Five Boroughs Music Festival Presents Lorelei Ensemble At Church Of St. Luke In The Fields

On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 7:30 p.m., Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) presents the acclaimed all-female vocal group, Lorelei Ensemble in concert at Manhattan's Church of St. Luke in the Fields.

The program, entitled Impermanence/Reconstructed, features works from the early-Renaissance through contemporary Eastern, Western and American sounds from across the ages including selected motets by Guillaume Du Fay and Torino Codex; David Lang's i want to live; selections from Scott Ordway's North Woods; Peter Gilbert's Tsukimi; Steve Reich's Know What Is Above You; selections from Joshua Bornfield's Reconstruction; Shawn Kirchner's Rose/Riddle Rainbows; Joshua Shank's Saro; Adam Jacob Simon's Joys Above His Power; and Moira Smiley's Utopia.

Program Information
Friday, February 9, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of St. Luke in the Fields | 487 Hudson St. | New York, NY 10014
Lorelei Ensemble "Impermanence/Reconstructed"
Tickets: VIP Preferred Seating - $40.00, General Admission - $25.00
Link: http://5bmf.org/lorelei/

Performers:
Sarah Brailey, soprano
Margaret Dudley, soprano
Sarah Moyer, soprano
Christina English, mezzo-soprano
Clare McNamara, mezzo-soprano
Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano
Stephanie Kacoyanis, alto
Emily Marvosh, alto
Beth Willer, alto and conductor
Bill Soloman, percussion
Matt Gold, percussion

Program:
IMPERMANENCE
Guillaume Du Fay: Flos florum
Guillaume Du Fay: Apostolo glorioso
Guillaume Du Fay: O proles Hispaniae / O sidus Hispaniae
Torino Codex (Cyprus, 15c.): Pour ce que point fu de la amere espine / A toi vierge me represente

David Lang: i want to live
Scott Ordway: Selections from North Woods
Peter Gilbert: Tsukimi
Steve Reich: Know What Is Above You

RECONSTRUCTED
Joshua Bornfield: Selections from Reconstruction
Shawn Kirchner: Rose/Riddle/Rainbow
Joshua Shank: Saro
Adam Jacob Simon: Joys Above His Power
Moira Smiley: Utopia

About the Lorelei Ensemble
Heralded for its "warm, lithe, and beautifully blended" (The New York Times) sound and "impeccable musicality" (The Boston Globe), Boston's Lorelei Ensemble is quickly becoming recognized as a source of some of the most innovative and inventive programming in Boston and beyond. Lorelei is an all-professional vocal ensemble, comprising nine women whose expertise ranges from early to contemporary repertoire, and whose independent careers as soloists and ensemble singers across the globe lend to the rich and diverse vocal palette that defines the ensemble's consistent delivery of "exact, smooth, and stylish" programming (The Boston Globe). Committed to the expansion of the repertoire for women's voices, Lorelei has commissioned and premiered more than fifty new works since its founding in 2007, and continues to expose and reinvent early works of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque repertoires. Lorelei also works with established and emerging composers from the United States and abroad to create new works that reveal the extraordinary flexibility and strength of the human voice.

About Five Boroughs Music Festival
Five Boroughs Music Festival's mission is to enrich communities and cultivate new audiences by bringing world-class, affordable chamber music to all corners of New York City. 5BMF collaborates with local cultural institutions to present up-and-coming artists alongside the genre's most distinguished performers, and challenges the standard definition of 'chamber music' by presenting a broad range of musical styles, from early music to contemporary works, world music and other non-classical forms.

Led by founders Jesse Blumberg and Donna Breitzer since 2007, 5BMF has presented over 50 traditional and contemporary chamber music programs in ten complete cycles around NYC. Described as "imaginative" by The New York Times and "vital" by WQXR's Operavore blog, 5BMF's commitment to musical outreach and diverse programming has attracted positive attention from the NYC arts community from its earliest days. 5BMF's artist roster is comprised of diverse, talented emerging artists and distinguished musicians alike. Its venues are just as eclectic, and have included historic NYC landmarks such as Federal Hall, the University Church at Fordham University, Flushing Town Hall, King Manor Museum, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, among many others.

To mark its fifth season in 2011-2012, 5BMF commissioned 20 composers to create the Five Borough Songbook, a collection of 20 unique songs inspired by New York City places, themes and poetry. Throughout the course of the season, the Songbook premiered in every borough of NYC, and was released as a double-CD studio album in 2011 by Roven Records. Following the success of the original Songbook, 5BMF commissioned a second volume of 20 new works for its 10th anniversary; the resulting Songbook, Volume II premiered in all five boroughs of NYC throughout 2017.

5BMF's programming is rooted in familiar classical music traditions, but is inclusive of a broad range of styles; art song recitals, early music, new music and other non-classical forms are all represented. By employing a broad definition of chamber music and sustaining a commitment to artistic outreach by bringing world class programs to neighborhoods all over the city, 5BMF offers an affordable, intimate concert experience to a wide variety of New York City audiences.

Please visit www.5bmf.org or email info@5bmf.org for more information.