Forough Farrokhzad, Carnegie Hall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Kirk Noreen Ensemble Sospeso
(212) 663-1675
kirk@sospeso.com
NEW YORK, November 19, 2000 The New York-based Ensemble Sospeso,
a chamber orchestra specializing in contemporary music, will be presenting
three world premieres on their December 12, 2000, 8:00 PM concert at Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
The concert of predominately vocal works features soprano Lucy Shelton
in performance of three works: the world premiere of Bernard Rands Memo
7 for solo voice on text by Emily Dickinson, Ensemble Sospeso Co-Director
Joshua Cody's epic La rose des langues on text by French poet Michel Deguy
also featuring baritone Andre Solomon Glover and Elliott Carter's most
recent vocal work, Tempo e tempi.
The two other premieres include Memo 8 for solo oboe, by Mr. Rands performed
by oboist Jacqueline LeClair and the world premiere of The wind will carry
us by Ensemble Sospeso Co-Director Kirk Noreen on a text by Forugh Farrokhzad,
perhaps Iran's greatest modern woman poet.
Iranian born soprano Haleh Abghari will be singing Mr. Noreen's work
in Persian.
The Ensemble Sospeso, a young chamber orchestra that performs modern
music, was originally formed in Seattle in 1995 by composers Kirk Noreen
and Joshua Cody.
It has been based in New York since 1998 and has performed at Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Miller Theater at Columbia University
and Florence Gould Hall.
The Ensemble Sospeso's primary objective is to bring contemporary classical
music to new and diverse audiences through collaborations with poets, painters,
sculptors, dancers and other artists. Most recently, Sospeso has performed
the works of Dutch composer Louis Andriessen at the Miller Theatre at Columbia
University to great acclaim. Future performances include a concert of music
by Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen conducted by Mr. Salonen
on December 17, 2000 at Weill Recital Hall.
Tickets for the event may be purchase through Carnegie Charge at (212)
247-7800.
The Ensemble Sospeso
Joshua Cody and Kirk Noreen,
Directors Suite 42
55 Tiemann Place New York,
NY 10027 USA
phone (+1) 212 663 1675
fax (+1) 530 327 8426
www.sospeso.com
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