METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS
BALLET PRISMATIQUE
Presenting various kinds of dance music from different periods, forming a kaleidoscopic ballet without stylistic limits, as part of In Visible Roads, Metropolis Ensemble x BLUEPRINTS Piano Festival
Sunday, April 21, 2019
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY
4:30pm (doors) / 5:00pm (event)
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students / $100 festival pass / free for members
Photo credit: © Pedro Barbeito — James Webb I — 2013 — private collection Washington, D.C. (detail)
Pianists Vicky Chow, Mikael Darmanie, Qing Jiang, David Kaplan, and Dan Tepfer.
Dance music of all kinds, from Baroque to contemporary to improvisation, will form a kaleidoscopic ballet without stylistic limits. Includes works by Samuel Carl Adams, Timo Andres, J.S. Bach, Marcos Balter, Michael Brown, Molly Joyce, Gabriel Kahane, Oliver Knussen, Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, and Robert Schumann.
on the program
Samuel Adams: No. 2 Quietly
Timo Andres: No. 7
Michael Brown: No. 4 Ungeduldig
Molly Joyce: Rave
Gabriel Kahane: No. 6 Sehr rasch und in sich hinein
Oliver Knussen: Ophelia's Last Dance
Andrew Norman: Vorspiel
Caroline Shaw: No. 16 mit gutem Humor, un poco lol ma con serioso vibes
BLUEPRINTS unites pianists from different musical genres for eclectic concerts that present traditional classical music alongside contemporary works (including premieres), jazz and free improvisation. Co-founded by Daniel Anastasio and Erika Dohi, these unusually varied programs are each inspired by an aesthetic theme or blueprint. In Visible Roads, co-created with Metropolis Ensemble, represents its first major artistic collaboration with another performing organization, with the goal of enriching the community of pianists, composers, and instrumentalists alike through creating and fostering new collaborative relationships.
Yamaha CF6 premium grand piano provided by Yamaha Artist Services New York.
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS