[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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  1. 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 semplice

    Artists
    • Geneva Lewis, violin

  2. Morton Feldman | Intermission 6 (1953)

  3. John Cage | Selections from Music for Piano 21-52 (1955)

    Artists
    • Huiping Cai and KyungA Lee, piano

  4. Michael Finnissy | from Gershwin Arrangements

    How long has this been going on?
    A foggy day in London town

    Artists
    • Teng Cao, piano

  5. John Luther Adams | Songbirdsongs, book 1 (1974)

    Morningfieldsong
    Apple Blossom Round
    Meadowdance
    Joyful Noise
    Evensong

    Artists
    • Nicolás Ayala Cerón and Zoe Cagan, piccolo
    • Felix Ko and Ariel Lu, percussion
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