Ensemble LPR presents

May

12

Black Angels May 12th, 2016 Black Angels May 12th, 2016

Thu May 12th, 2016

10:00PM

House of Yes

Minimum Age: 21+

Doors Open: 9:30PM

Show Time: 10:00PM

Event Ticket: $20

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PROGRAM:
George Crumb: Black Angels
Ricardo Romaneiro: Nocturnal Suite  (World Premiere)

Hildegard von Bingen: “Favus Distillans” from Chants to Ursula 
 
Ensemble LPR and House of Yes invites you to BLACK ANGELS, a haunting and mesmerizing voyage of the soul through sound with music by George Crumb (Black Angels)and a world premiere of a song cycle by Ricardo Romaneiro (Nocturnal Suite) taking the listener on a journey from dark to light with theatrical performances by Lady Circus. Followed by Leo Leite’s live PA improv with guest artists & musicians.
 

George Crumb’s Black Angels: 13 Images From the Dark Land for electric string quartet was conceived as a kind of parable on our troubled contemporary world. The work portrays a voyage of the soul. The three stages of this voyage are Departure (fall from grace), Absence (spiritual annihilation) and Return (redemption). It draws from an arsenal of sounds including shouting, chanting, whistling, whispering, gongs, maracas, and crystal glasses.
 
Vocalist Daisy Press performs Favus Distillans. from a song cycle based upon Hildegard von Bingen’s Chants to Saint Ursula. It describes Saint Ursula as an “oozing honeycomb” where she gathers all of the virgins around her (11,000 of them) and they all bloom together like a flowering garden. Daisy’s interpretation of von Bingen’s 12th century sacred music echoes the past with a contemporary re-imagination. 
 

Paired on the program is the world premiere of Ricardo Romaneiro’s Nocturnal Suite, an ethereal song cycle that is evocative of the night with words and vocals by Hannah Sumner, performed by Ensemble LPR featuring Sandbox Percussion, harpist Jacqui Kerrod and narrator Tom Schubert.
 

Post-concert live PA by Leo Leite featuring select musicians improvising a kinetic performance transforming the atmosphere into a pulsating rhythmic soundscape.

 
curated by Ricardo Romaneiro
 

Ticketing Policy


This is a general admission event at The House of Yes (2 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY)

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Named after and headquartered at the acclaimed New York City venue Le Poisson Rouge, Ensemble LPR is an assemblage of New York’s finest musicians. The group personifies the venue’s commitment to aesthetic diversity and artistic excellence.

Ensemble LPR performs an eclectic spectrum of music—from works by the finest living composers, to compelling interpretations of the standard repertoire—and collaborates with distinguished artists from classical and non-classical backgrounds: Timo Andres, Simone Dinnerstein, San Fermin, Daniel Hope, Taka Kigawa, Jennifer Koh, Mica Levi, David Longstreth (of Dirty Projectors), John Lurie, Ursula Oppens, Max Richter, André de Ridder, Christopher Rountree and Fred Sherry, to name a few.

In January 2015 Ensemble LPR made its Deutsche Grammophon debut with Follow, Poet, featuring the music of Mohammed Fairouz and the words of Seamus Heaney and John F. Kennedy. Ensemble LPR’s acclaimed Central Park performance last June, part of the 110th Anniversary of the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts.

In 2008 Le Poisson Rouge changed the classical music landscape, creating a new environment in which to experience art music. In doing so, Le Poisson Rouge expanded classical music listenership. The New York Times has heralded Le Poisson Rouge as “[a] forward-thinking venue that seeks to showcase disparate musical styles under one roof” and “[the] coolest place to hear contemporary music.” The Los Angeles Times raves, “[The] place isn’t merely cool…the venue is a downright musical marvel.” Le Poisson Rouge Co-Founder David Handler brings this same ethos to Ensemble LPR, of which he is Founding Executive & Artistic Director.

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