Kronos performing with Wu Man
Video of Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera. Note this version isn’t performed by Kronos or Wu Man
Louth Contemporary Music Society in association with Louth County Arts Office and Dundalk Arts office present The Kronos Quartet with special guest Wu Man in the Irish premieres of Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera & Terry Riley’s Cusp of Magic in An Tain Theatre Dundalk on 13 July 2009. Both works were specially written for the Kronos [...]
About The Cusp of Magic, the composer Terry Riley writes: ”The Cusp of Magic significantly fills the picture that my collaboration with Kronos has been portraying for nearly twenty-five years. My compositions for Kronos are the most important of my notated works, each one staking out a different mood and musical structure and setting up new challenges for both composer and [...]
Ghost Opera (1994) for string quartet and pipa with water, stone, paper and metal
Music, text and installation by Tan Dun (b. 1957)
Ghost Opera is a five-movement work for string quartet and pipa, with water,metal, stone and paper. Composer Tan Dun describes this work as a reflection on human spirituality which is too often buried in the bombardment [...]
“Hats off the louth cms for producing such a beautiful thing. An excellent primer for anybody looking for an entrance to contemporary music.” John Kelly, JK Ensemble RTÉ Lyric fm.
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DAVID JAMES countertenor
ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP tenor
STEVEN HARROLD tenor
GORDON JONES baritone
The Hilliard Ensemble is considered to be one of the world’s finest vocal chamber groups, and is probably unrivalled for its formidable reputation in the fields of both early and new music. Its distinctive style and highly developed musicianship engage the listener as much in medieval and [...]
Temenos 09 programme includes a composer portrait of Valentyn Silvestrov with the world premiere of 5 Sacred Songs for chorus plus a chamber performance on 24 September 2009. The Hilliard Ensemble have confirmed a performance on 1 Oct.09 with their Arkhangelos programme: James MacMillan, Arvo Pärt, Ivan Moody, Alexander Raskatov and Armenian sacred songs.
The Hilliard Ensemble [...]
Louth Contemporary Music Society commission Valentyn Silvestrov
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“If you were to ask me to name a contemporary composer, the first name that I would voice is the name Silvestrov. Valentyn – is unconditionally the most interesting contemporary composer, even if the majority are given to understand this much later…”. Arvo Pärt.
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Louth Contemporary Music [...]
For more than thirty years, the Kronos Quartet – David Harrington, John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) – has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has become one of [...]
