TONIGHT:

 

Michael Mizrahi

 

Album Release

 

Show at LPR

 

with Nadia Sirota

 

Celebrating the release of Mizrahi's

acclaimed debut album The Bright Motion.

 

GET TICKETS HERE

 

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM FREE HERE

 

BUY THE ALBUM HERE

 

To celebrate the release of his new album The Bright Motion on New Amsterdam Records, Mizrahi will take the stage at (Le) Poisson Rouge on June 12. The performance will feature music from the album, including a live premiere of William Brittelle's piece on the record, "Computer Wave." Nadia Sirota will join to debut work from her forthcoming sophomore album, out fall 2012 also on New Amsterdam Records.  Nadia will perform the New York premiere of Judd Greenstein's "In Teaching Others We Teach Ourselves" for multi-tracked viola, in addition to other works from the forthcoming album, which will include pieces by Missy Mazzoli, Shara Worden, Daniel Bjarnasson, and more.  Get your tickets here!

The Bright Motion serves as a revitalization of a classic instrument told through new musical ideas with compositions by some of today's most innovative composers: William Brittelle, Ryan Brown, Patrick Burke, Mark Dancigers, Judd Greenstein, and John Mayrose.  Almost all of the pieces were written specifically with Mizrahi's hands, sound, and approach in mind. Both a testament to Mizrahi's dedication to contemporary music, as well as his deep appreciation for the piano's rich time-tested splendor, Motion is a masterfully performed, beautifully recorded, and truly singular statement of the piano's indispensable role in modern music today.  You can listen to the album in its entirety (FREE) and purchase it here.

The album was recently featured as Q2 Music's Album of the Week, where Olivia Giovetti called Mizrahi "one of those musicians who is endlessly fascinated by everything."  You can stream the album in its entirety on the Q2 website or at NewAmsterdamRecords.com.  The album also recently received a glowing review at Seated Ovation and a shout-out from New Yorker critic Alex Ross.

More about the album:

While showcasing each forward-thinking composer's unique voice for the classical instrument through an astoundingly wide variety of approaches to timbre, melody, form, rhythm, and range, Mizrahi's expert execution unites each track in a beautiful and harmonious way to create an experience that builds on the solo piano tradition yet has a modern sense of flow and emotional consistency. This admirable dexterity comes from years spent dedicated to performing 21st century music not only as a soloist, but as a founding member of the renowned Moët Trio and NOW Ensemble-a chamber group devoted to the commissioning and performing of new music by emerging composers (of which Burke, Greenstein, and Dancigers are members as well; Dancigers also produced the album). Motion embodies a generation of young composers and performers who are establishing the new music traditions of today while creating works that find contemporary resonance with the traditions of yesterday.

  

  

William Brittelle and ACME's

 

Loving the

 

Chambered Nautilus

  

Out Now on iTunes

  

William Brittelle and ACME's Loving the Chambered Nautilus won't be officially released until the end of the month, but if you can't wait that long, there is good news:  the album is currently available on iTunes.

Listen to the album FREE here and buy it on iTunes  here!

The album has already received a number of glowing reviews.  In a 4.5 star review, MUSO Magazine wrote, "Brittelle's writing is as painstakingly plotted and interconnected as a circuitboard... This is a fast, fun, freedom-fueled flurry of a record that is as occasionally daft as it is complicated."  ClassicalTV writer George Grella wrote that Brittelle "is creating a body of work that has no precedent, and marks him as a one of the most promising heirs of the vital American maverick tradition."  In another highly positive review, Textura called the album "intoxicating" and "exuberant."

More about the album:

Loving the Chambered Nautilus is a new series of retro-futuristic electro-acoustic chamber pieces composed by William Brittelle and performed by violist Nadia Sirota, cellist Clarice Jensen and the members of ACME (The American Contemporary Music Ensemble), one of new music's finest professional chamber ensembles. The project re-imagines chamber music for the 21st century, juxtaposing the energy and sonic language of pop drum and synth programming with classical forms and instrumentation, resulting in propulsive and visceral music. Each work in the Loving the Chambered Nautilus series was composed by Brittelle to highlight ACME's remarkable rhythmic precision and crystalline tone against a backdrop of his programmed electro landscapes.