Fri - May 17, 2013, 8:00 pm

NY premiere of Lewis Nielson's Le journal du corps -Jack Quartet - May 17th - Look and Listen Festival

photo by Henrik OlundJack Quartetphoto by Henrik OlundPratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 West 14th Street, Second Floor;

The 2013 Look & Listen Festival - May 17th, 18th and 19th, 2013

Opening night (doors open at 7:30pm) features 'THREE WORLD PREMIERES"

JACK Quartet performs the New York premiere ofLe journal du corps, a new work by Lewis Nielson. Audiences will hear/see the world premiere of Self-Portrait*, a multi-media creation for piano, cello and video by Michael Brown and Nick Canellakis. The Brown-Canellakis duo also performs Grave by Lutoslawski and Bulgarian Folk Tunes Gankino Horo & Daichovo Horo, arranged by Nicholas Canellakis. Michael Brown performs the solo piano piece Short Sonata by George Perle, and acappella group TheM6 performs Basket Rondo by Meredith Monk. WQXRs Terrance McKnight hosts and interviews performers and composers. Full 2013 festival schedule is here.

Tickets:
All-Festival Pass: $35; Single Tickets: $15
ADVANCE PURCHASE RECOMMENDED via the L&L website. Remaining seats available at the door.

The Look & Listen Festival (L&L) is an annual 3-concert New
York City event presenting new music in art galleries. The goal is to
expand audiences for both art forms. For the second consecutive year, Look & Listen has partnered with
Pratt Institutes Pratt Manhattan Gallery for its three concerts
including three world premieres to be held in conjunction with the
Gallerys Graduate Fine Arts 2013 exhibition.

Highlights include:

  • Three world premieres:
  • a work for piano, cello and original film created and performed by Michael Brown and Nicholas Canellakis (co-commissioned by Look & Listen and Concert Artists Guild);
  • a work for string quintetSybarite5 by emerging New York-based Brazilian composerJoo Luiz (co-commissioned by Look & Listen and Concert Artists Guild);
  • a section from a longer work byMarcos Balter for flutistClaire Chase, 2012 MacArthur Fellow, and percussionistSvet Stoyanov, commissioned by Ms. Chase.
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