Contemporary Classical

Stravinsky Remixed

Our friends at the Metropolis Ensemble will perform a new take on Stravinsky‘s The Rite of Spring called The Rite: Remixed  tonight at Prospect Park in Brooklyn.  Composers Ryan Francis, Leo Leite, and Ricardo Romaneiro have reimagined the Rite of Spring as a piece for chamber orchestra and live electronics.   For those of you unfortunates who don’t live here in the Center of the Universe, you can hear the webcast live on NPR.org starting at 7:30 p.m. ET.   It’s part of the  Wordless Music Series, which you can find out more about in an hourlong pre-concert special beginning at 6:30.

Founded in 2006 by conductor Andrew Cyr, the Metropolis Ensemble performs and commissions new music from some of the most promising new composers today. The group itself also features the finest young chamber musicians around, performing new works alongside the most influential pieces from the 20th century.

Something called Deerhoof is also on the program.