In its second performance of the year, the UChicago New Music Ensemble presents a program of new and canonical works for the unique instrumentation of the pierrot ensemble. The program centers selections from Arnold Schoenberg's seminal Pierrot Lunaire with Anne-Monique Pace as soloist, and also features contemporary works by University of Chicago faculty and graduate students. The program closes with a performance of Brittany J. Green's graphic score Intersections.
Program:
Pierrot Lunaire for soprano and pierrot quintet (selections) - Arnold Schoenberg
Five in One for pierrot quintet - Ania Vu (UChicago post-doctoral composer)
A Small Departure for viola and piano - Benjamin Martin (UChicago graduate student) prisms and mirrors for pierrot sextet - Paul Novak (UChicago graduate student)
Scat for pierrot quintet - Augusta Read Thomas (UChicago faculty composer)
Intersections for open instrumentation - Brittany J. Green
Free admission. No tickets required.