Wednesday, September 7, 2011

newEar 2011-12 Season

Concert 1: Vortex Memoriam
Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, newEar explores the realm of remembrance, memories and time in this concert featuring works Voices in Memoriam (for piano and electronics) by Kansas City's award winning composer, James Mobberley and September Canons (for violin and electronics) by Ingram Marshall, (September Canons) composed in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Other works include Lei Liang's Memories of Xiaoxiang, a haunting reminder of the loss of a loved one during the Chinese cultural revolution (for alto sax with dancer) and Gerard Grisey's Vortex Temporum, (for flute, clarionet, violin, viola, cello, piano.)

Concert 2: Strange Nonsense
Saturday, November 5, 2011 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO

New Music equals nonsense? Not at all! newEar invites you to experience our take on "nonsense" – most decidedly more sense than non … are Jeremy Podgursky's piano trio "Nonsense or Sorcery" and Kamram Ince's driving, Turkish-inspired "Strange Stone." Olga Neuwirth's colorful and quirky "5 Daily Miniatures. Works by Jay Batzner and Henri Lazarof round out the program. 8:00 pm at All Souls church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO. Tickets thru CTO at 816-235-6222 . Details at newear.org

Concert 3: Worlds Apart
Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO

Anchoring this concert is the remarkable "Clarinet Quartet" of Krzysztof Penderecki. Works by local composers include "For the Time Being" by Ingrid Stolzel and "Invisible Worlds" by Nick Omiccioli receive their Kansas City premieres.

Concert 4: Road Trip
Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO

A newEar Road Trip … what could be more intriguing? John Adam's earbox.com "Road Movies" for violin and piano leads off the first leg of the journey. This concert will also feature the winner of our 2nd Annual Composers'Competition and the premiere of a newly commissioned work as well as works by Salvatore Sciarrino, Per Bloland, and Andy Akiho.

For ticket information please call the Central Ticket Office at 816-235-6222 or toll-free at 1-888-286-4849 or visit newear.org.

No comments:

Post a Comment