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\nWHO: Pit Stop Players
\nWHAT: \u201cILLUMINATIONS\u201d
\nWHEN: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
\nWHERE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall, 450 W. 37th Street, New York, NY<\/p>\n
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 27, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Pit Stop Players, the genre-defying instrumental chamber group composed of veteran Broadway pit musicians, will shed light on three new works at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music\u2019s Cary Hall, 450 West 37th Street, on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nWHO: Pit Stop Players
\nWHAT: \u201cILLUMINATIONS\u201d
\nWHEN: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
\nWHERE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall, 450 W. 37th Street, New York, NY<\/p>\n
TICKETS: $25 ($15 for Students) https:\/\/www.smarttix.com\/Event\/pitBE3<\/a> Headlining the program is the American premiere of Kevin Lau\u2019s \u201cIllumination,\u201d a Double Concerto for Piano, Percussion, and Strings, featuring brothers Garah Landes (piano) and Greg Landes (percussion), known collectively as the duo Synchronicity. \u201cIllumination\u201d is one of a very small number of works in the concerto genre that features piano and, in this case, fifteen different percussion instruments.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be electrifying,\u201d says Pit Stop founder and music director Joshua Rosenblum. \u201cIt\u2019s a unique layout, with the piano and all that percussion out front, and these two virtuoso performers\u2014who also happen to be brothers\u2014going wild with all the gear accompanied by a string orchestra. We\u2019ve never done anything like this before, and I\u2019m certain our audience has never seen anything like this before!\u201d<\/p>\n The third movement of \u201cIllumination\u201d is titled \u201cEinstein\u2019s Dreams,\u201d and was inspired by Alan Lightman\u2019s bestselling novel of the same name. By coincidence, Rosenblum, also inspired by Lightman\u2019s novel, has adapted \u201cEinstein\u2019s Dreams\u201d as a musical theater piece. Prospect Theater Company will present the musical\u2019s Off-Broadway debut this fall at 59E59 Theaters. To complement Lau\u2019s piece, Rosenblum created a concert suite from his \u201cEinstein\u2019s Dreams,\u201d incorporating themes from his musical.<\/p>\n The concert will open with the world premiere of legendary Broadway orchestrator Jonathan Tunick\u2019s \u201cSerenade for Strings.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m honored to be able to present Jonathan\u2019s wonderful composition,\u201d Rosenblum said. \u201cHe\u2019s a living legend as an orchestrator, and hearing his original music will be another kind of illumination.\u201d<\/p>\n The concert also includes a suite of movements from various pieces thematically connected by the concept of Time: Olivier Messiaen\u2019s \u201cQuartet for the End of Time,\u201d Robert Rodriguez\u2019s \u201cMusica por un tiempo\u201d (which was directly inspired by the Messiaen piece), and Robert Muczynski\u2019s \u201cTime Pieces\u201d for clarinet and piano. Stravinsky\u2019s neoclassical masterpiece, \u201cConcerto in D for String Orchestra\u201d concludes the program.<\/p>\n Cited by \u201cThe New York Times\u201d for their \u201cflair,\u201d \u201cspirited readings,\u201d and \u201cplayfully cohesive programs,\u201d \u201cmaking an hour-long serving of modern works not just palatable but enticing,\u201d the Pit Stop Players remain at the cutting edge of New York\u2019s cultural landscape, bringing exciting contemporary music to new audiences, and upending conventional assumptions about concert programming. Founded in 2009 by conductor\/composer Joshua Rosenblum, the ensemble is comprised of some of New York\u2019s top freelance musicians, commonly regarded as the best instrumentalists in the world.<\/p>\n Repertoire includes arrangements and transcriptions of great pieces from the recent past (encompassing numerous genres), as well as undeservedly neglected classical gems, but the primary emphasis is on new compositions that are both challenging and immediately engaging, written and orchestrated specifically for the group by today\u2019s most exciting creative talents.<\/p>\n Highlights have included the group\u2019s performance of \u201cThe Rite of Spring\u201d in a specially-commissioned new chamber arrangement, as well as Rosenblum\u2019s own \u201cYoung Person\u2019s Guide to the Pit Stop Players,\u201d with guest narrator Cynthia Nixon. In 2016, the Players gave a joint performance with the Brooklyn-based dance company The Chase Brock Experience, a collaboration which zealnyc.com described as \u201cperfecting perfection.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nINFO: http:\/\/rosenblummusic.com\/pit-stop-players\/<\/a><\/p>\n