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Explorations Vol. 3
New Yorks most adventurous saxophone quartet returns for its third annual concert exploring new music for saxophones, pushing the ensemble beyond its traditional boundaries. New Thread Quartet will perform acoustic and electronic works through spatial ensemble formations, and modular instrumentation.
Four saxophonists surround the audience for a spatial exploration of multiphonic textures in "Umdrehungen" by German-born Karola Obermüller. "Burned Into the Orange" by composer Peter Gilbert evokes hues of the New Mexico landscape: orange, auburn and red mountain sides and a distant southwestern sunset. Psst! Come closer. The secret to "cryptonym" by Singaporean, Atlanta-based composer, Emily Koh exists in short bursts and small sounds. "As Above, So Below" by NYC-based Dennis Sullivan is a multi directional barrage of extended playing techniques and electronics, unified by cohesive elements of rhythm and sound while four singing soprano saxophones layer sonic effects and microtonality, shifting perception of space and time in "Bring mir einen Engel zurück" by Australian-born Paris-based Joshua Hyde.
Program:
Dennis Sullivan As Above, So Below *2018 commission, world premiere
Emily Koh cryptonym: *2018 commission, world premiere
Joshua Hyde Bring mir einen Engel zurück *world premiere
Karola Obermuller Umdrehungen *revised, world premiere
Peter Gilbert Burned into the Orange
More at NTQ's website
About NTQ:
Described as spell cast (New York Times) and adventurous, rule-breaking (NewMusicBox), New Thread Quartet was formed with the mission to develop and perform impactful new music for the saxophone, and to provide high level ensemble playing to feature today's compositional voices. In 5 seasons the quartet has commissioned and premiered 20 new works by composers such as Richard Carrick, Ben Hjertmann, Scott Wollschleger, and Kathryn Salfelder. Based in NYC, NTQ has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Tenri Cultural Institute, the Bang on a Can Summer Festival Benefit, NYsoundCircuit, and the Composers Now Festival. NTQ has conducted masterclasses, residencies, and performances for student saxophonists and composers at Peabody Conservatory, Bronx Community College, Aaron Copland School (Queens College), Montclair State University, NYU and NASA Regionaland Biennial conferences across the US. NTQ has received support from The Aaron Copland Fund, the Cary New Music Performance Fund, New Music USA, the FROMM Foundation, and the Queens Council on the Arts. NTQ is a presenting partner of Composers Now.
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LocationBenzaquen Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music (View)
450 West 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
United States
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