The West Finish Micro Music Competition, or WEMMF, returns to Toronto for a second iteration beginning on November 18. 4 broadly various applications discover the drama of juxtaposing minimalism and maximalism, that includes 14 numerous artists. Live performance dates are November 18, November 25, and November 26 and December 2, 2022.
WEMMF is co-produced by clarinetist and visible artist Brad Cherwin and cellist Sebastian Ostertag, who’ve put collectively imaginative programming that showcases the way forward for chamber music. Final yr’s inaugural WEMMF was a bought out occasion.
The works within the 4 concert events incorporate electronics, theatre and visible arts together with the music. This yr’s Composer-in-Residence is Korean-American composer, pianist, and YouTuber Nahre Sol, who will likely be presenting each new and outdated works.
“With this yr’s pageant theme of minMAX, we take issues in an thrilling new route,” says Cherwin in a media launch. “Electrical violin, Laurie Anderson, kick drums, improv; we’re bringing a bunch of rock n’ roll minimalism to the stage, and pushing in opposition to the very idea of a ‘chamber music pageant.’ We aren’t throwing the child out with the bathwater, there may be nonetheless some unimaginable Brahms, and good classical artists, however we play with identification this yr. Every of the 4 applications takes a special excessive distinction perspective on dwell instrumental music.”
Particulars
The venue for WEMMF is the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Toronto’s West Finish. Live shows begin at 7:30 p.m., with run instances of roughly 75 minutes every.
I. INTERRUPTION (November 18)
Minimalism and maximalism in scale and density are explored by composers Nahre Sol, Nico Muhly, and Gyorgy Kurtag with a view to disrupting and bisecting the monumental Romantic buildings of Johannes Brahms’ Quintet op. 115.
- Nico Muhly: Lengthy Drones, from 4 Research
- Johannes Brahms: Quintet op. 115, for clarinet and string quartet
- Gyorgy Kurtag: Chosen Miniatures
- Nahre Sol: New Work, for clarinet and strings
II. ONE + 2 (November 25)
The work of Nahre Sol is put beneath the highlight as WEMMF’s very first Composer-in-Residence. Sol’s work incorporates each improvised and composed music from electrical and acoustic keyboards. She will likely be jointed by Ben Finley on bass and John Lee, a conventional Korean percussionist, for a night of solo piano works and collaboratively composed and improvised works by Nahre Sol, Ben Finley, and John Lee
III. ALTROCK (November 26)
Electrical violins, kick drums, electronics, keyboards, and a toy piano are on the menu as this system weaves collectively artwork rock and chamber music.
- Julia Wolfe: Blue Costume; East Broadway
- Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint
- David Lang: Heroin; Killer
- Laurie Anderson: Let X = X, organized by Louis Pino; It Tango, organized by Louis Pino
IV. QUARTET PLUS PAPER V2 (December 2)
A multimedia live performance with numerous artists, genres, and types that appears in direction of the way forward for chamber music. Minimalism is embraced by Individuals Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte and Philip Glass, rejected by Jamaican-born Eleanor Alberga, and toyed with within the Sol/Cherwin composition for pianist, clarinetist/visible artist, video projection and electronics
- Nahre Sol/Brad Cherwin: PAPER V2
- Philip Glass: Finale from String Quartet no. 3, “Mishima”
- Caroline Shaw: Entr’Acte
- Eleanor Alberga: Quartet no. 2
Together with pianist/Composer-in-Residence Nahre Sol, the pageant artists embody:
- Voice — Cormac Culkeen
- Violin — Amy Hillis, Hee-Soo Yoon, Eric Kim-Fujita
- Viola — Maxime Despax
- Cello — Sebastian Ostertag
- Bass — Ben Finley
- Clarinet — Brad Cherwin
- Percussion — John Lee, Louis Pino
- Textile Artist — Esther Imm
- Lighting Designer — Adam Harris
- Sound Design/Tech — Dave Grenon
The venue is the Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1691 Bloor St W. Extra info obtainable right here.
Tickets should be reserved upfront on-line. Single tickets and pageant passes are on sale now right here.
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Anya Wassenberg is a Senior Author and Digital Content material Editor at Ludwig Van. She is an skilled freelance author, blogger and writing teacher with OntarioLearn.
