Composers Concordance Presents ‘art Of The Art Song’ at DROM

Composers Concordance Presents

‘Art of the Art Song’

"Writing songs is really the most difficult...to pour into a small form a big content."

–Gustav Mahler


For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Wednesday, November 29th at 9pm, Composers Concordance presents at DROM a concert program propelling an age-old compositional form into the 21st Century. The Art of the Art Song features soprano Ljiljana Winkler, of the German group Formation Solenne, as she interprets songs from a bevy of today's most dynamic composers, writing under the influence of numerous contemporary styles and texts....

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Composers Concordance Presents

‘Art of the Art Song’

"Writing songs is really the most difficult...to pour into a small form a big content."

–Gustav Mahler


For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Wednesday, November 29th at 9pm, Composers Concordance presents at DROM a concert program propelling an age-old compositional form into the 21st Century. The Art of the Art Song features soprano Ljiljana Winkler, of the German group Formation Solenne, as she interprets songs from a bevy of today's most dynamic composers, writing under the influence of numerous contemporary styles and texts.


Ljiljana joins CompCord Ensemble: trumpeter Peter Oswald, tenor saxophonist Dennis Brandner, pianist Jai Jeffryes, bassist Troy Rinker, Jr., and drummer Lee Jeffryes on a program of art songs composed by Aaron Alter, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Seth Boustead, Vicky Cheng, Dan Cooper, Melanie Mitrano, Amy X Neuburg, Gene Pritsker, Emiliano Revert, Marina Vesic, and Joseph Waters.


Melanie Mitrano's Hocket Two Me, Gene Pritsker’s Scatalism, Emiliano Revert's Bond, Joseph Waters' Again, and Dennis Bathory-Kitsz's Binsey Poplars are among the featured compositions.


The concert will be live streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook page.

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