Marilyn Crispell, Richard Nunns & Jeff Henderson
Vitamin S and STAMP present
Marilyn Crispell, Richard
Nunns & Jeff Henderson
Supported by the New Pacific Music
Ensemble
Friday September 19
8:30pm The
Limelight
Aotea Centre
Tickets available from
http://www.the-edge.co.nz
$22.00
Concession -
$18.00
An unprecedented evening of iconic and unique music
Vitamin S and STAMP are proud to present the explosive creativity and dynamic personalities of New York pianist Marilyn Crispell, Richard Nunns and Jeff Henderson.
Marilyn Crispell has garnered a well-deserved
reputation as one of the most virtuosic players of both
improvised and contemporary classical music.
Her live
performances and extraordinary technique have been described
as
“…so personal, so explosive and so devastating
that it makes jazz (and most other music) sound like the
archaic language of an ancient people.…even simple
melodies seem radiantly beautiful.”
Larry Kelp -San
Francisco Express
Crispell will perform solo and then
team up with our own national treasure Richard Nunns on
Taonga Puoro (Mäori musical instruments) and the creative
forces of Jeff Henderson, both equally heavyweight in the
international arena of contemporary music.
This is not
the first time the trio has performed together. In 2002,
Henderson toured to sellout audiences his large ensemble
work ‘Urban Taniwha’ with Nunns and Crispell as pivotal
figures.
What makes this performance so unique is the collaboration of musical forces and worlds. With the iconic and deeply traditional sound of Richard Nunn’s Taonga Puoro integrated with Marilyn Crispell’s diverse piano style, and Jeff Henderson’s personality on reeds, it is a concert that truly could only happen in this time, and be of this place.
Following Marilyn, Jeff and Richard is the New
Pacific Music Ensemble. This highly original Auckland group
is a collaboration of Rarotongan drumming and string band
instruments with contemporary music, jazz, and
improvisation. Featuring John Bell, Tua Mete, Chris
O’Conner, Jacob Unuia, Kingsley Melhuish, Mare Thom, LJ
Unuia, and joined for this special performance by Jeff
Henderson and Richard
Nunns.
http://www.marilyncrispell.com/index.htm
http://richardnunns.inza.co.nz/
Jeff
Henderson -
http://sounz.org.nz/contributor/composer/1201
http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz
ENDS