[nec]shivaree: Kim, Feldman, Finnissy, & Adams
[nec]shivaree, the NEC Avant-Garde Ensemble directed by NEC faculty Stephen Drury, is the attack wing of NEC's new music program, performing the modern, the new, and the avant-garde. Sounds are provided by such composers as John Cage, Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, George Crumb, Galina Ustvolskaya, and Giacinto Scelsi. The players of [nec]shivaree have worked with composers John Zorn, John Luther Adams, Christian Wolff, and Frederic Rzewski. The group gives concerts both inside and outside of the Conservatory, and has performed regularly at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge and Tonic and The Stone in New York.
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Earl Kim | from Twelve Caprices for solo violin (1988)
Motto: Largamente
No. 1: Con forza, ma sempre espressivo
No. 2: Con affetto
No. 3: Veloce
No. 10: Cascando
No. 12: L'istesso tempo sempliceArtists- Geneva Lewis, violin
Morton Feldman | Intermission 6 (1953)
John Cage | Selections from Music for Piano 21-52 (1955)
Artists- Huiping Cai and KyungA Lee, piano
Michael Finnissy | from Gershwin Arrangements
How long has this been going on?
A foggy day in London townArtists- Teng Cao, piano
John Luther Adams | Songbirdsongs, book 1 (1974)
Morningfieldsong
Apple Blossom Round
Meadowdance
Joyful Noise
EvensongArtists- Nicolás Ayala Cerón and Zoe Cagan, piccolo
- Felix Ko and Ariel Lu, percussion