Mimesis Ensemble to Play Carnegie Hall, 10/27

The Mimesis Ensemble presents "Beyond Boundaries," a program featuring vocal works with a social commentary. The concert will explore songs from the 20th and 21st centuries which examine topics ranging from the ancient story of Gilgamesh, the Americanization of Japan in the 1850's to the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.

The concert will feature works by Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Benjamin Britten, Mohammed Fairouz, Yip Harburg, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Stephen Sondheim, and Igor Stravinsky.

The concert is Monday, October 27, 2014 at 7:30 pm, at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Tickets are $20 general admission and $7 for students. Tickets are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 57th St/7th Ave, by calling Carnegie Charge at 212-247-7800, or at www.carnegiehall.org.

The program will include the following works:

Irving Berlin: Supper Time, from As Thousands Cheer
Leonard Bernstein: A Simple Song & I Go On, from MASS
Marc Blitzstein, The Cradle Will Rock, from The Cradle Will Rock
Benjamin Britten: Look! Through the Port, from Billy Budd
Mohammed Fairouz: A Prayer to the New Year
Mohammed Fairouz: Refugee Blues
Mohammed Fairouz: Tahwidah
Yip Harburg: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Daniel Bernard Roumain: Epilogue, 1965
Daniel Bernard Roumain: The Lament of Gilgamesh
Stephen Sondheim: Gun Song & The Ballad of Czolgosz, from Assassins
Stephen Sondheim: Chrysanthemum Tea & A Bowler Hat, from Pacific Overtures Igor Stravinsky: Elegy for J.F.K.
Igor Stravinsky: The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Performers:

Devon Guthrie, soprano Tammy Coil, mezzo-soprano Byron Singleton, tenor Mischa Bouvier, baritone Adrian Sandi, clarinet
Nuno Antunes, clarinet Isabel Kim, clarinet
Curtis Stewart, violin
Katie Reimer, piano

The Mimesis Ensemble (www.mimesisensemble.org) is a New York City based ensemble dedicated to performing 20th and 21st century music. Founded in 2008 by pianist Katie Reimer, Mimesis has performed at venues including Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Symphony Space, the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall.

Mimesis released their debut CD on Bridge Records, featuring Mohammed Fairouz's opera, Sumeida's Song, for orchestra and 4 singers. This recording was chosen by Opera News for their "Dazzling Dozen" releases of 2013.

Fostering close relationships with the composers they program, musicians are often coached and/or conducted by the composers themselves. The ensemble has worked directly with Martin Bresnick, Caleb Burhans, Patrick Burke, Anna Clyne, Richard Danielpour, Alexandra du Bois, Halim El-Dabh, Alexandra du Bois, Mohammed Fairouz, Judd Greenstein, David Lang, David T. Little, David Ludwig, Nico Muhly, Tobias Picker, Paola Prestini, Ned Rorem, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Huang Ruo, Gunther Schuller, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Yehudi Wyner.