Baryshnikov Arts Center Presents Owls
$20
Paul Wiancko — Vox Petra
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh — Rəqs
François Couperin — Les Barricades Mystérieuses ("The Mysterious Barricades")
Monica Mugan / Dan Trueman — Ricercar
Paul Wiancko — When The Night
Terry Riley — Good Medicine
Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) presents Owls, a self-described "new kind of quartet," on Monday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 7:30pm at its Howard Gilman Performance Space. The quartet is composed of violinist Alexi Kenney (Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient), violist Ayane Kozasa (founding member of the Aizuri Quartet), cellist Gabriel Cabezas (Sphinx Medal of Excellence), and cellist-composer Paul Wiancko (named one of Kronos Quartet's 50 for the Future) who will perform original arrangements that reimagine works by composers spanning three centuries. Drawing from a deep well of musical passions and backgrounds, Owls weaves together new compositions with original arrangements of music ranging from Baroque to Jazz, allowing them to access beautiful and exhilarating new sound worlds. Known for their original, visceral, and personal performances, Owls challenges the way meaningful concert experiences are conceived.
The program includes Owls member Paul Wiancko’s When the Night, which is inspired by the opening line of Ben E. King’s Stand By Me, and Vox Petra, a double duo inspired by Isamu Noguchi's iconic stone sculptures. Additionally featured on the program are Chick Corea's Children’s Song No. 12; Franghiz Ali-Zadeh's Reqs; François Couperin's Les Barricades Mystérieuses; Terry Riley's Good Medicine; and Trollstilt's (Monica Mugan and Dan Trueman) Ricercar.
About Owls
Drawing from a deep well of musical passions and backgrounds, Owls is a quartet collective that defies expectations and labels with original, visceral, and personal performances.
Each an artistic force in their own right, violinist Alexi Kenney, violist Ayane Kozasa, cellist Gabriel Cabezas and cellist-composer Paul Wiancko share an uncommonly fierce creative spirit which drives the quartet to challenge the way meaningful concert experiences are conceived. While weaving together new compositions with original arrangements of music ranging from the 1600s to the present, Owls' distinctive instrumentation allows them access to beautiful and exhilarating new sound worlds—effectively guaranteeing that each performance is uniquely them and without limits.
https://www.owlsmusic.com/