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Week 6 at the Crested Butte Music Festival:
Contemporary Music TIME SPANS Series with the with International Contemporary Ensemble and the JACK Quartet;
Americana band Yarn
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The Crested Butte Music Festival (CBMF) presents three concerts in its TIME SPANS new music series with International Contemporary Ensemble’s Meta Trio; Suzanne Farrin's La Dolce Morte with countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo; and the JACK Quartet in its final concert The Wind in High Places with the current musicians.
A collaboration between the Crested Butte Music Festival and the Earle Brown Music Foundation,
TIME SPANS is created in the spirit of the late American composer Earle Brown (1926-2002). Mr. Brown was a major force in contemporary music and a leading composer of the American avant-garde since the 1950s. His conducting techniques and experiments with “time notation,” improvisation, and open-form compositional structure have become part of contemporary compositional usage. The festival program has been curated by TIME SPANS Artistic Director Thomas Fichter who is also the Executive Director of the Earle Brown Music Foundation.
Brooklyn-based Americana band Yarn rounds out the sixth week of programming.
All “mainstage” performances will take place in the Mt. Crested Butte Mirror Palace.
Performances August 4-6:
TIME SPANS:
TIME SPANS: International Contemporary Ensemble, MetaTrio Thursday, August 4, 2016 7:30 PM
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), described by The New York Times as “one of the most accomplished and adventurous groups in new music,” is dedicated to reshaping the way music is created and experienced. With a modular makeup of 35 leading instrumentalists, performing in forces ranging from solos to large ensembles, ICE functions as performer, presenter, and educator, advancing the music of our time by developing innovative new works and new strategies for audience engagement. ICE redefines concert music as it brings together new work and new listeners in the 21st century.
In this concert with the title MetaTrio, ICE will perform music for three different wind instruments and electronics. Claire Chase, flute; Joshua Rubin, clarinet; and Rebekah Heller, bassoon, perform contemporary works by Marcus Balter, Felipe Lara, Suzanne Farrin, Felipe Lara, and Mario Diaz De Leуn.
TIME SPANS: JACK Quartet, The Wind in High Places
Friday, August 5, 2016 5:00 PM
Tickets: $25 - $40 | Purchase online at crestedbuttemusicfestival. org or call 970.349.0619
Returning for their second year, the JACK Quartet includes violinists Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Kevin McFarland. Devoted to the commissioning and performance of new works, JACK is the recipient of numerous awards for their dynamic programming, championship of contemporary works, and fine musicianship. The program will feature John Luther Adams "The Wind in High Places," and works by Carolina Heredia and Hannah Lash.
The Quartet just announced that two of its founding members will be leaving after their performance at the CBMF. Founding violinist Ari Streisfeld and founding cellist Kevin McFarland will be replaced by violinist Austin Wulliman and cellist Jay Campbell. This first personnel change since the founding of the ensemble in 2007 is historic, and the final performance of the original musicians will take place at the Crested Butte Music Festival. You won’t want to miss this momentous concert!
TIME SPANS: International Contemporary Ensemble, La Dolce Morte
Saturday, August 6, 2016 7:30 PM
Tickets: $25 - $40 | Purchase online at crestedbuttemusicfestival. org or call 970.349.0619
On the heels of its exciting world premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Suzanne Farrin's La Dolce Morte will continue its life at the Crested Butte Music Festival. The New York Times raves of the piece, "Ms. Farrin set the words to music of aching intensity, sung here with vulnerability and yearning by Mr. Costanzo." The composer will be present.
A monodrama for chamber ensemble and countertenor, La Dolce Morte is based on Michelangelo’ love poetry and uses his own words as the libretto. The work features countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as the voice of Michelangelo.
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), described by the New York Times as “one of the most accomplished and adventurous groups in new music,” is dedicated to reshaping the way music is created and experienced. With a modular makeup of 35 leading instrumentalists, performing in forces ranging from solos to large ensembles, ICE functions as performer, presenter, and educator, advancing the music of our time by developing innovative new works and new strategies for audience engagement. ICE redefines concert music as it brings together new work and new listeners in the 21st century.
Regular Programming:
Yarn
Friday, August 5, 2016 8:00 PM
Tickets: $30 - $45 | Purchase online at crestedbuttemusicfestival. org or call 970.349.0619
Since their start in 2007, North-Carolina based band Yarn’s original Americana sound has developed into music that seekers of the unique see as the soundtrack to their lives. Grammy-nominated Yarn is inspired by today’s need for music lovers to follow artists they believe in. Devoted to their fans, Yarn brings their songs to American music lovers through online and social sharing of their music... and the music lovers are responding.
More about the Mt. Crested Butte Mirror Palace:
One of only four such structures in the U. S., the Mt. Crested Butte Mirror Palace is a semi-permanent Spiegeltent that will house all of the CBMF mainstage concerts. Flemish for “mirror tents,” Spiegeltents were built around 1900 in Belgium for use as traveling dance halls and town fairs. The Mt. Crested Butte Mirror Palace is nicknamed “Victoria” and was originally built in the 1930s by the Klessens family. The numerous spiegels, or mirrors, in the tent allowed for discreet eye contact between visitors and became a legendary symbol of the wild fin-de-siиcle nightlife. This tent has traveled around the world and most recently spent ten years in South Africa. The Mirror Palace will be coming to America for the first time this summer to CBMF.
About the Crested Butte Music Festival:
The 2016 season offers an array of performances over nine weeks from June to August in classical music, jazz, contemporary music, and opera. Through CBMF’s guest artists, residents and visitors of Gunnison County have access to performances and educational opportunities that would typically only be available in a major metropolitan area. CBMF offers educational programming and events for all ages, many of which are free or presented with a voluntary donation.
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