TIME:SPANS Festival: Talea Ensemble – Santos, Balch, Saunders
$20 ($10 student/senior)
- Juliet Fraser, soprano
Katherine Balch — drip music (2019, arr. 2021; world premiere)
Rebecca Saunders — Skin (2015-16; US premiere)
About the Festival: The TIME:SPANS Festival is dedicated to the presentation of primarily twenty-first century music. The festival is produced and presented by the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust. Artistic Director for TIME SPANS is Thomas Fichter. The name TIME:SPANS is taken from the title of an orchestra piece by the American composer Earle Brown.
COVID-19 Protocols: Proof of vaccination will be required to attend all TIME:SPANS concerts at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. All attendees must show CDC, WHO, Excelsior Pass, or similar official documentation of vaccination and booster status plus matching photo ID to a T:S representative on entering the building.
Masks must be worn at all times inside the building. Masks must be worn properly covering nose & mouth inside the building. We can provide KN95s.
About Talea Ensemble
The Talea Ensemble's mission is to champion musical creativity, cultivate curious listeners, and bring visionary new works to life with vibrant performances that remain in the audience's imagination long after a concert. Recipient of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the New York based Talea Ensemble has premiered more than 45 commissions since it was founded in 2008. Festival engagements have included performances at Lincoln Center Festival, Donaueschingen Musiktage, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Resonant Bodies Festival, TIME:SPANS, Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Time of Music Finland, Wien Modern, Vancouver New Music, Festival Musica, and many more. The ensemble has also partnered with institutions across disciplines, such as the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, the City of Ideas Festival in Mexico, and the Storm King Art Center, and has undertaken residencies in music departments around the country to support a new generation of musicians.
http://taleaensemble.org/