Alarm Will Sound | Spotlight on "Finding Balance: The Life and Music of Hans Abrahamsen" @alarmwillsound | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Alarm Will Sound’s podcast-style performance combines live music and recorded conversations with Abrahamsen, as well as staging and movement directed by Jon Levin. The event follows upon Alarm Will Sound’s past podcast-style performances — Splitting Adams about John Adams, and This Music Should Not Exist about György Ligeti — which have been called “magnificent” and “the best live music I’ve heard all year” by The New York Times and “an invaluable introduction to this demanding but rewarding and exhilarating music” by American Record Guide.
Alarm Will Sound:
Erin Lesser, flute
Christa Robinson, oboe
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Elisabeth Stimpert, clarinet
Michael Harley, bassoon
Tim Leopold, trumpet
Laura Weiner, french horn
Michael Clayville, trombone
Chris Thompson, percussion
Matt Smallcomb, percussion
John Orfe, piano
Courtney Orlando, violin
Stefan Freund, cello
Miles Brown, bass
Daniel Neumann, Sound Engineer
Alan Pierson, conductor and Artistic Director
Gavin Chuck, Executive Director
Annie Toth, Managing Director
Nigel Maister, Theatrical Director
Jason Varvaro, Production Manager
Peter Ferry, Assistant Director of Artistic Planning
Chihiro Shibayama, Librarian
Tracy Mendez, Development Manager
Shot and edited by Four/Ten Media
Special thanks to Constance Volk (flute), Andrew Nogal (oboe), Julie Thayer (horn), Ken Thompkins (trombone), Megan Arns (percussion), David Friend (piano), Erin Schreiber (violin), and Nathan Schram (viola) for their contributions to the video.
Alarm Will Sound’s podcast-style performance combines live music and recorded conversations with Abrahamsen, as well as staging and movement directed by Jon Levin. The event follows upon Alarm Will Sound’s past podcast-style performances — Splitting Adams about John Adams, and This Music Should Not Exist about György Ligeti — which have been called “magnificent” and “the best live music I’ve heard all year” by The New York Times and “an invaluable introduction to this demanding but rewarding and exhilarating music” by American Record Guide.
Alarm Will Sound:
Erin Lesser, flute
Christa Robinson, oboe
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Elisabeth Stimpert, clarinet
Michael Harley, bassoon
Tim Leopold, trumpet
Laura Weiner, french horn
Michael Clayville, trombone
Chris Thompson, percussion
Matt Smallcomb, percussion
John Orfe, piano
Courtney Orlando, violin
Stefan Freund, cello
Miles Brown, bass
Daniel Neumann, Sound Engineer
Alan Pierson, conductor and Artistic Director
Gavin Chuck, Executive Director
Annie Toth, Managing Director
Nigel Maister, Theatrical Director
Jason Varvaro, Production Manager
Peter Ferry, Assistant Director of Artistic Planning
Chihiro Shibayama, Librarian
Tracy Mendez, Development Manager
Shot and edited by Four/Ten Media
Special thanks to Constance Volk (flute), Andrew Nogal (oboe), Julie Thayer (horn), Ken Thompkins (trombone), Megan Arns (percussion), David Friend (piano), Erin Schreiber (violin), and Nathan Schram (viola) for their contributions to the video.
