Wavefield Ensemble

The Story of One of My Follies

Works by Cheah, Nemtsov, Nielson, and Gombert

University Settlement

November 16, 2019 | 8pm

Program:

Victoria Cheah: You Would be Like Diving Into Ocean (2019 / premiere)

Sarah Nemtsov: [love] (2018 / US premiere)

Nicolas Gombert: Tous les regretz (arr. 2019)

Lewis Nielson: Cilice (musica disciplina) (2016 / US premiere)

Wavefield Ensemble begins its second season, Project 20 | 20, with The Story of One of My Follies.

Lewis Nielson's Cilice (US premiere) is a 30-minute modern-day cantata exploring themes of sin, guilt, explation, and loss, drawing on texts by Dante, Rimbaud, Holderlin and Celan. Instrumentalists and vocalists are fused into a single sound world by way of a broad spectrum of vocal utterance. Victoria Cheah's You Would be Like Diving Into Ocean, commissioned by Wavefield, and premiered on this concert, engages with silence, the act of silencing, and the responsibility of being an observer. Also on the program are the US premiere os Sarah Nemtsov's piano trio [love], excerpted from her PHONEME Cycle, and a new arrangement by Nicholas DeMaison of Nicolas Gombert's chanson, Tous les regretz.

The Story of One of My Follies is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.