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| ‘Gene & The Brass’ Composers Concordance Presents 'Gene & The Brass' Brass music of Gene Pritsker & others, featuring some of New York's best brass musicians Composers: Dan Cooper, John Clark, Franz Hackl, Gene Pritsker, Steve Swell Performers: Franz Hackl, Peter Oswald - trumpets John Clark - Horn, Steve Swell - trombone Gene Pritsker - conductor Special guest: Ljiljana Winkler - soprano Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 at 5:30pm The Delancey 168 Delancey St, NYC 10002 "Writing songs is really the most difficult...to pour into a small form a big content." –Gustav Mahler For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Friday, December 1st at 5:30pm, Composers Concordance presents a concert of brass music by composer Gene Pritsker and his friends. Joining Gene for this event are trumpeters Peter Oswald and Franz Hackl, John Clark on horn and Steve Swell on trombone. The event will feature the premiere of Gene's brass quartet 'But How Will You Die When Your Time Comes' inspired by a line from 'Narcissus and Goldmund' by Herman Hesse, and December 1st being 'World AIDS Day' Gene will premiere his composition 'World AIDS Day Haikus' featuring soprano Ljiljana Winkler and short form poetry by Roger Aplon, Robert C. Ford (The Wall Street Poet), Erik T. Johnson, Imelda O'Reilly, John Pietaro, Ruthie Adamson AKA Wonky Wordsmith. Other featured compositions include 'Puzzle Pieces' by John Clark, 'Instincts' by Steve Swell also music by Franz Hackl and Dan Cooper. The concert will be live streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook page. write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |