8pm - John Zorn’s Bagatelles
Mike Nicolas, cello
Erik Friedlander, cello
$15
This is one of the most fun new projects I'm a part of! Come and hear to cellists raise the roof at The Stone.
From March to May 2015 John Zorn wrote 300 new tunes collected in a book of music called The Bagatelles. Like the Masada book (only more atonal) the compositions are meant to be interpreted by a wide range of musicians. Tonight two great cellists take up the challenge.
10pm - Claws & Wings
Sylvie Courvoisier, Piano
Ikue Mori, Electronics
Erik Friedlander, cello
$15
Claws & Wings is written in memory of Erik’s late wife. He, along with his daughter, were left to ponder how to make sense of the loss, and how to move on. The music strongly resonates with Erik’s mindset at the time: meditating on a life lost, regaining his balance, and then moving forward with optimism. Claws & Wings is dedicated to this ongoing process