Date
Friday 21 March 2014 — Saturday 22 March 2014
Location
Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincinnati, OH,
United States
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Description
Musical worlds merge when Louis Langrée and the CSO embark on a groundbreaking artistic collaboration with Cincinnati’s premier new music festival, MusicNOW and Artistic Director Bryce Dessner. With unique programs on Friday and Saturday evenings, explore heart-pounding music of pure intensity, gorgeous melodies and sheer genius.
The festival features the solo electric guitar talents of Bryce and Aaron Dessner of the acclaimed rock band The National, performing Bryce’s St. Carolyn by the Sea, and global premieres by the world’s hottest composers Nico Muhly and Pulizer Prize winner David Lang.
Night One
Artists
Louis Langrée conductor
eighth blackbird ensemble
Aaron Dessner electric guitar
Bryce Dessner electric guitar
Nathan Wyatt] baritone
Opening Act
Little Lights, Springer Auditorium, 7:00 PM
Program
BRYCE DESSNER: Murder Ballades (featuring eighth blackbird)
BRYCE DESSNER: St. Carolyn by the Sea (featuring Bryce and Aaron Dessner)
NICO MUHLY: Pleasure Ground (featuring baritone Nathan Wyatt) World Premiere
SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy
Night Two
Artists
Louis Langrée conductor
Bonnie "Prince" Billy] singer, guitarist
Opening Acts
Olga Bell, Music Hall Lobby, 7:00 PM
Nano-Recital, Nico Muhly & Lisa Kaplan, Corbett Tower, 7:30 PM
Program
BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY: Selections
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI: Polymorphia
JONNY GREENWOOD: 48 Responses to Polymorphia
DAVID LANG: mountain World Premiere
PROKOFIEV: Scythian Suite
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