Sarah Kirkland Snider's 'Unremembered' featured at Cross-Linx, Big Ears, and SHIFT Festivals
1st March 2017
© © Willy Somma
Her hour-long work — for orchestra, vocals, and electronics, and in newly arranged chamber orchestra and octet versions — explores the fragility and mystery of childhood recollection. She was inspired by poems and illustrations by Nathaniel Bellows (W.W. Norton; HarperCollins). Multimedia projections of his haunting visual art will accompany the performances.
New Amsterdam Records released Unremembered in album form in 2015. It was featured on "Best of 2015" lists by many respected publications including The Washington Post and The Nation. Q2 Radio listeners awarded Unremembered "50 Best Classical Works of the Past Twenty Years" in both 2015 and 2016. The tour's vocalists Newsome, Nova, and Stith are on the Unremembered album.
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'Unremembered' tour tickets and info:
Cross-Linx Festival: Doelen Ensemble/Codarts Rotterdam
March 2 – Eindhoven, The Netherlands @ Muziekgebouw Frits Philips
World Premiere: three voices and chamber orchestra
March 3 – Groningen, The Netherlands @ De Oosterpoort
March 4 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands @ de Doelen
March 5 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Muziekgebouw
March 6 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands @ de Doelen
March 7 – Antwerp, Belgium @ deSingel
Liquid Music Series: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
March 11 – Minneapolis, MN @ Ted Mann Concert Hall
US Premiere: three voices and octet
The Knights
March 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust
New York Premiere: three voices and octet
March 23 – Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival
North Carolina Symphony
March 25 – Raleigh, NC @ CAM Raleigh
US Premiere: three voices and chamber orchestra
March 30 – Washington, DC @ SHIFT Festival, The Smithsonian
More:
Album Trailer
Unremembered
Sarah Kirkland Snider
ScoresOnDemand for Three Voices and Chamber Orchestra
