American composer Beth Anderson's Nightsong for soprano, viola and harp will be given its World Premiere in a new chamber version by the Azure Ensemble on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 7:30pm at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street in Manhattan. The composer writes, "Nightsong, with words by David Mason, is about a woman having a nervous breakdown. The music begins in a-minor indicating her depression. It switches styles, dynamics, range and moods often indicating a manic disorder-going back and forth between a rock and role feeling with spoken text and a seductive section, a more dramatic section, and eventually a vocalize which she sings as though lost in a beautiful dream of how things ought to be. The unstable music and moodiness returns and she is able at the end to let the audience know that she is very aware of the hell she inhabits." Nightsong was composed in 2005 for soprano Francoise Vanhecke who premiered the piano vocal version on November 20th, 2005 at the Centre d'art Chapelle de Boondael in Bruxelles, Belgium. The March 4 concert will also include music by Chen Yi, Hilary Tann, Judith Shatin, Alice Shields and Marilyn Bliss. Tickets for this concert are $15, with discounts for Symphony Space members, seniors and students. For more information, call 212-864-5400 or visit Symphony Space online at http://www.symphonyspace.org/. Beth Anderson's music has been described as having "a refreshing simplicity without naiveté" and as - "deeply felt, direct, and yes, beautiful" and "charming and deeply felt to the point of romanticism." Her latest CDs are Swales and Angels (New World Records) and Quilt Music (Albany Records). Read her latest Anderson's Swale newsletter online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/oct05/BA_nws_101205.htm. An essay by Ms. Anderson about her music for the American Music Center's NewMusicBox web magazine can be read at http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=53hf02. The Azure Ensemble is one of New York City's most exciting new chamber music groups. Varied and notable repertoire is a hallmark of the ensemble, which draws its members from the finest musicians in New York City; with a diverse instrumentation allowing the performance of both traditional and new repertoire. Visit them online at http://azure-ensemble.org/. For more information about composer Beth Anderson, including a bio, list of works, discography and much more, please visit http://www.beand.com. You can also contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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