Wed. Oct. 16 at 7pm (Admission FREE)
The Italian Academy hosts the League, ISCM (International Society for
Contemporary Music), with new works by Milanese master Giacomo Manzoni, with
two of his students--Daniele Venturi and Peyman Farzinpour, with works by
composers from the US, Ireland, & Austria--Martin Boykan, Robert
Martin, John McLachlan, Dina Koston, Georg Friedrich Haas, and Fred Lerdahl.
The Italian Academy, Columbia University
1161 Amsterdam Avenue
Reception by
Sterling Affair in the Italian Academy Library, following the concert.
The program of short works features the Cygnus Ensemble, Bodies Electric (an
electric guitar quartet) and Sheer Pluck, the Queens-based guitar ensemble.
Cygnus Ensemble, with guest artists: Soprano Elizabeth Farnum
Bodies Electric --John Chang, Director,
with Dan Lippel, Marc Wolf, & Wm. Anderson
Sheer Pluck
--Valentina
Savu, Evan Cordes, Eric Anderson, Diego Andrade, Liz Hogg, Christopher Rispoli
Program:
Giacomo Manzoni---
Cygnusquintet
World
Premiere
Daniele Venturi---
Alla
Luna (Leopardi)
World
Premiere
featuring
Soprano Elizabeth Farnum
Peyman Farzinpour--- (ri)percurso
World
Premiere
John McLachlan---
Youtunes
World
Premiere
featuring
Bodies Electric
Martin Boykan---
Diptych
World
Premiere
Fred Lerdahl Imbrications
Dina Koston--- In
Memory of Jeanette Walters
Robert Martin---
Selections
from Diary of a Seducer
featuring
Sheer Pluck
Georg Friedrich Haas--- Quartett für 4 Gitarren
featuring
Sheer Pluck
"The Cygnus Ensemble has long distinguished itself as one of New York's finest new-music ensembles (and has brought about a remarkable amount of excellent music for its unusual configuration).".....Carson Cooman, Fanfare Magazine, January, 2011
