Eric Huebner and Steven Beck | Pop-Up Concerts
The winter Pop-Up series kicks off with pianists Eric Huebner and Steven Beck. Together they take the stage for a program for two pianos featuring music by Ligeti, Reich, and Boulez.
Tuesday, January 23 at 6:00 PM
Free
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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The Cleveland Orchestra
This concert features the New York premiere of Stromab by Johannes Maria Staud, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its 125 Commissions Project. Staud, who was The Cleveland Orchestra’s Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellow from 2007–2009, took inspiration for his piece from the short story “The Willows” by Algernon Blackwood—a sinister supernatural tale of two friends traveling by canoe along the Danube River. The program also includes Mahler’s Ninth Symphony.
Tuesday, January 23 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $19.50 to $130
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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the whisper opera | David Lang
David Lang
the whisper opera, with words and music by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang and direction and design by Jim Findlay, is performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) with the musicians, singer, and audience enclosed in an intimate onstage set, and is performed almost entirely in whispers. Lang explores the question: “what if a piece were so quiet and so personal to the performers that you needed to be right next them or you would hear almost nothing. The only way this piece can be received is if you are there, in person, listening very closely.”
Wednesday, January 24 to Saturday, January 27 at 7:30 PM & Saturday, January 27 to Sunday, January 28 at 3:00 PM
Tickets $75
NYU Skirball, 566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY
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Maya Beiser & David Lang Album Release Concert at Paula Cooper Gallery
Maya Beiser and David Lang, with special guest actor Kate Valk, celebrate the release of their new Cantaloupe Music album, the day, with a live performance at Paula Cooper Gallery. The album, out on January 26, features David Lang’s new work for Maya, the day, paired with a new recording of his previous work for her, world to come.
Thursday, January 25 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15
Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 West 21st Street, New York, NY
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Julius Eastman: Femenine + Joy Boy with the S.E.M. Ensemble
Julius Eastman
A concert of music by Julius Eastman performed by the S.E.M. Ensemble with a performance by poet Tracie Morris and electronic musician Hprizm.
Thursday, January 25 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20-$25
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York, NY
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Glass Farm Ensemble
The Glass Farm Ensemble presents new music for flute, oboe, viola, piano and toy piano. The ensemble will give two US premieres: Ian Wilson’s Spilliaert’s Beach for viola and piano, and Denis Schuler’s Myn for flute, oboe, viola and toy piano.
Friday, January 26 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25, $20 students/seniors
Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY
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Shared Space – electronic
The new concert series Shared Space kicks off with a concert of subtle but immersive electronic works, played in darkness, the audience lying down or sitting on pillows and blankets, fully giving in to listening. Music by: Ana Gnjatović, Assaf, Gidron, Cindy Giron, Douglas Farrand, Sam Sfirri, and Sohrab Motabar.
Friday, January 26 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students
MISE-EN_PLACE, 678 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Áine O’Dwyer and Matona
Following a chance encounter on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction show, Áine O’Dwyer and Mohammed Issa “Matona” made their live collaborative debut at the 2016 Counterflows festival in Glasgow. Now performing together for the second time, they bring their union of Tanzanian and Irish music to Greenpoint’s San Damiano Mission.
Friday, January 26 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $15, members
San Damiano Mission, 85 North 15th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Night Music | Andrea Lodge
John Luther Adams
Andrea presents a solo recital featuring music by John Luther Adams, Elliot Cole, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Nicholas Deyoe, and premieres of works by Christopher Adler and Marga Richter.
Friday, January 26 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15
Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY
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The Chelsea Symphony
The Chelsea Symphony presents world premieres by composers Eric Lemmon and Michael Colina as well as music by Sibelius and Saint-Saens.
Friday, January 26 at 8:30 PM & Saturday, January 28 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $10-$25
St. Paul’s Church, 315 West 22nd Street, New York, NY
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Julius Eastman: Thruway plus Gerry Eastman + Moor Mother
This concert features one of Eastman’s earliest works—Thruway—in its New York City debut performed by the Arcana New Music Ensemble. The program also includes Eastman’s piece Buddha and performances by Moor Mother and Gerry Eastman.
Saturday, January 27 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20-$25
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York, NY
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Kate Soper’s Here Be Sirens
Kate Soper
This is a special, remounted performance of composer Kate Soper’s opera Here Be Sirens. The remounted work builds upon the success of the original, which premiered in 2014 to widespread acclaim. Three sopranos and a prepared, lidless piano set the stage for a powerful retelling of the story.
Sunday, January 28 at 4:00 PM
Tickets $35
National Sawdust, 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
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Julius Eastman: Crazy Evil Gay
This concert held at The Knockdown Center feature three works by Julius Eastman from the late 1970s, each of which is scored for multiple instruments of the same kind.
Sunday, January 28 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20-$25
Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, NY
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