Jack 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 of Le 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 a cappella group The M6 performs Basket Rondo by Meredith Monk. WQXR’s Terrance McKnight hosts and interviews performers and composers. Full 2013 festival schedule is here.
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 Institute’s Pratt Manhattan Gallery for its three concerts
–including three world premieres– to be held in conjunction with the
Gallery’s “Graduate Fine Arts 2013” exhibition.
Highlights include:
- Three world premieres:
