Thursday February 9, 2012 @ 8PM, Roulette (509 Atlantic at 3rd Ave)

Thomas Buckner performs

Robert Ashley, Annea Lockwood, Alvin Lucier,
Anne Guthrie, Narong Prangcharoen, + Kit Young

Thomas Buckner’s 24th annual concert of commissioned works for baritone voice! Composers featured on this evening include his long-time collaborators, esteemed composers Robert Ashley, Annea Lockwood, and Alvin Lucier, along with New York premieres by Anne Guthrie, Narong Prangcharoen, and Kit Young. Featuring, Thomas Buckner (voice) Theodore Mook (cello), Chris Nappi (percussion), Jill Van Nostrand (french horn), Sun Ying (guqin), and Kit Young (piano).

From voice and piano to 4-channel sound, from Kit Young’s work incorporating poetry from Burmese performance artist U San Oo to Lockwood’s texts from Guantanamo detainees to Ashley’s work World War III (Just The Highlights), the evening’s subject matter, imagery, and soundscapes are diverse and transformative. The wide variety of styles and sounds ensures that no piece on this program is remotely like any of the others.

“[Buckner] has long been associated with Mr. Ashley’s special kind of
iconoclastic wit… Mr. Buckner’s assets on stage include an amiable,
mostly quiet personality and a voice that works smoothly”.
-Bernard Holland, New York Times

For more than 40 years baritone Thomas Buckner has dedicated himself to the world of new and improvised music. In collaboration with a host of prominent composers and improvisers, Buckner continues to commission and perform numerous chamber works, orchestral pieces and song cycles, as well as improvisations, electronic constructions, and multi-media theater pieces.

“Buckner has created a new repertoire, of which he’ll doubtless
reveal yet another string of exciting premieres.”
-Village Voice

This event is presented in part through participation in the Composers Now Festival, which celebrates living composers, the diversity of their voices and the significance of their musical contributions to our society. During the month of February, Composers Now presents dozens of concerts in venues throughout the city. From jazz to indie to classical to electronic, join us on a sonic journey through the landscape of the arts of our time. For more information visit composers-now.org

Roulette (509 Atlantic at 3rd Ave)
509 Atlantic Ave
(On the corner of Atlantic + 3rd Aves)
Downtown Brooklyn, NY

2, 3, 4, 5, C, G, D, M, N, R, B & Q trains and the LIRR
(917) 267-0363

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