Musical Modernism with Ursula Oppens and the JACK Quartet

By Amanda Keil, 07 March 2012

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Reviewed at (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City on 4 March 2012

Wuorinen, Oros

Nancarrow, String Quartet no. 3

Nancarrow, Two Canons for Ursula

Wuorinen, Piano Quintet

Ursula Oppens, Piano

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It was like a quiet day in a sunny room. The air was still, shadows and colors changed as the sun moved across the sky, but nothing inside the room ever actually moved.

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Amanda Keil

Amanda Keil is a native New Yorker who sings, teaches, writes about music and fundraises for the arts. Her broad musical interests have led her to perform music from ancient to modern times, and she is the founder of Musica Nuova, which stages Baroque songs in modern settings. She blogs at thousandfoldecho.