Highlight of the month: Performa 13

SATURDAY, November 2
7:30 PM Voice Is the Original Instrument Featuring Maja Ratkje, Joan la Barbara and The M6: Meredith Monk Music Third Generation
VENUE: New York Ethical Society
DETAILS:

Extended Vocal Technique, from Joan La Barbara’s early and seminal LP Voice Is The Original Instrument (1976); Meredith Monk’s primary and innovative vocal archeology in Tablet (1974/1976) performed by the women of The M6 to the sculptured and digitally manipulated vocal sounds of Norway’s Maja Ratkje.
http://13.performa-arts.org/event/female-vocal-concert
ADMISSION: $15/$20

SATURDAY, November 2
8:00 PM Sylvie Courvoisier Trio with Drew Gress & Kenny Wollesen
VENUE: Greenwich House Music School
DETAILS:
About her new trio, Courvoisier says: “John Zorn had been asking me to do a piano-trio record for ages, but I always felt the great history of the piano trio was so intimidating – I really needed to find the right musicians. Drew has such a gorgeous sound and individual rhythmic sensibility, and Kenny has a wonderful sense of groove and a huge dynamic range. This trio has a more rhythmic feel than some of my past music, but our shows have really ranged, from through-composed material to full-on improvisation, from a real jazz vibe to very open and free.”
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAYS, November 5 and 12
2:30 PM William Kentridge Norton Lecture Series
VENUE: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
DETAILS:
In 2012, the South African artist, animator, sculptor, drawing master, and opera designer William Kentridge gave a six-part series of lectures on art – titled Six Drawing Lessons – as the Norton Lecturer at the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University.  http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/208448?show_date=2013-11-05%2014:30:00
ADMISSION: Free

Also two amazing video installations by William Kentridge are currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. http://www.metmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/listings/2013/william-kentridge

WEDNESDAY, November 6
8:30 PM Roy Nathanson Project
VENUE: Seeds
DETAILS: Roy Nathanson – Alto/Sop Sax, Tim Kiah – Bass, Sam Bardfeld – Violin, George Schuller – Drums
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, November 6
8:00 PM Time, A Personal Lens
VENUE: Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center  (129 W. 67th Street)
DETAILS: Caroline Stinson, cello, Molly Morskoski, piano
Program:
ELLIOT CARTER – Cello Sonata for cello and piano
BRANIC HOWARD – Folds and Overlays for cello & electronics (World Premiere)
JOAN TOWER – Très Lent
T. PATRICK CARRABRE – Ancestral Drones cello & electronics (Written for Caroline Stinson. US Premiere)
MAGNUS LINDBERG – Konzertstück
http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/time-a-personal-lens
ADMISSION: $20-30

THURSDAY, November 7
7:30 PM New Music in the Kaplan Penthouse
VENUE: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center
DETAILS:
Lieberson Quintet for Piano and Strings (2001)
Abrahamsen Ten Preludes for String Quartet (1973)
Golijov The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind for Clarinet and String Quartet (1994)
http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207955?show_date=2013-11-07%2019:30:00
ADMISSION: $35

THURSDAY, November 7
8:00 PM Composer Portraits: Rand Steiger
VENUE: Miller Theatre
DETAILS:

Performers: Peter Evans, trumpet, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Steven Schick, conductor/percussion
Program:
Coalescence Cycle (2012/13) – world premiere
Cyclone, for clarinet and electronics
Concatenation, for bassoon and electronics
Light on Water, for flute, piano and electronics
Template for Improvising Trumpeter and Ensemble
Joust, for flute, bassoon, and electronics
Coalescence, for 13 instruments and electronics
http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1596
ADMISSION: $20-$30

TUESDAY, November 12
8 PM Music for String Quartet and Alto Sax
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS:
Performers: Jennifer Choi, Cornelius Dufallo (violins) Lev Zhurbin (viola) Alex Waterman (cello) Marty Ehrlich (alto sax)
Program: “Starlings Suite” (2013), String Quartet No. 1 “Plowshares People” (1993)
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, November 16
7:30 PM Transcending Time
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, Adrienne Arsht Stage (Lincoln Center)
DETAILS: White Light Festival
Program:
Taverner: Kyrie “Leroy,” selections from Missa “Gloria tibi Trinitas”
Tallis: Audivi vocem
Nico Muhly: Recordare, Domine (New York premiere)
Arvo Pärt: …which was the son of…
http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207897?show_date=2013-11-16%2019:30:00
ADMISSION: $45+

SATURDAY, November 16
8 PM and 10 PM The Ray Anderson/Marty Ehrlich Quartet: “Let Me Hear You Say”
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Ray Anderson (trombone) Marty Ehrlich (reeds) Brad Jones (bass) Matt Wilson (drums)
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, November 19
8 PM The BRT (Bennett-Rothenberg-Takeishi Trio) – Tokyo to Brooklyn Express // with Special Guest Vocalist Shelley Hirsch
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS: http://roulette.org/events/samm-bennett/
ADMISSIONS: $15

THURSDAY, November 21
8:00PM
Ned Rothenberg, Sylvie Courvoisier, and Mark Feldman
VENUE: The Firehouse Space
DETAILS:
Ned Rothenberg: Alto Sax, Bass Clarinet, Shakuhachi, Sylvie Courvoisier: Piano, Mark Feldman: Violin
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, November 26
8 PM and 10 PM Povo Novo – The Mapping Of A Digital Jungle – Part I
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Eyal Maoz (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Cyro Baptista (percussion)
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, November 27
8 PM and 10 PM Povo Novo – The Mapping Of A Digital Jungle – Part II
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Eyal Maoz (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Cyro Baptista (percussion)
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, November 29
8 PM and 10 PM Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – Abraxas plays Masada
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Aram Bajakian (guitar) Eyal Maoz (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (gimbri) Kenny Grohowski (drums)
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz steps out on his own to make one of the most primal and tribal installments in John Zorn’s “Book of Angels”series.
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, November 30
8 PM and 10PM John Zorn’s Metempsychomagia
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Aram Bajakian (guitar) Eyal Maoz (guitar) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Kenny Grohowski (drums)
World premiere of a complex new book of music written for the Abraxas band by downtown alchemist John Zorn.
ADMISSION: $15