-- -- , BROOKLYNphilharmonic Music01RecroR michael christie i Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 8 PM BAM Howard Gilman Opera House J!PJl~l!IU!!I GRIZZLY& FINAL BEAR FANTASY Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 8 PM BAM Howard Gilman Opera House THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 Brook lyn Philharmo nic aim s to make mu sic availabl e to all of th e eRooKLYNphilharmonic chi ldren of Brook lyn. Music01RecroR mlchael chrlstle We provide mu sic education for over 75 school s, offering presents opport uniti es for childr en to play and SHUFFLE MODE: listen to classical mu sic. BP, BELL ORCHESTRE , & CLOGS Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 8 PM BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Michael Christie,conductor ~ The Brooklyn Philharmonic ii ·tenter for Music, now in Bell Orchestre J the design and planning RichardReed Parry, upright bass, keyboard, percussion ~ ,phase, will be located in the Sarah Neufeld, violin ;I ·. ~ecom~issionedftrehouse Stefan Schneider, drums, percussion l · · at 299OeGraw Street in Pietro Amato, french horn, electronics •-.Cooole Hill. Once renovated, the Center will serve as a Kaveh Nabatian, trumpet, melodica I permanent home for the Mike Feuerstack, lap steel guitar Brooklyn Philharmonic and with its Education and Commu­ Colin Stetson,clarinets, french horn, trumpet, bass saxophone nity programs. The building Clogs will hou se the administrative - I Bryce Dessner,guitar offices, as well as a space for -.- j . ~ . "1 performances, music classes, RachaelElliot , bassoon and community events. : fir •f ' / ___=:; • Thomas Kozumplik,percussion ' ------~- ..- t' Padma Newsome, viola The Brookl yn Philharmonic is supported by a dedicated Board of Director s chaired by J. Barclay Collin s, . L LL L, contributors at all levels, -.- - . and an energet ic staff. To join us and help further our mission, contact Jane M. Gullong, President, at · or :· ·' , ! I :'i·1! 1: 3 WHO'S WHO WHO'S WHO BELLORCHESTRE CLOGS As Seen Through Windows, Bell Orchestre's second Bryce Dessner and Padma Newsome also both release, was recorded with John McEntire at his perfo rm w ith the rock band The National. Soma Electronic Music Studios . The result is at Dessner's solo effo rts include collaboratlons with once fierce and beautiful, delicate and dirty . Michael Gord on, Phili p Glass, Steve Reich, and McEntire's extensive studio knowledge and visual art ist Matt hew Ritchie, and he found ed attention to craft provided Bell Orchestre with a kind of bridge, spanning the diversity of their Cincinnati's Mu sic Now Festival. In add itio n to sound to create a richly layered and sonically tour ing w ith The Nationa l, Bryce's upcoming expansive recording; a recording that closely proj ect s Incl ude a new commission for the mirrors Bell Orchestre's very process of making Krono s Quartet and a new work for BAM's Next music . Opening with the distressed sound of Wave Festival In 2009. Padma Newsome live s In muted and distorted horns, strings and drums ­ Mallacoo ta, Australia, where he conducts several an almo st monstrous sound, the album effort lessly shifts into an elaborate and soaring movement, region al commun ity choirs and regularly host s sometimes edging close to fragility, sometimes mu sical event s and wo rkshops . Recent collabora ­ on the verge of exp loding , but never once faltering tion s in clud e Belgium singer Daniel Helln , Cellist nor threatening to lose its way. Zachay Miskin, The National , and the Academy of Melbourn e. Rachael Ell iot also performs in the Drawing its six memb ers from diverse musical The experience of listening to Bell Orchestre, Clogs are a quartet led by Padma New som e and Tupl e Bassoon Duo, Vermont 's classical Helland backgrounds , Bell Orchestre has come together whether liv e or recorded, is almost that of Bryce Dessner, along with bassoonist Rachael Trio, th e Vermo nt Con temporary Music Ensemble, to form one of the most cohesive and intuitive experiencing a form of synaethesia: the result is Elliot and percussionist Thomas Kozumplik . A and produ ces th e ann ual Bassoon Projec t in bands making music today. It 's as if the group as a collage -lik e construction of not just sound, but a whole has tapped into a very particular, very visual elem ents as well. From a herd of elephants primarily instrumental ensemble , the musicians Burlington , VT. Thomas Kozumplik, percussionist / distinct energy: lik e that of an approaching storm . to that approaching storm on the horizon, from compose and improvise with sounds, textures, compo ser, perform s regular ly with percussion To say they are an instrumental band is like saying a quiet forest in the country to ice forming on a and influences from across the musical spectrum . ensembl e Loop 2.4.3. El Greco was just a painter, or Frank Gehry just city street, from watching vapor trails disappear From the immediacy of folk music, through twisted builds museums : it fa ils to capture their essence. in the sky to watching the changing light of dusk Americana