In December 2012, the entire Chicago new music community banded together for a benefit to support New Amsterdam Records, an artist-led new music label whose offices were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. We’ll feature this concert in the second of a two-part series that concludes this week.
Joan Tower- Copperwave
Gaudete Brass
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Morgan Krauss- Gravity of Shadows
Ensemble Vulpine Lupin; Nina Dante, vocal
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Amy Kirsten- Pirouette
Tim Munro, flute
Jason Charney- Ocean Body
Fifth House Ensemble
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Phillipe Leroux- Un Lieu Verdoyant Hommage a Gerard Grisey
Ensemble Dal Niente
Béla Bartók- Duos for 2 Violins (excerpts)
Members of the Chicago Q Ensemble
Toru Takemitsu- Paths
Steven Burns, trumpet
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Edgar Meyer- Duo for Violin and Bass
Members of the Fifth House Ensemble
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Is any of this fine music available on CDs or via download? Love your program and its contemporary idea!