Performances

The Spanish word ‘duende’ defies definition, but has been interpreted as inspiration, emotion, authenticity, magic, and “fire”.  The music encountered in this eclectic program, “an evening of duende”, takes the audience on a journey of seldom experienced musical diversity, including avant garde American contemporary music, electro-acoustic music, video projection, dance, music of South Africa, and a musical score consisting entirely of bizarre pictographs to be “interpreted rigorously” by the performers.

Energetically assisted by guest artists the concert features a world premiere of William Kraft's Encounters XVI (the latest of Kraft's famous "Encounters); David Bithell's intriguing piece for music, digital art and dance; 2 pieces by the irrepressible Mark Applebaum that celebrate graphic notation; a spatial exploration of timbre by Alvin Lucier; and a regeneration of a Xhosa-inspired work by Bongani Ndodana-Breen, that was originally commissioned by Tessa Brinckman for flute, violin and cello.

THE PROGRAM...

Mark Applebaum - Catfish
Mark Applebaum - Medium
David Bithell - Encapsulating
William Kraft - Encounters XVI - World Premiere
Alvin Lucier - Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas
Bongani Ndodana-Breen - Apologia at Umzimvubu

WITH...

Tessa Brinckman - flute, piccolo, alto flute, contra-bass flute
Terry Longshore - percussion

AND GUEST ARTISTS...

Ellie Leonhardt - dance
Christine Williams - voice
David Bithell - trumpet, digital wizardry
Bryan Jeffs - percussion
Jacob Phelps-Ransom - percussion

In a beloved Chinese legend, a snake spirit disguised as a beautiful woman falls in love with a young scholar. White Snake keeps her true identity secret from him, but a disapproving monk persists in unmasking her. With the help of Green Snake, White Snake summons all her magic powers to defeat the spirits and monsters threatening her life and her great love. With live music and beautiful visual metaphors, Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman invites your imagination to her staging of this fantastical transcendent romance.

More information about the music to come...

Flutist Tessa Brinckman joins forces with violist Kimberly Fitch and pianist Danny Holt to explore the gently blended and the red-raw music of the 20th and 21st centuries.  In the hopper are works by Durufle, Huybrechts, Auclert and Zack Browning. Watch this space!

Flutist Tessa Brinckman joins forces with violist Kimberly Fitch and pianist Danny Holt to explore the gently blended and the red-raw music of the 20th and 21st centuries.  In the hopper are works by Durufle, Huybrechts, Auclert and Zack Browning. Watch this space!

A concert journey of solo flutes and soundscapes, from piccolo to contrabass flute. Featuring works by Ross Edwards, Shirish Korde, Alex Shapiro, Jennifer Higdon and more...more to come...

Risonanti present an inaugural concert for viola d'amore, traverso, gamba and lute with gorgeous baroque and early classical pieces by Locatelli, Milandre, Telemann, Albrechtsberger, Guzinger, and Ariosti.

More to come...