Superstar of Song
Music
Description
Description
Take ten of the most prolific composers of our time, including two Pulitzer Prize winners, combine them with mezzo-soprano superstar and a cutting-edge string quartet, and you have a recipe for a spectacular evening of music.
Ground-breaking string quartet Brooklyn Rider is teaming up with Grammy Award-winning Anne Sofie von Otter to present an eclectic musical programme featuring new works written for them by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw and the quartet’s own Colin Jacobsen, luminescent arrangements of songs by John Adams, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush and Bjork, as well as string quartets by Philip Glass and Du Yun.
[1]. Colin Jacobsen: Mirror for a Prince
[2]. Caroline Shaw: Cant voi l’aube
[3]. Colin Jacobsen: For Sixty Cents
[4]. John Adams: Am I In Your Light (from Doctor Atomic, arranged by Evan Ziporyn)
[5]. Philip Glass: Quartet Satz
[6]. Rufus Wainwright : Les Feux d’artifice t’appellent
Intermission
[7]. Du Yun: i am my own achilles’ heel*
[8]. Björk: Cover Me (Arranged by Erik Arvinder)
[9]. Björk: Hunter (Arranged by Vince Mendoza)
[10]. Kyle Sanna: Frost (from “Sequence for Minor White”)
[11]. Philip Glass: Freezing (from Liquid Days)
[12]. Elvis Costello: Speak Darkly, My Angel (Arranged by Rob Mathes)
[13]. Kate Bush: Pi (Arranged by Kyle Sanna)
Viola：Nicholas Cords [USA]
Cello：Michael Nicolas [USA]
Mezzo Soprano：Anne Sofie von Otter [Sweden]
Info
$100
$580
Indoor
Non-local