John Zorn at 70, Music For Strings at Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York City, USA.

Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023

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https://www.millertheatre.com/events/john-zorn-at-70-music-for-strings

COMPOSER PORTRAITS
JOHN ZORN AT 70
MUSIC FOR STRINGS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023, 8PM
Miller Theatre at Columbia University

This fall, Miller Theatre celebrates the 70th birthday of New York musical icon John Zorn.
The season opens with a spotlight on Zorn’s writing for strings. Eight trusted interpreters of his music join forces for three virtuosic and important works, all written in 2020, including the mini opera, The Gas Heart, for two cellists and two percussionists.

Repertoire;

JOHN ZORN Sigil Magick: A Curious and Detailed Exposition of Sigils, Signs, and Hieroglyphs Peculiar to the Occult Orders, Hermetic Brotherhoods, and Dark Mystery Schools of the Late Middle Ages for string quintet (2020)

JOHN ZORN The Gas Heart a mini opera for two celli and two percussionists (2020)

JOHN ZORN Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Present Itself as a Science for string sextet (2020)

JOHN ZORN Circe a magical invocation for two trumpets (2019)

“All my compositions are platforms to enable creativity.”
— JOHN ZORN

Performers

Jack Quartet - strings

Yura Lee - viola

Michael Nicolas - cello and voice

Peter Evans - trumpet

Sam Jones - trumpet

Sae Hashimoto - percussion and voice

Ches Smith - percussion and voice

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