2012-2013 Season
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New Music Harvest Oct. 4-6, 2012 Join us as we launch our 35th season with a cornucopia of tantalizing new chamber music from throughout our nation plus delectable dishes prepared by Lowertown’s finest restaurants. Next.Stop by Anna Clyne, New York Whispering by Narong Prangcharoen, Thailand/Missouri like rain upon the moon by Brooke Joyce, Iowa Prime by Marc Mellits, Chicago We Speak Etruscan by Lee Hyla, Chicago. With guest artists Kyle Hutchins, soprano sax and Kirsten Whitson, cello. Zeitgeist New Music Cabaret Nov. 15-18, 2012 With three to four hours of local live music each night, Zeitgeist’s 4th Annual New Music Cabaret features some of the Twin Cities’ best musicians performing an eclectic variety of new music. Thursday, November 15 7 p.m. Flying Forms 8:30 p.m. Zeitgeist 10 p.m. Atlantis Quartet Friday, November 16 7 p.m. Ensemble 61 8:30 p.m. Zeitgeist 10 p.m. Orange Mighty Trio 11 p.m. McNally Smith Showcase- Joseph Schad Saturday, November 17 5:30 p.m. Bill Simenson Orchestra 7 p.m. Saltee 8:30 p.m. Zeitgeist 10 p.m. Gao Hong & Butterfly 11 p.m. McNally Smith Showcase-Improvestra Sunday, November 18 2 p.m. Duo Zeno 3:30 p.m. Zeitgeist 5 p.m. Carei Thomas' Neighborhood Band 6 p.m. McNally Smith Showcase-Petersen/Charmoli/Lewis Playing it Close to Home Feb. 22-24, 2013 With winning songs from our Eric Stokes Song Contest plus works by local treasure Jeffrey Brooks, our annual Playing it Close to Home concert celebrates the wealth of musical creativity found right here in our own backyard. Zeitgeist Early Music Festival The Electronic Age: Medium and Message April 5-7, 2013 With our third annual Early Music Festival, Zeitgeist examines the profound impact of the electronic signal on music-making, revealing electricity’s transformative power with regard to how we create, how we listen and how we perform. As a group of musicians unabashedly dedicated to the music of our time, we know the most meaningful expressions of today are informed by the contributions of musicians of yesterday. In acknowledgement of this artistic debt, we travel back before the time of iPhones, email, and xbox to explore the powerful contributions of the musical pioneers of days gone by. April 5 Steve Reich - Pendulum Music Alvin Lucier - I am Sitting in a Room Charles Dodge - Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental John Cage - Cartridge Music Karlheinz Stockhausen - Mikrophonie I April 6 Charles Dodge - Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental John Cage - Cartridge Music Michael Oldfield/arr. Zeitgeist - Tubular Bells Alvin Lucier - Music on a Long Thin Wire April 7 Steve Reich - Pendulum Music Alvin Lucier - I am Sitting in a Room Michael Oldfield/arr. Zeitgeist - Tubular Bells Karlheinz Stockhausen - Mikrophonie I Early Inspirations: A Neighborly Collaboration May 17-19, 2013 Who says strong fences make good neighbors? The Baroque Room’s Flying Forms and Studio Z’s Zeitgeist, part of Second Floor Live in the Northwestern Building, join forces to share their love of musical adventure in this collaborative celebration of musical tradition and innovation. This concert features new works written for Flying Forms’ baroque instruments plus new works for Zeitgeist inspired by music of the Renaissance and Baroque. Works include: A Gondola Evades Us by James Holdman Consortia by Scott Miller Kepler’s Dream by J. David Moore The armed man should be feared… and other lessons from the Renaissance by Justin Rubin Retouchage by Nissim Schaul For Tami: Inspired by d’Anglebert’s D Minor Suite by Asako Hirabayashi From the Book Hours by Kirsten Broberg Pièces de Clavecin en Concert by Abbie Betinis Toccata Settima, Book II by Girolamo Frescobaldi |
