MUSIC
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019
7:00 PM

A Night with George Crumb
Chris Grymes Open G Series
National Sawdust
80 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

$29
https://nationalsawdust.org/event/george-crumb-birthday-celebration/

George Crumb is an original. He doesn't belong to any school and doesn't sound like anyone else. His compositions employ extended vocal and instrumental techniques — but always in the interest of creating interesting sonorities and textures; his music is always good to listen to. Tonight, in celebration of Crumb's 90th birthday last week, we'll hear one of his very best pieces, the Lorca setting Night of Four Moons (a response to the Apollo 11 moon landing) for mezzo, banjo, flute, electric cello, and percussion: you haven't heard anything like it. There'll also be a new short film about Crumb by Zac Nicholson.

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