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Venue: National Sawdust, Brooklyn

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Address80 N 6th St,
Brooklyn
NY 11249
United States
Google maps40° 43' 8.238" N 73° 57' 40.740" W
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Tracing the tragic, true stories of two women two centuries apart

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Kamala Sankaram's Custom of the Coast follows the twin narratives of Anne Bonny and Savita Halapannavar, real women separated by two centuries. 
***11
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Ligeti shines, despite pageantry, in Han Chen's centennial recital

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At National Sawdust, Ligeti's 18 études and 18 responses are presented as a whole and are best heard that way, too, indulging in Han Chen’s fluency and the richness of his Fazioli concert grand.

****1
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Brooklyn’s National Sawdust reopens to the realm of the senses

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An indulgent salon of new songs of nostalgia and reckoning, plus food and drink and arts and crafts, at Brooklyn's National Sawdust. 
****1
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A Brooklyn salon for Clara Schumann's 200th birthday

Downes' playing is soulful, perhaps rather American, which gave Schumann a late-night jazziness. That tendency fit better with selections by Nina Simone and Harlem Renaissance composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price.

***11
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The Messiaen Connection: Salonen and members of the NY Phil

As part of the New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT new music series at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, Esa-Pekka Salonen drew connections among Olivier Messiaen, two of his students (Pierre Boulez and George Benjamin) and one outlier (Oliver Knussen).
****1
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