Love, loss and horrible siblings in night 3 of collected stories

By Rebecca Lentjes, 28 April 2014

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York City on 24 April 2014

Programme to include:

Traditional, The Two Sisters

Wolfe, Cruel sister

Muhly, The Only Tune

The Uncluded, Vocals

Ensemble Signal

Brad Lubman, Conductor

Iarla Ó Lionáird, Vocals

Sam Amidon, Banjo, Vocals

Nadia Sirota, Viola

Nico Muhly, Electronics

Ensemble Signal dips into the Bang on a Can canon at Carnegie Hall

Kurt Gottschalk, 13th April

Ensemble Signal offered a thoughtful program of works by Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe and a welcome return for older works of two NYC MVPs.

*****

Steve Reich world premiere in New York

Stephen Pritchard, 6th April

London's new Centre for Music has much to learn from the Big Apple's mistakes.

****1

Intriguing pairing of Mackey and Reich leads to provocative results

Matthew Richard Martinez, 29th May

Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Ensemble Signal perform a world première by Steven Mackey and Three Tales by Steve Reich.

****1

Three premieres – heard twice – in New York

Kurt Gottschalk, 25th July

It can be a pleasure to hear an unfamiliar piece twice in the same program. Here, we heard three premieres fresh and then repeated after composer comments.

***11

A portrait of Hans Abrahamsen at the Concertgebouw

Rose Dodd, 14th May

For a programme given by Asko|Schönberg at the Concertgebouw, Hans Abrahamsen’s choice of his own works spans an important and transitory period of creative stillness.

****1

Ensemble Signal dips into the Bang on a Can canon at Carnegie Hall

Kurt Gottschalk, 13th April

Ensemble Signal offered a thoughtful program of works by Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe and a welcome return for older works of two NYC MVPs.

*****

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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.