Da Capo Bridges: Bridging Cultures – 50th Anniversary Season Event #1
$20 ($10 students/senior tickets available at box office)
- Lucy Shelton, soprano
- Yoshi Weinberg, flute, alto flute, bass flute, & piccolo
- Jacqueline Leclair, oboe & English horn
- Nanci Belmont, bassoon
- Michael Lipsey, percussion
Shulamit Ran — Mirage (written for the Da Capo Chamber Players)
Tania León — One Mo’ Time (written for the Da Capo Chamber Players)
George Walker — Music for 3
Eric Moe — Spirit Mountain (based on a Nepalese offering song)
Hannah Kendall — Tan-Tan (Caribbean tale)
About the series: The internationally heralded, New York-based Da Capo Chamber Players celebrate five decades of music-making with a three-concert series “Da Capo Bridges – 50th Anniversary Season,” featuring three premieres by Bruce Adolphe, Shirish Korde, and David Sanford.
The series will take place in Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center (129 West 67th Street, NYC). The first event, "Bridging Cultures", is scheduled for Wednesday evening, April 6, 2022, 8pm Eastern; followed by "Bridging Styles", Tuesday evening, May 10, 2022, 8pm Eastern; and "Bridging Eras: Then and Now", Thursday evening, June 9, 2022, 8pm Eastern. "Bridging Eras: Then and Now" was originally slated as the first event on February 9, 2022, however, owing to COVID-19, it is postponed.
Da Capo Chamber Players eagerly anticipate having an in-person audience, barring COVID-19 restrictions! The concerts will also be live-streamed.
Attending online: Visit the Merkin Hall website for livestream information: https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/buy-tickets/
Attending in person: Please review the Kaufman Music Center's current COVID-19 health and safety protocols before attending this event: https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/covid
About Da Capo Chamber Players
The Da Capo Chamber Players has been hailed by The New Yorker as a "distinguished ensemble...at the center of the New York new-music scene for forty-five years" (May 2016). Winner of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award early in its trajectory (1973), the ensemble enters its 50th season in 2022. It is a five-member "Pierrot" ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano). The internationally acclaimed group has worked closely with today's most respected composers, building a heritage of present-day American chamber music drawn from an enormous spectrum of styles.
Known for its unique and dedicated attention to every work, its dynamic performances are consistent with the highest musical standards found in performances of traditional repertoire. A further very important goal is to bring exciting American music to other destinations around the world, and to present musics of global cultures for American audiences.
The Da Capo Chamber Players' annual New York series has been praised for "superb" and "gripping" performances. Ground-breaking programs have included premieres by Elliott Carter, George Perle, Louis Karchin ('American Visions', setting of poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, with the poet as guest reader), Joan Tower, Shulamit Ran, Chinary Ung, and countless others. The five ensemble members bring years of creative insight, involvement, and artistic vision to their work and performances of today's repertoire, including over 150 works written especially for the group. Adventuresome programs with electronic sounds, works by young composers, and collaborations with choreographers – all have sparked the imagination of listeners. Their Merkin Concert Hall celebration of the centenary of Arnold Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire' (with Lucy Shelton) received a standing ovation, just as it did again at New Music New College in Sarasota, FL, in 2016.
In 2010, NPR named the ensemble's recording, 'Chamber Music of Chinary Ung' (Bridge Records), as one of the five Best Contemporary Classical CDs of the Year.
Educational outreach has always been and continues to be a vital part of Da Capo’s work. The ensemble shares its love and commitment to this important repertoire with next generation artists through its ongoing residency at Bard College and touring engagements that feature masterclasses, readings, and performances. As young composers continue to develop after graduation, Da Capo continues to program them, helping them with career-building.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the ensemble from reaching out to its audiences. In 2021, anchored by Da Capo Chamber Players’ conviction regarding culture, diversity, and human rights, the Da Capos presented Musical Offerings for Human Rights, a three-concert virtual series through YouTube Premiere: Hearing the African-American Experience; Asian Echoes; and Paean To Merging Cultures.
Since its founding in 1970, the Da Capo Chamber Players has received funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. This season, it has received increased support from NYSCA for its 50th anniversary.
https://www.dacapochamberplayers.org/