2006-2007 Concert Season

October 20-21, 2006        

A GATE INTO INFINITY: MUSIC FROM A MODERN JAPAN
FLUX QUARTET, with guest artist Stephen Gosling

February 16-17, 2007        

March 30-31, 2007        

“...New York's highly respected FLUX Quartet has built its reputation by handling the
 most daunting challenges set forth by contemporary composers...”                 
Billboard Magazine

The FLUX Quartet and guest artist Stephen Gosling offer a stirring musical portrait of Japanese composer Somei Satoh and his compatriots Toru Takemitsu, Toshio Hosokawa, and Toshiro Mayuzumi.   The program includes Satoh's birds in warped time II for violin and piano; Toki No Mon (A Gate into Infinity) for violin, piano, percussion; Towards the Night for string quartet; and Hashi for solo piano; Toshio Hosokawa's Vertical Time Study III for violin and piano; Toshiro Mayuzumi's Bunraku for solo cello; and Toru Takemitsu's A Way A Lone for string quartet.

Pre-concert Talk, Saturday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall
   
Members of the FLUX Quartet speak with Jon Magnussen about the music on the program.

For thirty years, The New York New Music Ensemblehas commissioned, performed, recorded, taught, and fiercely advocated the music of our time. Sought out by composers and audiences wishing thoughtful and passionate performances, NYNME offers a program including Steven Mackey's Micro Concerto (1999), and Donald Martino’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Notturno (1973), both for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion; Augusta Read Thomas’ Piano Preludes (2006); Bernard Rands’ Memo 4 (1997) for solo flute; and a new work by Institute Artist-in-Residence Jon Magnussen. 

The New York New Music Ensemble consists of artists Daniel Druckman, percussion; Christopher Finckel, cello; Stephen Gosling, piano; Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor/percussion; Linda Quan, violin; and Jayn Rosenfeld, flute.

Pre-concert Talk, Saturday, February 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall 
        
Members of the New York New Music Ensemble  speak with Jon Magnussen about the music on the program.

Composer Steven Mackey's first musical passion was playing the electric guitar in rock bands. Once he discovered concert music, the former professional freestyle skier began composing for orchestras, chamber ensembles, dance and opera, drawing on his rock music past.  With commissions by major symphonic organizations including the San Francisco, Chicago, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and a busy performing career as improvising guitarist and chamber musician, Mackey is a distinctive figure on the contemporary music scene.

 “…compelling and consistently brilliant.”  
New York Times

Critically acclaimed composers  Robert Beaser and 
Paul Moravec have emerged as two of the most accomplished creative musicians of their generation. 
Beaser possesses a "lyrical gift comparable to that 
of the late Samuel Barber" (New  York Times), and 
2004 Pulitzer Prize-winner Moravec has been 
described as "openly and ebulliently attractive, 
flowing with an effortless lyric pulse" (Fanfare).