NYNME’s first program of the 2025-2026 season at the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation revolves around different aspects of spirituality. It is anchored by James Primosch’s Sacra Conversazione, a work written for NYME in 1994 which uses the visual tradition of “sacred conversation” in medieval painting as a metaphor for the interplay between instruments in the ensemble, and between live musicians and pre-recorded electronic sounds. Tania Leon’s “Alma” (meaning “soul” or “spirit” in Spanish), based on a poem by Carmen A. Vega Schimmenti, examines the animus common to both human and natural elements, and the way that they collide and inform each other. Michelle Ross’s “Canon” soars with multiple strands of violins, and Morton Feldman’s centenary is celebrated with a performance of his rarely heard “Bass Clarinet and Percussion”. Please join us!

Program:

Tania Leon Alma for flute and piano (2007)

Morton Feldman Bass Clarinet & Percussion for bass clarinet & percussion (1981)

Michelle Ross Canon for violin & loop station (2019)

James Primosch Sacra Conversazione for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, & fixed media (1994)

New York New Music Ensemble:

Daniel Druckman, percussion

Emi Ferguson, flutes

Chris Finckel, cello

Stephen Gosling, piano

Karen Kim, violin

Bixby Kennedy, clarinets

Eduardo Leandro, conductor & percussion