Claire Chase, Katinka Kleijn, Cory Smythe, and Seth Parker Woods premiering Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Ubique at Zankel Hall in May 2023.
Photo: Jennifer Taylor.
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CLAIRE CHASE AND JACK QUARTET PLAY TERRY RILEY AT PUBLIC RECORDS
Public Records
233 Butler St.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
The Kitchen continues its presentation of Claire Chase's Density 2036, now the 11th year of the project for which the artist commissions and presents new work for solo flute, building a bold repertory for the instrument (May 2 & 4). "Perhaps the [flute’s] most imaginative living advocate” (The New Yorker), Chase adds new contributions annually to this collection reimagining solo flute literature over the course of 24 years (culminating in 2036, the 100th anniversary of Edgard Varèse’s groundbreaking 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5). This year, Density 2036, part xi features the world premiere of The Holy Liftoff, a large-scale new piece by legendary composer Terry Riley, performed by Chase and the JACK Quartet on May 2 at 6pm at Public Records (233 Butler St, Brooklyn). On May 4 at BRIC, as part of Long Play Festival, Chase will perform selections of works from throughout the last decade of the project.
The Holy Liftoff is a large-scale new work from Riley, who began composing it in 2022 as an open score sketchbook brimming with colorful drawings that were intended to be realized by Chase (on multiple flutes) in collaboration with any number of additional musicians. Over the following two years, the sketches evolved into a multidimensional work. It now combines extensive through-composed material — heard in this rendition as an eight-voice chorus of low and high flutes, seven of which are pre-recorded and one of which Chase plays live — as well as graphic notation, evocative artwork, and Riley’s signature open-form scoring that can be freely interpreted by the performers in variable durations and realizations. For the premiere at Public Records, Chase partners with the dynamic JACK Quartet in a 60-minute rendition arranged in collaboration with Samuel Clay Birmaher.
Terry Riley said, “When I improvised the first 16 bars of The Holy Liftoff the melody and the chords whispered its name while simultaneously urging me to make drawings of the experience. The drawings had angels and flying creatures and all the energies were rising up into a surrealistic skyscape…This piece could only have been written for Claire Chase.”
Claire Chase: Density 2036, part xi is organized by Matthew Lyons, Curator.
Tickets and more info HERE.
CLAIRE CHASE & JACK QUARTET AT PUBLIC RECORDS, SHOW #2
Public Records
233 Butler St.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
The Kitchen continues its presentation of Claire Chase's Density 2036, now the 11th year of the project for which the artist commissions and presents new work for solo flute, building a bold repertory for the instrument (May 2 & 4). "Perhaps the [flute’s] most imaginative living advocate” (The New Yorker), Chase adds new contributions annually to this collection reimagining solo flute literature over the course of 24 years (culminating in 2036, the 100th anniversary of Edgard Varèse’s groundbreaking 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5). This year, Density 2036, part xi features the world premiere of The Holy Liftoff, a large-scale new piece by legendary composer Terry Riley, performed by Chase and the JACK Quartet on May 2 at 6pm at Public Records (233 Butler St, Brooklyn). On May 4 at BRIC, as part of Long Play Festival, Chase will perform selections of works from throughout the last decade of the project.
The Holy Liftoff is a large-scale new work from Riley, who began composing it in 2022 as an open score sketchbook brimming with colorful drawings that were intended to be realized by Chase (on multiple flutes) in collaboration with any number of additional musicians. Over the following two years, the sketches evolved into a multidimensional work. It now combines extensive through-composed material — heard in this rendition as an eight-voice chorus of low and high flutes, seven of which are pre-recorded and one of which Chase plays live — as well as graphic notation, evocative artwork, and Riley’s signature open-form scoring that can be freely interpreted by the performers in variable durations and realizations. For the premiere at Public Records, Chase partners with the dynamic JACK Quartet in a 60-minute rendition arranged in collaboration with Samuel Clay Birmaher.
Terry Riley said, “When I improvised the first 16 bars of The Holy Liftoff the melody and the chords whispered its name while simultaneously urging me to make drawings of the experience. The drawings had angels and flying creatures and all the energies were rising up into a surrealistic skyscape…This piece could only have been written for Claire Chase.”
