ECCO | Music Mondays
The East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) performs classics by Dvořák, Shostakovich, and Bartók, as well as the New York Premiere of Derek Bermel’s Murmurations.
Monday, February 12 at 7:30 PM
Free
Advent Lutheran Church, 2504 Broadway, New York, NY
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Mivos Quartet | Pop-Up Concerts
Mivos Quartet – Photo by Ralf Puder/Nana Fran
Mivos Quartet returns for a unique program highlighting their members as composers. In addition to works by Marisol Jimenez and Jeffrey Mumford, violist/composer Victor Lowrie’s Streya for violin solo follows a premiere by cellist/composer Mariel Roberts of a new work for string quartet written for the occasion.
Tuesday, February 13 at 6:00 PM
Free
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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American Brass Quintet
The American Brass Quintet makes their annual Juilliard appearance, featuring a world premiere by Juilliard faculty member Philip Lasser; a New York premiere by Steven Franklin; and works from Renaissance Venice, performed with student brass players from Juilliard.
Wednesday, February 14 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $10 students
The Juilliard School, Paul Hall, 155 West 65th Street, New York, NY
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Bang On A Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert | Ecstatic Music Festival
The Bang on a Can All-Stars will give world premieres by People’s Commissioning Fund-commissioned composers George Lewis and Angélica Negrón. The program also includes works from past PCF shows by Pamela Z (with Pamela performing), Annea Lockwood, Lukas Ligeti, and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore.
Thursday, February 15 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY
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Philip Glass Ensemble: Music with Changing Parts
Philip Glass
The Philip Glass Ensemble returns to Carnegie Hall after more than a decade for a performance in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Joined by the San Francisco Girls Chorus and students from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, they will play Glass’ seldom-performed early masterpiece, Music with Changing Parts.
Friday, February 16 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $14.50 to $95
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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Wye Oak & William Brittelle
Selections from Wye Oak’s album Shriek are performed by Wye Oak and Metropolis Ensemble with new arrangements by William Brittelle, followed by the world premiere of Brittelle’s song cycle Spiritual America, a post-genre mix of orchestra, children’s chorus, electronics, and rock band featuring Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Metropolis Ensemble, and Ben Cassorla (Guitar).
Friday, February 16 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $25, $21 members, $20 30 and under
Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY
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Italian / American
ECCE performs a program that presents two generations of composers from Italy and America. Elliott Carter’s classic Triple Duo and Salvatore Sciarrino’s Tre Notturni Brillanti paired with Clara Iannatta’s Limun and John Aylward’s Angelus Novus.
Saturday, February 17 at 7:30 PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY
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Poliça & s t a r g a z e
Berlin’s new music collective s t a r g a z e and synth-pop band Poliça join forces for the first time in New York for an evening of music-making. The concert features a reimagining of a minimalist classic by Steve Reich, the world premiere of a new electro-acoustic work by Daniel Wohl, and the New York premiere of Poliça’s and s t a r g a z e’s expansive multi-movement work, Music for the Long Emergency.
Saturday, February 17 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $25, $21 members, $20 30 and under
Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY
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