Inspired by the Collecting Composers series collaboration between NYPL and the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Collecting Performers series brings the audience into the performers' practice and mind.
James Austin Smith and Ryan Muncy share the stories and works of music that define their relationship with their woodwind instruments. The event will culminate in the world premieres of works by Rebecka Ahvenniemi and Sigurd Fischer Olsen for woodwinds, percussion, and electronics.
Performers
James Austin smith, oboe
Eric Umble, clarinet
Ryan Muncy, saxophone
Nathan Davis, percussion
Levy Lorenzo, electronics
Ross Karre, projection assistance
Program
James Austin Smith, oboe
Marin Marais (1656-1728): Les Folies d’Espagne (1701)
Liza Lim (b. 1956): "The roots of the world are entwined in the wind” from Tongue of the Invisible (2011)
Toshio Hosokawa (b. 1955): Spell Song (2015)
New works by Rebecka Ahvenniemi and Sigurd Fischer Olsen
Sigurd Fischer Olsen: Nigght Ssongs (2020, World Premiere)
Rebecka Ahvenniemi: An Anarchist’s Love Letter to a Conservative (2020, World Premiere)
Ryan Muncy, saxophone
Sky Macklay: Head Voices (2019, World Premiere) for sopranino and baritone saxophones (one player) and electronics
Du Yun: Dinosaur Scar (1999/rev. 2018) for solo alto saxophone
Sky Macklay’s Head Voices is commissioned and supported by The Jerome Fund for New Music.
Rebecka Ahvenniemi’s An Anarchist’s Love Letter to a Conservative and Sigurd Fischer Olsen’s Nigght Ssongs is commissioned and supported by Norsk Kulturråd. Rebecka Ahvenniemi’s An Anarchist’s Love Letter to a Conservative is supported by Bergensenter for elektronisk kunst.
This concert is supported by Norwegian Society of Composers.
OpenICE is 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, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Amphion Foundation, Pacific Harmony Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, 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, a state 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.
