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Opening Night with PUBLIQuartet
The Julia Perry Centenary Celebration and Festival Opening Night, presented by Experiential Orchestra and Videmus, features the multi-GRAMMY-nominated PUBLIQuartet, Violinist Curtis Stewart, Soprano Laquita Mitchell, & Pianist Samantha Ege.
Where?
Le Poisson Rouge
When?
March 13, 2024 8:00 PM
Where?
Le Poisson Rouge
When?
March 13, 2024 8:00 PM
Artists
About the Event
The Julia Perry Centenary Celebration and Festival Opening Night, presented by Experiential Orchestra and Videmus, features the multi-GRAMMY-nominated PUBLIQuartet, applauded by The Washington Post as “a perfect encapsulation of today’s trends in chamber music;” soprano Laquita Mitchell, praised in The New York Times for her “smooth-voiced and soothing presence;” and pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege, known for her "vivid, revelatory" performances (iNews). PUBLIQuartet will bring a creative re-imagining to the music of Julia Perry, performing world premieres of rediscovered works by Perry in arrangements by members of the quartet Jannina Norpoth, Hamilton Berry and Curtis Stewart, including Perry’s Prelude for Piano and Miniature for Piano and Stewart’s We Who Seek, which draws on Perry’s choral work Ye, Who Seek the Truth in a new version for quartet, electronics, and spoken word to be performed by Stewart. Soprano Laquita Mitchell will perform two rediscovered songs by Perry, How Beautiful are the Feet and By the Sea. Samantha Ege performs Perry’s Miniature for Piano and Prelude for Piano. The evening also celebrates the release of Experiential Orchestra’s album American Counterpoints, which features contributions from all of the PUBLIQuartet members.
Artists:
PUBLIQuartet: Curtis Stewart & Rubén Rengel, Violins; Nick Revel, Viola; Hamilton Berry, Cello
Curtis Stewart, Violin
Laquita Mitchell, Soprano
Samantha Ege, Piano
Program:
Prelude for Piano by Julia Perry (1946, rev. 1962; arr. for string quartet by Berry, world premiere of arrangement)
Arrangement by Hamilton Berry of the Julia Perry Prelude for Piano (1946) by kind permission of The Estate of Julia A. Perry.
PUBLIQuartet
Ye, Who Seek the Truth by Julia Perry (1952; arr. for string quartet by Norpoth)
PUBLIQuartet
Miniature for Piano by Julia Perry (1972)
Samantha Ege, Piano
Miniature for Piano by Julia Perry (1972; arr. for string quartet by Berry, world premiere of arrangement)
PUBLIQuartet
By the Sea by Julia Perry (1950) How Beautiful are the Feet by Julia Perry (1954)
Laquita Mitchell, Soprano
Samantha Ege, Piano
We Who Seek by Curtis Stewart (2024, world premiere of quartet version w/ electronics)
Curtis Stewart, Violin & Spoken Word and PUBLIQuartet
Prelude for Piano by Julia Perry (1946, rev. 1962)
Samantha Ege, Piano
With kind cooperation of The Estate of Julia A. Perry, Akron, Ohio
Tickets
Venue/Location
Le Poisson Rouge
Concert Details TBD
Festival Concerts
Mar 14
Discussion and Discovery – A Lecture Series Organized by Dr. Louise Toppin
The New School - Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Arnhold Hall, 2nd Floor
Join us for a day of Discovery and Discussion as part of the Julia Perry Centenary Celebration and Festival presented by Experiential Orchestra and Videmus, illustrating the resurgence of scholarly interest in Perry’s work.
Mar 14
Discussion and Discovery – A Lecture Series Organized by Dr. Louise Toppin
The New School - Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Arnhold Hall, 2nd Floor
Join us for a day of Discovery and Discussion as part of the Julia Perry Centenary Celebration and Festival presented by Experiential Orchestra and Videmus, illustrating the resurgence of scholarly interest in Perry’s work.
Sep 9
Field Guide to Imaginary Birds
Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan. Meet at Indian Road and 218th Street
Brad Balliett (bassoonist, composer, and avid bird-watcher), has composed individual imaginary bird songs for seven Experiential Orchestra musicians, spread throughout the forest in Inwood Hill Park. Walk through Inwood Park between 11am-12pm, and 1pm-2pm and try to discover all of them! Pick up your maps at 218th and Indian Road; No tickets required.
