Meredith Monk's 50th composiversary at Carnegie Hall

By Jacob Slattery, 05 May 2015

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York City on 2 May 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, Vocals

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

Saariaho’s Notes on Light receives its Berlin premiere

Elena Luporini, 29th April

Sakari Oramo and Annsi Karttunen bring Northern lights and folklore to the Philharmonie, closing on a touch of Czech optimism with Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

***11

Steve Reich at 90 celebrated in Liverpool

Pwyll ap Sion, 29th April

A compelling concert at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium offers a striking Josephine Stephenson’s UK premiere, dazzling John Adams and Steve Reich’s mesmerising Reich/Richter.

*****

Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

Chris Garlick, 29th April

As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen offers a multimedia tribute to the life and creative vision of the iconic British fashion designer.

****1

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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.