop polymath” Jherek Bischoff in a full set of his fresh, energetic music, including world premiere works and arrangements.
Wednesday, July 31 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $13 advance, $15 day of show
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Kettle Corn New Music
Mellissa Hughes and Lisa Moore perform music by Ted Hearne, Alex Weiser, Yotam Haber, Ryan Harper, Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kernis, Chris Rogerson, and Samuel Barber. Audience members will enjoy snacking on kettle corn while taking in this intimate concert experience. This August 1 performance offers the program originally scheduled for Kettle Corn New Music’s inaugural concert on March 21, 2013, also at Spectrum. The program, which was cancelled due to illness, was replaced on that date by a solo piano recital graciously performed by Ms. Moore.
Thursday, August 1 at 7 PM
Tickets $15
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow, Second Floor, New York, NY
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The Music of Steven R. Gerber
Steven Gerber – Photo by Robin Holland
The Music of Steven R. Gerber is performed at (le) poisson rouge.
Friday, August 2 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15 advance, $20 day of show
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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A Little Night Music | Mostly Mozart Festival
The Calder Quartet perform Thomas Adès’s Arcadiana and Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131.
Saturday, August 3 at 10 PM
Tickets $45
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza New York, NY
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Kurt Coble | Rétes
Rétes is a new collaborative series on the first Sunday of each month. Curated by composer and choreographic pianist, Eleonor Sandresky, the series will feature collaborations with fellow composer/performers. Leading up to each concert, she will rehearse and create a new program with each featured guest showcasing her music, their music, and collaboratively-made pieces as well culled through the creative process of exchanging ideas, arranging, improvising and rehearsing. This concert features the music of Kurt Coble.
Sunday, August 4 at 7 PM
Tickets $15
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, Second Floor, New York, NY
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