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String Theories Festival: Seven)suns And Gabriel Zucker at Roulette
Courtesy of Kerry Santullo | Posted on April 4, 2019
When
Tue, April 9, 2019
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Gabriel Zucker
pianoJoanna Mattrey
violaMeaghan Burke
celloYuma Uesaka
saxophone, altoNolan Tsang
trumpetKate Gentile
drumsFung Chern Hwei
violinAbout
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn‘s annual String Theories Festival focuses on music for strings written in the 21st century. This year’s festival opens with a double bill of chamber ensembles that push the boundaries of traditional chamber music to include influences of jazz, noise, and metal.
Gabriel Zucker presents the first full performance of his England suite. A wide-ranging set of compositions grounded in chamber music but with elements of improvisation, folk song, and live electronic manipulation, Zucker originally conceived of the suite while living in the UK. The music comprises a portion of Zucker’s Leftover Beats From The Edges Of Time, a nearly two-hour epic work for his large ensemble The Delegation...