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What unites the concerts on this series is their distinctiveness. From a film on the 1927 Mississippi River flood with live music by Bill Frissell to a magical night with the Salzburg Marionette Theater and András Schiff, each performance is one of a kind.

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Friday, Nov 4, 2011 | 10 PM
Bill Frisell / Bill Morrison
The Great Flood
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Bill Frisell, Guitar
  • Ron Miles, Trumpet
  • Tony Scherr, Bass
  • Kenny Wollesen, Drums

Program

  • BILL FRISELL The Great Flood
    (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
    Film by Bill Morrison
    Music by Bill Frisell
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The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was an epic disaster, wreaking horrible havoc on an entire region of our country and displacing thousands, including scores of Delta blues performers who took their music north to cities like Chicago. Composed by jazz great Bill Frisell, The Great Flood is an evening-long suite accompanied by Bill Morrison’s film that tells the story of these musicians and how their migration transformed American music forever.
"Benny's Bugle"
Bill Frisell
Savoy
Monday, Mar 26, 2012 | 7:30 PM
So Percussion
"We Are All Going In Different Directions"—A John Cage Celebration
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • So Percussion
    ·· Eric Beach
    ·· Josh Quillen
    ·· Adam Sliwinski
    ·· Jason Treuting
  • Matmos
    ·· Drew Daniel, Electronics
    ·· M.C. Schmidt, Electronics
  • Dan Deacon, Electronics
  • Cenk Ergün, Electronics
  • Beth Meyers, Viola

Program

  • CAGE Credo in US
  • SO PERCUSSION / MATMOS Needles
  • CAGE Imaginary Landscape #1
  • CAGE Quartet for Percussion from She is Asleep
  • CENK ERGÜN Use
  • DAN DEACON "Bottles" from Ghostbuster Cook: The Origin of the Riddler
  • DAN DEACON Take a Deep Breath
  • CAGE 18' 12", A Simultaneous Performance of Cage Works
    ·· Inlets (Improvisation II)
    ·· 0' 00" (4' 32" No. 2)
    ·· Duet for Cymbal
    ·· 45' for a Speaker
  • JASON TREUTING 24 x 24 (NY Premiere)
  • CAGE Third Construction
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Pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 PM in Zankel Hall with members of So Percussion in conversation with Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean, The Juilliard School.

No one did more to change how we think about music—how we listen to it, make it, perform it—than John Cage. As part of American Mavericks at Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn-based ensemble So Percussion fetes this challenging composer, who was born 100 years ago in Los Angeles, and whose influence is felt today almost everywhere in American music.
Cage Third Construction
So Percussion
Audio Clips and Excerpts - Carnegie Hall's 2011-2012 Season
Thursday, Apr 5, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Vogler Quartet
Ute Lemper
Berlin Nights / Paris Days: The Art of Chanson
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Ute Lemper, Vocalist
  • Vogler Quartet
    ·· Tim Vogler, Violin
    ·· Frank Reinecke, Violin
    ·· Stefan Fehlandt, Viola
    ·· Stephan Forck, Cello
  • Stefan Malzew, Piano, Clarinet, and Accordion

Program

  • SCHULHOFF Selections from Five Pieces for String Quartet
    ·· Alla Valse Viennese
    ·· Alla Serenata
    ·· Alla Czeca
  • MAITRIER "Elle Fréquentait la Rue Pigalle" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • EMER "L'Accordéoniste" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • WEILL "Surabaya Johnny" from Happy End (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • WEILL "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" from Die Dreigroschenoper (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • EISLER "Der Graben" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • EISLER "Über den Selbstmord" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • EISLER "Ballade vom Wasserrad" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • BOGOSLOVSKY "Temnaya Noch" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • CHAVA ALBERSTEIN "Stiller Abend" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • SCHULHOFF Selections from Five Pieces for String Quartet
    ·· Alla Tango Milonga
    ·· Alla Tarantella
  • CHAVA ALBERSTEIN "Ikh shtey unter a Bokserboym" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • PIAZZOLLA Yo Soy María (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • PIAZZOLLA Oblivion (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • PIAZZOLLA La última grela (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • BREL "Chanson de Jacky" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • BREL "Ne me quitte pas" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
  • BREL "Amsterdam" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
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The Vogler Quartet team with Ute Lemper, a master of German cabaret music, to capture the acerbic wit of Weimar-era songs by Kurt Weill and the lesser known—though no less intriguing—Hanns Eisler. They also turn their attention to the evocative, powerful ballads of latter-day Belgian troubadour Jacques Brel and fiery Argentinian tango from Astor Piazzolla.
Maitrier's "Elle Fréquentait la Rue Pigalle" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
Ute Lemper, Vocalist | Vogler Quartet | Stefan Malzew, Piano, Clarinet, and Accordion
Steinway & Sons
Weill's "Surabaya Johnny" and "Die Moritat" vom Mackie Messer
Ute Lemper, Vocalist | Vogler Quartet | Stefan Malzew, Piano, Clarinet, and Accordion
Steinway & Sons
Chava Alberstein's "Stiller Abend" (arr. Stefan Malzew)
Ute Lemper, Vocalist | Vogler Quartet | Stefan Malzew, Piano, Clarinet, and Accordion
Steinway & Sons
Saturday, May 5, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Salzburg Marionette Theater
András Schiff
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Salzburg Marionette Theater
  • András Schiff, Piano

Program

  • DEBUSSY Children's Corner
  • SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15
  • DEBUSSY La boîte à joujoux
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For nearly a century, the Salzburg Marionette Theater has been delighting children and adults alike with its unique productions of well-known operas, musicals, and ballets. Here, the charming troupe presents Debussy’s touching chamber ballet about the adventures of toys that come to life. Perspectives artist András Schiff accompanies at the piano, and performs playful solo works by Debussy and Schumann, all part of a program capturing the innocence of childhood and the fantasies of youth.

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