Voices, voices in space, and spaces: Thoughts on 50 years of Meredith Monk

Par Rebecca Lentjes, 05 avril 2015

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Critique faite à Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York, le 22 mars 2015

Monk, Atlas: Future Quest

Monk, The Games (selections)

Monk, Gotham Lullaby

Monk, Double Fiesta

Monk, Book of days

Monk, Light Songs

Monk, Three Heavens and Hells

Monk, Impermanence (totentanz, arr David Lang, world)

Meredith Monk, Voix

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble

Young People's Chorus of New York City

Julia Wolfe's symphonic plea to save the planet

Kurt Gottschalk, 1st June

Jaap van Zweden conducts the world premiere of Julia Wolfe's multimedia event unEarth, a reflection on the climate crisis, forced migrations and changing seas.

****1

Jazz, tragedy and a Julia Wolfe premiere

Kurt Gottschalk, 24th January

The New York Philharmonic premieres Julia Wolfe’s remembrance of the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and plays an elegy to LBJ and an Aaron Copland jazz concerto.

****1

Mostly Mozart opens in major key exuberance

Robert Levine, 26th July

Enlightenment indeed at Lincoln Center as the Mostly Mozart Festival opens with a gloriouds hodge-podge.

*****

Prom 44: Michael Gordon's genre-defying Big Space

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 17th August

Well known for their genre-busting and boundary-defying music, Bang on the Can delivered a splendid Late Night Prom.

*****

A ghost of an opera at BAM

Jacob Slattery, 7th September

David Lang’s new opera the loser opened the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday night, but simply lacked theatricality.

*1111

Captivating winter warmer from the Bang on a Can

Frank Kuznik, 28th February

Composer David Lang joined the ensemble in Oberlin for an invigorating night of fresh ideas played with a spirit of adventure.

****1

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.