Tribeca New Music: Bergamot Quartet – Best in Score
Online: $25 ($15 student/senior) |
At the door: $30 ($20 student/senior)
- Ledah Finck, violin
- Sarah Thomas, violin
- Amy Tan, viola
- Irène Han, cello
Jonah Cohen — That Special Place
Ledah Finck — Something More Than Itself
Eli Greenhoe — Bildungsroman (selection; world premiere)
Caroline Shaw — Punctum
Join us for an exhilarating evening of contemporary music as Tribeca New Music launches its 2024-25 season with the Bergamot Quartet, performing live at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. This dynamic concert will feature the winning compositions from the 2024 TNM Young Composer Competition, as well as world premieres and recent works.
About the Music
Jonah Cohen – That Special Place — "This piece recalls some of my earliest musical memories from car rides with my dad, where we’d listen to his favorite bands like Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, and Guns N' Roses. Those moments, sharing the music he loved, have always stuck with me, and 70s and 80s rock holds a special place in my heart. It's shaped how I think about music, especially rhythm and groove. This piece is a tribute to that music and to my dad for introducing me to it."
Iridescence by Zach Gulaboff Davis traces a musical narrative of opaque, brooding lyricism to cosmic heights. Along the way, listen for point of climax and transformation when the opening harmonies evolve as the work unfolds.
something more than itself by Ledah Finck is her newest piece for Bergamot, finished in summer 2024. It explores text by the Danish poet Inger Christensen and continues Ledah's current practice, exemplified by the quartet's recent release of Quilting Song, of bringing songwriting directly into her string quartet universe.
Eli Greenhoe – Bildungsroman (selection) — A masterful Brooklyn-native composer and longtime collaborator with Bergamot violinist Ledah Finck via their chamber-folk duo Freddy & Sally, Eli is completing an evening-length piece for Bergamot this season, a movement of which will be showcased on this concert.
Punctum by Caroline Shaw is one of the first pieces that brought the Bergamot Quartet together, and remains a favorite. Shaw describes the piece as "an exercise in nostalgia,” using Bach's St. Matthew Passion as the seed of that nostalgia and refracting it through her own colorful lens.
Don't miss out on this amazing concert! Seating is limited, so reserve your tickets today.
About Tribeca New Music
Tribeca New Music is a not-for-profit organization that presents and performs a bold new art music, infused with American pop culture, written by contemporary composers. Our core stable of professional musicians (the Tribeca Monsters) and guest artists engage the public with compelling performances that stimulate and inspire, offering new and recent works with passion and integrity. The goal is to forge new links between musicians and a growing audience of adventurous music lovers through concerts, commissions, competitions, educational initiatives, dialogue, and our annual Tribeca New Music Festival.
https://www.tribecanewmusic.org/