NYC Calendar: November 2012

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH,

8:00 PM Janácek Philharmonic Ostrava – Morton Feldman: Major Orchestral Works

VENUE: Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater

DETAILS: The 100-piece Janácek Philharmonic Ostrava (Czech Republic) comes to New York to perform an evening of Morton Feldman’s orchestra music, conducted by Petr Kotik. Highlights will include the American premieres of the hour-long Violin and Orchestra and Flute and Orchestra, 35 years after their creation. The program also includes Structures for Orchestra, and the lyrical Piano and Orchestra. The soloists are the acclaimed pianist Joseph Kubera, a longtime associate of Feldman and Cage; flutist Erin Lesser; and Czech violinist Hana Kotková, whose performances of concertos by Ligeti, Rihm and Francesconi have been celebrated internationally.

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/205874?show_date=2012-11-05%2020:00:00

ADMISSION: $25

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th,

7:30 PM Fred Van Hove – (The Onortodox Piano) Top

VENUE: ShapeShifter Lab

DETAILS:

http://www.shapeshifterlab.com/portfolio/nov-6-fred-van-hove-the-onortodox-piano-top/

Fred Van Hove, piano

Lou Grassi, percussion

Project: free improvisation

ADMISSION: $15/$10

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH,

10:30 PM The Unanswered Journey: Alexei Lubimov, piano (White Light Festival)

VENUE: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

DETAILS:

Liszt: Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort

Chopin: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

Pärt: Partita, Op. 2

Liszt: Nuages gris

Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 5

Mozart: Adagio in C major, K.617a

Mahler (arr. Singer): Trauermarsch, from Symphony No. 5

Liszt: Sursum corda, from Années de pèlerinage, troisième année

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/205296?show_date=2012-11-08%2022:30:00

ADMISSION: from $45

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th

8:00 PM Ned Rothenberg Chamber Music Retrospective

VENUE: ROULETTE

DETAILS:

Joining Rothenberg over the two nights retrospective will be Erik Friedlander (cello), Min Xiao Fen (pipa), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), and the Mivos Quartet

http://roulette.org/events/ned-rothenberg-2/  

ADMISSION: $10-15

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12th, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH

10pm/7.30pm

Wolfgang Mitterer and Ensemble Mise-En

VENUE: Austrian Cultural Forum New York

DETAILS:

Austrian pioneer in the field of electroacoustic music.

http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/austrian-cultural-forum-presents-wolfgang-mitterer-ensemble-mise-en/

http://www.acfny.org/event/wolfgang-mitterer/

ADMISSION:  Free/RSVP

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH  

7:30 The Hilliard Ensemble/Heiner Goebbels:I went to the house but did not enter (White Light Festival)

VENUE: Rose Theater

DETAILS:

Heiner Goebbels, conception, music, and director

Klaus Grünberg, lighting design and staging

Florence von Gerkan, costume design

Willi Bopp, sound design

Texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka, and Samuel Beckett

Post-performance discussion with Heiner Goebbels on November 13

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/205298?show_date=2012-11-13%2019:30:00

ADMISSION: from $25

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15th (POSTPONED – See the link below)

3PM-5PM Demo. | 7PM – 9PM Concert

Pauline Oliveros and Friends

VENUE: EYEBEAM

DETAILS: merging artificial intelligence and free improvisation through the electroacoustic improvising systems

http://eyebeam.org/events/strange-umbrella-1-an-afternoon-and-evening-with-pauline-oliveros-and-friends

ADMISSION:  Free Demo | $15 Concert

 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH  

3:00PM, White Light Festival Conversations: The Body and the Self

VENUE: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

DETAILS: In Sunday’s discussion, we turn our attention to the exceptional power of music to reflect and speak to our innermost selves. How is it that even wordless music can be so eloquent? What influence does music have on how we feel, how we see ourselves, and how we see our place in the world? And how has the role of music changed through the ages?

John Schaefer, moderator
John Heginbotham, choreographer
Elena Mannes, filmmaker and author
Pauline Oliveros, composer
Concetta M. Tomaino, music therapist
Sophie Shao, cello

http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/206359?show_date=2012-11-18%2015:00:00

ADMISSION: FREE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17th

8:00 PM Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman

VENUE: Greenwich House

DETAILS: http://www.greenwichhouse.org/announcements/sound-it-out-sylvie-courvoisier-mark-feldman

ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29th

8:00/9:30 PM Denman Maroney, piano, Ratzo Harris,bass and Bob Myers, drums

VENUE: The Firehouse Space

DETAILS: extended bass techniques, prepared piano,  hyperpiano,temporal harmony and improvisational Jewish liturgical music

http://thefirehousespace.org/event/alt-timers/

ADMISSION: $10

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