Composer Portrait: Kaija Saariaho | ICE at the Gardner Museum
May 3, 2012 | 7:00pm
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Calderwood Hall
Tickets: $12-$27
International Contemporary Ensemble
Tony Arnold, Soprano
The acclaimed new music series from Columbia University’s Miller Theatre returns to the Gardner with a program featuring Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Evocative and otherwordly, Saariaho’s soundscapes are rich in textural and timbral detail. International Contemporary Ensemble presents its “sizzling account” (The New York Times) of this unique music, which earned rave reviews and enthusiastic ovations in New York.
Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952):
Miranda's Lament for cello, flute, harp, soprano, violin (1997)
Changing Light for soprano and violin (2002)
Oi Kuu for bass flute and cello (1990)
Tocar for violin and piano (2010)
Serenatas for percussion, piano, cello (2008)
Terrestre for flute, violin, cello, harp, percussion (2002)
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Preview: A Perfect Cube of ICE at Gardner Museum, Boston
April 26, 2012
On May 3rd ICE will play the music of Kaija Saariaho in the perfect cube that is Calderwood Hall. The arts, architecture, and music worlds are all abuzz about this new music performance space at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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ICE(cubed)—Music of Kaija Saariaho at Calderwood Hall
May 10, 2012
The musicians arrayed themselves in a circle in the middle of the stage, affording every audience member a good view of their movements and interactions. The cubic dimensions of the hall provide a rare combination of intimacy and spaciousness.
