HOUSE BLEND III:
PS21 favorites violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Conor Hanick return with a program of J.S. Bach’s Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004), Iannis Xenakis’s, Mikka S., for solo violin, Aaron Copland’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, and a selection of Charles Ives’s Songs (Opus. 114) arranged for piano and violin.
“A fearless, visionary, and tremendously talented artist” (Sequenza 21), Ethan Iverson writes of Cuckson’s rendition of the Xenakis: “Miranda Cuckson has always impressed with an effortless command of the hardest modern music. I first heard her on the 2014 album Melting the Darkness, which opens with the dumbfounding “Mikka S.” by Iannis Xenakis. It’s an incredibly difficult piece, but Cuckson sounds like she’s crooning a blues lullaby.” – Transitional Technology
Program:
Iannis Xenakis: Mikka S.
J.S. Bach: Sonata in D minor (BWV 1004)
Charles Ives: Selections from Songs (Opus 114)
Aaron Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano
PS21 HOUSE BLEND programs are conceived for our theater with an eye toward bringing virtuosic and thoughtful musicians together in genre-defying combinations. The series opens a creative space unique to our venue, surroundings, and audiences that yields programs that can only be heard at PS21.
Enjoy all four exciting concerts for one low price with a House Blend Series Pass.
EXPLORE HOUSE BLEND 2024
AUGUST 18, 6 pm – PS21 HOUSE BLEND I
Conor Hanick plays Johannes Brahms and Galina Ustvolskaya
AUGUST 19, 7 pm – PS21 HOUSE BLEND II: A double bill
Skylighght, Gelsey Bell (voice) & Erin Rogers (saxophone). Plus, composer/multi-instrumentalist Patrick Higgins (guitar, drums, electronics), improvisations on five tracks from Versus, his latest record
AUGUST 21, 7 pm – PS21 HOUSE BLEND IV: A double bill
Bonnie Whiting performs Wang Lu‘s Stages for solo speaking/singing percussionist, with stage design by Polly Apfelbaum, and Frederic Rzewski‘s To the Earth for speaking percussionist and four flower pots (text from the Homeric Hymn to Gaia, Mother of All). Plus a recital by bass-baritone Davóne Tines
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About PS21
A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region. Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.
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