Contemporary Ensemble

An evening of 20th- and 21st-century music, featuring Shoenberg’s masterful melodrama Pierrot Lunaire, performed unconducted, and for the first time ever with two singers.

John Heiss, ensemble director

Berio | Sequenza V
Robyn Smith, solo trombone

Minakakis | Apoploys II
Tyler Bouque, baritone
Xiaoyu Lin, flute
Alex Garde, percussion

Hartmann | Concerto Funebre
Anto Malkastian, solo violin
with chamber orchestra conducted by Bert van Herck

Schoenberg | Pierrot Lunaire
Emily Siar and Caroline Nielson, Sprechstimme
Alinea Ensemble:
Xiaoyu Lin, flutes
Emma Carleton, violin and viola
Aleksis Martin, clarinets
Robert Bui, cello
Ariel Mo, piano