TUESDAY, May 6
8 PM Ches Smith (drums) Okkyung Lee (cello, composition)
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS:
Premiere of Okkyung’s new compositions for cello and drums.
ADMISSION: $15
WEDNESDAY, May 7
8:15 PM James Ilgenfritz, bass/Briggan Krauss, saxophone/Denman Maroney, piano
VENUE: Spectrum
ADMISSION: $10
THURSDAY, May 8
7:30 PM Inuit Throat Songs with Tanya Tagaq.
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
DETAILS:
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, including the Derek Charke composition 13 Inuit Throat Songs featuring Tanya Tagaq. Vincent Ho’s The Shaman featuring Dame Evelyn Glennie.
ADMISSION: $25
SUNDAY, May 11
8 PM Craig Taborn (piano) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) Okkyung Lee (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $15
SATURDAY, May 31
8:00 PM Arvo Pärt with Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
DETAILS:
Fratres
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Adam’s Lament
Salve Regina
Te Deum
Highlights of the month: JACK Quartet residency at the Stone, Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Series at Roulette and David Lung’s collected stories at Carnegie Hall
FRIDAY, April 4
8 PM JACK Quartet and Joshua Roman
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: music by Jefferson Friedman, Carlo Gesualdo, and John Luther Adams
Chris Otto (violin) Ari Streisfeld (violin) John Pickford Richards (viola) Kevin McFarland (cello) Joshua Roman (cello)
ADMISSION: $15
FRIDAY, April 4
10 PM JACK Quartet performing music by John Zorn
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Chris Otto (violin) Ari Streisfeld (violin) John Pickford Richards (viola) Kevin McFarland (cello)
ADMISSION: $15
SATURDAY, April 5
9:30 PM Dollshot: New Art Songs
VENUE: Spectrum
DETAILS: Dollshot performs new art songs inspired by Lyonel Feininger, Clarice Lispector, and Franz Schubert. We’ve enjoyed performances at (le) Poisson Rouge, The Stone, Galapagos Art Space, and WNYC’s The Greene Space. The band features Rosalie Kaplan (voice); Noah Kaplan (saxophones); Wes Matthews (keyboard); Peter Bitenc (bass); and Mike Pride (drums).
ADMISSION: $10-15
SATURDAY, April 5
10 PM JACK Quartet, Jay Campbell, David Fulmer, and Stephen Gosling performing music by John Zorn
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Chris Otto (violin) Ari Streisfeld (violin) John Pickford Richards (viola) Kevin McFarland (cello) Jay Campbell (cello) David Fulmer (violin) Stephen Gosling (piano)
ADMISSION: $15
SUNDAY, APRIL 6
6:00PM Bocian Showcase: Paal Nilssen-Love & Robert Piotrowicz / James Rushford & Joe Talia / Kapital https://vimeo.com/69867966
WEDNESDAY, April 9
8 PM Kenny Wollesen
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: As part of a month long celebration of William Burroughs in the East Village, The Stone presents a special two week program of music, film and poetry inspired by and/or dedicated to the work of this radical American genius.
