MUSICIANS
FORMS
All musicians new to Argento: fill out the following form (once): W9 (pdf), release form (pdf)
Note: Add a note if you use a different mailing address (mainly for mailing checks and tax documents).
Please email these forms to or mail them to:
Argento New Music Project
attn.: Kimmy Szeto
P.O. Box 824
New York, NY 10024
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Friday, April 17
Tenri Cultural Institute
Doors 7:30pm / Concert 8pm
43A W 13th St, New York, NY 10011 (click for map)
/ (212) 645-2800
PROGRAM (in order)
Bethany Younge – Bodyscape (2015)
for voice (sung by the composer), bass flute, oboe, percussion, video, and audience (unconducted)
ca. 10 minutes
Yotam Haber – New Work (title tbd) (2020) WORLD PREMIERE
for flute (+ piccolo, alto, and bass), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), piano, violin, viola, and cello (conducted)
Commissioned by the The Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund
ca. 10 minutes
–INTERMISSION–
Alma & Gustav Mahler, arr. Michel Galante – Turning Point
Part 1: Four Songs, Two Letters
for soprano (performing as Alma), piano, and narrator (performing as Gustav)
ca. 17 minutes
Part 2: Gustav Mahler/Michel Galante – Purgatorio & Scherzo from Symphony No. 10, arr. for chamber ensemble by Michel Galante (1910/2020)
III. Purgatorio (ca. 4 mins)
IV. Scherzo (ca. 10 mins)
for flute (+ piccolo), oboe (+ english horn), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon (+ contra bassoon), horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass (conducted; conductor plays small percussion)
ca. 15 minutes
Sang Song – Gretel (2019-2020)
for flute (+ piccolo/alto), oboe (+ english horn), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (conducted)
Includes live electronics (one audio file played back near end of piece)
I. To the Little House (NY Premiere)
II. Interlude: Vein of Shame (WORLD PREMIERE)
III. Kindertotenmusik (NY Premiere)
ca. 17 minutes (all movements attacca)
Post-concert discussion featuring Bethany Younge, Yotam Haber, and Sang Song
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
Tuesday, April 14: 10am - 5:15pm
Scholes Street Studio
375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (click for map)
10am-12pm: Haber, New Work (title tbd)
12pm-1pm: BREAK
1pm-4pm: Mahler, Purgatorio & Scherzo (with break)
4:15pm-5:15pm: Song, Gretel
Wednesday, April 15: 10am - 4pm
Scholes Street Studio
375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (click for map)
10am-12pm: Haber, New Work (title tbd)
12pm-1pm: BREAK
1pm-4pm: Song, Gretel
Friday, April 17 dress rehearsals: 3pm - 6:30pm
Tenri Cultural Institute
3pm-3:50pm: Younge, Bodyscape
4pm-4:20pm: Haber, New Work (title tbd)
4:30pm-4:50pm: Turning Point pt. 1
5pm-5:50pm: Mahler, Purgatorio & Scherzo (Turning Point pt. 2)
6pm-6:30pm: Song, Gretel
6:30pm-7:30pm: reset for doors
7:30pm: DOORS
Rehearsals for Bodyscape TBD
Thursday, April 16
Oktaven Audio
Recording of Sang Song's Gretel
10am - 3pm
35 Grove St., Mount Vernon, NY 10550 (click for map)
Head Engineer: Ryan Streber
Studio Manager: Jessica Slaven
646-872-5497