Cutting-edge contemporary music and multimedia group ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX (E/P) kicks off its 2019-20 season with a four-concert tour of the Northeast from September 26 through October 4, with performances in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York. The ensemble comprises top Northeast instrumentalists, led by Artistic Director and Conductor Peyman Farzinpour, performing a program centered on Italian works featuring renowned Italian master Salvatore Sciarrino, culminating in the American premiere of a work by composer Patricia Alessandrini. The performances are enhanced by the premiere of three multimedia video commissions, each custom created for its companion music counterpart by German multimedia artist Wolfgang Lehmann.

ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX’s four fall concerts feature soprano Kathleen Roland-Silverstein performing Salvatore Sciarrino’s “Infinito Nero” (Black Infinity), noted for its delicate passages linked to the dark visions and utterances of 16th century Italian mystic nun St. Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi. Roland-Silverstein is also featured in Sciarrino’s “Le voci sottovetro” (The Voices Under Glass), re-settings of 16th century madrigals by composer Gesualdo da Venosa. The exploration of the themes of night and darkness continue with E/P’s performance of Patricia Alessandrini’s gripping “Nachtgewächse.” All three pieces are accompanied by premiere presentations of Lehmann’s video art commissions.

Program:
Salvatore Sciarrino: Le voci sottovetro
Salvatore Sciarrino: Infinito Nero
Patricia Alessandrini: Nachtgewächse
Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, Soprano
Wolfgang Lehmann, Video Artist
Peyman Farzinpour, Conductor