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The Rite: Remixed
Hallucinations is being recorded this week at LPR by Q2, the online station of WQXR.
We’re pleased to share a new documentary video about Metropolis Ensemble’s world premiere of The Rite Remixed.
Eliot Van Buskirk mentions The Rite: Remixed on the Wired.com Listening Post blog. Read the article…
Metropolis Ensemble’s The Rite: Remixed helps to celebrate the opening of (Le) Poisson Rouge. Read the article…
WNYC host David Garland discusses the wild re-imagining of Stravinski’s The Rite of Spring with composer Ricardo Romaneiro and music director Andrew Cyr. Read the article…
Metropolis Ensemble and Deerhoof perform a concert from the Wordless Music Series, recorded live by WNYC at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. The concert and interview are hosted by David Garland. Listen to the broadcast…
Hear the Metropolis Ensemble and Deerhoof perform a concert from the Wordless Music Series, recorded live by WNYC at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. Listen on NPR.org starting at 7:30pm EST. An hourlong special about the Wordless Music Series begins at 6:30pm. Tonight’s webcast is produced by WNYC and hosted by David Garland.
Wordless Music Series pairs Metropolis Ensemble led by Artistic Director/Conductor Andrew Cyr and indie sensation Deerhoof for a night of music under the stars. Experience The Rite: Remixed and Two-Part Belief with an expected audience of 10,000 at Celebrate Brooklyn. Featuring soprano Hila Plitmann.
Join us in Prospect Park - either in person or online - for a night of music under the stars!
WNYC host John Schaefer discusses The Rite: Remixed with artistic director Andrew Cyr composer Ricardo Romaneiro. Listen to the interview…
Artistic Director/Conductor Andrew Cyr and Composer Ricardo Romaneiro will be on WNYC Soundcheck at 2pm EST today to discuss their new composition, The Rite: Remixed and share the secrets of setting Stravinsky’s most famous work to keyboards, laptops, brass and drums. Three ways to listen…
Tune into WNYC FM 93.9 Radio
Listen on iTunes
Click on Radio (top left)
Open the “Public” category
Click on WNYC-FM
Listen Online. Click on the “listen live” box on this page.
UPDATE:
You can now listen to the broadcast
or as a
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Julie Bloom writes about Metropolis Ensemble’s The Rite: Remixed concert in Prospect Park. Read the article…
Zach Baron writes about Metropolis Ensemble’s The Rite: Remixed and the Celebrate Brooklyn concert with Deerhoof. Read the article…
Metropolis Ensemble and composer Ryan Francis are delighted to offer the complete live recording of Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra during its world premiere performance at The Times Center in New York City on April 10, 2008. You can download it here, absolutely free.
Ryan Francis: Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra:
(right-click to download the mp3s, ctrl-click on a mac)
You can also watch the entire
Concerto
, featuring pianist Anna Polonsky and the Metropolis Ensemble led by Artistic Director/Conductor Andrew Cyr on the
, along with an extensive archive of performances and behind-the-scenes footage.
Looking for more of Ryan Francis? Check out his
, and get ready for this summer’s world premiere of
. Ricardo Romaneiro joins forces with Ryan Francis and Leo Leite to re-conceptualize the most revolutionary work of the 20th Century, Igor Stravinsky’s
The Rite of Spring
, through the lens of the latest sounds and technology from electronica! Three opportunities to experience the revolution (July 16-18)!
Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra is co-commission from the Metropolis Ensemble and the
with funds provided by the
. Metropolis Ensemble’s
and
programs are generously funded by the van Otterloo Foundation. Special thanks to audio engineer Ryan Streber, videographer Tim Bakland, and photographer Vern Kousky.
Metropolis Ensemble will be opening for Deerhoof in Prospect Park on July 18, 2008, as part of the
and
.
Metropolis Ensemble led by Artistic Director/Conductor Andrew Cyr and Wordless Music co-commissions
The Rite: Remixed
, a collaboration between three composers and live electronics producers, explodes the boundaries of live electro-classical music. Ryan Francis, Leo Leite, and Ricardo Romaneiro re-conceptualize the most revolutionary work of the 20th Century, Igor Stravinsky’s
The Rite of Spring
, through the lens of the latest sounds and technology from electronica. Combined with acoustic forces consisting of huge percussion and brass ensembles, 2 keyboards / 2 laptops, and electric bass, the remixed version will fuse a futuristic, rhythm-inspired sonic tableaux with a hyper-kinetic visual show.
The Metropolis Ensemble and
The Rite: Remixed
appears as part of the
, which puts popular and classical artists together to tear down boundaries between performers and audiences of each. “At the moment, there is no more inventive music series in New York” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker).
The mercurial SF experimentalists
, “the most creative band in indie rock today,” (LA Weekly) forge a distinctive sound out of sophisticated improvisation, fierce dissonance, and weirdly catchy melodies.
Highlights Metropolis Ensemble’s The Rite: Remixed and Deerhoof in the annual roundup of New York’s free summer concerts. Read the article…
Metropolis Ensemble’s The Rite: Remixed and Deerhoof performance are listed as one of the 10 best outdoor summer concerts in NYC for 2008. Read the article…