Upcoming Events at Issue Project Room
Fri Oct 4, 8:00 PM - Fri Oct 4, 9:30 PM
22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Community: Downtown Brooklyn
Description
In this Crossing the Line commission, Rhys Chatham draws on 30 years of composing for electric guitar ensembles, recent experiences in playing wind instruments, as well as the minimalism and free jazz that grew out of NYC's downtown music scene.
Event Details
The Sun Too Close to the Earth
Rhys Chatham
Co-presented with ISSUE Project Room
“A prodigal son of New York Minimalism, an art-music composer who has had a tremendous, if underappreciated, impact in the world of rock.”
— The New York Times, 2009
Written for a nine-person ensemble with guitars, horns, keyboard, and percussion, The Sun Too Close to the Earth reflects the artist’s concern for the ravages of climate change and the senseless destruction of our planet.
Chatham will also perform the North American premiere of his 20-minute solo work Le Possédé for bass flute. Experimental musicians Zeena Parkins and Jonathan Kane will open with their 2019 duet On, Suzanne.
On, Suzanne
Harp: Zeena Parkins
Drums: Jonathan Kane
Le Possédé
Bass flute: Rhys Chatham
The Sun Too Close to the Earth
Electric guitars: Karen Haglof, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Sarah Register
Electric bass: Ernie Brooks
Drums: Jonathan Kane
Electric keyboard: Anthony Coleman
Trumpet: Jaimie Branch
Trombones: Josh Roseman, Reut Regev
Conductor: Rhys Chatham
90 min
Tickets start at $20
For more information:
https://crossingthelinefestival.org/2019/events/the-sun-too-close-to-the-earth/
Rhys Chatham
Co-presented with ISSUE Project Room
“A prodigal son of New York Minimalism, an art-music composer who has had a tremendous, if underappreciated, impact in the world of rock.”
— The New York Times, 2009
Written for a nine-person ensemble with guitars, horns, keyboard, and percussion, The Sun Too Close to the Earth reflects the artist’s concern for the ravages of climate change and the senseless destruction of our planet.
Chatham will also perform the North American premiere of his 20-minute solo work Le Possédé for bass flute. Experimental musicians Zeena Parkins and Jonathan Kane will open with their 2019 duet On, Suzanne.
On, Suzanne
Harp: Zeena Parkins
Drums: Jonathan Kane
Le Possédé
Bass flute: Rhys Chatham
The Sun Too Close to the Earth
Electric guitars: Karen Haglof, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Sarah Register
Electric bass: Ernie Brooks
Drums: Jonathan Kane
Electric keyboard: Anthony Coleman
Trumpet: Jaimie Branch
Trombones: Josh Roseman, Reut Regev
Conductor: Rhys Chatham
90 min
Tickets start at $20
For more information:
https://crossingthelinefestival.org/2019/events/the-sun-too-close-to-the-earth/
