Lincoln Center Announces Tully Scope Festival 2/22-3/18

Jane Moss, Vice President for Programming at Lincoln Center, today announced the launch of the first Tully Scope Festival, a new festival at Lincoln Center, which this year takes place from February 22 through March 18, 2011. Ms. Moss, who directs the Festival, said, "Tully Scope builds on the success of Alice Tully Hall's Opening Nights Festival, the celebration of an architectural milestone for Lincoln Center that not only reinvigorated the campus, but also inspired extraordinary new collaborations with diverse artists. The dramatically transformEd Hall, complemented by the welcoming ambience of its public spaces, has become a versatile partner and key component in the expansion of Lincoln Center's programming." In its debut season, the Tully Scope Festival offers a dynamic spectrum of distinctive musical presentations spanning centuries, cultures, and genres through unique and multi-faceted performances demonstrating Alice Tully Hall's new adaptability as a venue.

The Tully Scope Festival kicks off with a free opening event by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) of the world premiere of Nathan Davis's Bells in Alice Tully Hall's grand foyer, featuring sweeping views of the Broadway streetscape. Bells is followed by the first of two programs celebrating the life and work of Morton Feldman, one of the most intriguing American composers of the 20th century. For Morton Feldman opens on February 22 with a concert by ICE of works by Webern, Xenakis, Cage, and Feldman's final composition dedicated to his friend, For Samuel Beckett. It continues on February 24 with Juilliard's dynamic student music group Axiom led by Jeffrey Milarsky, in an 85th birthday tribute to György Kurtág and Feldman.

Tully Lounges, Lectures, and Demonstrations: In addition to the performances in the concert hall itself, the at65 café and public spaces will be the scene of a number of events, including a free opening event, pre- and post-concert lectures and discussions (featuring noted musical scholars and many of the Festival's participating artists), as well as receptions and gatherings for the artists and audience members after each performance. Details about these events and program descriptions follow later in this release.

Major highlights of the three-week Festival include two unusual performances by the remarkable Les Percussions de Strasbourg led by Jean-Paul Bernard, featuring the New York premiere of Gérald Grisey's Le noir de l'étoile on March 4 and an all-Xenakis program on March 5. Described by the composer as the "musical, visual, and theatrical confrontation of imperturbable cosmic clocks with a spatialized form of music," the piece positions all six percussionists with speakers around the audience in Alice Tully Hall. On March 7, Tyondai Braxton, from the experimental rock group Battles, joins the Wordless Music Orchestra in selections from his latest album, Central Market, a tumultuous mix of acoustic and electronic sounds, in a wide-ranging concert that also pairs his new music with works by John Adams and Louis Andriessen. On March 9, Persian kamancheh master Kayhan Kalhor and the exciting young string quartet Brooklyn Rider will blend arrangements and improvisations of traditional Iranian songs with new music, including a New York premiere work by violinist Colin Jacobsen and the anticipated world premiere of Philip Glass's Suite for String Quartet from Bent.

Tickets
Tickets for the Tully Scope Festival go on sale November 9, and will be available online at LincolnCenter.org, by calling CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, or at the Avery Fisher or Alice Tully Hall box offices, Broadway and 65th Street. Purchase one full-price ticket to any Tully Scope event, and you'll receive a code to buy tickets to all other Tully Scope events for just $20.

 

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