Claire Chase: Density 2036, part xi is organized by Matthew Lyons, Curator.
Tickets and more info HERE.
CLAIRE CHASE PLAYS DENSITY COMPOSERS AT LONG PLAY
BRIC Stoop
647 Fulton St.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Claire Chase, described by The New York Times recently as “the North Star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe,” is a musician, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. Passionately dedicated to the creation of new ecosystems for the music of our time, Chase has given the world premieres of hundreds of new works by a new generation of artists, and in 2013 launched the 24-year commissioning project Density 2036. Now in its tenth year, Density 2036 reimagines the solo flute literature over a quarter-century through commissions, performances, recordings, education and an accessible archive at density2036.org. We can’t wait for this Density performance, which features work by Du Yun, Marcos Balter, Suzanne Farrin, Mario Diaz de Leon, and excerpts from Terry Riley's new Density work The Holy Liftoff.
More info and tickets HERE.
CLAIRE CHASE AND JACK QUARTET PLAY TERRY RILEY AT STANFORD LIVE
Stanford University Bing Concert Hall
327 Lasuen St
Stanford, CA 94305
Claire Chase is a gifted flutist, interdisciplinary artist, and educator passionate about elevating the creations of composers of this generation. Chase has given the world premieres of hundreds of new works with her trademark grace and thoughtful execution. Accompanied by JACK Quartet, she will premiere a new, Stanford Live commissioned piece by the brilliant minimalist composer Terry Riley.
Tickets and more information HERE.
BREVARD: CLAIRE CHASE AND FRIENDS
Parker Concert Hall
349 Andante Ln.
Brevard, NC 28712
As a musician, interdisciplinary artist, and educator, MacArthur ‘Genius Grant' recipient Claire Chase is passionately dedicated to the creation of new ecosystems for the music of our time. In this recital she performs solo works and collaborates with Brevard Music Center flute students and other instrumentalists in an exploratory and improvisatory program. Chase is a 2024 Thomas C. Bolton Distinguished Artist.
More info and tickets HERE.
CLAIRE CHASE AND HIDEJIRO HONJOH AT TIPPET RISE FESTIVAL
The Geode @ Tippet Rise Art Center
96 S. Grove Creek Rd.
Fishtail, MT 59028
Flutist Claire Chase and shamisen virtuoso Hidejiro Honjoh present their joint debut performance at Tippet Rise. Described by The New York Times as “the most important flutist of our time,” Claire Chase is a musician, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Professor of the Practice at Harvard University, and was the Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall in the 2022-23 season. Hidejiro Honjoh is an internationally renowned performer of the shamisen, a three-stringed traditional Japanese instrument. Performing outdoors at the Geode, Tippet Rise’s new open-air performance space set in a panorama of seven surrounding mountain ranges, their program will feature music by Japanese and American composers for flute and shamisen. This dynamic program will culminate in the world premiere of Reizei by Dai Fujikura, co-commissioned by Hakuju Hall and Claire Chase with funds from the Music Department at Harvard University.
More info and tickets HERE.
CHASE AND OWLS AT TIPPET RISE
The Domo @ Tippet Rise Art Center
96 S. Grove Creek Rd.
Fishtail, MT 59028
Taking place outdoors beneath the Domo, the quartet collective Owls will be joined by flutist Claire Chase for a performance like no other. Each an artistic force in their own right, Owls is comprised of violinist Alexi Kenney, violist Ayane Kozasa, cellist Gabriel Cabezas, and cellist-composer Paul Wiancko. All share an uncommonly fierce creative spirit which drives the quartet to challenge the way meaningful concert experiences are conceived. Claire Chase, described by The New York Times as “the most important flutist of our time,” is a musician, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Professor of the Practice at Harvard University, and was the Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall in the 2022-23 season.
The group will perform Terry Riley’s new work Holy Lift Off for flute, strings, and electronics—a co-commission of Tippet Rise, Stanford Live, and The Kitchen for Claire Chase’s ongoing Density 2036 project. In addition, Owls will perform Paul Wiancko’s When the Night, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh’s Rəqs, which was commissioned for Kronos’ Fifty for the Future project. The score and parts for Franghiz Ali-Zadeh’s Rəqs are available for free at kronosquartet.org.
