A Brush With Our Time, world premiere

Sun Sep 19 2021 at 04:00 pm

Newberry Library | Chicago

Fourth Coast Ensemble
Publisher/HostFourth Coast Ensemble
A Brush With Our Time, world premiere
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Fourth Coast Ensemble is excited to present the much-anticipated world premiere of ? ????? ???? ??? ???? by composer ?????? ?????????? and librettist ?????? ???. Hosted by Newberry Library on Sunday, September 19th at 4pm CT, the performance will also be virtually live-streamed to audiences around the world.

Commissioned by the ensemble, this 40-minute piece for four voices, shakuhachi, percussion, and piano is based on the poetry of Zen artist ??????? ????????? and explores the tension between peace and conflict. The four singers will move freely throughout the library’s modular performance hall, immersing the audience in Clearfield's "vivid and galvanizing" sound world (Opera News), while Tanahashi paints four large-scale enso calligraphy works on canvases stationed throughout the performance space.

The in-person event at Newberry Library will be preceded by ? ???-??????? ??????? ????????? ?? ? ??, featuring a panel including composer Andrea Clearfield. The program begins with excerpts from Leonard Bernstein’s Mass arranged by Rao and featuring percussionist ???? ?????. Pianist ???? ????? will join the quartet and ??????? ?????? will perform shakuhachi.

Covid Protocols: Please note that in accordance with local guidelines all in-person audience members will be required to wear a mask throughout the duration of the performance, regardless of vaccination status.
Full season subscription packages will be available on August 31st for those who wish to buy tickets for this event at a discount. Contact [email protected] with questions.

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Patrice Fletcher and Dan Levine
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Eszter Borvendeg and Mark Wight, Kent Dymak and Theodore Foss, Marilynn Preston in memory of Barbara Bonfigli, Nathaniel Pusey and Francisco Salgado, Doreen Rao in memory of her son, Bridget Skaggs, and Robin Vaile Robison.

More information at fourthcoastensemble.com/brush.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St, Chicago, United States

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