Jessica Pavone's Quotidian
On May 31, 2007, at the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, Till by Turning -- joined by cellist Loren Dempster -- premiered Jessica Pavone's complete Quotidian, a multi-movement suite written for us.
Written in four movements, Quotidian intends to interpret four different points that occur within a day. The movements are "Hypnopompic" for violin, viola, cello, bassoon, and piano; "Post Meridiem" for string trio; "Weight of Dusk" for bassoon and piano; and "The Darkest Hour" for the complete quintet.
On January 2008 we brought Quotidian to Chicago, performing at Danny's, the Empty Bottle (with Christy & Emily and Roommate), and to Elastic.
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"The beautiful recording of the suite, on Pavone’s own Peacock label, was performed by Till by Turning, a sensitive ensemble of Oberlin grads..." - Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
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New Music by Aaron Siegel and Sabrina Schroeder
In March 2007, Till by Turning premiered commissions by Aaron Siegel and Sabrina Schroeder at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, and at the Friends Seminary Meeting House in Manhattan. The program included the new quintets -- Siegel's Chalk Line and Schroeder's Red Cars -- as well as Harold Meltzer's Snow White for singing pianist, Alex Ness's Shruti for solo viola, Katherine Young's Girl Detective for solo bassoon, Morton Feldman's Intersection IV, and a quintet version of Christian Wolfe's Edges. |
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Till by Turning presented our debut concert, "Under the Tightrope: The Chamber Music of Sofia Gubaidulina," in July 2004. The program included her String Trio; Piano Sonata; der Seiltanzer (Dancer on a Tightrope) for violin and piano; Quasi Hoquetus for viola, bassoon, and piano; and Duo Sonate for two bassoons -- with Rachael Elliot (in New York) and Karl Rzasa (Chicago). Aiming to attract a young and diverse audience, we chose Chicago's Chopin Theatre, in Wicker Park. The audience was a cross-section of Chicago's rock, improvised, jazz, and classical communities, many of whom where previously unfamiliar with Gubaidulina's work. In October 2004 we took this program on the road, playing in New York City and throughout eastern Maine. In Maine we performed in schools in the Blue Hill area and as guest artists on a women composers concert at the University of Maine at Orno. We also helped inaugurate and a chamber music series at St. John's Catholic Church in Bangor. The tour culminated in New York with a performance at Columbia University Teachers College. |
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Also...
Till by Turning performs at the Darmstadt series at Galapagos in Brooklyn. In Chicago we perform as part of the Friday night classical series at Danny's, and have participated in the Green Miill's new music series.