by Steven | Jun 25, 2024 | 24-25
About the Artists The Toomai String Quintet is an ensemble devoted to playing a variety of musical traditions from around the world, creating its own string arrangements, and commissioning new works. The award-winning group has been engaging audiences across the US...
by Leah Hollingsworth | Jun 25, 2024 | 24-25
About the Program The Orchestra of St. Lukes’ NYC Five Borough Tour highlights the life and music of Chen Yi, the celebrated Chinese-American composer. A featured performer in the concert, Chen Yi will take the audience on a journey through her own stories and...
by Leah Hollingsworth | Jun 25, 2024 | 24-25
About the Program Music and Migration is a collaborative program stemming from a deep friendship between the Aizuri Quartet and the Syrian-American clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh. All five of the artists have different personal relationships to and experiences...
by Steven | Jun 25, 2024 | 24-25
About the Program Return/Revive RETURN/REVIVE pairs two major works of grief and hope: one ancient, and one in its world premiere. First, Tudor composer Robert White’s Lamentations a5, which gorgeously and viscerally expresses Jeremiah’s sorrow at the Biblical...
by Steven | Jun 25, 2024 | 24-25
About the Program Fate and Yearning Shortly before the end of his extraordinarily productive life, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a question on the score of the final movement of his last completed major work: “Muss es sein?” or “Must it be?” Later, on another page in the...
by Steven | Jun 25, 2024 | 24-25
About the Ensemble Biribá Union features Mike Block (Cello, Vocals), Christylez Bacon (Beatbox, Guitar, Rhymes), and Patricia Ligia (Electric Bass, Pandeiro, Vocals), forming a dynamic trio that blends original music with global influences to form a fresh and...