More info and tickets HERE.
FLUTE CENTER OF NY
Flute Center of New York
307 7th Ave Suite 401
New York, NY 10001
Claire Chase, a MacArthur Fellow and the 2017 recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize for Classical Music, offers an intimate presentation of new works from her ongoing Density 2036 project, a 24-year initiative to create a new repertory for the flute. Electroacoustic pieces by composers Suzanne Farrin, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Liza Lim, Marcos Balter, and Phyllis Chen will be performed, alongside commentary by Chase. She will be joined by flutist Amir Farsi, a Density Fellow and Carnegie Hall Ensemble Connect Fellow, and by Ilaria Hawley, a 14-year-old flutist and composer who was the recipient of an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award.
More information and tickets HERE.
DENSITY 2036: CRAIG TABORN
Holden Chapel
Harvard Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
CRAIG TABORN, Busy Griefs and Endangered Charms
For flutes, clarinet, cello, piano, and electronics* (2022-23)
(Boston Premiere)
Claire Chase, flutes
Joshua Rubin, clarinets
Susie Ibarra, percussion
Craig Taborn, piano, keyboard, and electronic
Levy Lorenzo, sound design
Members of the Harvard community
*Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University.
Seth Colter Walls of The New York Times called the world premiere of Craig Taborn’s Busy Griefs and Endangered Charms “one of the best shows I’ve experienced this season.” For the Boston premiere of this new evening-length work, which was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation as part of Claire Chase’s ongoing Density 2036 project, Taborn expands the final movement to include an intergenerational ensemble of Harvard students and guests.
FROM BEING WHERE YOU WERE
*NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO DECEMBER 3, 2023
PS21 Black Box Theater
2980 New York 66
Chatham, NY 12037
“Intensity 2015: Grace Chase” is a moving and genre-bending work of music, theatre, and storytelling. Composed by Pauline Oliveros from texts by Chase’s grandmother, it is an intimate and revelatory piece for flutes, text, and Expanded Instrument System, a sound processing system invented by Oliveros. Levy Lorenzo accompanies. Winsome Brown directs this new staging.
Winsome Brown’s monodrama “This is Mary Brown” is a funny and tender exploration of family, addiction, life, and death. The New York Times called it, “Lovely. Genuine, touching, quietly affecting.” The Scotsman called it, “Warm and funny. Beautiful. Inspiring.” PS21 is pleased to present this new version of the play.
Chase and Brown have been friends for 15 years. These pieces mark the first time they have made art from their own family stories. Join us for an evening of friendship, music, and theater. The performances will be followed by a conversation between Chase and Brown.
Tickets & more info HERE.
FROM BEING WHERE YOU WERE
*NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
PS21 Black Box Theater
2980 New York 66
Chatham, NY 12037
“Intensity 2015: Grace Chase” is a moving and genre-bending work of music, theatre, and storytelling. Composed by Pauline Oliveros from texts by Chase’s grandmother, it is an intimate and revelatory piece for flutes, text, and Expanded Instrument System, a sound processing system invented by Oliveros. Levy Lorenzo accompanies. Winsome Brown directs this new staging.
Winsome Brown’s monodrama “This is Mary Brown” is a funny and tender exploration of family, addiction, life, and death. The New York Times called it, “Lovely. Genuine, touching, quietly affecting.” The Scotsman called it, “Warm and funny. Beautiful. Inspiring.” PS21 is pleased to present this new version of the play.
Chase and Brown have been friends for 15 years. These pieces mark the first time they have made art from their own family stories. Join us for an evening of friendship, music, and theater. The performances will be followed by a conversation between Chase and Brown.
Tickets & more info HERE.
MUNICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Neuwirth’s “Aello”
Versicherungskammer Bayern in Giesing
Deisenhofener Str. 63, 81539 München
Claire Chase features as a soloist with the Münchener Kammerorchester on Olga Neuwirth’s Aello, a concerto for flute and orchestra. Austrian composer Neuwirth draws inspiration from Baroque era technique and style, as well as the Greek mythological figure Aello, to create this 3-movement concerto that takes audiences on a fantastical journey.
More info & tickets HERE.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: UBIQUE (2023)
Paine Hall
3 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR, UBIQUE (2023)*
For flute/bassflute/contrabass flute, two cellos, piano, and electronics
Claire Chase, flutes
Katinka Keijn, cello
Seth Parker Woods, cello
Cory Smythe, piano
*Boston premiere
At the center of Claire Chase’s creative work is her Density 2036 project—“one of the great musical undertakings of our time, a singular project by a singular artist” (The New York Times). Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and composed by one of today’s most captivating composers, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, UBIQUE (2023) is the tenth edition of Chase’s 24-year commissioning project. Hear the Boston premiere of this new evening-length work performed by Chase in collaboration with the cellists Katinka Kleijn and Seth Parker Woods and the pianist Cory Smythe.
The performance will begin with a conversation between the artists and members of the Harvard New Music Ensemble.
UBIQUE was co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, The Cheswatyr Foundation, The Pnea Foundation, and Kurt Chauviere.
WORLD PREMIERE OF TANIA LEÓN'S "SINGSONG" WITH THE CROSSING CHOIR - HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Paine Concert Hall
3 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
PROGRAM
Ayanna Woods Infinite Decay
Wang Lu At Which Point
Tania León Singsong
with Claire Chase
U.S. Poet Laureate and 1987 Pulitzer winner Rita Dove has been describing our world in language that pulls back the curtain on how we love and gives breathtaking testimony to violence. Her words are set to music by 2021 Pulitzer winner Tania León in a new work for MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase and The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally. The work promises relevance, virtuosity, and a lasting life as a significant addition to the canon of new music commissioned by The Crossing. Also on the program is a substantial new work from Ayanna Woods, the culminating project of her year-long position as The Crossing's first Resident Composer, as well as the reprise of Wang Lu’s At Which Point, composed in the depths of the pandemic, setting a devastatingly truthful rumination on being left behind by 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Forrest Gander.
More info & tickets HERE.
World Premiere of Tania León’s “Singsong” with The Crossing Choir - YALE UNIVERSITY
Battell Chapel (BATTELL)
400 College Street
New Haven, CT 06511
PROGRAM
Ayanna Woods Infinite Decay
Wang Lu At Which Point
Tania León Singsong
with Claire Chase
The Crossing is a Grammy-winning professional chamber choir conducted by Donald Nally and dedicated to new music.
U.S. Poet Laureate and 1987 Pulitzer winner Rita Dove has been describing our world in language that pulls back the curtain on how we love and gives breathtaking testimony to violence. Her words are set to music by 2021 Pulitzer winner Tania Leòn in a new work for MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase and The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally. The work promises relevance, virtuosity, and a lasting life as a significant addition to the canon of new music commissioned by The Crossing. Also, on the program is a substantial new work from Ayanna Woods, the culminating project of her year-long position as The Crossing’s first Resident Composer, as well as the reprise of Wang Lu’s At Which Point, composed in the depths of the pandemic, setting a devastatingly truthful rumination on being left behind by 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Forrest Gander.
More info HERE.
World Premiere of Tania León's "Singsong" with The Crossing Choir - PHILADELPHIA
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Pre-concert talk at 5:45pm with Donald Nally, Tania León, and Ayanna Woods
PROGRAM
Ayanna Woods Infinite Decay
Wang Lu At Which Point
Tania León Singsong
with Claire Chase
The Crossing kicks off the 2023-2024 Season: Sin Eating with Crickets in our Backyard, featuring the world premiere of a new work from Tania León, based on poetry of U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, written for The Crossing and renowned, mind-bendingly virtuosic flutist and MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase.
Wang Lu’s At Which Point, a 2021 commission on poetry of Pulitzer-winner Forrest Gander, will be reprised, alongside a new work – Infinite Body – from The Crossing’s 2022-2023 Resident Composer, Ayanna Woods.
