MATTHEW WELCH (b.1976) - 50th Birthday Celebration @ THE STONE (NYC) Save the dates
August 26
MATTHEW WELCH: STRING QUARTETS featuring Flux Quartet Tom Chiu (violin), Conrad Harris (violin), Josh Henderson (viola), Rubin Kodheli (cello)
Flux Quartet has played Welch since 2004. Flux will give the New York premieres of Welch’s String Quartet No. 2 (Lament for the Dead) and String Quartet No. 3 (Terra Incognita).
08/27 MATTHEW WELCH: MUSIC FOR PIANO featuring Isabelle O’Connell
Isabelle O’Connell (piano), Matthew Welch (piano)
Isabelle O’Connell plays Welch’s 12 Piano Etudes (2015). Welch also plays an early piano work ORION (1998).
08/28 EUDIMORPHODON
Matthew Welch (bagpipes), Dan Plonsey (sax)
EUDIMORPHODON, is an early pterosaur AND a new duo with Dan Plonsey (saxophones+) and Matthew Welch (bagpipes+). Featuring compositions and improvisations by both for this unique combination of reeds, Plonsey and Welch dig deep into their love for odd creatures and characters to summon forth wild sonic beasts of imagination.
08/29 DREADNOUGHTUS
Matthew Welch (bagpipes, electronics), Joel Nelson (electric guitar, electronics), Jeremiah Cymerman (bass clarinet, electronics)
Masters of Drone wield a set-length work of ecstatic texture and glacial scale.