John Stulz: Spectral Music for Viola
Composer Gyorgi Ligeti (photo credit: H.J. Kropp)
An evening of compositions exploring the contingency of composition and deconstructing the myth of the finished work. featuring compositions by Gyorgy Ligeti, Bruno Maderna, Horatiu Radulescu, and John Stulz.
Sunday, December 1 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Excelsis Percussion Quartet
The program will feature world premieres of pieces by Nadav Amir-Himmel, Avner Finberg, and Alex Nante as part of the joint call for scores between Excelsis and Bachovich Music Publications. The evening will also feature works by Paul Lansky, and original compositions and arrangements by friends and members of Excelsis.
Tuesday, December 2 at 7:00 PM
The Players Theatre, 115 Macdougal Street, New York, NY
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On Behalf of Nature | Next Wave Festival
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk returns to BAM with her nimble vocal ensemble to present this mesmerizing hymn to compassion.
Wednesday, December 3-6 at 7:30 PM, December 7 at 3 PM
Tickets $20-$40
BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
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Little Match Girl Passion
Kent Tritle leads the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir in David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s powerful story of a young girl struggling in the face of apathy on New Year’s Eve.
Wednesday, December 3 at 7:00 PM
Tickets included with museum admission
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY
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Keeril Makan | Composer Portraits
Keeril Makan – Photo by Scott Irvine
Miller Theatre presents a Composer Portraits concert of the work of Keeril Makan.
Friday, December 5 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20-$30
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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The Etudes | Next Wave Festival
Philip Glass – Photo by Steve Pyke
Philip Glass is joined by nine other pianists to perform Glass’s complete Piano Etudes.
Friday, December 5-6 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $20-$105
BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building, Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave, New York, NY
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John King’s Born into Flames
John King’s Born into Flames series continues at Spectrum.
Friday, December 5 at 8:15 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Photo by Larry Fink
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra continues its 2014-15 concert series at Carnegie Hall with a program featuring works by Bach, Grieg, Mozart, and the London-born, Chicago-based composer Anna Clyne. Violinist Jennifer Koh, who makes her Orpheus debut this season, joins the orchestra as soloist in Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor and Rest These Hands, the Orpheus-commissioned concerto by Clyne for solo violin and string orchestra.
Saturday, December 6 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $14.50-$110
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
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TAK Ensemble
Columbia Composers will present premieres by students in the Doctoral Composition Program: Natacha Diels, Tyshawn Sorey, Taylor Brook, Bryan Jacobs, William Dougherty, Eliška Cílková.
Sunday, December 7 at 8:00 PM
Free
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY
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Collide-O-Scope Music
Collide-O-Scope Music will kick off it’s sixth season December 7, with a duo-recital featuring flutist, Patricia Spencer, and pianist, Augustus Arnone. The program will feature works by Pierre Boulez, John Cage, and the world premiere of Lou Bunk’s Winter Variations, for solo flute, designed to be a companion piece to Winter Music.
Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Soundscapes Series: Ambient music presented by Cornelius Dufallo and Patrick Derivaz
Patrick Derivaz and Cornelius Dufallo’s series at Spectrum continues with guest Robert Dick.
Sunday, December 7 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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