More info & tickets HERE.
Salt Bay Chamber Music Festival Concert
PROGRAM
Liza Lim Excerpts from Sex Magic
Suzanne Farrin The Stimulus of Loss
Du Yun An Empty Garlic
Vijay Iyer Five Empty Chambers
Claire Chase, flute
Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”
Sean Lee, violin; Susie Park, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Wilhelmina Smith, cello
TOGETHER at Darmstadt
TOGETHER
Concert with Claire Chase and participants and tutors of the Darmstadt Summer Course 2023
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Thu 17 August 2023, 19.30
Lichtenbergschule (Sporthalle)
Advance sale: 22€; Box office 20€ / 15€ reduced
Terry Riley's 88th Birthday Global Celebration
On the occasion of Terry Riley’s 88th birthday, MIT Sounding and ContaQt are set to host a celebratory event that will truly reverberate across the globe. A community of 88 talented musicians hailing from six continents will assemble for an unforgettable virtual concert, paying homage to the legendary composer through a mesmerizing real-time performance of Poppy@88, a collective composition arranged by MIT Sounding curator Evan Ziporyn based on Riley’s 1967 masterpiece, Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band. With Terry Riley himself watching from his home in Japan, the global virtual event takes place in 64 distinct locations. Canadian composer/sound artist Jeff Morton will mix the 88 streams in real time.
Density 2036: part x
At the center of flutist and curator Claire Chase’s Debs Creative Chair residency is the continuation of Density 2036—“one of the great musical undertakings of our time, a singular project by a singular artist” (The New York Times). Commissioned by Carnegie Hall and composed by one of today’s most captivating composers, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Density x is the culmination of Chase’s six-concert, citywide reflection on 10 years of Density 2036. Hear the world premiere of the latest addition to this monumental body of work.
Density 2036: part ix
Program
Density 2036: part ix (2022)
Craig Taborn: Busy Griefs and Endangered Charms (2022-2023)
Density 2036: part viii
PROGRAM
Density 2036: part viii (2021)
Matana Roberts: Auricular Hearsay (2021)
Ann Cleare: anfa (2021)
Wang Lu: Aftertouch (2021)
Density 2036: part vii
PROGRAM
Density 2036: part vii (2020)
Liza Lim: Sex Magic for contrabass flute, electronics, and an installation of kinetic percussion
Density 2036: part vii
PROGRAM
Density 2036: part vii (2020)
Liza Lim: Sex Magic for contrabass flute, electronics, and an installation of kinetic percussion
Density 2036: part vi
PROGRAM
Density 2036: part vi (2019)
Olga Neuwirth: Magic Flu-Idity for flute and typewriter (2019)
Pamela Z: Louder, Warmer, Denser for flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, and fixed media (2019)
Sarah Hennies: Reservoir 3 for bass flute and voices (2019)
Phyllis Chen: Roots of Interior for flute and heartbeat (2019)
Density 2036: part iv
PROGRAM
Density 2036: part iv (2016)
Richard Beaudoin: Another Woman of Another Kind for flute and eight voices (2016)
Suzanne Farrin: The Stimulus of Loss for flute and ondes Martenot (2016)
Pauchi Sasaki: Gama XV for two speaker-dresses (2016)
Vijay Iyer: Five Empty Chambers for flutes and fixed media (2016)
Tyshawn Sorey: Bertha’s Lair for flutes and percussion (2016)
Density 2036: part iii
PROGRAM
Density 2036: part iii (2015)
Dai Fujikura: Lila for solo flute (2015)
Francesca Verunelli: The Famous Box-Trick for bass flute, and electronics (2015)
Nathan Davis: Limn for bass flute, contrabass flute, and electronics (2015)
Jason Eckardt: The Silenced, a monodrama for solo flute (2015)
Pauline Oliveros: Intensity 20.15, Grace Chase for speaking flutist and Expanded Instrument System (2015)
Density 2036: part i & ii
The tirelessly creative flutist and curator Claire Chase has been called “the North Star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe” (The New York Times). At the center of her Debs Creative Chair residency is the continuation of Density 2036. By annually commissioning a new body of flute repertory, this 24-year project consistently expands the boundaries of the instrument. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of this monumental project, Chase performs the first 10 programs in one exhilarating week, beginning with this Zankel Hall concert and culminating with the world premiere of the Carnegie Hall–commissioned Density x.
