Memories | CreArt Music Festival
At the opening concert of CreArtBox’s 2019 music festival, Julia Yang, Josefina Urraca, and Guillermo Laporta present three different takes on the classic piano trio from three different musical eras. The program will move from the dramatic romanticism of Felix B. Mendelssohn to the high classicism of Joseph Haydn, and conclude with the intensity of Ned Rorem’s 1960 work for the ensemble.
Friday, August 30 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $25, Weekend Pass $60
Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY
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End Of Time | CreArt Music Festival
Dai Wei by J.X. Photo
CreArtBox presents two works brimming with hope despite being steeped in tragedy by French composer Olivier Messiaen and Chinese composer Wei Dai. Written while a prisoner in a German prisoner-of-war camp in the midst of World War II and premiered by his fellow prisoners and himself, Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time confronts the reality of some of the darkest moments in our history while remaining hopeful through his own deeply-held religious beliefs. Ms. Dai’s Mandalas in the Rubble examines the natural destruction of many of Nepal’s temples at the hands of an earthquake in 2015 and celebrates that many Nepali people continuing to worship among the rubble with a genuine sense of hope.
Saturday, August 31 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $25, Weekend Pass $60
Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY
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Two Roads | CreArt Music Festival
This collaboration between the composer, musicians, choreographer, and designers sees its World-premiere on the final night on CreArtBox’s music festival. Featuring a mezzo-soprano, a physical actor, a choir, a dance ensemble, electronics, piano, percussion, and a movable set, this work will conclude the weekend. Though framed as a chamber opera, Two Roads wholeheartedly embraces its interdisciplinary nature, following a parallel creative process that showcases each aspect in earnest.
Sunday, September 1 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $25, Weekend Pass $60
Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY
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