Badinage — Metropolis Ensemble

METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

13TH SEASON DEBUT: BADINAGE

New sounds from a modern string band

Saturday, September 7, 2019
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY 10011
7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Tickets: $20 general / $10 students (free for members, RSVP required)
Wine Reception included

Metropolis Ensemble is thrilled to begin a new season spanning 3 continents with a chamber music concert exploring the interactions of string instruments. Music ranging from the French baroque, traditional Swedish folk tunes, through to new works and arrangements by Paul Wiancko and Gabriella Smith will create a kaleidoscope of new sounds and colors.

Please join Artistic Director Andrew Cyr alongside a dream-team quartet of string players: Alexi Kenney, violin, Ayane Kozasa, viola, Gabriel Cabezas, cello, and Paul Wiancko, cello, as Metropolis Ensemble embarks upon its 13th Season.

This concert is also part of Waypoints, a roving concert series in collaboration with cellist Gabriel Cabezas*.

*2019 Artist Fund Recipient

This concert also kicks off our 2019 Metropolis Ensemble membership drive!
Become a member today and support our dynamic community of composers and performers — benefits include free tickets to Metropolis concerts for you and a friend!

on the program

Gabriella Smith: Jojkpolskan/In Nomine/Asaleken

Paul Wiancko: Vox Petra

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Lamento sopra la morte Ferdinand III

Bosse Larsson/Ole Hjorth: Min levnads afton (after Hjort Anders)

Marin Marais: Le Badinage, Livre IV

Igor Stravinsky: I, from Three Pieces for String Quartet

Francois Couperin: Plaintes de memes, from L’Apotheose de Lully

Paul Wiancko: When the Night

Mats Éden/William Byrd arr. Gabriella Smith: Jojkpolskan/In Nomine/Åsaleken

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Featured

GABRIEL CABEZAS / CELLO

“An intense player who connects to music naturally, without artifice, and brings a singing line to the cello” (The Oregonian), Gabriel Cabezas is one of America’s most sought after young musicians. Combining a superb technique, intellectual curiosity and a pioneering… READ MORE

ALEXI KENNEY / VIOLIN

The recipient of a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, violinist Alexi Kenney has been named "a talent to watch" by the New York Times, which also noted his "architect's eye for structure and space and a tone that ranges from the achingly fragile to full-bodied robustness”… READ MORE

AYANE KOZASA / VIOLA

Hailed for her "magnetic, wide-ranging tone" and her "rock solid technique" (Philadelphia Inquirer), violist Ayane Kozasa enjoys a career that spans a broad spectrum of musical personas. A violinist turned violist, she was inspired to dedicate herself to the alto clef… READ MORE

GABRIELLA SMITH / COMPOSER

Gabriella Smith is a composer from the San Francisco Bay Area whose music is described as “high-voltage and wildly imaginative” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “bold, original and suggests exciting new directions for American music” (Giancarlo Guerrero), and… READ MORE

PAUL WIANCKO / CELLO/COMPOSER

Paul Wiancko has led an exceptionally multifaceted musical life as a cellist, composer, and collaborator. As a student, Paul was simultaneously winning international cello competitions (which led him, most notably, to Poland to perform the Lutoslawski Cello Concerto with… READ MORE