Claire Chase and Susanna Mälkki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall under the exceptional leadership of Susanna Mälkki, a conductor revered for “the absolute integrity of her music-making” (Chicago Tribune) and ability to “invest anything she touches with persuasive grandeur” (San Francisco Chronicle). Mälkki’s critically acclaimed Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage debut came in 2022 when she lent her talents to conducting the New York Philharmonic, and it will be a thrill to see her lead her nation’s own Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in this all-Finnish program. Hear masterworks by Sibelius and a transportive piece by Kaija Saariaho—an ideal showcase for Debs Creative Chair and endlessly creative flute virtuoso Claire Chase.
Claire Chase and Susanna Mälkki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Founded in 1882, the highly regarded Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO) has the distinction of having premiered most of the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s symphonies, with the composer himself conducting. That is in fact the case for the Symphony No. 2, featured on this program and called “a confession of the soul” by the composer—although many Finns of the day interpreted the work as a call for national independence.
Claire Chase and Esperanza Spalding with Susanna Mälkki and the New York Philharmonic
Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto, written specifically for flutist Claire Chase and jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, employs a vast array of effects from both soloists. In Petrushka Stravinsky created an exciting new world of sound — shifting rhythms and keys, and echoes of a barrel organ — to tell the story of a puppet love triangle set at a Shrovetide Fair. Susanna Mälkki conducts.
Claire Chase and Esperanza Spalding with Susanna Mälkki and the New York Philharmonic
Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto, written specifically for flutist Claire Chase and jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, employs a vast array of effects from both soloists. In Petrushka Stravinsky created an exciting new world of sound — shifting rhythms and keys, and echoes of a barrel organ — to tell the story of a puppet love triangle set at a Shrovetide Fair. Susanna Mälkki conducts.
Claire Chase and Esperanza Spalding with Susanna Mälkki and the New York Philharmonic
Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto, written specifically for flutist Claire Chase and jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, employs a vast array of effects from both soloists. In Petrushka Stravinsky created an exciting new world of sound — shifting rhythms and keys, and echoes of a barrel organ — to tell the story of a puppet love triangle set at a Shrovetide Fair. Susanna Mälkki conducts.
Claire Chase and Esperanza Spalding with Susanna Mälkki and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki leads the LA Phil in the joyous polkas and melancholy dumkas of Dvořák’s spirited Slavonic Dances. Written while the composer was relatively unknown, Dvořák’s spirited transformation of Czech and Bohemian folk dances rhythms launched his career. Famously obsessed with railroads—even saying once he would trade all his symphonies for having invented the locomotive—the Slavonic Dances invites listeners to imagine a train journey through Eastern Europe, taking in the many dance melodies heard at weddings and celebrations.
When asked to describe Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto after its first rehearsal, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding called it “magic, interdimensional space music.” Spalding’s partner in opening portals to new sound worlds is MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase, armed with both a traditional flute and her contrabass version nicknamed “Big Bertha.”
Concerts in the Thursday 2 subscription series are generously supported by the Otis Booth Foundation.
Claire Chase and Esperanza Spalding with Susanna Mälkki and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
When asked to describe Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto after its first rehearsal, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding called it “magic, interdimensional space music.” Spalding’s partner in opening portals to new sound worlds is MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase, armed with both a traditional flute and her contrabass version nicknamed “Big Bertha.”
DVOŘÁK — Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
Intermission
Felipe LARA — Double Concerto (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission)
Claire Chase and Esperanza Spalding with Susanna Mälkki and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
When asked to describe Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto after its first rehearsal, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding called it “magic, interdimensional space music.” Spalding’s partner in opening portals to new sound worlds is MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase, armed with both a traditional flute and her contrabass version nicknamed “Big Bertha.”
Program:
DVOŘÁK — Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
Intermission
Felipe LARA — Double Concerto (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission)