Meredith Monk's 50th composiversary at Carnegie Hall

Par Jacob Slattery, 05 mai 2015

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Critique faite à Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York, le 2 mai 2015

Monk, Juice

Monk, Songs from the Hill

Monk, Volcano Songs: Duets

Monk, The Games (Panda Chant I )

Monk, Facing North

Monk, Dolmen Music

Monk, Mercy

Monk, Impermanence

Monk, On Behalf of Nature (Excerpts)

Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble

Katie Geissinger, Mezzo-soprano

Theo Bleckmann, Voix

A brief journey into the timeless world of Meredith Monk

Kurt Gottschalk, 23rd September

The North American premiere of Indra's Net finds Meredith Monk back in her familiar, inexplicable realm.

*****

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

Rebecca Lentjes, 22nd March

Carnegie’s Zankel Hall hosts a four and a half hour celebration of the work of Meredith Monk.

*****

Experiments in Opera returns with a strange story of resurrection

Kurt Gottschalk, 7th October

Soprano Gelsey Bell instilled a very human spirit into the role of the troubled widow. The decidedly formal Jeffrey Gavett was well cast as the dead man. Their duets rang with perfection.

***11

Pierre, le loup et l’opium : étrange soirée à la Philharmonie

Tristan Labouret, 20th May

L'Orchestre de Paris a proposé un drôle d'attelage en associant le conte pour enfants de Prokofiev et la sombre Symphonie fantastique de Berlioz, laissant une impression mitigée.

***11

Le Quatuor Modigliani champion d’Europe à Radio France

Pierre Michel, 19th May

Dans un programme qui allait de Turina au Souvenir de Florence de Tchaïkovski en passant par Debussy, le quatuor a montré un même sens éblouissant du collectif.

*****

Rouvali, Gabetta et le Concertgebouw dans leur royaume à Bozar

Patrice Lieberman, 16th May

Dans un programme qui allait de Dvořák à Ravel en passant par le rare Concerto n° 1 pour violoncelle de Martinů brillamment interprété par Sol Gabetta, l'orchestre amstellodamois et son chef invité ont atteint des sommets.

*****

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Jacob Slattery

Jacob is a musician and raconteur based out of New York City. As a writer, he operates an online arts and culture blog with the goal of providing momentum for community-based arts projects in NYC. As an oboist, Jacob has performed internationally with orchestras from Vienna to Seoul. Born and raised in the lake-ridden, gopher empire of Minnesota, Jacob received a dual-degree in Music Performance and Marketing from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. His blog can be found here.