Our annual Modern Music series, brewed with audiences in mind, PS21’s provocative House Blend programs, featuring celebrated soloists and ensembles, marry classic virtuosity with contemporary ingenuity.
House Blend Concert II: June 26, 5 PM
Mauricio Kagel:MM51 (1976) Robert Helps: Postlude (1964) Javier Alvarez:Temazcal (1984) Franz Schubert: Lieder (Various) Jo Kondo: Standing (1973) Roberto Gerhard: Gemini (1966)
Featuring Brandon Ilaw (percussion), Milutin Jocic (baritone), Eric Huebner (piano), Miranda Cuckson (violin), and Leelanee Sterrett (horn)
About House Blend Concert II
A selection of Schubert’s Lieder nestles among a quintet of twentieth-century gems. The most eye- and ear-catching of these is Mauricio Kagel’s MM51, for piano and metronome, performed by Eric Huebner, New York Philharmonic principal pianist, as accompaniment to an excerpt of Nosferatu (1922), F. W. Murnau’s classic film of German Expressionism.
Robert Helps’ Postlude, a trio for horn, violin, and piano (1964) is “a splashy, animated three-way conversation” (Alan Kozinn, The New York Times) that, like MM51, is performed too rarely. Violinist Miranda Cuckson, a standout of 2021’s House Blend concerts, returns to PS21 this summer, joining Eric Huebner (piano) and Leelanee Sterrett (horn).
House Blend 2022, Artistic Advisor, pianist Alan Feinberg
The House Blend Concert Series: Attend all three concerts with one ticket using the House Blend Pass
House Blend Concert I: June 24
J.S. Bach: Ricercar a 3 voci (1747)
Charles Wuorinen: Horn Trio #1 (1981)
Paul Lansky: Three Moves (1998)
J.S. Bach: Ricercar a 6 voci (1747)
Arnold Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon (1942)
Featuring the Ulysses String Quartet; Leelanee Sterrett (horn), Alan Feinberg (piano), Brandon Ilaw (percussion), Eric Huebner (piano), Miranda Cuckson (violin), and David Adam Moore (reciter, Ode to Napoleon)
House Blend Concert II: June 26
Mauricio Kagel: MM51 (1976)
Robert Helps: Postlude (1964)
Javier Alvarez: Temazcal (1984)
Franz Schubert: Lieder (Various)
Jo Kondo: Standing (1973)
Roberto Gerhard: Gemini (1966)
Featuring Brandon Ilaw (percussion), Milutin Jocic (baritone), Eric Huebner (piano), Miranda Cuckson (violin), and Leelanee Sterrett (horn)
House Blend Concert III: July 8
Jacob Druckman: Synapse/Valentine (1969)
Gia Kancheli: Nach dem Weinen (1994)
From The Great American Songbook with John Musto and Amy Burton, love songs and favorites Matthew Aucoin: Dual (2015)
Featuring Lizzie Burns (bass) Joshua Roman (cello) Amy Burton (soprano) John Musto (piano)
Our annual Modern Music series, brewed with audiences in mind, PS21’s provocative House Blend programs, featuring celebrated soloists and ensembles, marry classic virtuosity with contemporary ingenuity.
