New Amsterdam Presents:
Michael Mizrahi Album Release Show with special guest Michi Wiancko
About this performance
Saturday, March 26 7pm
Revered pianist Michael Mizrahi will release his sophomore album of solo piano works, Currents, on March 25th via New Amsterdam Records. The album brings together six impeccably performed and recorded new American piano works, almost all written specifically with Mizrahi’s singular sound and approach in mind, and featuring composers Sarah Kirkland Snider, Troy Herion, Mark Dancigers, Asha Srinivasan, Missy Mazzoli, and Patrick Burke. As with Mizrahi’s widely acclaimed New Amsterdam debut The Bright Motion (2012), Currents showcases the continued vitality of the piano’s exceptionally rich musical heritage while exploring its capability to express the most contemporary of musical ideas. The result is a significant addition to the solo piano repertory of the 21st century that, as the title suggests, embodies movement forward — building on the great piano works of the past while propelling the solo piano repertoire ahead in a new and energized direction.
Joining Mizrahi as a special guest will be acclaimed violinist Michi Wiancko, performing a fascinating and dynamic set of solo violin works by Paula Matthusen, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Christopher Adler, and Andrew Norman. Wiancko and Mizrahi will also join forces to present a special collaborative performance.
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Join Ted Hearne to celebrate the album release of his density-driven oratorio The Source on New Amsterdam Records. Hailed as a "masterpiece" by The Nation and a "beautiful, sad, altogether crucial reflection of our time" by The New York Times, The Source explores the life and story of U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning, and the content and implications of the hundreds of thousands of classified military documents she infamously leaked to WikiLeaks. Like Hearne's previous release for New Amsterdam, the widely hailed Katrina Ballads, The Source draws on a litany of primary source texts (stitched together by librettist Mark Doten) – including Twitter feeds, cable news interviews, chat transcripts and declassified military reports.
Join Ted Hearne to celebrate the album release of his density-driven oratorio The Source on New Amsterdam Records. Hailed as a "masterpiece" by The Nation and a "beautiful, sad, altogether crucial reflection of our time" by The New York Times, The Source explores the life and story of U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning, and the content and implications of the hundreds of thousands of classified military documents she infamously leaked to WikiLeaks. Like Hearne's previous release for New Amsterdam, the widely hailed Katrina Ballads, The Source draws on a litany of primary source texts (stitched together by librettist Mark Doten) – including Twitter feeds, cable news interviews, chat transcripts and declassified military reports.
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New Amsterdam Presents: Finnegan Shanahan & Contemporaneous’ Album Release
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Singer and multi-instrumentalist Finnegan Shanahan wrote his song cycle The Two Halves for the powerhouse ensemble Contemporaneous. Based on a map ca.1852 of the Hudson River Railroad, The Two Halves exists in a world somewhere between memory and imagination. It is divided into six songs, each one its own small piece of a dream-like narrative — beginning along the Hudson River and gradually moving out over the Catskills, hurtling across the country to the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, and eventually leaving the planet. Join Shanahan and Contemporaneous to celebrate the release of their new album on New Amsterdam Records.
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Finnegan Shanahan wrote his song cycle The Two Halves for the powerhouse ensemble Contemporaneous. Based on a map ca.1852 of the Hudson River Railroad, The Two Halves exists in a world somewhere between memory and imagination. It is divided into six songs, each one its own small piece of a dream-like narrative — beginning along the Hudson River and gradually moving out over the Catskills, hurtling across the country to the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, and eventually leaving the planet. Join Shanahan and Contemporaneous to celebrate the release of their new album on New Amsterdam Records.
New Amsterdam Presents: Michael Mizrahi Album Release Show
Mar 26, 2016 - 7:00pm Revered pianist Michael Mizrahi will release his sophomore album of solo piano works, Currents, on March 25th via New Amsterdam Records. The album brings together six impeccably performed and recorded new American piano works, almost all written specifically with Mizrahi’s singular sound and approach in mind, and featuring composers Sarah Kirkland Snider, Troy Herion, Mark Dancigers, Asha Srinivasan, Missy Mazzoli, and Patrick Burke. As with Mizrahi’s widely acclaimed New Amsterdam debut The Bright Motion (2012), Currents showcases the continued vitality of the piano’s exceptionally rich musical heritage while exploring its capability to express the most contemporary of musical ideas. The result is a significant addition to the solo piano repertory of the 21st century that, as the title suggests, embodies movement forward -- building on the great piano works of the past while propelling the solo piano repertoire ahead in a new and energized direction.
