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Perhaps the best way to celebrate the summer solstice today: two live performances of Canto Ostinato in a brand new arrangement for 50 musicians. Erik Hall joins the Metropolis Ensemble and Sandbox Percussion for the performance at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
It was new to me; it was new to Andrew; it was new to Sandbox. It will likely be new to the vast majority of our concert audience. For lovers of Reich, Glass, and Riley, there is simply zero reason to miss Simeon ten Holt.
Grammy-nominated NYC new music pillar Metropolis Ensemble announces live performances of Simeon ten Holt's minimalist landmark Canto Ostinato for over 50 musicians on June 20, 2024.
Metropolis Ensemble founder and conductor Andrew Cyr discovered the piece through a feature in The New York Times that included Hall who had recently released Canto Ostinato via Austin record label Western Vinyl.
This time Canto Ostinato’s palette comprises several keyboards, extensive mallet percussion, woodwinds, and strings, and rather than just fall straight into fanfare, we want to use these many tones to go deep into the inherent beauty of the piece.
The addition of the Metropolis Ensemble added an extra layer of depth and grandeur to Rose’s performance, elevating her already stellar songwriting to new heights.
Here’s a few highlights from the project, including backstage and the performance at Brooklyn Steel on April 5.
Caroline Rose is on tour supporting last year’s The Art of Forgetting, and they just wrapped up a few of special shows where they were joined by players from Metropolis Ensemble for an orchestral set.
Caroline Rose is on tour in support of her GRAMMY-nominated, critically acclaimed album, “The Art of Forgetting” with Metropolis Ensemble.
Editors' Pick: Tonight in and around NYC: Caroline Rose, Metropolis Ensemble, La Force @ Brooklyn Steel.
Monte Belmonte and Kaliis Smith, hosts of The Fabulous 413 podcast on NPR, chat with Caroline Rose ahead of their two-night residency with Metropolis Ensemble at BOMBYX.
An exclusive interview with Ricardo Romaneiro at Cosm Studio at the University of Utah campus, and a preview of his immersive Liquidverse project.
With “Infinite Staircase,” Han Chen and Metropolis Ensemble have effectively commissioned a new catalog of solo piano repertoire that will echo long after the applause.
This was the kind of gripping playing that had one leaning forward, tensing involuntarily, all sensations driven by what was flying off of Chen’s hands and out of the piano.
Here’s a few highlights from the project, including the rehearsal and performance at National Sawdust on September 24.
In addition to Ligeti himself, the program includes established figures like Molly Joyce and Nina Young as well as an intriguing coterie of up-and-coming compositional talents.
It’s rare enough to catch a world premiere. It’s unheard of to catch 18 in one night… The variety is dizzying, and oh-so-enticing.
For Ligeti’s centennial, the pianist Han Chen has commissioned a companion piece for each of the composer’s eighteen études, eruptive works thinly disguised as keyboard exercises.
Get a preview of our new project at National Sawdust with pianist Han Chen performing 18 world premieres after Ligeti’s iconic études.
Featuring the World Premiere of 18 new works for solo piano, co-commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble and pianist Han Chen, celebrating the centenary birthday of Hungarian-Austrian composer György Ligeti.
