SICPP Faculty & Guest Artist Concert
Welcome to NEC's Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP): 8 days and nights of explosive new music! The SICPP experience is intense and demanding—each day is filled with masterclasses, lessons, colloquia, and rehearsals.
This incredible evening concert is presented by SICPP faculty Stephen Drury and Gabriela Díaz, along with Christopher Moore and David Russell, and will feature a work by the SICPP Composer-in-Residence, Michael Finnissy.
ABOUT THE SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE PRACTICE (SICPP)
SICPP is an 8-day intensive seminar on the performance of 20th and 21st century music, culminating in a day-long marathon of explosive new music, a smorgasbord of masterworks and world premieres by composition fellows.
- Stephen Drury, Piano
- Gabriela Díaz, Violin
- David Russell, Cello
- Christopher Moore, Trombone
- Michael Finnissy, Composer-in-Residence
Luciano Berio: Cinque Variazioni (original version, 1952/53)
I. Calmo e flessibile
II. ♩ = poco meno del ♪ precedente
III. Prestissimo (e ben articolato)
IV. Legatissimo e volante
V. Calmo
Christian Wolff: A Piano Piece (2006)
Michael Finnissy: Is there any future for new music? (2006)
from First Political Agenda
Artists- Stephen Drury, Piano
Tamar Diesendruck: Cryptic Variants (2017)
Cryptic Variant I
Cryptic Variant II
Cryptic Variant III
Artists- David Russell, Cello
Lee Hyla: Amore scaduto (2004)
Artists- Gabriela Díaz, Violin
- David Russell, Cello
Robert Erickson: General Speech (1969)
Artists- Christopher Moore, Trombone
Lee Hyla: Riff and Transfiguration (1997)
Artists- Stephen Drury, Piano