CONCERT SERIES
All events take place at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Art on the Corner aims to make the arts accessible to the community and the community accessible to the artists.
Admission to events is by a suggested donation of $15 pp [seniors & students, $10 pp] unless noted otherwise.
If you would like to schedule a concert event for 2018-2019 season, please contact us at artonthecornerbr@gmail.com
Would you like to meet other music lovers?
Click the link: The Brooklyn Live Performance Meetup @ Art on the Corner
Art on the Corner aims to make the arts accessible to the community and the community accessible to the artists.
Admission to events is by a suggested donation of $15 pp [seniors & students, $10 pp] unless noted otherwise.
If you would like to schedule a concert event for 2018-2019 season, please contact us at artonthecornerbr@gmail.com
Would you like to meet other music lovers?
Click the link: The Brooklyn Live Performance Meetup @ Art on the Corner
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 3PM
PARK SLOPE SINGERS presents
Sleep with Open Eyes
Tickets: $15pp / Seniors and Students $10pp
Tickets available at the door or in advance at this link: https://parkslopesingers.brownpapertickets.com
Timothy Parsons, Director
Balint Varga, piano
The Park Slope Singers presents an exciting musical kaleidoscope of contemporary music to engulf the audience in evocative soundscapes. Entitled “Sleep with Open Eyes,” the pieces truly enable the audience to listen and be immersed in the sounds and emotions surrounding us.
The concert features ten pieces, primarily from contemporary composers of the 20th and 21st century, whose backgrounds span the globe from China to South Africa, and from Norway to the Middle East, including two works by Grammy-winning American composers: Eric Whitacre and Mason Bates.
Each piece explores vastly different soundscapes, at once anchoring the listener in something familiar, and expanding their auditory horizons at the same time. Several selections seek to depict the natural world. Eric Whitacre’s “Cloudburst” starts with spoken word and chanting before evolving into a melody with percussion, all evoking a rainstorm that represents, according to the composer, the ceremonial “unleashed kinetic energy of all things.” Similarly in Chen Yi’s “Spring Dreams” a dreamer walks through a forest completely surrounded by nature, replete with bird calls and the morning rain. Chen Yi’s music blends the eastern and western idioms to depict something truly universal – the sounds of nature.
The idea of a “sound-world” is perhaps best summed up when discussing Ola Gjeilo’s “Northern Lights.” In a recent interview with the composer, his piece was described as “prioritizing the overall sound-world and timbre, where the text is more servant of the music rather than the other way around. The result is something akin to the setting of a book or the colors of a painting, preparing a place where the music will live.”
Real energy and juxtaposition are at play when the pieces transition from the sound-world of nature to that of technology. In Mason Bates’ “Mass Transmission,” the audience experiences the burgeoning concept of global communication. The piece tells the story using memoirs from the period of the first trans-continental radio transmission. Events nearly a century ago take on new urgency and immediacy as we delve into the memories of a mother separated from her child, half a world away. The yearning is palpable as the music oscillates from heartfelt simplicity to deeply mechanistic and technological – the human story of mother and child alongside the realities and sounds of the advances in technology.
Also featured: a modern arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach, a powerful anti-apartheid freedom song, and a 12th century choral arrangement, among others. Join us for this encompassing afternoon of music that will transport you with new sounds, ideas, and colors.
PARK SLOPE SINGERS presents
Sleep with Open Eyes
Tickets: $15pp / Seniors and Students $10pp
Tickets available at the door or in advance at this link: https://parkslopesingers.brownpapertickets.com
Timothy Parsons, Director
Balint Varga, piano
The Park Slope Singers presents an exciting musical kaleidoscope of contemporary music to engulf the audience in evocative soundscapes. Entitled “Sleep with Open Eyes,” the pieces truly enable the audience to listen and be immersed in the sounds and emotions surrounding us.
The concert features ten pieces, primarily from contemporary composers of the 20th and 21st century, whose backgrounds span the globe from China to South Africa, and from Norway to the Middle East, including two works by Grammy-winning American composers: Eric Whitacre and Mason Bates.
Each piece explores vastly different soundscapes, at once anchoring the listener in something familiar, and expanding their auditory horizons at the same time. Several selections seek to depict the natural world. Eric Whitacre’s “Cloudburst” starts with spoken word and chanting before evolving into a melody with percussion, all evoking a rainstorm that represents, according to the composer, the ceremonial “unleashed kinetic energy of all things.” Similarly in Chen Yi’s “Spring Dreams” a dreamer walks through a forest completely surrounded by nature, replete with bird calls and the morning rain. Chen Yi’s music blends the eastern and western idioms to depict something truly universal – the sounds of nature.
The idea of a “sound-world” is perhaps best summed up when discussing Ola Gjeilo’s “Northern Lights.” In a recent interview with the composer, his piece was described as “prioritizing the overall sound-world and timbre, where the text is more servant of the music rather than the other way around. The result is something akin to the setting of a book or the colors of a painting, preparing a place where the music will live.”
Real energy and juxtaposition are at play when the pieces transition from the sound-world of nature to that of technology. In Mason Bates’ “Mass Transmission,” the audience experiences the burgeoning concept of global communication. The piece tells the story using memoirs from the period of the first trans-continental radio transmission. Events nearly a century ago take on new urgency and immediacy as we delve into the memories of a mother separated from her child, half a world away. The yearning is palpable as the music oscillates from heartfelt simplicity to deeply mechanistic and technological – the human story of mother and child alongside the realities and sounds of the advances in technology.
Also featured: a modern arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach, a powerful anti-apartheid freedom song, and a 12th century choral arrangement, among others. Join us for this encompassing afternoon of music that will transport you with new sounds, ideas, and colors.
SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 3PM
CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF BAY RIDGE
SPRING CONCERT
Rita Pihra-Majurinen-Majurinen, Director
Dred Scott, piano
Join the choristers of Children's Chorus of Bay Ridge as they present their Spring Concert. The program features chorister-chosen pieces that have special meaning to the group's members and celebrate singing together. Face-painting, rock painting, and refreshments follow. Suggested donation: $10 per family.
CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF BAY RIDGE
SPRING CONCERT
Rita Pihra-Majurinen-Majurinen, Director
Dred Scott, piano
Join the choristers of Children's Chorus of Bay Ridge as they present their Spring Concert. The program features chorister-chosen pieces that have special meaning to the group's members and celebrate singing together. Face-painting, rock painting, and refreshments follow. Suggested donation: $10 per family.
updated May 15, 2019
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