Ensemble ACJW Concludes 2012-2013 Season at Brooklyn's Galapagos Art Space
By: Kelsey Denette May. 20, 2013
In a newly announced concert, Ensemble ACJW performs an original program entitledFrom Dusk til Dawn: A Musical Journey from Darkness to Light at Galapagos Art Space onMonday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m. For their debut performance at the Brooklyn venue, the musicians have put together an imaginative program with several of their original compositions and new arrangements in addition to works and excerpts by Chopin, Ravel, Schoenberg, Messiaen, George Crumb, Herbie Hancock, and more. The program is a musical journey from darkness to light, with repertoire selected to represent dusk, midnight, and dawn-sometimes explicitly and other times more abstractly. See below for complete program details.
Ensemble ACJW is an inspirational collective of outstanding young professional musicians that has earned accolades from critics and audiences alike for the quality of its performances as well as its fresh and open-minded approach to performance and programming.All members of the group are current fellows of The Academy, a two-year program that supports them as they develop careers as top-quality performers, innovative programmers, and dedicated teachers who are fully engaged with the communities in which they live and work.Program Information
Monday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Galapagos Art Space
ENSEMBLE ACJW FROM DUSK TIL DAWN: A MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHTDUSK
GESUALDO Ecco Morire Dunque
CHOPIN Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1
JAY WADLEY New Work (World Premiere)
MICHELLE ROSS To the Moon
DOUG BALLIETT Mercury and Battus: a rap cantata
RAVEL Scarbo from Gaspard de la Nuit
SCHOENBERG Mondestrunken; Nacht; Mondfleck from Pierrot Lunaire
SCIARRINO II from Tre Notturni Brillanti
CRUMB Vox BalaenaeDAWN
MESSIAEN Abîme des oiseaux from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
BARTÓK Relaxation from Contrasts
R. STRAUSS Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4 (arr. by Tyler Wottrich)
Herbie Hancock Sunlight (arr. by Thomas Bergeron)Tickets:
$15 in advance, $20 at the doorGalapagos Art Space
16 Main Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201For more information please call (718) 222-8500.
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