Homages & Overwrites
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Homages and Overwrites features contemporary works directly inspired by older pieces, situating the techniques of the avant garde within a tradition of compositional practice extending centuries. Alfred Schnittke’s Piano Quartet is hauntingly obsessed with Mahler’s one movement Piano Quartet. American composer Justin Merritt’s The Day Florestan Murdered Magister Raro is a riff on Schumann’s character pieces, represented in the concert by selections from Carnaval. American composer Kyle Bartlett, inspired by Xenakis’ ideas of “architecture mapped into sound” wrote Bas Relief, which is paired with Xenakis’ Charisma for cello and clarinet.
Tickets are not required for this concert; there is a suggested $15 donation at the door.
The concert begins at 8pm.
This concert was made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Meet the Composer/JP Morgan Small Ensembles Program.