WHEN:
July 15–26, 2025
WHERE:
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
New York
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Program A, July 15–19, offers the world premiere of You’ve Got To Be Modernistic, set to seven rarely heard compositions by Harlem stride piano legend James P. Johnson. The score, transcribed and arranged by jazz pianist Ethan Iverson, will be performed live each night by Iverson himself. The program continues with The Muir (2010), a lyrical and pastoral work set to Scottish and English folk songs, followed by Mosaic and United (1993), an elegant and enigmatic quintet praised for its balance of form and feeling. Rounding out the evening is Silhouettes (1999), a duet of neoclassical wit and delicate intricacy set to music by Richard Cumming.
Program B, running July 22–26, centers on the world premiere of Northwest, a meditative new work set to compositions by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams. Drawing inspiration from the traditional songs and rhythms of the Athabascan and Yup’ik peoples of Alaska, this new work continues MMDG’s commitment to presenting music beyond the dominant Western canon and honoring the diverse cultural roots of movement traditions. Also on the program is Ten Suggestions (1981), one of Morris’s earliest works—an playful and theatrical solo; The Argument (1999), an emotionally charged suite of breakups and reconciliations for three couples set to the music of Robert Schumann; and Going Away Party (1990), a high-spirited, honky-tonk dance inspired by country-western social gatherings..."
Program A
The Muir (Scottish and English folk songs arranged by Beethoven)
You’ve Got To Be Modernistic (James P. Johnson)
Silhouettes (Richard Cumming)
Mosaic and United (Henry Cowell)
Program B
The Argument (Robert Schumann)
Northwest (John Luther Adams)
Ten Suggestions (Alexander Tcherepnin)
Going Away Party (Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys)
