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with Ankush Bahl, conductor & Tessa Lark, violin
Tue June 12th, 2018
7:30PM
Naumburg Bandshell
Minimum Age: All Ages
Doors Open: 7:30PM
Show Time: 7:30PM
This is a free event at Naumburg Bandshell, Concert Ground, Central Park, South of the Bethesda Terrace and 72nd Street – more info at naumburgconcerts.org
Starting off the 2018 Naumburg Orchestral Concert season on Tuesday, June 12, Ensemble LPR celebrates the birthdays of two living composers. The East Coast premiere of Thea Musgrave’s Aurora is part of a world-wide celebration of her 90th birthday. Inspired by lines from Act III of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the work represents dawn and the vast potential of youth. In honor of John Corigliano’s 80th birthday, Ensemble LPR will perform his The Red Violin: Suite for Violin and Orchestra with award-winning violinist Tessa Lark. In keeping with the group’s mission of presenting works by living composers alongside new interpretations of the standard repertoire, the concert will also feature a world premiere by David Handler—who is also the ensemble’s Founding Artistic and Executive Director—and performances of well-known favorites, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune.
PROGRAM:
David Handler, (1980), Title TBD, (2108), (World Premiere)
Thea Musgrave, (1928-), Aurora, (1999), (East Coast premiere)
John Corigliano, (1938- ), The Red Violin: Suite for Violin and Orchestra, (1999),
Tessa Lark, violin
Intermission
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, (1840-93), Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, (1880)
Pezzo in Forma di Sonatina: Andante non Troppo – Allegro moderato
Valse: Moderato – Tempo di Valse
Elegie: Larghetto elegiaco
Finale: (Tema Russo): Andante – Allegro con spirito
Claude Debussy, (1862-1918), Clair de Lune (1890), L. 75, (arr. Lipton)
**The performance of Ensemble LPR has been made possible by a generous grant from the Hess & Helyn Kline Foundation**
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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.
Ankush Bahl, conductor
Tessa Lark, violin