$20
Moving Sounds 2009 Festival
Sat., September 12, 2009 / 7:00 PM
Audio / Video
Gallery
About This Event
Minimum Age:
All AgesDoors Open:
7:00 PMShow Time:
7:30 PMDescription:
Program:
DW2 by Bernhard Lang (U.S. Premiere)
Xenos by Beat Furrer (U.S. Premiere)
Mantra Percussion ensemble performs Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Xenos by Beat Furrer (U.S. Premiere)
Mantra Percussion ensemble performs Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Artists
Argento Chamber Ensemble
The Argento Chamber Ensemble is the performance arm of the Argento New Music Project. Consisting of nine dedicated members, the ensemble regularly expands to perform and record chamber orchestra works of up to thirty musicians, and has established a reputation for delivering unforgettable performances.
The Ensemble has toured widely in the US and abroad in festivals including the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the International Festival of Spectral Music in Istanbul, Turkey, the American Festival of Microtonal Music in New York, Sounds French Festival in New York, The Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland, and the International Festival of Electro-acoustic music, Shanghai. Tours to Asia and the Middle East included collaborations with non-Western musicians such as singer Kani Karaça.
The Ensemble's first recording, featuring the music of Tristan Murail, was released in January of 2007 on the AEON label with distribution through Harmonia Mundi. The recording immediately received critical acclaim worldwide. Recordings of Philippe Hurel and Alexandre Lunsqui are slated for release in the 2008–2009 season. The ensemble has also recorded surround sound installation works, and has produced a complete video and audio recording of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire for online education.
Argento's reputation has been the result of its long history as a chamber ensemble since 2000, demanding technical preparation, and a probing interpretive commitment to the music.
The Ensemble has toured widely in the US and abroad in festivals including the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the International Festival of Spectral Music in Istanbul, Turkey, the American Festival of Microtonal Music in New York, Sounds French Festival in New York, The Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland, and the International Festival of Electro-acoustic music, Shanghai. Tours to Asia and the Middle East included collaborations with non-Western musicians such as singer Kani Karaça.
The Ensemble's first recording, featuring the music of Tristan Murail, was released in January of 2007 on the AEON label with distribution through Harmonia Mundi. The recording immediately received critical acclaim worldwide. Recordings of Philippe Hurel and Alexandre Lunsqui are slated for release in the 2008–2009 season. The ensemble has also recorded surround sound installation works, and has produced a complete video and audio recording of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire for online education.
Argento's reputation has been the result of its long history as a chamber ensemble since 2000, demanding technical preparation, and a probing interpretive commitment to the music.
Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians
Mantra Percussion and Friends
Formed in September 2007, Mantra Percussion commissions pieces by prominent composers to expand the percussion repertoire, commissions young composers to breathe new life into the art, and also performs classic repertoire. Members of Mantra Percussion have performed at the Lucerne Festival, Bang on a Can Marathon, Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute, Darmstadt, the International Ensemble Modern Academy, and Tanglewood