ADMISSION: $15
THURSDAY, April 10
10 PM Anthony Coleman
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Anthony Coleman (piano)
ADMISSION: $15
FRIDAY, April 11
8 PM INTERZONE—Raha Raissnia and John Zorn
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Raha Raissnia (film, projections). Raha performs live visuals to John Zorn’s Burroughs tribute INTERZONE
ADMISSION: $15
FRIDAY, April 11
7:30 PM Jane Sheldon performs Feldman’s “Three Voices”
VENUE: Spectrum
DETAILS: http://janesheldonsoprano.com/
ADMISSION: $10-15
FRIDAY, April 11
7:30 PM Quartet for the End of Time
VENUE: Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, Adrienne Arsht Stage
DETAILS:
Jalbert Visual Abstract for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion (2002)
Carter Esprit rude/esprit doux II for Flute, Clarinet, and Marimba (1995)
Widmann Fantasie for Clarinet (1993)
Rautavaara Variations for Five, Quintet No. 2 for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos (2013) (CMS Co-Commission, New York Premiere)
Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (1940-41) http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/208004?show_date=2014-04-11
ADMISSION: $30-$62
SATURDAY, April 12 8:00 PM The Tri-Centric Presenting Series: Anthony Braxton’s Falling River Music Nonet plus the Fay Victor Ensemble
SATURDAY, April 12
8:00PM Tim Berne & Michael Formanek play Greenwich House Music School
VENUE: Greenwich House Music School
DETAILS: Saxophonist Tim Berne & bassist Michael Formanek – Two Avant-Jazz Titans – Revive Their Head-to-Head Relationship with a Duo Concert. https://www.facebook.com/events/600277956714785/
ADMISSION: $15
WEDNESDAY, April 16
9:30 PM The Good, The Holy, and The Ugly
VENUE: Spectrum
DETAILS: Jocelyn Ho, piano, Chris Pidcock, cello
Music by Kaija Saariaho, Anna Clyne, Olga Neuwirth, Arvo Part, Mauricio Kagel, Giacinto Scelsi, and Kapustin. Jocelyn will also be presenting her composition “Torus”
ADMISSION: $10-15
FRIDAY, April 18
8:00 PM Storylines: The Music of Alfred Schnittke and Avner Finberg
VENUE: The Firehouse Space
DETAILS: http://thefirehousespace.org/event/eunbi-kim/
ADMISSION: $10
SATURDAY, April 19
8 PM John Zorn and Bill Laswell Duo
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: John Zorn (sax) Bill Laswell (bass)
ADMISSION: $20
SATURDAY, April 19
10 PM Bill Laswell and Wadada Leo Smith
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Bill Laswell (bass) Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet)
ADMISSION: $20
SUNDAY, April 20
1 PM Neue Vocalsolisten: American Premieres
VENUE: The Kitchen
DETAILS:
Georges Aperghis: Vittriool (2001)
Silvia Rosani: T-O (2013)
Brahim Kerkour: intone (2013)
Zaid Jabri: Two Songs from Mihyar from Damascus (2013)
Francesco Filidei: Dormo molto amore (2013)
Gabriel Dharmoo: Notre Meute (2013)
Lars Petter Hagen: The Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart Notebook (2011)
Jennifer Walshe: Paddy Reilly Runs with the Devil (2007) http://www.thekitchen.org/event/mata-16th-annual-festival-of-new-music
ADMISSION: $20
WEDNESDAY, April 23
6 PM collected stories: spirit
VENUE: Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hal
DETAILS: Tuvan Throat Singing, ARVO PÄRT Passio
The otherworldly throat singing group Huun-Huur-Tu creates overtones, hymns, and chants that defy conceived limitations of the human voice, while offering audiences a glimpse into the remote region. Their astonishing exploration of spiritualism is juxtaposed with Arvo Pärt’s meditative and mystic Passio, a contemporary setting of the gospel according to St. John. http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2014/4/23/0600/PM/-collected-stories-spirit/
ADMISSION: $10 – $40
MONDAY, April 28
8 and 10 PM Jon Madof’s Zion80 plays John Zorn’s Book of Angels
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Jon Madof (guitar, conductor) Matt Darriau (alto sax) Greg Wall (tenor sax) Frank London (trumpet) Jessica Lurie (bari sax, flute) Zach Mayer (bari sax) Yoshie Fruchter (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Brian Marsella (keyboard) Marlon Sobol (percussion) Yuval Lion (drums)
ADMISSION: $15
TUESDAY, April 29
10 PM Sylvie Courvoisier, Ha-Yang Kim and Annie Gosfield
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ha-Yang Kim (cello) Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboard). A reprise of this improvising trio, with Gosfield performing “ghost electronics,” a phantom electric bridge drawn from her extensive collection of altered cello and piano sounds.
