I am not only thrilled about the new season of classical and contemporary music in Baltimore… I am drooling over it. Unladylike to be sure. Alas, the scene and be seen section of “Baltimore Daily Opera, hon” will be brimming with exciting opportunities. I can’t wait to see you all there. To whet your appetite, I bring you the Season 6 announcement for the Evolution Contemporary Music Series. Judah Adashi, founder/director, certainly brings his “A” game to programming each season.
Season 6 of the Evolution Series takes its name, “Listen to This,” from the latest book by New Yorker music critic Alex Ross. Ross, making his second appearance on the series this fall, has written that “perhaps my main mission as a critic is to urge readers to bend an ear to the new, since it holds the key to the survival and renewal of the art.” In this spirit, Evolution offers some of the most dynamic, passionate music and musicians of the early 21st century.
LISTEN TO THIS
September 29, 2010 at 8pmTickets: $15/$10 students,
season subscription $60/$40
(excludes September 29 season preview/fundraiser) Join us as we kick off the new season with an informal wine reception, featuring a silent auction and brief performances of music from upcoming concerts. Clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich and vocalists Elizabeth Hungerford, Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Lee Mills and Michael Droettboom perform music by Derek Bermel, David Lang and Steve Reich, with a special appearance by local beatboxing virtuoso Shodekeh.
AN EVENING WITH NEW YORKER MUSIC CRITIC ALEX ROSS
Tickets: $15/$10 students
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THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL PASSION
Tickets: $15/$10 students
The concert will be followed by a wine reception with the artists
Evolution presents composer David Lang’s Bach-inspired recasting of Hans Christian Andersen’s haunting parable, featuring vocalists Elizabeth Hungerford, Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Lee Mills and Michael Droettboom, with musical direction by Judah Adashi. Tim Page of the Washington Post
, a member of the jury that awarded Lang’s piece the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music, writes: “I don’t think I’ve ever been so moved by a new, and largely unheralded composition as I was by David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion, which is unlike any music I know.”
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 8pm
Pre-concert conversation at 7pm
Tickets: $15/$10 students
The concert will be followed by a wine reception with the artists
Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the most adventurous and accomplished groups in new music,” the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) makes its Baltimore début on the Evolution Series with music by Elliott Carter, Edgar Guzmán, Mario Davidovsky and Steve Reich.
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THE MUSIC OF DEREK BERMEL
Pre-concert conversation at 7pm
Tickets: $15/$10 students
The concert will be followed by a wine reception with the artists
The New York-based composer-clarinetist joins the Evolution Series for an evening devoted to his solo and chamber works: “Turning” for solo piano, “Thracian Sketches” for solo clarinet, “Twin Trio” for flute, clarinet and piano and “Soul Garden” for string sextet. In addition to Bermel, featured performers include pianists Stephen Gosling and Lura Johnson, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor and solo violist Victoria Chiang, as well as violist Jaclyn Dorr and violinists Jennifer Herrera and Kathryn Kilian. As the Boston Globe puts it, “this is the kind of [music] that makes your day.”
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- Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music @ Tanglewood 8/16/10 (timesunion.com)
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- International Contemporary Ensemble at Mostly Mozart (avantmusicnews.com)
Thanks so much, Megan!
Anytime, Judah! I am truly looking forward to this season. The Little Match Girl Passion sounds like such an interesting project.