Major Orchestral Works | Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman
The 100-piece Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (JPO) (Czech Republic) comes to New York to perform an evening of Morton Feldman’s music – the first all-Feldman orchestra concert in the U.S. Highlights will include the American premieres of the hour-long Violin and Orchestra and Flute and Orchestra (dedicated to Edgar Varèse), 35 years after their creation. The program also includes Structures for Orchestra, the first in a series of orchestra works that Feldman continued to compose throughout the rest of his life, and the lyrical Piano and Orchestra.
Monday, November 5 at 8 PM
Tickets $25, $15 Students, Seniors
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, 1941 Broadway, New York, NY
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Cage, Wolff, and Vítková | Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
The Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (JPO) performs three pieces never before heard in New York: Cage’s last orchestra composition 103, a 90-minute piece for 103 musicians, commissioned by WDR (Cologne, Germany) for his 80th birthday; the world premiere of Christian Wolff’s individuals, collective, commissioned by Beyond Cage and composed for the JPO and Kotik; and the U.S. premiere of Czech composer Lucie Vítková’s (b. 1985) Accept, for solo accordion, drum set and symphony orchestra.
Wednesday, November 7 at 8 PM
Tickets $25, $15 Festival Pass, Students, Seniors
Ball Room, Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY
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New York City Opera VOX Festival | John Zorn, Moto Osada, Christopher Weiss, Evan Meier, James Stepleton, and Osnat Netzer
This year’s VOX Festival selections are a diverse group, ranging from explorations of the psychological states of soldiers in the Red Army (The Last Act of Revolution) and the societal restraints binding three women over three different centuries (In A Mirror, Darkly) to a farcical romp about clinging to the fantasy of an unrequited lover (The Wondrous Woman Within). VOX 2012 will also see the return of celebrated composer John Zorn (La Machine de l’être, read at VOX 2007 and staged at NYC Opera in 2011) with his new work The Holy Visions.
Thursday, November 8 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25
Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY
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Music At First | Iktus Percussion POSTPONED
Iktus Percussion
Iktus Percussion will be premiering seven pieces from seven composers, including Angelica Negron, Matthew Welch, Sebastian Armoza, Joe Di Ponio, Matt Hough, Levy Lorenzo, and Philip Schuessler.
Friday, November 9 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $10
First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn 124 Henry St. • Brooklyn, NY 11201
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New Juilliard Ensemble
The New Juilliard Ensemble performs music from Latin America as part of Carnegie Hall’s Voices from Latin America festival. The program features four U.S. premieres – Guido López-Gavilán’s (Cuba) Sonotropico (2006); Sergio Kafejian’s (Brazil) Sobre Paranambucae (2010); Hilda Paredes’ (Mexico) Demente Cuerda (2004); and Hebert Vázquez’s (Mexico) Retrato de Guillermina en Rojo (Homenaje a Guillermina Bravo) (2009); Paul Desenne’s (Venezuela) Sinfonia Burocratica ed Amazonica (2004) (composed for the NJE); and Alejandro Iglesias Rossi’s (Argentina) Ritual (A Prayer) (1997)
Friday, November 9 at 8 PM
FREE
Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, 1941 Broadway (on 65th St between Broadway & Amsterdam)
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Composed Cocktails | The Nouveau Classical Project
David Lang
The Nouveau Classical Project ensemble invites guests to enjoy new music in an intimate Lower East Side loft space alongside custom music-inspired cocktails. The thirty minute concert will feature a music by award-winning composers with their cocktail pairings: Sweet Air by David Lang- Champagne and Rose Essence Lost Generation by Trevor Gureckis- Sidecar Things My Father Never Told Me by Jay Wadley- Dark Rum and Pear Cider Following the concert will be a synth dance party with members of My Great Ghost, who are featured on the new Beck and Philip Glass collaboration, Rework: Philip Glass Remixed. With music, libations, and revelry, Composed Cocktails is more than a concert; it’s a complete night out.
Friday, November 9 at 8 PM
Tickets $20 advance, $25 at door (includes open bar)
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow, New York, NY
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Ear To Mind Presents Manhattan Saxophone Quartet
Ear To Mind presents a performance by The Manhattan Saxophone Quartet. Features works by Quinn Collins, David Noon, Inhyun Kim, Lee Hyla, and Jacob T.V.
Saturday, November 10 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20, $10 members, students, seniors
Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY
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Song from the Uproar | Missy Mazzoli
The release part for the original cast recording of Missy Mazzoli’s new opera, Song from the Uproar, on New Amsterdam Records, with performances by mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer, NOW Ensemble, projections by Stephen Taylor, and a special opening set by noir songsmith Aaron Roche (recently back from tours with Sufjan Stevens, Mike Watt and Ariel Pink).
Sunday, November 11 at 8 PM
Tickets $15 advance, $20 day of show
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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