New Sounds Live from Brookfield Place 2014
New Sounds Live at Brookfield Place
October 14-16, 2014, 7:30PM
Winter Garden
220 Vesey Street
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Admission FREE
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Bang on a Can All-Stars: Steel Hammer by Julia Wolfe - Tuesday, October 14th at 7:30PM
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The Knights and Bryce Dessner: Music by Bryce Dessner - Wednesday, October 15th at 7:30PM
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Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield with the Wordless Music Orchestra - Thursday, October 16th at 7:30PM
This fall the New Sounds Live concert series returns to Brookfield Place for three nights of adventurous music. The fun begins with Julia Wolfe’s “Steel Hammer,” on Tuesday, October 14, a musical retelling of the legend of John Henry - a man-against-machine tall tale, where the Bang on a Can All-Stars drone, twang and rock by turns. Wednesday, October 15th is a night of collaboration between guitarist and composer Bryce Dessner and the flexible NY-based orchestral collective, The Knights. The final night of the series, Thursday, October 16, is a new arrangement of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells by guitarist and singer Grey Mcmurray, with the Wordless Music Orchestra.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
7:30pm
Julia Wolfe's Steel Hammer is inspired by the composer’s love for the legends and music of Appalachia, while the text is culled from the over 200 versions of the John Henry ballad. The various versions, based on hearsay, recollection, and tall tales, explore the subject of human versus machine in this quintessential American legend. Adding banjo, bones, and mountain dulcimer, the mighty and mischievous Bang on a Can All-Stars team up with a trio of singers for a memorable evening.
The Knights and Bryce Dessner: Music by Bryce Dessner
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
7:30 - 8:30pm
Bryce Dessner, best known as one of the twin guitarists in the rock band The National, draws on Baroque and Folk music, late Romanticism and Modernism, Minimalism and the Blues, winding these elements into his organic and individual voice as a composer. Dessner curated the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival at BAM; he's a cofounder of the label Brassland; and he's collaborated with So Percussion, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass and Steve Reich. For this special concert, Dessner joins the NY-based orchestral collective The Knights, a flexible group, dedicated to transforming the concert experience and driven by an open-minded spirit of camaraderie and musical discovery.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
7:30pm
Tubular Bells by the English musician Mike Oldfield was released in 1973 when he was only 19 years old. The composition's opening was used in the soundtrack to The Exorcist, making the album a surprise global hit and launching the fledgling Virgin Records. The entire work is an ambitious, almost symphonic set of variations on a theme and is replete with good cheer and a bit of droll British wit. This performance features a world premiere orchestration of the seminal work by the Wordless Music Orchestra led by guitarist and singer Grey Mcmurray. Founded in 2006, the WMO is the house band of New York City’s Wordless Music series and is comprised of some of New York's most omnivorous young musicians and members of groups such as Alarm Will Sound, ACME, So Percussion, Ensemble Signal, and the JACK Quartet.
