Rhys Chatham's 200 Guitars at Lincoln Center 8/15
Rhys Chatham’s A Crimson Grail for 200 Guitars
@Lincoln Center’s Out Of Doors festival
Free! - Fri. Aug. 15th, 7:30 p.m.
Composer Rhys Chatham and section leaders John King, Ned Sublette, David Daniell, and Seth Olinsky (Akron/Family) lead an oversized orchestra of 200 volunteer guitarists and electric bassists in the world premiere of A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars (Outdoor Version) performed not on the Bandshell stage but along the sides of the audience at Damrosch Park, to heighten the work’s polyphonic effect. The work, originally composed for Paris’ famed Sacré-Coeur, has been extensively revised to suit the dynamics of the Park’s outdoor acoustic.
Directions:
By subway: Take the 1 train to 66th Street/Lincoln Center Station or
the 1, A, B, C, D to 59th Street/Columbus Circle and proceed towards
62nd Street on Columbus Avenue.
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