Cover Motets takes the traditional song form of the motet and blends it with modern sensibilities of contemporary remixes and cover songs. An irreverent and exciting program of shifting baroque compositions and transformations, members from the International Contemporary Ensemble and Pacific MusicWorks invite audiences to experience a visionary musical exploration of the classics as these two ensembles artistically collide and experiment at the beautiful Joslyn Art Museum.
Featuring live performances by members of ICE, Pacific MusicWorks as well as vocalists Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor and Jared Hiscock, this concert promises a thrilling and unique merger of styles combining the virtuosic and sublime.
Performers
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute
Clara Warnaar, percussion
Nathan Davis, percussion
Cory Smythe, piano
Carla Kihlstedt, violin & voice
Program (performed by International Contemporary Ensemble)
L. Couperin: Unmeasured Preludes
Seth Cluett: Interference is Partial - Afterimage*
Phyllis Chen: From High Windows
*This project is supported by Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology program.
Performances and commissioning activities during the 2019-20 concert season are made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, A.N. and Pearl G. Barnett Family Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc., Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Amphion Foundation, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Pacific Harmony Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, mediaThe foundation inc., The Casement Fund, BMI Foundation, as well as public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council for the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the Illinois Arts Council Agency. The International Contemporary Ensemble is the Ensemble in Residence of the Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for ICE.