- Kevin Yatarola for Lincoln Center
- Eighth Blackbird
One of the ways Eighth Blackbird has distinguished itself over the years is by flirting with the genre-agnostic outlook of Kronos Quartet: they function as a new music ensemble that sometimes looks beyond its own borders for repertoire. More often than not, however, Eighth Blackbird has played music written by folks best known for their rock affiliations, and tonight they deliver a program at the Old Town School of Folk Music that puts the focus largely on that facet of its work. The concert includes work by Bryce Dessner (the National) and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) as well as pianist Lisa Kaplan’s adaption of the Bon Iver song “Babys.” Also on the program are pieces by Timo Andres (a member of American Contemporary Music Ensemble, which has often performed with ambient and new-music folks like Max Richter and Johan Johannsson) and Nico Muhly (a key part of the Icelandic Bedroom Communities collective, in which he’s worked with folks like Sam Amidon and Valgeir Sigurdsson). The program also includes Kaplan’s driving four-handed composition “Whirligig.”
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