This week, we’ll be broadcasting the Thirsty Ear New Music Festival, live from the Empty Bottle. Come join us at the venue or on the radio for some great music, including performances by the Chicago Q Ensemble, James Falzone, the Palomar Ensemble and the MAVerick Ensemble!
Saturday, August 11 5:00 to 7:00 PM (Doors open at 4:00)
Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave.
$10 at the door, $5 with proof that you rode your bike.
The concert will be broadcast live on WFMT.
The Thirsty Ear Festival is presented in association with the Active Transportation Alliance.
Thirsty Ear Festival
4:00 Doors Open
4:20 – 4:45 Joint performance of Ben Vida’s Liminal Bends by all of the day’s performers spaced throughout the venue.
4:45 Sound check
5:00 We’re live! Chicago Q Ensemble takes the stage
Q Ensemble
Roots Run Deep by Brian Baxter
String Quartet Number 1 (excerpt) by Amy Wurtz
Fjords (excerpt) by Kyle Vegter
5:30 James Falzone
James Falzone
Sighs Too Deep for Words – an alternately meditative and explosively virtuosic improvisation for solo clarinet and prayer bowls.
6:00 MAVerick Ensemble takes the stage
MAVerick Ensemble
Charisma by Iannis Xenakis
‘price by William Jason Raynovich
Private Games by Shulamit Ran
6:30 Palomar Ensemble
Palomar
Yellow by Lansing McCloskey
Devil Dance by Payton MacDonald
Three for Zhou B. by Seth Boustead
Here are the paintings that inspire Seth Boustead’s piece, Three for Zhou B. These works were painted by the Zhou Brothers.
Open My Door
Life
Group Dance
