Liminal Highway & In a Grove
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS
TIM MUNRO AND CHRISTOPHER CERRONE:
LIMINAL HIGHWAY & IN A GROVE
Flute & electronics with Grammy-winning flute virtuoso Tim Munro plus a scene from a new opera in development by composer Christopher Cerrone.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY
6:30pm (doors) / 7:00pm (event)
Tickets: $15 General / $10 Student
on the program
Christopher Cerrone: Liminal Highway
Christopher Cerrone: In a Grove*
*excerpt work in progress
Christopher Cerrone conjures sonic environments. His magnetic music surrounds listeners, painting landscapes, bringing to the surface raw emotions. This program provides a snapshot of the composer through new and in-progress works.
A silent, waiting grove. A violent encounter. Seven testimonies. Witnesses and perpetrators reckon with the truth. Inspired by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s short story, In a Grove (libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann) is Cerrone’s much-anticipated follow-up to the captivating Invisible Cities, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Here, the first scene receives its US premiere.
There is a moment, between sleeping and waking, where all is fragile, all is possible. Liminal Highway, written for Grammy-winning flutist Tim Munro, evokes the sensation of this moment. Layer upon layer of flute sounds shimmer, pulse and glow, creating a radiantly beautiful sonic mirage.
“Cerrone’s gentle duet...made a strong conclusion and was the evening’s highlight....the result plumbed the subconscious, a realm less peaceful than one likes to imagine.”
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Tim Munro is a Chicago-based, triple-Grammy-winning musician. His diverse work as a flutist, speaker, writer and teacher is united by a single goal: to draw audiences into an engrossing and whimsical musical world. Born in Brisbane, Australia... READ MORE
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE / COMPOSER
Winner of a 2015 Rome Prize and a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, the Brooklyn-based composer Christopher Cerrone is internationally acclaimed for music which ranges from opera to orchestral, from chamber music to electronic... READ MORE
Eliza Bagg, soprano
Brennan Hall, countertenor
Sean Clark, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Terry Sweeney, percussion