World premiere performance of Ray Lustig's Compose Thyself (2011); World premiere performance of Vivian Fung's Violin Concerto (2011); Encore performance of Timothy Andres' reimagining of W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation" (1788). Performed on September 15, 2011 at Angel Orensanz Center in New York City. Featuring soprano Jolle Greenleaf, guest vocal ensemble TENET, Kristin Lee on violin, and Timothy Andres on piano. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Renderings

Vivian Fung: Violin Concerto

Performance featuring the works of Avner Dorman, Béla Bartók, Osvaldo Golijov, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Performed May 24, 2007 at Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City. 
Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

There and Back Again

Béla Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances

Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony op. 110a - Movement 1

Metropolis Ensemble concert "Loop" on April 10, 2008 at The Times Center in New York City. World premiere performance of Ryan Francis' Piano Concerto (2008), performance of Maurice Ravels' Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (1913), Esa-Pekka Salonen's Five Images from Sappho (1999), and Erik Satie's Sports et Divertissements (1914). Featuring soprano Kiera Duffy, Anna Polonsky on piano, and narrator Mike Daisey. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Maurice RAVEL: Trois Poèmes de Stèphane Mallarmè - 2/3 - Metropolis Ensemble; Kiera Duffy, soprano.

World premiere performance of John Corigliano's Hallucinations arranged by Ricardo Romaneiro (2011); World premiere performance of Ricardo Romaneiro's Strata (2011); World premiere performance of Gity Razaz's The Metamorphosis of Narcissus (2011); World premiere performance of Du Yun's Fallen Warriors, the Cihuacoatl's Eye (2011); New York premiere of Enrico Chapela's LiPo (2011). Performed on January 27-28, 2011 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr. Photography by Sabrina Asch.

Hallucinations

Du Yun: Fallen Warriors, the Cihuacoatl's Eye

Performances of works by Kati Agocs, Canada (world premiere), Kinan Azmeh, Syria(world premiere), David Bruce, representing Venezuela, Susie Ibarra, representing the Phillipines (world premiere), Bridget Kibbey, representing Ireland, Paquito d'Rivera, Cuba (world premiere), Ricardo Romaniero, Brazil (world premiere), Du Yun, China (world premiere). Performed on January 11 & 15, 2012 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Music Box

David Bruce: Caja de Música - Movement 1

Kinan Azmeh: It's about time

In hommage to Berlioz, composers Vivian Fung, Ryan Francis, Brad Balliett, Sayo Kosugi, Nicholas Britell, and Caroline Shaw remix, mash-up, and re-orchestrate the pioneering song cycle for orchestra and voice for soprano Kiera Duffy and the Metropolis Ensemble, Andrew Cyr, conductor. Performed at Le Poisson Rouge, October 21 and 23, 2012. Engineered by Ryan Streber.

Music for Voice

Hector Berlioz / Vivian Fung: Les Nuits d'Été - I: Villanelle

Hector Berlioz / Caroline Shaw: Les Nuits d'Été - III: Sur les Lagunes

Gity Razaz: The Metamorphosis of Narcissus

Love Letter to Haiti

Ryan Francis: Sillage

Recorded live at The Metropolitan Museum of Art — April 21, 2018

MetLiveArts and Metropolis Ensemble collaborated to present world premiere Metropolis commissions by composers Caroline Shaw and Timo Andres, featuring cellist Inbal Segev, early-music ensemble TENET (led by artistic director Jolle Greenleaf), and Metropolis Ensemble (led by artistic director Andrew Cyr). This concert at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a playful musical response to The Met’s  exhibition, "Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789),” and highlighting the hold that Louis XIV’s famous Palace of Versailles has on the global creative imagination, described by Pierre Goubert as “a mixture of work and play, splendor and filth, piety and license.”

Learn more:
https://metropolisensemble.org/all-events/time-travelers-to-versailles

Time Travelers to Versailles

Timo Andres: Upstate Obscura (Live Recording)

Voices of Night

David Schiff: Singing in the Dark

Benjamin Britten: Serenade

Avner Dorman: Mandolin Concerto: III. Meno mosso - Adagio

Avner Dorman: Mandolin Concerto: II. Allegro

Avner Dorman: Mandolin Concerto: I. Adagio religioso - Allegro - Andante - Presto - Adagio - Andante

The world premiere of a re-imagined Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26 ("Coronation") with solo-piano left-hand and cadenzas by composer Timo Andres, commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble. Performed on May 20, 2010 at Trinity Wall Street (1pm) and Angel Orensanz Center (8pm) in New York City. Featuring Timo Andres on piano. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Home Stretch