to the complexity of modernism, Tonight , Clogs are jo ined by very special guests In many ways , Bell Orchestre is the sum of not through a window. The result then is not so much their sound marks part of a new and beautifully Shara Worden, Aaron Dessner, Sufjan Stevens, and only its parts , but the sum of its influences and cinematic as it is evocative: Bell Orchestre have strange stage in the evolution of 21st century Lorne Watson . inspirations . Among those influences can be not just written the music to the film, they have, listed such diverse artists as Lee "Scratch" Perry, by some sort of alchemy or magic, created an acoustic -electronic mus ic. Arvo Part, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and Talk invisible film that only comes to life in the listening. Talk. But like all great artists, Bell Orchestre have "It might be better to forgo any genre distinctions taken their disparate inspirations and processed Bell Orchestre is: Richard Reed Parry (Arcade and head straight for the thesaurus so you can and transformed them into their own work, Fire) - upright bass/keyboard/percussion ; Sarah find fresh and exciting ways to say 'sublime' ." so that it no longer sounds like a collection of Neufeld (Arcade Fire) - violin; Stefan Schneider - David Raposa, Pitchforkmedia .com influences; it sounds like nothing other than Bell (The Luyas) - drums/percussion; Pietro Amato Orchestre . (Torngat, The Luyas) - French horn/electronics; Kaveh Nabatian - trumpet / melodica; and, Mike 2009 brings the release of Clogs' fifth album , Bell Orchestre has been known to retreat into the Feuerstack (Snail house) - lap steel guitar. For their The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton , a woods to make and write music together. From a 2009 tour dates the band will be joined by Colin collect ion of songs with guests including Shara residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, to the Stetson (The Sway Machinery) - Clarinets, French Worden (My Brightest Diamond) , Aaron Dessner forests of Quebec and Vermont, and back to their horn, trumpet and bass saxophone. In 2006, their and Matt Berninger (of The National) and Sufjan hometown of Montreal: the specifics of time and debut CD, Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light Stevens. Clogs recently appeared at the 2007 place, the elemental forces at work outside, and was nominated for a JUNO award in the category those forces that exist inside, all come into play of Best Instrumental Album . Also in 2006, the & 2008 Sydney Festivals, have performed at the within Bell Orchestre's musical process. And while band collaborated and performed with Edouard Bang on a Can Marathon , MusicNow Festival, this music cou ld be made by no one else, at no Lock, founder/choreographer of LA LA LA Human Wexner Center for the Arts and the Warhol other time in history, it defies easy categorization Steps, in celebration of the legendary dance Museum and toured the UK with alternative / and becomes universal and timeless. company's 25th anniversary. Bell Orchestre electro duo The Books. Clogs' fourth album, has toured extensively, playing as far a field Lantern, was released in February 2006. as Lithuania and Dawson City, Yukon. As Seen Through Windows is distributed internationally by the Arts & Crafts record label. 4 5 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009 eRooKLYNphllharmonlc Mus,co,ucroRmlchael chrlstle BROOKLYNphilharmonic VIOLIN CELLO TRUMPET Music 01Recr0R mlchaelchrlstle Deborah Buck ¥ Chris Flnckel * Wayne Dijmaine + Robin Bushman ± David Calhoun Diane Bruce Lanny Paykin HARP Sander Strenger Kate Sanford Splngarn Karen Lindquist * Carlos VIiia Robert Larue Claudia Hafer PERSONNEL MANAGER Esther Noh BASS Jonathan Taylor Ashley Horne Joseph Bongiorno * Gregg August LIBRARIAN 1, ,a111n11 Deborah Wong * Judith Sugarman David Carp Katherine Hannauer Jules Hirsh Shinwon Kim SOUND DESIGNERS Sebu Sirinlan OBOE Marc Putz GRIZZLY&FINAL Joana Genova-Rudlakov Randall Wolfgang * Carl Wurzbach Cecelia Hobbs Gardner Melanie Feld BEAR FANTASY Suzy Perelman LIGHTING DESIGNER CLARINET Paul Bartlett VIOLA Steven Hartman * Ah Ling Neu + Paul Garment STAGE MANAGER Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 8 PM Veronica Salas Sarah Ford BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Alexander Rees BASSOON Jessica Troy William Hestand * Monica Gerard Harry Searing Michael Christie,conductor Juliet Haffner ¥ Concertmaster Final Fantasy ± Assistant Concertmaster FRENCH HORN Owen Pallett, vocals, piano, Wurl itzer Paul Ingraham * * Principal + Acting Principal Francisco Donaruma Grizzly Bear ChristopherBear, drums , vocals Edward Droste,vocals, guitar Daniel Rossen,vocals, guitar ChrisTaylor, bass, woodwinds, electronics , vocals Nico Muhly, celeste, Grizzly Bear arrangements for strings , w inds, and brass 7 6 WHO'S WHO WHO'S WHO I FINAL FANTASY GRIZZLY BEAR In addition to curating the Maximum Black In July, the band spent three we ks at the Glen Festival in early 2008, Pallett has been touring Tonche house In upstate New York.