Carnegie Hall presents Decoda: Reverberations
$41-$47
Hannah Kendall — Vera (for violin, viola, cello, & clarinet)
Hanns Eisler — Septet No. 1, Op. 92a (Variations on American Children's Songs) (for flute, clarinet, bassoon, & string quartet)
Billy Bragg — Eisler on the Go
Danni Lee Parpan / Caroline Shaw — Every Stone in Cambridge Reminds Me of You (world premiere)
Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring Suite
Featuring "some of the brightest young classical musicians in the world" (Time Out New York), Decoda is Carnegie Hall's first-ever affiliate ensemble, comprising alums of the adventurous Ensemble Connect. Copland's Appalachian Spring—celebrating its 80th anniversary this season—serves as an inspiration and departure point for this unique program. Experience a premiere composed by and featuring Ringdown, the new electronic cinematic pop duo of Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan; an American folk–inspired septet by Copland's friend Hanns Eisler written shortly before his expulsion from the US; a new arrangement of Billy Bragg's setting of Woody Guthrie's Eisler on the Go; and the dynamic Vera by Hannah Kendall.
About Ringdown Music
Ringdown's music is like calling your first love on a rotary telephone, percussively tearing out the hammers from a 1924 vintage upright, and flinging each of them into space while you wait for every heartache you've ever felt to quietly return. Collaborators Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee—who between the two of them have a Pulitzer Prize, a handful of Grammys, and a "Best Drum Major" Award—describe Ringdown as an electronic cinematic pop duo from Portland, Oregon. Others have described Ringdown as the love child of Johannes Brahms and Brandi Carlile—if they were born in the same century and if Brahms was a queer woman. You decide.
https://www.ringdownmusic.com/About Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall's mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences.
https://www.carnegiehall.org/About Caroline Shaw
Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves among roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed. She works often in collaboration with others, as producer, composer, violinist, and vocalist.
Caroline is the recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music, several Grammy awards, an honorary doctorate from Yale, and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. This year's projects include the score to Fleishman is in Trouble (FX/Hulu), vocal work with Rosalía (MOTOMAMI), the score to Josephine Decker's The Sky Is Everywhere (A24/Apple), music for the National Theatre’s production of The Crucible (dir. Lyndsey Turner), Justin Peck’s “Partita” with NY City Ballet, a new stage work LIFE (Gandini Juggling/Merce Cunningham Trust), the premiere of Microfictions Vol. 3 for NY Philharmonic and Roomful of Teeth, a live orchestral score for Wu Tsang's silent film Moby Dick co-composed with Andrew Yee, two albums on Nonesuch (Evergreen and The Blue Hour), the score for Helen Simoneau's dance work Delicate Power, tours of Graveyards & Gardens (co-created immersive theatrical work with Vanessa Goodman), and tours with So Percussion featuring songs from Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part (Nonesuch), amid occasional chamber music appearances as violist (Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, La Jolla Music Society).
Caroline has written over 100 works in the last decade, for Anne Sofie von Otter, Davóne Tines, Yo Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, LA Phil, Philharmonia Baroque, Seattle Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Aizuri Quartet, The Crossing, Dover Quartet, Calidore Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, Miro Quartet, I Giardini, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Ariadne Greif, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Britt Festival, and the Vail Dance Festival. She has contributed production to albums by Rosalía, Woodkid, and Nas. Her work as vocalist or composer has appeared in several films, TV series, and podcasts including The Humans, Bombshell, Yellowjackets, Maid, Dark, Beyonce’s Homecoming, Tár, Dolly Parton's America, and More Perfect.
Her favorite color is yellow, and her favorite smell is rosemary.
https://carolineshaw.com/About Danni Lee Parpan
Danni Lee is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter based in Portland, OR. Her latest album, Truth Teller (October 2021), has her focusing her efforts on distorted electric tenor ukulele and rule-breaking how instruments are "supposed" to be played. Known for her live performance energy and witty stage banter, Danni Lee's live shows have been described as equal parts stand-up comedy and live music. Whether you laugh or cry – or both – her emotionally driven lyrics will be stuck in your head for weeks and weeks.
https://www.danniparpan.com/music