Monday, April 5, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY
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Meet the composers, performers, and artistic director Andrew Cyr in an interactive chamber music concert involving Metropolis Ensemble's featured composers for the spring season: Timothy Andres, Anna Clyne, and David Bruce.

Metropolis Ensemble will present the New York premiere of Timo Andres' piano quartet I found it by the sea, paired with Brahms' masterwork in the genre, Op. 25. Inspired by this work, Andres sets an original Brahms theme as a "trope" or echo of his own. Also featuring the world premiere of a new string quartet by Anna Clyne, Primula Vulgaris, and a new arrangement of songs by Renaissance composer John Dowland for recorder and string quartet from composer David Bruce.

Metropolis Ensemble is a professional chamber orchestra dedicated to te emergence of the next generation of composers and performers. Led by Canadian Conductor Andrew Cyr, Metropolis Ensemble performs to capacity crowds, attracting diverse urban audiences by promoting an atmosphere of openness, discovery, and excitement about the process of creating and performing new music. Metropolis Ensemble has appeared with the Wordless Music Series, Lincoln Center, Celebrate Brooklyn! (Le) Poisson Rouge, and in broadcasts by WNYC Radio and National Public Radio.

Morning Tale - 2nd Movement from Metropolis Ensemble on Vimeo.

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The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is presented with the generous support of MetLife Foundation. The Spring 2010 Music Program is also supported in part by The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.


In-kind support is graciously provided by the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Quintet of the Americas, and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. The Momenta Quartet's performance is made possible through the generous support of The Aaron Coplan Fund for New Music and Meet the Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund.