Long Play Festival 2024: Julia Wolfe's 'Forbidden Love' & 'David Lang's 'the little match girl passion'
$125 Saturday-only pass, $235-$350 3-day pass
Forbidden Love – all the things you aren’t supposed to do to string instruments. Julia Wolfe's string quartet for four percussionists is a creative collaboration conceived by none other than Sō Percussion, the ultimate can-do collective. Together, Wolfe and Sō share their beautiful, ethereal, and crunchy discoveries from this iconic quartet of instruments.
The little match girl passion is Lang's lush and tuneful mash up of Hans Christian Andersen and the Saint Matthew Passion, and it is as heartbreaking as it is uplifting. The Guardian recently called this work a 21st-century masterpiece – "one of the most original vocal works of recent times." Come see for yourself.
About ekmeles
ekmeles is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works, and gems of the historical avant garde. With a special focus on microtonal works, the ensemble has been praised by The New York Times for its "extraordinary sense of pitch". Fanfare Magazine said the ensemble's performances were "beyond expert — almost frightening in their precision".
https://ekmeles.com/