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4/16/2006
On Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 in Elebash Recital Hall (CUNY Graduate
Center, 365 Fifth Ave., accessible by B,D,F,V,1,2,3,6 trains, www.gc.cuny.edu), the Cygnus Ensemble will present a concert of new works written for them by composers from the CUNY Ph.D. Program, including Zachary Seldess, Paul Riker, Brian Coughlin, Eric Roth, Rob Collins, Ilya Mayzus, David Salvage, Roberto Baca Barnard, Jeff Leigh, Ilya Mayzus, and Nathan Bowen. The program is as follows:
Kitchen Cabinet/ Zachary Seldess
Currents/ Paul Riker
Somnambulisma/ Brian Coughlin
Together is the new forward/ Eric Roth
Chiaroscuro/ Rob Collins
Go Back, Go Forward/ Ilya Mayzus
Azure Window/ David Salvage
Connubium circulant/ Roberto Baca Barnard
Mik Jun/ Jeff Leigh
Fragments for �A Series�/ Nathan Bowen
Taripakuy/ Pedro Malpica
Cygnus is a group of six versatile chamber musicians, all of whom are
among the most highly respected practitioners of their instruments. In 2001 Cygnus became Ensemble-in-Residence at the Graduate Center. Each year they work with doctoral students in the CUNY Composition Program, who write new works for the ensemble. Since 2004 the residency has been supported by the Baisley Powell
Elebash Endowment. The members of the ensemble are:
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Robert Ingliss, oboe
Calvin Wiersma, violin
Susannah Chapman, cello
William Anderson, guitar
Oren Fader, guitar
Paul Griffiths, in the New York Times, described Cygnus as an �enterprising and supple group--featuring guitars, strings and woodwinds in pairs�, an instrumentation
that has its precedent in the Elizabethan �broken consort�. Cygnus is a group of six versatile chamber musicians, all of whom are among the most highly respected practitioners of their instruments. A sampling of the extensive repertoire that has been written for Cygnus may be heard on its recent CRi and Bridge Recordings.
Cygnus presents a series of three concerts every year at various halls in New York City, and has toured extensively in the U.S., Europe , and Latin America. Asampling of the extensive repertoire that has been written for Cygnus may be heard on its recent CRI and Bridge Recordings. Cygnus presents a series of three concerts every year at various halls in New York City, and has toured extensively in the U.S., Europe , and Latin America.
posted by David Salvage
4/16/2006 03:47:00 PM
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