Open End Ensemble from New York are visiting Denmark and will be performing at the Rudersdal Summer Concerts and at the Glyptotek. The ensemble consists of a string quartet plus piano and among the countries it has toured are France and Italy. The five musicians have achieved considerable renown for their improvisations – something seldom heard from classical musicians. One of the ensemble’s violinists, Andrew Waggoner, is also a composer and his music will also feature in the programme.
Open End Ensemble: Concert Programme:
Olivier Messiaen: Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes
Improvisation
Shulamit Ran: Perfect Storm, for solo viola
Eric Maestri: Autoritratto, for piano quartet
Improvisation
Interval
Improvisation
Andrew Waggoner: Inventory of Terrors, piano quintet
I. It
II. Them
III. Him
IV. Me
V. The Weight of History
Charles Ives: Thoreau, from Concord Sonata, solo piano
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Ground, for string quartet
Improvisation
Jesse Jones: 4 Bagatelles, for piano quintet
