MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019
7:30 PM

MACE (Mannes American Composers Ensemble)
John L. Tishman Auditorium, The New School
66 West 12th Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

Free (R.S.V.P. requested)
https://events.newschool.edu/event/mace_mannes_american_composers_ensemble_with_david_fulmer_conductor_1365

Pieces by two British New Complexiteers: Brian Ferneyhough, the most recondite of the lot, and Michael Finnissy, the most sensuously appealing (and if you don't think the phrases "New Complexity" and "sensously appealing" can appear in the same sentence, then you haven't been listening to enough Finnissy). A piece by Unsuk Chin, who combines Modernism with sensual appeal in a wholly different way (and is on the verge, I think, of attaining actual popularity, as she deserves). And a world premiere by the young Iranian composer Bahar Royaee, who leaves all that Modernist stuff behind and creates new sounds.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Getting chilly. Time to go to the Beatrice Inn and spend immense amounts of money on MEAT.