Wordless Music: 2007-08 Season

Stream concerts on demand from the Wordless Music series' 2007-08 season, courtesy of the good people at WNYC. May 2nd's concert is 7:00 P.M. doors and 8:00 P.M. show time. For all other shows, check the corresponding venue's web site. Composers and repertoire specified below indicate music to be performed by that evening's "classical" artists. Unless otherwise indicated, all electronic and rock artists will perform their own compositions.
Friday, July 18, 2008	Deerhoof Metropolis Ensemble Performing Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. A free concert. Co-presented with Celebrate Brooklyn.	Prospect Park Bandshell Park Slope, Brooklyn
Friday, June 27, 2008	Times New Viking ACME Performing selections from the string quartets of Jefferson Friedman. A free concert. Co-presented with Whitney Live.	The Whitney Museum Madison Avenue & East 75th Street
Friday, June 20, 2008	Prefuse 73 ACME Performing Chen Yi's Sound of Five, for string quintet, and Kevin Volans' She Who Sleeps, for solo percussion. A free concert. Co-presented with Whitney Live.	The Whitney Museum Madison Avenue & East 75th Street
Friday, June 13, 2008	A Sunny Day in Glasgow ACME Performing Ingram Marshall's Entrada and John Adams' Shaker Loops, for seven strings. A free concert. Co-presented with Whitney Live.	The Whitney Museum Madison Avenue & East 75th Street
Friday, June 6, 2008	The Berg Sans Nipple ACME Performing selections from Kevin Volans' White Man Sleeps and John Adams' Book of Alleged Dances. A free concert. Co-presented with Whitney Live.	The Whitney Museum Madison Avenue & East 75th Street
Friday, May 2, 2008	Stars of the Lid (w/string quartet & projections) itsnotyouitsme Face the Music Face the Music is an NYC new-music ensemble comprising 19 students in grades 4-10 from the Kaufman Center’s Special Music School. They will perform recent chamber music by John Adams (Hallelujah Junction), Ira Mowitz (Kol Aharon), and Michael Gordon (Yo Shakespeare). (Utterly and completely sold out. Sorry.)	Good-Shepherd Faith Church Amsterdam Avenue & West 66th Street
Monday, April 21, 2008	Stars of the Lid (w/string quartet & projections) Christopher Willits Eric Jacobsen, Cello Kyle Sanna, Guitar Kevork Mourad, Visuals Performing music by Bach and original compositions	The Southern Theater Minneapolis, MN
Friday, April 18, 2008	Eluvium Third Angle New Music Ensemble Performing music for string quartet by Chen Yi, Zoltan Kodaly, and Portland composers Tomas Svoboda and David Schiff	The Old Church Portland, OR
Thursday, April 17, 2008	Stars of the Lid (w/string quartet & projections) Christopher Willits Classical Revolution PDX Performing Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 in C minor and Arvo Part's Spiegel Im Spiegel for viola and piano	Holocene Portland, OR
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008	Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver The Wordless Music Orchestra Brad Lubman, Conductor Performing John Adams' Christian Zeal and Activity, Gavin Bryars' The Sinking of the Titanic, and the U.S. premiere of Jonny Greenwood's Popcorn Superhet Receiver for string orchestra	The Church of St. Paul the Apostle Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008	Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver The Wordless Music Orchestra Brad Lubman, Conductor Performing John Adams' Christian Zeal and Activity, Gavin Bryars' The Sinking of the Titanic, and the U.S. premiere of Jonny Greenwood's Popcorn Superhet Receiver for string orchestra	The Church of St. Paul the Apostle Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007	Max Richter (w/string quintet & films by Matt Hulse) Cepia Assaff Weisman, Piano Performing music for solo piano by Haydn and Messiaen	Good-Shepherd Faith Church Amsterdam Avenue & West 66th Street
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007	Múm Hauschka Bing and Ruth/ David Moore Performing original compositions and selections from Bach's Goldberg Variations	New York Society for Ethical Culture Central Park West & 64th Street
Friday, Nov. 9, 2007	Múm Torngat Jihyun Kim, Cello Performing music for solo cello by Bach and Gyorgy Ligeti	The Church of St. Paul the Apostle Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007	Grizzly Bear Michael Harrison, Piano Performing original compositions from Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation, for harmonically tuned piano	New York Society for Ethical Culture Central Park West & 64th Street
Friday, Oct. 5, 2007	Valgeir Sigurdsson Sandro Perri Nico Muhly Performing original compositions	Good-Shepherd Faith Church Amsterdam Avenue & West 66th Street
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007	Valgeir Sigurdsson Nico Muhly Performing original compositions	The Southern Theater Minneapolis, MN First Wordless Music show outside of NYC!
Monday, Sept. 24, 2007	Beirut Colleen Katya Mihailova, Piano Colin Jacobsen, Violin Performing music for piano and violin by Chopin, Scriabin, Debussy, Arvo Part, & Bela Bartok	New York Society for Ethical Culture Central Park West & 64th Street
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007	Beirut Fifth Veil [Bard Conservatory of Music] Performing Osvaldo Golijov's The Dreams and Prayers of Issac the Blind, for klezmer clarinet and string quartet	Brooklyn Masonic Temple 317 Clermont Avenue Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Friday, Sept. 14, 2007	Do Make Say Think Electric Kompany Performing music for rock quartet by composers Nick Didkovsky, Jacob TV, & Marc Mellits	New York Society for Ethical Culture Central Park West & 64th Street
Stream concerts on demand from the Wordless Music series' 2007-08 season, courtesy of the good people at WNYC. All concerts are 7:00 P.M. doors and 8:00 P.M. show time. Watch this page for announcements of new 2007-08 season shows.