The WNYC Young People’s Radio Chorus shares their latest batch of cutting-edge commissioned works. An interview with two of those composers, Meredith Monk and Michael Gordon.
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Young People's Chorus
Every Stop On The F Train (2007) 5'
Treble Voices
Young People’s Chorus of New York City
To Sing (2017) 6'
SATB
Young People's Chorus of New York City
Cinnamon (2012) 2'
text by Francisco Nuñez
SATB plus piano
Young People's Chorus of New York City
Great Trees of New York City (2016) 6'
treble voices
The Young People's Chorus of New York City; Transient Glory commissioning project
Exalted (2010) 10'
SATB; string quartet + electronics [all instruments and voices amplified]
The Kronos Quartet, The Young People's Chorus of New York City
Kronos Premieres
The Kronos Quartet has been a long-time champion of the music of Michael Gordon, having commissioned Sad Park in 2006 and Potassium in 2000. This fall, they premiere two brand new pieces by Gordon: Clouded Yellow, with a world premiere at Dartmouth on October 2nd and at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on October 9th, and another world premiere, Exalted, for string quartet and chorus, for which they will join forces with the Young People’s Chorus of New York City at Le Poisson Rouge
Listen above to Francisco Nuñez and 3 of his choristers from the Young People’s Chorus of NYC talk about their work on Gordon’s Exalted…