Until February 6, the fiery Concertgebouw Orchestra, with the terrific conductor Klaus Mäkelä, streams Wolfe’s recent piece: Fountain of Youth. Click here to watch their performance.
The piece is noisy, it’s youthful. Washboards! Wild trumpet screams!
People have searched for the fountain of youth for thousands of years. The thought was that if you bathed in or drank from the fountain of youth you would be transformed, rejuvenated…
continue readingFrom May 9 through 13, Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer, her evening-length exploration of the American tale of John Henry, receives several European premieres with the Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval.
May 9: Belgian premiere at the Concertgebouw Brugge
May 11: UK premiere at the Barbican Center in London, part of the festival A Scream and an Outrage
May 13: Swedish premiere at the Uppsala Konsert & Kongress
Wolfe explains her work:
Steel Hammer is inspired by my love for the legends and music of Appalachia…
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Julia Wolfe has carved out her brilliant career with the same raucous drive and profound spirit that is reflected in the music she writes. Wolfe’s co-founding of the New York new music collective Bang on a Can in 1987 set her on a path to help alter the musical landscape not only in New York City, where she lives and works, but around the world…
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