“The Park Avenue Armory announced Monday that it would use its cavernous 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall in March for the North American stage premiere of ‘De Materie’ by the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, directed by Heiner Goebbels and featuring the International Contemporary Ensemble and a large cast that will include a flock of sheep,” writes Michael Cooper in Monday’s (12/7) New York Times. “Other highlights of the season include ‘Circle Map,’ two evenings of Kaija Saariaho’s music performed in October by the New York Philharmonic and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen; a ‘site-specific absurdist installation’ by the artist and musician Martin Creed; and a new work by Taryn Simon that will incorporate performance, sculpture, architecture and sound. The programs of Ms. Saariaho’s work will feature four works, including ‘Circle Map,’ a piece for orchestra and electronics based on poetry by Rumi, and ‘D’om la Vrai Sens,’ a musical exploration of the senses written for, and performed by, Kari Kriikku, the clarinetist, and directed by [Armory Artistic Director Pierre] Audi.” Recital performers will include soprano Sally Matthews, baritone Roderick Williams, the JACK Quartet, and the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth.
Posted December 9, 2015