Mozart / Timo Andres: "Coronation" Concerto for Piano in D Major, K. 537: 1. Allegro

Groanbox

Michael Ward-Bergeman: Kicking Up Dust

New Music 101

Jakub Ciupinski: Music from Air

Youth Works

C.C. Moses: Where I’m From (Reciprocity Suite)

Corey Boykins: Where I’m From (Reciprocity Suite)

Performance of Chris Cerrone's High Windows; Steve Reich's Duet; Elliott Carter's Bariologe; Nathan Shields's Tenebrae; and Vivian Fung's Concerto for Harp. Featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey and Quartet Senza Misura. Performed on May 25, 2014 at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.  Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Vivian Fung: Concerto For Harp, Percussion and Strings

Steve Reich: Duet For Two Violins and Strings

New York premiere performance of New Dances of the League of David, featuring pianist David Kaplan performing Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze together with "Interruptions and Interludes" by composers, including Samuel Carl Adams, Timo Andres, Marcos Balter, Martin Bresnick, Caleb Burhans, Michael Brown, Mark Carlson, Mohammed Fairouz, Ryan Francis, Michael Gandolfi, Ted Hearne, Gabriel Kahane, Hannah Lash, Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, and Augusta Read Thomas. Performed on March 22, 2015 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City.  Recorded on October 23, 2014 at Yamaha Artist Services by Jessica Slaven. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Marcos Balter: ***

Caroline Shaw: XVI

Vicky Chow, solo piano

Metropolis Ensemble concert "Digital Sustain" on March 8, 2008 at Chelsea Art Museum in New York City. Premiere performance of etudes for piano by Ryan Francis (b. 1981). Presented in tandem with etudes from György Sándor Ligeti (1923-2006), William Bolcom (b. 1938), Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), and Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Featuring Vicky Chow, Michael Shinn and Daniel Spiegel on piano, moderator David Dubal, and composer Ryan Francis. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Digital Sustain

Ryan Francis: Loop

Metropolis Ensemble concert "New Music 101" on September 16, 2009 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Performance of Jakub Ciupinski's Morning Tale (2009); World premiere performance of Jakub Ciupinski's Street Prayer (2009). Featuring Jenny Lin on piano. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Jakub CIUPINSKI: Morning Tale - Awakening - Metropolis Ensemble, Jenny Lin, piano.

Daniel Spiegel, solo piano

Metropolis Ensemble concert "Digital Sustain" on March 8, 2008 at Chelsea Art Museum in New York City. Premiere performance of etudes for piano by Ryan Francis (b. 1981). Presented in tandem with etudes from György Sándor Ligeti (1923-2006), William Bolcom (b. 1938), Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), and Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Featuring Vicky Chow, Michael Shinn and Daniel Spiegel on piano, moderator David Dubal, and composer Ryan Francis. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Frédéric Chopin: Etude No. 12 in C Minor op. 25

Mozart / Timo Andres: "Coronation" Concerto for Piano in D Major, K. 537: 2. Larghetto

Mozart / Timo Andres: "Coronation" Concerto for Piano in D Major, K. 537: 3. Allegretto

World premiere performance of Timothy Andres' Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno (2010); New York premiere of Anna Clyne's Within Her Arms (2010); New York premiere of Timothy Andres' Home Stretch (2008); Performance of Andrew Norman's Gran Turismo (2004); Performance of W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation" (1788). Performed on May 20, 2010 at Trinity Wall Street (1pm) and Angel Orensanz Center (8pm) in New York City. Featuring Timothy Andres on piano. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Anna Clyne: Within Her Arms

U.S. premiere performance of Erin Gee's Mouthpiece X; World premiere performance of Vivian Fung's Piano Concerto: Dreamscapes; World premiere performance of Cristina Spinei's Jolt; World premiere performance of Jakub Ciupinski's Flashbacks. Performed on November 19-20, 2009 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Featuring Erin Gee on vocals, Jenny Lin on piano, and Britton Matthews, Meia Noite, and Luke Rinderknecht on percussion. Presented by Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr.

Reverb

Vivian Fung: Dreamscapes

Ryan FRANCIS: Piano Concerto - 1 - Metropolis Ensemble, Andrew Cyr, conductor; Anna Polonsky, piano.

Ryan FRANCIS: Piano Concerto - 2 - Metropolis Ensemble, Andrew Cyr, conductor; Anna Polonsky, piano.

Ryan FRANCIS: Piano Concerto - 3 - Metropolis Ensemble, Andrew Cyr, conductor; Anna Polonsky, piano.

Ryan FRANCIS: Piano Concerto - 4 - Metropolis Ensemble, Andrew Cyr, conductor; Anna Polonsky, piano.

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