American Modern Opera Company (Amoc*) celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women with its production of John Adams’ El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered, a chamber-music arrangement that will tour around the United States before returning for its second annual presentation by The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. With libretto by Peter Sellars and concept by Amoc* member Julia Bullock, the piece will tour from December 11-21, 2023 at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska; Stanford Live in Stanford, California; Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut; and finally presented by The Cathedral of St. John the Divine as a new holiday tradition where they will be joined by New York guest musicians and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered features Amoc* members soprano Julia Bullock, guest soloist contralto Jasmin White, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, bass-baritone Davóne Tines, violinists Keir GoGwilt and Miranda Cuckson,...
El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered features Amoc* members soprano Julia Bullock, guest soloist contralto Jasmin White, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, bass-baritone Davóne Tines, violinists Keir GoGwilt and Miranda Cuckson,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Sufjan Stevens has revealed his latest project Reflections, a score to his frequent collaborator Justin Peck’s ballet of the same name. It’ll be out today, May 19th via his own label Asthmatic Kitty.
Stevens wrote Reflections for two pianos, while Peck, whose recent credits also include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story remake, choreographed its eleven dancers. The Houston Ballet originally commissioned the show, which premiered on March 21st, 2019. Piano might not be Stevens’ first instrument (fun fact: it was the oboe), but the format lends itself to moving and whimsical compositions. Per his words, the score is meant to emanate “energy, light, and duality,” although he certainly doesn’t take himself too seriously here: The closing track is called “And I Shall Come to You Like a Stormtrooper in Drag Serving Imperial Realness.”
“I’m constantly thinking about bodies moving through space when I’m writing for...
Stevens wrote Reflections for two pianos, while Peck, whose recent credits also include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story remake, choreographed its eleven dancers. The Houston Ballet originally commissioned the show, which premiered on March 21st, 2019. Piano might not be Stevens’ first instrument (fun fact: it was the oboe), but the format lends itself to moving and whimsical compositions. Per his words, the score is meant to emanate “energy, light, and duality,” although he certainly doesn’t take himself too seriously here: The closing track is called “And I Shall Come to You Like a Stormtrooper in Drag Serving Imperial Realness.”
“I’m constantly thinking about bodies moving through space when I’m writing for...
- 5/19/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The music Sufjan Stevens composed for a Justin Peck-choreographed ballet will get an official studio album release with Reflections on May 19. On Tuesday, Stevens announced the release of the project performed by Timo Andres and Conor Hanick, and dropped its first single “Ekstasis.”
“Having two of them at my disposal was an exciting opportunity and gave me a real catharsis about the expansiveness of the instrument,” Stevens said in a release.
The new song “embodies” the themes of Reflections as a whole, according to a press release. And the...
“Having two of them at my disposal was an exciting opportunity and gave me a real catharsis about the expansiveness of the instrument,” Stevens said in a release.
The new song “embodies” the themes of Reflections as a whole, according to a press release. And the...
- 4/19/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
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