Stencils and Shadows

Performing as Friends of MATA, nine of NYC's top new-music interpreters – including violinist Miranda Cuckson, cellist Mariel Roberts, and pianist Isabelle O'Connell – play works that explore what remains unsaid. Bangkok native Siraseth Pantura-Umporn’s MATA-Commissioned Ripples, inspired by disturbances of water, exposes what lies beneath the surface. Chilean composer Francisco C. Goldschmidt reflects on the loneliness of existence in his mesmerizing …y te pierdes y te hundes…. Foreground and background are engaged through the vibrant absences of the Italian Giovanni Bertelli’s quartet Libro d’Aprile and the shifting shapes and contours of Piano by Krists Auznieks from Latvia.

The Friends of MATA are Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute; Carol McGonnell, clarinet; Leah Asher, Miranda Cuckson, Pauline Kim Harris, violins; Hannah Levinson, viola; Mariel Roberts, cello; Isabelle O'Connell, piano; Carl Bettendorf, conductor

Friday, April 28th8PM at the Kitchen, 512 W 19th St, NYC$25Tickets available here

Francisco C. Goldschmidt (Chile/Germany): ...y te pierdes y te hundes...(2013-16), AP
Giovanni Bertelli (Italy/France): Libro d'Aprile (2012), AP
Krists Auznieks (Latvia/USA): Piano (2015), NYP
Siraseth Pantura-umporn (Thailand): Ripples (2017) MATA Festival Commission