New Music New York will perform Musical Concert to Commemorate the Apollo 1969 Lunar Landing
Posted by sequenza21 in Concert AnnouncementNew Music New York Presents
We came in peace for all mankind…
“A musical celebration of the 40th Anniversary
of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing”
New Music New York, a NYC based chamber ensemble group will present a musical tribute concert celebrating the 40th year anniversary of the 1969 Apollo Moon Landing on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 8 PM at the Tenri Cultural Center, located at 43A West 13th Street, New York.
The concert features chamber music and songs inspired by the moon, stars and space, and presents five world premieres written specifically for this concert. Also included is George Crumb’s Night of the Four Moons, a chamber music piece that was directly inspired by the lunar landing event. Tickets are $20 at the door ($15 students/seniors). For reservations call 917 991-5648. For more information visit www.newmusicnewyork.com.
…In the ancient dust of the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility, next to the first human footprints left on another world, there sits a tiny silicon disc bearing messages of peace, hope and goodwill from the nations of Earth. In this spirit of mankind’s greatest adventure, New Music New York will send their own musical messages out to the world and beyond…
The composers commissioned for this concert are Alexa Babakhanian, Scott Gendel, William George, Roberto Scarcella Perino, and Marga Richter. US premieres are by Canadian composers Mark Armanini, Timothy Corlis and Barry Truax. The performers are conductor Christopher Baum, percussionist Roy Campbell, flautist William Dickerson, tenor William George, percussionist Christopher Graham, cellist Teresa Kubiak, pianist Andrew Pau, baritone/counter-tenor Bruce Ramaker, guitarist/banjoist Francisco Roldán, mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna and soprano Megan Weston.
New Music New York is composed of both singers and instrumentalists that enjoy bringing the concert going public music that is “new” to the ear which both challenges and inspires. Since 2003, NMNY has followed its mission to perform music of XX and XXI composers, with an emphasis on collaborating with composers to create the music of the future. Performing newly commissioned works in themed concerts which showcase songs, vocal and instrumental chamber works, NMNY has been lauded by the New Music Connoisseur as “remarkable in its programming” and giving “performances that ranged from lovely to superb”.
Program (subject to change)
Armanini: The moon (US premiere)
Babakhanian: Luna Ticks (commision)
Bergsma: Cantilena from Soprano in Space
Corlis: Prelude, for the night of the lunar eclipse (US premiere)
Crawford-Seeger: White Moon
Crumb: Night of the Four Moons
Gendel: Facts about the Moon (commission)
George: Moon chants (commission)
Hovhanness: O Lady Moon
Kennedy: On the Beach at Night Alone
Pearson Thomas: UFO; Of Astronauts
Richter: Wild Moon (commission)
Scarcella Perino: The Moon in her Vanity, Constellations (commission)
Truax: Hymn to the Moon (U.S. premiere)
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