Strange, visceral and cataclysmic, this performance pushes beyond comfort and convention, reveling in grit, heart-racing pulse and untamed brilliance.
The musical architect of so many cinematic worlds, Danny Elfman opens the program with his mischievous Piano Quartet, darting from one idea to the next with manic intensity and the same sardonic humour that made his film and television scores so beloved.
Alongside it are Pierre Jalbert’s Howl, a clarinet-led incantation that is at once ritual and outburst; Missy Mazzoli’s Tooth and Nail, pulsing and ascetic; and Anna Meredith’s Tuggemo, part rave and part string quartet, infectious and uncannily striking.
Hailed by The New York Times as one of his generation’s most imaginative and skilful creators, Paris-born and LA-based composer Daniel Wohl brings to the stage a world premiere written for the Ensemble. Fusing acoustic and electronic forces in his signature style, he creates a three-dimensional musical realm that is provocative and unruly yet dazzling in its originality.
PROGRAM
Missy Mazzoli Tooth and Nail
Anna Meredith Tuggemo
Daniel Wohl New Work
Pierre Jalbert Howl
Danny Elfman Piano Quartet
- 90 minutes, no interval
