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In Context: Scott Wheeler
Works By Acclaimed Composer Scott Wheeler Alongside Brahms, Schumann and More.
In Context: Scott Wheeler
Saturday April 2, 2016 7:30PM
Tenri Cultural Institute
43 W 13th St
New York, NY 10011
($25/$15)
Johannes Brahms: from Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52; Robert Schumann: 4 Duette Op. 34;
Virgil Thomson: Mostly About Love; Judith Weir: Songs from the Exotic Scott Wheeler: Ben Gunn Songs (Premiere), Gold Standard, New Love Song Waltzes, Wasting the Night,
Elisabeth Marshall, soprano; Kate Maroney, mezzo soprano;
Brandon Snook, tenor; Steven Eddy, baritone;
Michael Brofman, Miori Sugiyama, piano
BASS continues its innovative new music series at the Tenri Cultural Center on Saturday April 2nd, 2016. This year's featured composer is Scott Wheeler, hailed by Fanfare as "one of the freshest American voices." The program features Mr. Wheeler's work alongside those by colleagues and mentors (Virgil Thomson and Judith Weir) and favorite classics (Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann). The program will include several premieres by Mr. Wheeler. Soprano Elisabeth Marhsall, mezzo soprano Kate Maroney, tenor Brandon Snook, and baritone Steven Eddy join pianists Michael Brofman, Jocelyn Dueck, and Miori Sugiyama.
About In Context:
In Context is Brooklyn Art Song Society's innovative new music series that presents the works of living composers alongside works from the standard repertoire. These programs are co-curated by the composers themselves in order to highlight musical relationships between past and present. Previous In Context composers include Tom Cipullo, Yehudi Wyner, Libby Larsen, Lowell Liebermann and Daron Hagen. The 2015-2016 featured composer is Scott Wheeler.
About Brooklyn Art Song Society
The Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) will enter its sixth season of first-rate music making in the Fall of 2015, having earned a reputation as one of the preeminent organizations dedicated to the vast repertoire of poetry set to music. The New York Times called BASS "a company well worth watching" and Voce di Meche hailed, "as long as BASS is around we do not need to worry about the future of art song in the USA." BASS's innovative programming is epic in scope yet presented in intimate settings. Past highlights have included performances of the complete songs of Charles Ives and Henri Duparc, a festival of works from Franz Schubert's last year, a five-concert survey of the songs of Les Six, and an ongoing project to present the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf. Committed to keeping art song relevant in our time BASS has collaborated closely with important living composers such as Tom Cipullo, Herschel Garfein, Daron Hagen, Libby Larsen, Lowell Liebermann, James Matheson, Scott Wheeler and Yehudi Wyner, and has commissioned works from up-an-coming composers Michael Djupstrom, Marie Incontrera and Michael Rose. In May 2015 BASS released its first album, New Voices, on Roven Records, which debuted at number one for new releases in Opera and Vocal on Amazon.com and in the top 10 on the Billboard Traditional Classical chart. The 2015-16 season includes Britannica, a six-concert celebration of British song from Dowland to Birtwistle, the conclusion of The Hugo Wolf Project, and the world-premiere of Andrew Staniland's Canadian Songbook (BASS/Casement Fund Song Series co-commission). On top of monthly concerts in Brooklyn, BASS will travel to Kansas City, MO and Portland, ME. In the summer BASS is the Fonzaley Resident Ensemble at the Sembrich in Bolton Landing, New York and the ensemble in residence at the Lake George Music Festival. This season features over 30 of the finest young interpreters of art song. For more information visit www.brooklynartsongsociety.org
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LocationTenri Cultural Institute (View)
43A West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
United States
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