$10
Stephen Gosling
and
David Shively, percussion
w/ performing music from composer Andrew Byrne's "White Bone Country" on New World Records
w/ performing music from composer Andrew Byrne's "White Bone Country" on New World Records
Sun., September 27, 2009 / 6:30 PM
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About This Event
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7:30 PMDescription:
Two of New York’s leading musicians – pianist Stephen Gosling (NYNME, Ne(x)tworks) and percussionist David Shively (Either/Or co-director) – join forces to perform selections from White Bone Country: Music by Andrew Byrne, a new CD release on New World records.
Also included in this program, called Desert Landscapes, are works by John Luther Adams and Peter Garland.
This concert marks the first concert-length performance by this virtuoso duo.
DESERT LANDSCAPES
Andrew Byrne, Tracks for solo piano
John Luther Adams, Wail from The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies for solo percussion and tape
Peter Garland, Peñasco Blanco for piano and vibraphone
John Luther Adams, Red Arc/Blue Veil for piano, percussion, and tape
Andrew Byrne, White Bone Country for piano and percussion (excerpts)
Listen: White Bone Country, movements 2 & 9
Also included in this program, called Desert Landscapes, are works by John Luther Adams and Peter Garland.
This concert marks the first concert-length performance by this virtuoso duo.
DESERT LANDSCAPES
Andrew Byrne, Tracks for solo piano
John Luther Adams, Wail from The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies for solo percussion and tape
Peter Garland, Peñasco Blanco for piano and vibraphone
John Luther Adams, Red Arc/Blue Veil for piano, percussion, and tape
Andrew Byrne, White Bone Country for piano and percussion (excerpts)
Listen: White Bone Country, movements 2 & 9
Artists
Stephen Gosling
Pianist Stephen Gosling enjoys a varied career as soloist and chamber musician with a particular focus on the music of our time. He earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees at the Juilliard School, where he was awarded the Mennin Prize for Outstanding Excellence and Leadership in Music and the Sony Elevated Standards Fellowship, and was featured as concerto soloist an unprecedented four times. Mr. Gosling is a member of New York New Music Ensemble, Ensemble Sospeso, American Modern Ensemble, Orchestra of the League of Composers, and Ne(x)tworks. He has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Dutch Radio Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Bang on a Can, and Speculum Musicae, among many others. His work has garnered consistent critical acclaim, and he was profiled by the New York Times in October 2005.
David Shively, percussion
David Shively has appeared as soloist and chamber musician throughout North America and Europe. As a performer on instruments ranging from traditional percussion to Hungarian cimbalom to microtonal inventions, he has collaborated with artists across a broad scope of contemporary music contexts. A member of Ethos Percussion Group since 2005, with whom he tours nationwide, he is also the co-director of Either/Or, a New York-based experimental music ensemble. Guest appearances include Collegium Novum Zürich, Del Sol Quartet, Gruppe für neue Musik Baden, and ICE, as well as solo performances for Other Minds 13 (San Francisco), Wittner Tage für neue Kammermusik (Witten), ICMC (Thessaloniki), and Schwerpunkt: Strom! (Zürich). Stage musician credits include Pnima... ins innere (München, Stuttgart) and The Persians (National Actors' Theatre). He has recorded for CRI, Einstein, Mode, New World, Quecksilber, Traditional Crossroads, Tzadik, and other labels in addition to numerous works for film and radio broadcast.
performing music from composer Andrew Byrne's "White Bone Country" on New World Records