FREE Open Rehearsal: ARNOLD SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1
Go behind the scenes and observe CMNW’s world-class musicians working together to put the finishing touches on the music for upcoming performances. An informal Q&A follows the rehearsal.
Third Sound takes the stage to rehearse Anton Webern’s arrangement of Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 for Pierrot ensemble.
This year’s open rehearsals are sponsored by: George & Debbie Olsen
Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Wednesday, 7/19 • 11:00 am PT
Artists
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Third Sound
Ensemble
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Laura Cocks, flute
Bixby Kennedy, clarinet
Karen Kim, violin
Michael Nicolas, cello
Steven Beck, piano
Patrick Castillo, composer“Forward-looking, expert ensemble Third Sound” (The New Yorker) is a collective of virtuoso performers drawn from New York City’s finest chamber musicians. The ensemble musicians—flutist Sooyun Kim, clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois, violinist Karen Kim, cellist Michael Nicolas, and composer Patrick Castillo—have appeared on the most prestigious series and stages around the world and garnered myriad honors, including the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Georg Solti Foundation Career Grant, and the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance, among many others. Conceived from a desire to present the complete literature as a rich and dynamic continuum, Third Sound brings together an accomplished group of musicians equally skilled in—and equally passionate about—the work of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms as that of composers ranging from Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Messiaen; Carter, Wuorinen, Adams, and Reich; to emerging composers of the early twenty-first century.
Third Sound recorded the title track of Wang Lu’s portrait album, Urban Inventory (New Focus Recordings), which was named one of The New Yorker’s Notable Performances and Recordings of 2018. In 2020, innova Recordings releases the ensemble’s debut album, Heard in Havana.
Third Sound made its debut in November 2015 at the Festival de Música Contemporánea de La Habana (Havana, Cuba), presenting a program of contemporary American music in partnership with the American Composers Forum. I Care If You Listen wrote of the ensemble’s festival performance, “Third Sound played with a level of commitment, joy, and ensemble cohesion that belies the short time they have worked together.” The ensemble has also appeared at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University (New York), National Sawdust (Brooklyn), Bard Music West (San Francisco), the Schubert Club (St. Paul, MN), and elsewhere.