ADMISSION: $15
TUESDAY, April 29
6 PM collected stories: memoir
VENUE: Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hal
DETAILS:
John Cage – Indeterminacy, 27’10.554″ for a Percussionist, Fontana Mix
David Lang – mystery sonatas (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: $10 – $40
WEDNESDAY, April 30
8 PM Kathleen Supové, MIVOS Quartet, Olivia De Prato
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Kathleen Supové (piano) MIVOS Quartet: Olivia De Prato and Joshua Modney (violins) Victor Lowrie (viola) Mariel Roberts (cello). Kathleen Supové performs “Shattered Apparitions of the Western Wind.” Imagined as a hallucinatory duet with Claude Debussy, it couples Supové’s wild playing with distorted fragments of the prelude “What the West Wind Saw”, on site recordings of Hurricane Sandy, and lush Debussy harmonies. MIVOS quartet plays “The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon,” inspired by codes used by resistance groups in WWII, and Olivia dePrato performs a piece for violin and satellites.
ADMISSION: $15
MONDAY, March 3
8:45PM – 9:45PM William Parker & Ingrid Laubrock
VENUE: Evolving Series, 107 Suffolk Street
DETAILS: Ingrid Laubrock – sax, William Parker – bass http://artsforart.org/event/evolvingseries/schedule
ADMISSION: $8-11
WEDNESDAY, March 19
8 PM John Zorn’s Masada Book Three: The Book Beriah
VENUE: The Town Hall
DETAILS: World Premiere, with John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Uri Caine, Secret Chiefs 3, Steve Lehman, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, John Medeski, Jon Madof and Zion 80, Klezmatics members Frank London and Matt Darriau, Abraxas, Cyro Baptista and Banquet of the Spirits, Many Arms, Sofia Rei, Eyvind Kang, Ikue Mori, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Jamie Saft, Cleric, Uri Gurvich and many more. http://thetownhall.org/event/524-john-zorns-masada-book-three-the-book-beriah
ADMISSION: $45-65
FRIDAY, March 21, SATURDAY, March 22
8 PM Okkyung Lee
VENUE: The Kitchen
March 21 – 22, 8pm
Tickets $15
DETAILS:Inspired by Samuel Beckett’s “First Love” and Korean surrealist writer Yi Sang’s “The Wings,” composer and cellist Okkyung Lee presents a new suite of fragile yet visceral and dark compositions for strings and percussion. http://www.thekitchen.org/event/okkyung-lee
ADMISSION: $15
FRIDAY, March 21
8 PM, 10PM Banquet of the Spirits
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Cyro Baptista (percussion, voice) Brian Marsella (piano, keys) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass, oud) Tim Keiper (drums, hunters harp)
ADMISSION: $15
MONDAY, March 24
8:45PM – 9:45PM Tom Rainey & Ingrid Laubrock
VENUE: Evolving Series, 107 Suffolk Street
DETAILS: Ingrid Laubrock – sax, Tom Rainey – drums http://artsforart.org/event/evolvingseries/schedule
ADMISSION: $8-11
WEDNESDAY, March 26
8 PM Ostrava Days in New York
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS: A part of Christian Wolff’s 80th birthday and the Ostrava Days Institute and Festival.
