Stranger Folk, conducted by Alan Pierson
"magnificently energeticc?? the Irish new-music band that plays with the energy and spirit of a rock group" – Allan Kozinn, New York Times
“Crash Ensemble, bastion of contemporary musicc?? Muted ripples blossom delicately like some exotic plant. Come what may, Crash Ensemble is unflappable in execution” – Pat O’Kelly, The Irish Independent
"Crash are undoubtedly Ireland's foremost contemporary music outfit, their concerts always ones to look forward to on the musical calendar Liam Cagney, www.musicalcriticism.com (DEAF Minimal, 24th Oct 2009)
From traditional Irish influences to Argentinian klezmer stylings, Crash Ensemble’s Stranger Folk national tour this December promises to deliver an exciting evening of new classical music.
The programme will include works by Irish composers Gerald Barry and John Godfrey, alongside the Irish premiere of Donnacha Dennehy’s ‘As an Nós’, commissioned by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in 2009. A more international flavour will be bought by composers such as America’s John Zorn, Jacob TV from the Netherlands and Grammy Award Winning Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov.
Stranger Folk will cap a successful year for Crash Ensemble that included a BBC recorded concert in London, a US tour, the world premiere of a new work with Grammy Award winning US soprano Dawn Upshaw and the recording of an album for US record label Nonesuch.
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