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Invigorating Gubaidulina from ICE at Mostly Mozart Festival

By Rebecca Lentjes, 18 August 2014
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Reviewed at Park Avenue Armory, New York City on 17 August 2014
Programme
Gubaidulina, String Trio
Gubaidulina, Sotto Voce
Gubaidulina, Quasi Hoquetus
Gubaidulina, Meditation on Bach's chorale BWV 668 "Von deinen Thron tret ich hiermit"
Performers
International Contemporary Ensemble
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Rebecca Lentjes
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.