MUSIC
SUNDAY, MAY 27
4:00 PM

ICE:  The Music of Anna Thorvaldsdottir
National Sawdust
80 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

$29; $34 door
https://nationalsawdust.org/event/ice-presents-the-music-of-anna-thorvaldsdottir-with-cory-smythe-and-the-international-contemporary-ensemble/

The International Contemporary Ensemble playing the music of Anna Thorvaldsdottir is almost self-recommending.  Thorvaldsdottir is the crown jewel of Iceland's exciting New Music scene; her music is expansive, compelling, seemingly static but full of detail and, over time, incident.  ICE is, of course, one of the premier New Music ensembles in the world.  This show focuses on Thorvaldsdottir's music for piano, both solo and concertante; somehow the audience will encircle ICE's ace pianist, Cory Smythe, with the ensemble then encircling the audience.  This will be interesting and engaging and, if the stars align, memorable.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  If it's Memorial Day weekend, maybe it'll be easier to get into elemental Englishish Chez Ma Tante, which has really taken off.