Icarus Quaret in NYC

Tuesday, March 24th at 7pm

All Angels Church * 251 W 80th St. New York, NY 10024

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Program:

Hear My Prayer – for soprano and string trio from “Invocation – a prayer for peace” by Colin Pip Dixon based on a text by A. Einstein.

On Poetry & Earth – for string trio and narrator by Samuel Lord Kalcheim with poems by John Keats and Countee Cullen

Icarus Quartet – for string quartet and narrator by Colin Pip Dixon based on the celebrated ancient Greek myth

Featuring

MacIntyre Dixon, narrator • Camille Ortiz, soprano • Colin Pip Dixon, violin • Alwyn Wright, violin • Arnaud Ghillebaert, viola • Kathryn Brunhaver, cello

Greek myth meets string quartet in an original work that brings the eternal characters of Daedalus and Icarus to life through music. Melodic, contemporary and moving, this classic story that has inspired artists over the centuries now brings Icarus’ journey into the 21st Century! Broadway veteran actor, MacIntyre Dixon is the narrator for this New York City premiere! The piece has been performed in Brussels (Belgium) and at the festival of the Chateau de Machy near Lyon, France. 

The program opens with an excerpt from Colin Pip Dixon’s “Invocation – a prayer for peace”, a setting of Albert Einstein’s words “We implore you as human beings to human beings, remember your humanity and forget the rest”… a cry for the times we live in.

Also on the program, a celebration of our entrance into Spring with composer Samuel Lord Kalcheim’s “On Poetry and the Earth” – a piece he wrote for the Elsewhere Ensemble based on poems by John Keats and Countee Cullen. 

Audience Testimonials:

“No one else does what The Elsewhere Ensemble does in concerts—not just blending the spoken word with great music (which would really be enough!), but making us hear both the word and the music as we have never heard them before.” 

“Rarely have I been to a classical music concert that was so intimate and moving. The musicians, the soprano and the narrator were all top notch. And the energy and connection between the performers and the audience was palpable.”