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Lost Dog New Music Ensemble brings “Per Nørgård's America" to New York

By Rebecca Lentjes, 17 June 2016
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“legato slurs melting the lines into crunchy harmonies”
Reviewed at Scandinavia House, New York City on 16 June 2016
Programme
Nørgård, Arcana
Nørgård, Spell
Nørgård, Plutonian Ode
Nørgård, Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
Nørgård, Seadrift
Performers
Lost Dog New Music Ensemble
Sarah Joy Miller, Soprano
Sarah Moyer, Soprano
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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.