Compositions by Christian Wolff and Petr Kotik, Martin Smolka, Petr Cígler, Idin Samimi Mofakham, Gyorgy Ligeti. http://www.semensemble.org/concerts/ostrava-days-in-new-york/
ADMISSION: $20/$15
WEDNESDAY, March 26
10 PM Ches Smith and Jim Black
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS:Ches Smith, Jim Black (percussion)
ADMISSION:$15
THURSDAY, March 27
7:00 and 9:00 pm | Christian Wolff: Concert & Party Christian Wolff at 80
VENUE: Czech Center
DETAILS:
This evening will feature Christian Wolff, S.E.M. Ensemble, Philip Glass and Ostravska banda, conducted by Petr Kotik http://new-york.czechcentres.cz/program/event-details/christian-wolff-2/
ADMISSION:Free
FRIDAY, March 28
8PM Kronos Quartet and Friends
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
DETAILS:
ALEKSANDRA VREBALOV Bubbles
BRYCE DESSNER Aheym (Homeward)
TERRY RILEY The Serquent Risadome (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
WILEY “Last Kind Words” (arr. Jacob Garchik)
OMAR SOULEYMAN “La Sidounak Sayyada” (“I’ll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You”) (arr. Jacob Garchik)
TRAD. “Tusen Tankar” (“A Thousand Thoughts”) (arr. Kronos Quartet, trans. Ljova)
BRISEÑO “El Sinaloense” (“The Man from Sinaloa”) (arr. Osvaldo Golijov)
LAURIE ANDERSON Flow (arr. Jacob Garchik)
PHILIP GLASS Orion: China (arr. Michael Riesman) (NY Premiere)
JHEREK BISCHOFF “A Semiperfect Number”
CLINT MANSELL “Lux Aeterna” from Requiem for a Dream (arr. David Lang)
CLINT MANSELL “Death is the Road to Awe” from The Fountain (arr. Kronos Quartet) http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2014/3/28/0800/PM/Kronos-Quartet-and-Friends/
ADMISSION: $15 – $75
SUNDAY, February 2
10 PM Marc Ribot (guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: John Zorn’s “Book of Heads” and John Cage’s “Some of the Harmony of Maine.”
ADMISSION: $15
WEDNESDAY, February 5
8 PM Keith Jarrett, Solo Piano Improvisations
THURSDAY, February 6
8:00 PM Saariaho + Bach
VENUE: Miller Theatre
DETAILS: Saariaho: Frises (2011), for violin and electronics – U.S. premiere, J.S. Bach: Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. Performers: Jennifer Koh, violin, Kaija Saariaho, composer, Jean-Baptiste Barrière (b. 1958), composer/electronics
ADMISSION: $25 – $35
SATURDAY, February 8
8:30 PM Mikko Innanen Quartet
VENUE: IBeam Brooklyn
DETAILS:
Mikko Innanen – Alto & Baritone Saxophone
Sylvie Courvoisier – Piano
Max Johnson – Bass
Lou Grassi – Drums
ADMISSION: $10
TUESDAY, February 11
11PM and 1:00 AM – Rasa Rasa: Kenny Wollesen with a women choir from Lithuania http://vimeo.com/75133469
VENUE: Nublu
DETAILS: Inspired by a traditional style of Lithuanian polyphonic singing (known as sutartinės), this new group brought together various kinds of instrumentation (electric and acoustic), improvisation, poetry and a unique style of conducting. Special guest: Jonas Mekas. Event on Facebook.
ADMISSION: $15
TUESDAY, February 11
2:30 PM Arts on Screen – John Cage – Journeys in Sound
VENUE: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium
DETAILS: John Cage – Journeys in Sound, directed by Paul Smaczny, Allan Miller, 2012, 60 min.
Rare archival footage and concert excerpts with a series of short accounts by Cage associates.
ADMISSION: Free
WEDNESDAY, February 12
8 PM and 10 PM Sonic Massage w/Kenny Wollesen
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Dalius Noujo, Jennifer Harris, Sean Francis Conway, Kenny Wollesen, Lorne Watson, Tim Kieper, William Shore, Jennifer Harris, Dixie Estes, Cassandra Burrows, Sandra Koponen (wollesonics) Andrew McIntyre (projections)
Please bring your yoga mat.
ADMISISON: $15
FRIDAY, February 14
8 pm Heatsick / Ned Rothenberg
VENUE: ISSUE Project Room
DETAILS: A special valentine’s day concert features Berlin-based electronic musician Steven Warwick, AKA Heatsick, and composer/performer Ned Rothenberg. Combining a palette of sources from early Chicago house mixtapes through to musique concrète and psychedelia, Heatsick proposes a live dance music that expands and unlocks the senses. Ned Rothenberg performs solo improvisations, engaging a range of wind instruments as melodic, rhythmic and harmonic engines. More details.
ADMISSION: $12-15
SATURDAY, February 15
8 PM and 10 PM Rasa Rasa: Kenny Wollesen with women choir from Lithuania
VENUE: The Stone
WEDNESDAY, February 19
7:30 PM the Jack Quartet plays works by Helmut Lachenmann
VENUE: The Morgan Library
DETAILS: The complete string quartets of Helmut Lachenmann, to coincide with a new recording.
