Steve J. Sherman

This 20th annual New Sounds Live concert series is shaping up to be a smorgasbord of delights, starting with the opening concert at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden on November 1st. Three incredible artists from three different parts of the world – Angelique Kidjo (Benin), Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet), and Susan McKeown (Ireland) – all now resident of New York, share a bill called “The World in New York.”

November 10th heralds the world premiere of a WNYC commission by Phil Kline called “John the Revelator,” which uses the vaulted ceilings of the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden for cathedral-like effect. Kline’s piece features both the early music group Lionheart and the string quartet Ethel. Mid-month, on November 15th, Irish composer Daniel Figgis presents a new instrumental song cycle, “Post-Production,” written for the New Sounds Live series at the World Financial Center

“Gloryland,” the collaborative project between Anonymous 4 and fiddler Darol Anger comes to Merkin Hall on December 7, for a New Sounds Live concert presentation. Then there’s another installment of the silent film music series coming to the World Financial Center's Winter Garden in February of 2007 (7-9), as the esteemed Alloy Orchestra, purveyors of the rack of junk, return to perform in front of the screen. Look forward to percussion-heavy accompaniment to films as varied as The General, Valentino's The Eagle, and Hitchcock's Blackmail.

The final concert of the season is on March 28th, 2007 at Merkin Hall, when the Scandinavian vocalists of Trio Medieval deliver ballads from England, France and Norway. Plus, on the same night, Irish composer and technological innovator Donnacha Dennehy leads the Crash Ensemble in a collaboration with leading sean-nos singer Iarla O'Lionaird.

All of the concerts, hosted by John Schaefer, will be taped for future broadcast on WNYC.

Schedule of Events

		Wednesday November 1 at 7PM World Financial Center "The World in New York." Three women from three different parts of the world (Yungchen Lhamo from Tibet, Angelique Kidjo from Benin, and Susan McKeown from Ireland) kick off the New Sounds Live concert series.
		Friday November 10 at 7PM World Financial Center "John the Revelator." A WNYC Commission, Phil Kline's latest work is based on concepts from the Bible's Book of Revelation and named after a song by blues legend Blind Willie Johnson. Written specifically for Lionheart, and featuring the most excellent quartet Ethel.
		Wednesday, Nov. 15th at 7PM World Financial Center Daniel Figgis' Post-Production This 23-section instrumental song cycle has a narrative that can be a bucolic meditation on the “cityscape.” It's number seven in a series of site-specific events by the Irish composer Figgis.
		Thurs. Dec. 7 , 2006 Merkin Hall Gloryland Famed early music vocal group Anonymous 4 teams up with founding Turtle Island String Quartet fiddler Darol Anger and guitarist Scott Nygaard.
		Feb 7, 8, and 9, 2007, at 7PM World Financial Center New Music for Silent Film Featuring the Alloy Orchestra.
		Wednesday, March 28th, at 8PM Merkin Hall Trio Mediaeval/ Donnacha Dennehy Trio Mediaeval, the Norwegian early music group, performs early music, new works, and arrangements of Nordic folk song.  And Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy leads the Crash Ensemble in a collaboration with leading sean-nos singer Iarla O'Lionaird.