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Harold Meltzer @ 50

National Sawdust 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

About the Show  Mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer and all-star collection of musicians will perform the New York premiere of Harold’s complete song cycle Variations on a Summer Day, for voice and nine instruments, setting the twenty stanzas of the Wallace Stevens poem of the same name. The nonpareil Boston Chamber Music Society, with Max Levinson, piano, …

$29

“Our Cells Know” for solo contrabass flute

The Stone 256 E. 2nd St, New York, NY, United States

Part of a week-long residency at The Stone: celebrating the release of Robert Dick's solo contrabass flute CD on Tzadik. (PS: if you've never seen or heard a contrabass flute, you must check this out!)

$20

Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone

Merkin Hall (Kaufman Center) 129 W. 67th St., New York, United States

The new collaborative project Sélébéyone takes the conversation between jazz and hip hop to “feverish new heights” (The WIRE), drawing from Senegalese Rap, French Spectral Music, Modern Jazz, Underground Hip-Hop, Interactive Electronic and beyond. Composer and saxophonist Steve Lehman leads the international ensemble, which features HPrizm (vocals, English), Gaston Bandimic (vocals, Wolof), Maciek Lasserre (sax/electronics), …

$25

Nicole Mitchell: Maroon Cloud

National Sawdust 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

About the Show  Nicole Mitchell: Maroon Cloud with Aruan Ortiz (piano), Fay Victor (vocals), Tomeka Reid (cello), Nicole Mitchell (flutes, composition, electronics) “That warm dark realness was a doorway between worlds and she visited often. This is where all sound, dreams, and ideas lived. A cloudy dark purple space where forms emerged from formlessness, some …

$25

Women’s Raga Massive Round Robin

Art Cafe 884 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Trina Basu (violin) Anjna Swaminathan (violin) Camila Celin (guitar, sarod) Tali Rubinstein (recorder) Amali Premawardhana (cello) Roshni Samlal (tabla) Lauren Crump (percussion) Morley (voice) Roopa Mahadevan (voice) Priya Darshini (voice) Pyeng Threadgill (voice) Haleh Gafori (voice) Featured Women’s Organization: Ms. Foundation Women's Raga Massive presents a Round Robin, bringing together 12 women who will perform …

$15

Lukas Ligeti Presents: Four Oceans

National Sawdust 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

About the Show  Four Oceans explores ritualistic forms of interplay in an improvised context. A new group, it combines the talents of Old Time Relijun frontman Arrington De Dionyso, Rupert Huber of the famous Viennese trip-hop duo Tosca, and globetrotting drummer/composer Lukas Ligeti. De Dionyso, who is also a painter, performs on bass clarinet and …

$29

Minimalism: John Adams (Shaker Loops) and Terry Riley (In C)

Carnegie Hall 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Three Generations: John Adams and Terry Riley Zankel Hall Seating Chart (PDF) Part of the Steve Reich–curated Three Generations exploration of the changing direction of concert music, this evening focuses on the pioneering first generation of composers. In his revolutionary In C, Terry Riley took 53 phrases, or modules, and gave players the freedom to …

$12.50

John Adams: “The Gospel According to the Other Mary”

Carnegie Hall 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

St. Louis Symphony John Adams's The Gospel According to the Other Mary Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage John Adams’s critically acclaimed and mesmerizing new take on the Passion story, The Gospel According to the Other Mary, tells the story of Christ’s last days from the perspective of three people closely attached to him: Mary Magdalene, …

$12.50