NEW YORK, NY November 02, 2007 —

PATH OF MIRACLES
US premiere of "Path of Miracles," by Joby Talbot.

World Financial Center Winter Garden
Monday, November 12th at 7PM
Tuesday, November 13th at 7PM
220 Vesey Street
Battery Park City ››› Directions
Admission FREE

» New Sounds Live 2007-2008 Concert Season

New Sounds Live presents the US premiere of Joby Talbot’s "Path of Miracles" in the cathedral-esque Winter Garden at the World Financial Center. Talbot's stunning choral work is both a musical journey, inspired by the annual medieval pilgrimage to Compostela in northwestern Spain, and a literal one, as singers move through the vast Winter Garden. Old and new texts are set to music inspired by medieval chant, minimalism, and even aboriginal Taiwanese singing. Judith Clurman conducts The Talbot Project. This New Sounds Live program airs on Dec. 7th, 2007 at 11PM on 93.9 FM WNYC.

JOBY TALBOT
Joby Talbot studied composition privately with Brian Elias and then with Robert Saxton and Simon Bainbridge at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His music is widely performed on international platforms including the Royal Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The South Bank Centre, the Palais Garnier, and the Royal Albert Hall. His work with performers such as Alison Balsom, Maya Beiser, the King’s Singers, Tenebrae and Ute Lemper has produced some inspiring repertoire. Talbot also has his own performing ensemble which showcases his chamber music, often involving live collaborations with visual artists.

2004 was a landmark year for Talbot. His first Proms commission Sneaker Wave premiered at the Royal Albert Hall and Classic FM appointed him as their first ever Composer in Residence. 2005 saw the premiere of Path of Miracles, a major new choral work for Nigel Short’s Tenebrae, as well as the scores for two major films.

Current projects have an international flavour. Manual Override, for the T’ang Quartet commissioned by the Singapore Arts Festival and Theatre Cryptic receives its premiere in Singapore. Mandala, for six harps commissioned by the RAM Harp Ensemble and the Australian Youth Orchestra will be heard in London in November and in Adelaide a few months later when Talbot will be composer in residence with the AYO. Eau, his first original orchestral score for dance will be written for choreographer Carolyn Carlson and the National Opera in Lille.

A versatile composer of enviable talent Talbot is also highly acclaimed for his music for film. For the concert hall he has scored Hitchcock’s silent classic, The Lodger and Evgeny Bauer’s The Dying Swan. Both films are presented live with accompanying instrumental ensemble. His work for cinema includes the scores for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Son of Rambow with director Garth Jennings.

Talbot is currently working on a new collaboration with LA based electronica artists Deru for a new piece for choreographer Wayne McGregor. Genus, for Paris Opera Ballet, will be premiered in October.

JUDITH CLURMAN
A native New Yorker, Judith Clurman is the Founder/Director of the celebrated New York Concert Singers and has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School where she was Director of Choral Activities. She works frequently with some of the world's most prestigious orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, and other ensembles in the United States and Europe. She has also collaborated with the world's most prominent musicians, including Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Roger Norrington, Trevor Pinnock, Julius Rudel, Leonard Slatkin and Seiji Ozawa. An avid proponent of American music, Ms. Clurman has commissioned works by prize-winning composers Robert Beaser, William Bolcom, and Stephen Paulus among others and has premiered works by notable artists including Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Jay Kernis, Ned Rorem, Philip Glass and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Many of these compositions are featured on her choral recordings, Divine Grandeur, The Mask, and A Season's Promise, all on New World Records.

Additional Resources:
» Joby Talbot’s website
» New Sounds Live 2007-2008 Concert Season
» World Financial Center