Brooklyn Youth Chorus

#4216: From the New Sounds Live Concerts

New Sounds | Mar 20, 2019

Hear new works by Mexican-born composer and guitarist Josué Collado Fregoso, and New Jersey-based Barbadian-American Trevor Weston for the Bang on a Can All-stars, recorded live as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival from Merkin Hall. Also, hear works featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and violinist Caroline Shaw and guitarist/composer Bryce Dessner of the rock group The National. Plus, listen to unreleased music by German singer and composer Alev Lenz and vocal octet Roomful of Teeth. 

Program #4216: From the New Sounds Live Concerts  (First aired 3/20/2019)

ARTIST: Bang on a Can All-Stars
WORK: Josué Collado Fregoso: Joie de Vivre [1:30]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, March 6, 2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO:  josuecollado.com

ARTIST: Alev Lenz with Roomful of Teeth
WORK:  Alev Lenz: Splendid Soldiers [5:20]
RECORDING: 3
SOURCE: Not yet released  
INFO: info@alevlenz.com

ARTIST: Alev Lenz with Roomful of Teeth
WORK:  Alev Lenz: Chair [1:45]
RECORDING: 3
SOURCE: Not yet released  
INFO: info@alevlenz.com

ARTIST: Brooklyn Youth Chorus, conducted by Dianne Berkun Menaker
WORK: Bryce Dessner: Tour Eiffel [11:03]
RECORDING: Live from The Greene Space on October 21, 2016
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: brycedessner.com | brooklynyouthchorus.org

ARTIST: Bang on a Can All-Stars
WORK: Josué Collado Fregoso: Joie de Vivre [7:30]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, March 6, 2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO:  josuecollado.com

ARTIST: Bang on a Can All-Stars
WORK: Trevor Weston: Dig It [6:18]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, March 6, 2019
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: trevorweston.com

ARTIST: Caroline Shaw; Brooklyn Youth Chorus, conducted by Dianne Berkun Menaker
WORK: Caroline Shaw: Its Motion Keeps [7:17]
RECORDING: Live from The Greene Space on October 21, 2016
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: carolineshaw.com | brooklynyouthchorus.org

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