May 12, 2011 / 7:30pm
Le Poisson Rouge / 158 Bleecker Street NYC
MATA Festival
A Burst of Blinding Clarity
Ryan Carter, Composer
Brad Balliett, Composer
Elliot Cole, Composer
Remmy Canedo, Composer
Marko Nikodijevic, Composer
Andrew Cyr, Artistic Director / Conductor
Brad Balliett, Narrator
Doug Balliett, Narrator
On the Program
Brad Balliett and Elliot Cole: The Rake*
for chamber orchestra and narration
Ryan Carter: Skeumorphic Tendencies*
for large chamber orchestra
Remmy Canedo: Instantaneas 6*
for chamber orchestra and live electronics
Marko Nikodijevic: Music Box*
for chamber orchestra
*World Premiere Metropolis Ensemble Commission
The Performers
Andrew Cyr, Artistic Director / Conductor
Francesca Anderegg, Violin
Owen Dalby, Violin/Viola
Tema Watstein, Violin
Crista Kende, Viola
Na-Young Baek, Cello
Mike Nicolas, Cello
Rachel Calin, Double Bass
Logan Coale, Electric Bass
James Austin Smith, Oboe
Adrian Morejon, Bassoon
Thomas Boulton, Trumpet
Jack Chou, Trombone
Alana Vegter, Horn
Edward Neeman, Piano
Akimi Fukuhara, Keyboard
Luca Piovesan, Accordion
Britton Matthews, Percussion
Luke Rinderknecht, Percussion
Mary Mackenzie, Soprano
Brad Balliett, Narrator
Doug Balliett, Narrator
About the Concert
Metropolis Ensemble and MATA Festival, the new music festival founded by Philip Glass, collaborate to present new works by Ryan Carter (MATA commission) and the world premiere of The Rake, a hip-hopera retelling of Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress by Brad Balliett and Elliot Cole (Metropolis commission).