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Jennifer Koh and Ensemble LPR at (le) Poisson Rouge

Last night, trailblazing violinist Jennifer Koh was joined by Ensemble LPR at (le) Poisson Rouge. They came together for a night of music by John Zorn, Charles Wuorinen, and Ludwig van Beethoven as a part of the LPR X5 festival. All of the pieces, ‘Passagen’ by Zorn, ‘Spin-5 for Violin and 18 Musicians’ by Wuorinen, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony brought a sense of wild abandon that perfectly complemented the youth and excitement of both Koh and Ensemble LPR.
Koh brought a fiery passion to John Zorn’s ‘Passagen’ for solo violin, which, like Wuorinen’s, was written for Ms. Koh. The piece is rife with rapid shifts from tight, intense tremolos and harsh pizzicato to tender ghostly harmonics. Sometimes, just sometimes, Koh coaxed out a single pure clean ethereal note or phrase that would sing out from the chaos before it was swallowed up again. The uneven rhythmic chords and pizzicato playing gave a distinctly Bartokian flavor, a flavor that was enhanced by Koh’s savage bowing.

Tags: beethoven, Charles Wuorinen, Feast of Music, Jennifer Koh, john zorn, Le Poisson Rouge, robert leeper, Tito Munoz

LPR Membership Giveaway!

To celebrate their LPR X5 festival, (le) Poisson Rouge is offering their exclusive "School of Fish" membership to two lucky FoM readers! Members get access to over 100 free shows every year,

Ensemble Linea Performs at CUNY During Second Overseas Tour

by Melanie Wong France’s premier contemporary chamber group, Ensemble Linea, arrived at CUNY’s Elebash Recital Hall Friday night while in the midst of their second overseas tour. While officially a sextet—flute,

Tags: andrea nagy, anna d'ericco, arabian nights, bruno mantovani, contemporary chamber, d'un reve parti, Ensemble Linea, Feast of Music, France, georges aperghis, jean-philippe wurtz, jessica rona, Johannes Burghoff, keiko murakami, maiko matuoka, Melanie Wong, new music, philippe hurel, pour luigi, raphael cendo, rasch, rokh, shahrokh, tristan murail, trize couleurs du soleil couchant, violin

Cadillac Moon Ensemble Presents Program by Circles and Lines at Tenri

by Melanie Wong  Above: Cadillac Moon Ensemble; below: Circles and Lines Friday evening at the Tenri Cultural Institute, Cadillac Moon Ensemble presented a program of music exclusively written by members the

Tags: angelica negron, cadillac moon ensemble, circles and lines, conrad winslow, contemporary classical, dylan glatthorn, Eric Lemmon, Feast of Music, knife in the water, meaghan burke, Melanie Wong, new music, noam faingold, patti kilroy, roberta michel, sean statser, Tenri Cultural Institute

(le) Poisson Rouge and the Metropolitan Opera Preview Nico Muhly’s “Two Boys”

Nico Muhly remains one the most active young composers around. Last Tuesday night, fresh off of curating at and performing in his own festival, A Scream and An Outrage, he returned to New York for two shows at Le Poisson Rouge. The night consisted of a broad range of works based loosely based around a preview of his opera, Two Boys, premiering at the Met in October.
The opera premiered at the English National Opera in 2011. With a libretto by celebrated American playwright Craig Lucas, it examines issues associated with the darker corners of the Internet and online chat rooms. The opera is a part of Met general manager Peter Gelb’s larger effort to bring opera to a younger demographic, and the nature of the issues explored drags opera firmly into the 21st century.

Tags: Feast of Music, Jennifer Zetlan, john adams, Le Poisson Rouge, Metropolitan Opera, Nadia Sirota, nico muhly, opera, Paul Appleby, philip glass

Cadillac Moon Ensemble Prepares for Collaboration with Circles and Lines

by Melanie Wong In preparation for their upcoming concert, composer collective Circles and Lines—Angelica Negron, Eric Lemmon, Dylan Glatthorn, Noam Faingold (via Skype), Conrad Winslow (absent)—and contemporary chamber group Cadillac

Tags: angelica negron, bang on a can, cadillac moon ensemble, cello, circles and lines, composer collective, composer consortium, composers, conrad winslow, conservatory, contemporary, contemporary music, dylan glatthorn, Eric Lemmon, flute, Les Six, meaghan burke, new music, new york university, noam faingold, NYU, patti kilroy, Percussion, pierrot, purchase college, roberta michel, sean statser, suny purchase, Tenri Cultural Institute, violin
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