"Contriving the Chimes" (Caroline Shaw) & "August is also cruel" (Doug Balliett) commissioned and performed by Majel Connery and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Directed by Christopher Alden. Dramaturgy by David Levin.
Performed and recorded live at Bing Concert Hall Studio April 2017.
Supported by the Shenson Fund, Stanford Live, the Stanford Arts Institute, the Stanford University Department of Music, and made possible by the Mohr Visiting Artist Residency, administered by the Office of the Vice President for the Arts.
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“Contriving the Chimes/August is also cruel” was commissioned by Majel Connery and the St. Lawrence String Quartet as part of Connery’s 2016-17 Mohr Visiting Artist Residency at Stanford University. Connery and the quartet partnered with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, composer Doug Balliett, and famed opera director Christopher Alden to present a workshop staging of vocal quintets Contriving the Chimes (by Shaw) and August is also cruel (by Doug Balliett). Taken under wing by Opera Cabal the piece will travel to New York City in 2018-19. Stay tuned for details.