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05.05.2017

Tomorrow’s Music Today

Spektral Quartet and Ensemble Dal Niente perform music by some of today’s finest young composers – UChicago doctoral candidates in composition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RODRIGO BUSSAD: Looking Up

Spektral Quartet

DAVID “CLAY” METTENS: Without Air

Ensemble Dal Niente

Michael Lewanski, conductor

WILL MYERS: October

I. Dusk

II. Nocturne I

III. … like a blossom / as it breathes slowly.

IV. Nocturne II

V. Echoes

Spektral Quartet

ANDREW McMANUS: pathways, bursting [neurosonics 2]

Spektral Quartet

Andrew McManus, electronics

 

 

04.23.2017

Whisper(s)

Concert Program

Matthew Burtner: Broken Drum (2003)

John Luther Adams: Wail (2002)

Yu-Hui Chang: Binge Delirium (2007)

David Lang: Wed (1992)

David Lang: Composition as Explanation (world premiere)

Morton Feldman: King of Denmark (1964)

John Cage: Inlets (1977), with Third Coast Percussion

Marta Ptaszyńska: Voice of the Winds for 100 percussionists, co-directed by Third Coast Percussion with assistance from beyond this point (world premiere)

 

Contempo and MCA Chicago present Whisper(s), a solo performance by Matthew Duvall featuring guest artists Third Coast Percussion and 95 percussionists. Curated by Matthew Duvall in a rare solo performance, this event is presented in tandem with the MCA exhibit Merce Cunningham: Common Time, which explores the legendary choreographer’s dynamic collaborations with leading composers, visual artists, and designers.

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04.09.2017

Five from afar

Concert Program

Grazyna Bacewicz: Piano Quintet
Chaya Czernowin: String Quartet
Sofia Gubaidulina: Song of the Gallows
Isabel Mundry: Sandschleifen
Kaija Saariaho: Aer

Contempo presents five recent works by leading international women composers, with contemporary music interpreters Ensemble Dal Niente, mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Butcher, Kontras Quartet, and pianist Pawel Checinski.

 

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12.02.2016

Interplay

Concert Program

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Der kleine Harlekin
Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King
Mauricio Kagel: Sur scène
John Cage: Living Room Music

6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with Seth Brodsky

Mauricio Kagel was at the forefront of developing the theatrical side of music performance from the late 1950s. Talea Ensemble performs this concert that showcases instrumental theater works by Kagel and others.

 

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05.20.2016

Photo by Jason Smith

Tomorrow’s Music Today II

Tomorrow’s Music Today concerts feature music by some of today’s finest young composers, performed by Contempo’s resident ensemble, eighth blackbird, and guest artists. Programs will include works by University of Chicago doctoral candidates in composition.

Concert Program
Works by Alican Çamci, Igor Santos, Timothy Page, Phil Taylor, Tomás Gueglio Saccone

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Free admission, no reservations required

05.13.2016

Photo by Jason Smith

Tomorrow’s Music Today I

Tomorrow’s Music Today concerts feature music by some of today’s finest young composers, performed by Contempo’s resident ensemble, eighth blackbird, and guest artists. Programs will include works by University of Chicago doctoral candidates in composition.

Concert Program
Works by Jack Hughes, Joungbum Lee, Pierce Gradone, Katherine Pukinskis

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Free admission, no reservations required

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