Gran Torso (1972/1988)
String Quartet No. 2 “Reigen seliger Geister” (1989)
String Quartet No. 3 “Grido” (2001) More details.
ADMISSION: $35
THURSDAY, February 20
8:00 PM [INTERPRETATIONS] Bruce Gremo // Joan La Barbara
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS: Bruce Gremo performing on his electronic instrument the Cilia, an alternate wind controller based on the shakuhachi; with Hu Jianbing (sheng & bawu). Renowned composer/vocalist Joan La Barbara weaves her own unique sonic world, layering her signature vocal techniques with natural and electronic sounds, creating other-worldly dreamscapes. More details.
ADMISSION: $10-15
FRIDAY, February 21
8pm Alvin Lucier
VENUE: The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street)
DETAILS: Alvin Lucier presents the World Premiere of a new solo vocal work, Palimpsest, to be performed by Joan La Barbara in the mold of his landmark I Am Sitting In A Room with text by Lydia Davis. More details.
ADMISSION: $8-12
TUESDAY, February 25
10:00 PM Lydia Lunch – Retrovirus
VENUE: Le Poisson Rouge
DETAILS: Lydia Lunch w/ Weasel Walter , Bob Bert , Tim Dahl
Survey of Lydia Lunch ‘schizophrenic musical legacy’ from 1977 to the present. Including music from Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, 8 Eyed Spy, Queen of Siam, 1313 and Shotgun Wedding.
ADMISSION: $15
8:00 PM Anthony Coleman Trio
Anthony Coleman-piano, Michael Attias-saxophones, Mike Pride-drums
9:30 PM Andrea Parkins/Brian Chase Duo:
Andrea Parkins (electronic accordion, objects, electronics) and Brian Chase (drums, electronics).
VENUE: Douglass Street Music Collective
DETAILS: http://295douglass.org/?id=406
ADMISSION: $10 for each set
SUNDAY, January 5
3 PM Helena Basilova, piano
VENUE: Spectrum
DETAILS: Gubaidulina Chaconne, Prokofiev Sonata #7, Ustvolskaya Sonata #4, A. Basilov “Variations”
ADMISSION: $10-15
MONDAY, January 6
7:30 PM – Michael Wimberly & Charles Gayle Duo
VENUE: Evolving Music
DETAILS:
Michael Wimberly – drums
Charles Gayle – tenor saxophone
ADMISSION: TBD
FRIDAY, January 10
11:15 PM Peter Brötzmann w/ Hamid Drake and Jason Adasiewicz
SATURDAY, January 11
12:15 AM Erik Friedlander’s Bonebridge
1:30 AM ABRAXAS – John Zorn’s Book of Angels by Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
VENUE: Subculture
DETAILS: http://winterjazzfest.com/2014/marathon-schedule/
ADMISSION: $35
WEDNESDAY, January 22
8:00 PM Ingrid Laubrock’s latest compositions
VENUE: Barbes
DETAILS: Ingrid Laubrock’s latest compositions, written for saxophones/brass + drums.
W/Ingrid Laubrock, Tim Berne, Ben Gerstein, Dan Peck and Tom Rainey.
ADMISSION: $10
WEDNESDAY, January 22
10 PM Ofakim (a tribute to Luciano Berio)
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Ralph Alessi (trumpet) Jim Black (drums) Uri Caine
ADMISSION: $15
THURSDAY, January 23
8 PM Uri Caine and John Zorn Duo
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Uri Caine (piano) John Zorn (sax)
ADMISSION: $20
THURSDAY, January 23
10 PM Duo with Tim Berne
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS: Uri Caine (piano) Tim Berne (sax)
ADMISSION: $15
MONDAY-THURSDAY January 27-30
8:00 PM FOCUS! 2014 Chamber Concerts commemorating 80th anniversary of Alfred Schnittke
extended techniques 