Date(s) of Performance
2/7/2015
Company
American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Directed by
ACME: Clarice Jensen, Artistic Director; Roomful of Teeth: Brad Wells, Artistic Director
Created by
Caroline Shaw, Gavin Bryars, Henry Purcell
Performers/Artists
ACME: Ben Russell, violin; Laura Lutzke, violin; Yuki Numata Resnick, violaClarice Jensen, cello ; Roomful of Teeth: Estelí Gomez, soprano; Sarah Brailey, soprano; Caroline Shaw, alto; Virginia Warnken, alto; Eric Dudley, tenor; Avery Griffin, baritone; Dashon Burton, bass-baritone; Cameron Beauchamp, bass
Summary
Ask Caroline Shaw – composer, violinist, vocalist, and now youngest-ever recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music – to program a concert for the two ensembles with which she performs, and what do you get? An incredible evening of music that celebrates the works of three breathtakingly original composers, including Shaw’s own Partita for 8 Voices, declared a “dazzling, emotionally generous take on a Baroque dance suite” by The New York Times; the world premiere of a new version of her multimedia tour de force, Ritornello, featuring elements of American hymnody and Baroque music; Gavin Bryars’ heartrending Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet; and the intense, introspective glory of Henry Purcell’s fantasias.
Disciplines
Theatre and Performance Studies
Link to Full Performance Video
Link to ACME Roomful of Teeth Performance
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Additional Information
www.carolineshaw.com
www.acmemusic.org
www.roomfulofteeth.org