Event listing: CONTACT! at National Sawdust | National Sawdust | Mon 7 Mar 2016 at 19:30

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National Sawdust80 N 6th St,, Brooklyn, New York, 11249, United States

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Programme

Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)	Fantaisie for violin and piano
Boulez, Pierre (1925-2016)	Anthèmes I
Knussen, Oliver (1952-2018)	Autumnal, for violin and piano
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)	Le Merle noir
Boulez, Pierre (1925-2016)	Sonatine for flute and piano
Benjamin, Sir George (b. 1960)	Viola, Viola

Performers

Esa-Pekka Salonen	Conductor
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Yulia Ziskel	Violin
Steven Beck	Piano
Anna Rabinova	Violin
Katherine Greene	Viola
Peter Kenote	Viola
Mindy Kaufman	Flute
Stephen Gosling	Piano

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The Messiaen Connection: Salonen and members of the NY Phil

Jacob Slattery, 7th March

As part of the New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT new music series at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, Esa-Pekka Salonen drew connections among Olivier Messiaen, two of his students (Pierre Boulez and George Benjamin) and one outlier (Oliver Knussen).

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