Composers Concordance Presents Violins & Poems ‘War’
“A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.”
– Edmond de Goncourt
For Immediate Release – New York, NY – On February 3rd at 6:30pm at The Delancey, Composers Concordance presents Violins & Poems ‘War’. A concert where violinists & poets meet to explore the subject of war.
The violinists for this event are Lynn Bechtold, Funda Cizmecioglu, Tasos Papastanou, and Mark Zaki. They will be joined by poets Robert C. Ford, Erik T. Johnson, and Imelda O’Reilly. Special guest vocalist and guitarist Michelle Shocked will also participate and premiere a new arrangement (by Randall Woolf) of her composition ‘Ethel Died For Your Sins’. Other featured compositions include Lynn Bechtold’s ‘Judy from Brooklyn’, about a cold war spy and Gene Pritsker’s ‘Dronecantation’, examining remote weapons of war.
The concert will be live streamed on Composers Concordance’s Facebook page.
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Listing Information
Composers Concordance Presents
Violins & Poems ‘War’
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
6:30pm
The Delancey
168 Delancey St, NYC
TICKETS
$10 at the door
Live Stream
Composers:
Lynn Bechtold, Dan Cooper, Gene Pritkser, Michelle Shocked, Mark Zaki.
Performers:
Lynn Bechtold, Funda Cizmecioglu, Tasos Papastanou, Mark Zaki – violins
Robert C. Ford, Erik T. Johnson, Imelda O’Reilly – poets
Michelle Shocked – voice/guitar
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Staying in rotation for 40 years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past but also an ethic of keeping one’s ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene. Composers Concordance, founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening, strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Directors Gene Pritsker and Dan Cooper co-curate the programs and lead the CompCord Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Big Band. Associate Directors are Milica Paranosic, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, and Seth Boustead. Composers Concordance has also created a Naxos-distributed record label: Composers Concordance Records, co-directed by Gene Pritsker and Shanan Estreicher. Composers Concordance’s overriding vision is to promote contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
“Composers Concordance..a veritable New York new music institution of concerts, album production and multiple ensembles under a sweeping, tenacious brand, thriving on the emulsion of contemporary classical, free improv, jazz and rock, overt humor and fearless political statements, all very much in evidence..The ensemble..was masterful throughout.”- John Pietaro, The New York City Jazz Record
“An unwavering force in giving composers exposure through concert bookings and its own record label, the intrepid new-music organization Composers Concordance” – The Brooklyn Rail
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