Program Notes - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

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George Lewis and Friends Steven Schick, conductor Steve Lehman, saxophone Tyshawn Sorey, trombone ⁄percussion Nicole M. Mitchell, flute George E. Lewis Artificial Life 2007 for ensemble (2007) Chicago premiere Steve Lehman Impossible Flow for ensemble (2010, rev. 2011; ICElab commission) Chicago premiere Nicole M. Mitchell Cave of Self-Induction for two flutes and percussion (2012) World premiere Tyshawn Sorey Ode to Gust Burns for bassoon, piano, percussion, guitar, and trombone (2012; ICElab commission) World premiere George E. Lewis The Will to Adorn for ensemble (2011, rev. 2012) Chicago premiere This concert runs approximately 75 minutes without intermission. ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) Eric Lamb, flute Claire Chase, flute Joshua Rubin, clarinet Rebekah Heller, bassoon David Byrd-Marrow, horn Gareth Flowers, trumpet Mike Lormand, trombone Cory Smythe, piano Erik Carlson, violin Katinka Kleijn, cello Tony Flynt, bass Dan Lippel, guitar Nathan Davis, percussion Ross Karre, percussion Support for this project is generously provided by Katherine A. Abelson and Robert J. Cornell and the Amphion Foundation, Inc. Additional generous support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. ICElab 2012 is made possible through lead support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, alongside generous funding from the Greenwall Foundation, the Creative Capital Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the French American Cultural Exchange, the Alice M. Ditson Fund, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Tyshawn Sorey’s participation in ICElab is supported by the Greenwall Foundation. Steve Lehman’s Impossible Flow was commissioned jointly by the Manhattan New Music Project and ICE. Join us for the final concert of ICE’s 2011/12 season at MCA Stage. Georges Aperghis and the New Generation Saturday, May 26, 7:30 pm Georges Aperghis’s aggressive yet playful experimental music pushes the boundaries between classical performance and performance art. The ensemble performs the Chicago premiere of a major new ICE-commissioned work from Aperghis, plus two new chamber works by ICElab 2012 composers Patricia Alessandrini and Juan Pablo Carreño.
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