Performances

Event Information

  • Thu
    05
    Oct
    2023

    ICE Ensemble GEORGE LEWIS: HEARING VOICES

    8:00 pm

    Roulette Intermedium (NYC)509 Atlantic AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11217United States

    These recent works by George Lewis for solo instrument, small ensembles and voice, with texts by some of the most audacious literary figures of our time – Fred Moten, Lyn Hejinian, and Sylvia Wynter – are part of the composer’s ongoing exploration of what decolonization might sound like. Performed by International Contemporary Ensemble

    PROGRAM

    Melodies for Miles (2022): violin solo
    a whispered nine     (2019): soprano, flute, guitar, viola, percussion
    Apis (2019)    : baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone
    H.narrans     (2020 /  US Premiere): contralto, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, double bass
    Creative Construction SetTM     (2015): open instrumentation

    PERFORMERS

    Tony Arnold, soprano
    Damian Norfleet, baritone
    Alice Teyssier, voice/flute
    Emmalie Tello, clarinet
    Gareth Flowers, trumpet
    Mike Lormand, trombone
    Clara Warnaar, percussion
    Oren Fader, guitar
    Josh Modney, violin
    Kyle Armbrust, viola
    Lizzie Burns, bass